Creative munchkins

We ran out of tinfoil so their new favorite toy is the cardboard roll that the tinfoil was rolled on. Tonight we played the "what is it" game. I never realized how many things it could become. We took turns with our imagination coming up with all sorts of ways to use it. It could be...

1. Almost any instrument
1. Flute
2. Trumpet
3. Guitar
4. Violin
5. Drum stick
2. Weapons 
1. Spear
2. Sword
3. Gun
3. Pull up bar
4. Bench press
5. Helicopter propeller
6. A boat oar
7. A walking stick
8. A cane
9. A spanking device
10. A microphone
11. A telescope
12. A tool that helps you roll up blankets
13. A drill
14. A hammer
15. A horsey
16. A tube to put letters in
17. A hearing device
18. An orchestra wand
19. A dirt compacter (rolls over dirt)
20. A splint

We could have kept going but the timer went off.  I just love that kids are so creative. They see the unseen potential in everything. For example, I would have never tied a belt around a truck and pretended I was walking a dog. They were being Kieth and Joan (friends from church) training their dogs (monkey see-monkey do).

 I just think my kids are creative. I know it's a kid thing and not just a "my kid" thing. I'm pretty sure all kids are pretty ingenious. Then they go to school and get crammed in a box until their brain stops thinking on its own and they only do their assignments with the motivation to please the teacher instead of being fueled by curiosity and a passion to obtain the answers to their questions. Their ability to really think becomes dwarfed and instead they learn to be reflectors of other men's thoughts. Ugh. Thank God I'm going to home school. Not that homeschooling magically makes them geniuses. A lot of homeschooling just duplicates traditional methods in a home environment. I really have no idea or plan yet on how my homeschooling will be superior to traditional education but I've got some ideas. Lord knows I have a lot to learn...and unlearn!