Hina have had different kinds of pets such as ducks, goldfish, ants, and now she loves white small mice. It was challenging for her to have mice as pets because some people don’t like mice. Hina wanted to raise awareness of benefits on having mice as their pets especially when children learn how to take care of animals.
Hina makes a playground for her mice with LEGO. We also found that our mice love newspapers and cardboard to make their house.
Her favorite mouse called Dandi enjoys playing there.
This is one way to play LEGO for practice 🙂 Hina and her parents can enjoy it together.
Hina had a high fever the other day, which was found influenza. She is ok now. Although the flu made us worried, what was good about it was that Hina had grew up to explain what was wrong with her to the doctor by herself.
She was very ill until she met the doctor. But once she saw the doctor, she greeted saying that she liked the doctor’s clothes. I have never seen people greet with doctors that way… haha.
The pediatrician was friendly to children and Hina explained almost everything to her. I just added that Hina also had a headache.
It was wonderful to see Hina being able to explain her conditions even though she was ill.
Now she went back to normal. But she was advised to stay home for few more days.
Hina was delighted and she said to me, “I have a new job!” She wrote a review about an app and the developer appreciated her feedback. Hina was so happy to see their reply and she was motivated to write more reviews on other apps. Then she told me that she had a new job.
Once Hina said “There is no such thing that it’s too young to work. It’s work as long as we help others.”
Hina enjoys writing reviews, and it’s helpful for others.
Hina asked me what I am interested. I am interested in reading books. She told me she is interested in many things.
For example, she is interested in graffiti on the wall in Cambodia. She would like to know what graffiti says.
She says she found herself love art at the age of three when she started to draw. She draws every day. Her core interest is art but she also picks up topics on histories, internal relations, gender issues, and so on.
She does what she loves every day. But she doesn’t limit her interest only in that. I find it interesting. Sometimes people worry about unschooling because they think it might limit the child’s interest. But actually it seems to expand their interest.
It just started from her curiosity while she watched some videos on YouTube.
Hina loves to share videos on YouTube. Her dream is to be a YouTuber. We decided to share our vlog on YouTube so that people who can see what we have seen.
One of the great things about unschooling is that children can ask many questions without worrying about how other people think about their questions and how much time they can spend asking in class.
Unlimited questions!! Literally.
Hina asked many questions not only to me but also to others.
Sometimes, Hina asks questions out of nowhere. Maybe she watches it on YouTube or suddenly the questions come up to her mind.
She asked me the other day why monks are only male. Although we also have nuns, religious ceremonies are held by monks.
I have not wondered this way because it’s the way as it has been. I remembered some researcher who had published a book about gender in religion. From Hina’s curiosity, we can study about the topic more and deeply.
Sometimes adults feel tired of being asked many questions. If I am tired, I tell Hina that I would like to have that talk later. We can take a rest. Hina understands it.
I found that there are different types of questioning. Sometimes Hina questions because she disagrees. This is a good opportunity for a discussion.
I try to wait and see what Hina really means since children can’t express everything in words due to their limitations of wording. I try to rephrase what she wants to say. To do so, I need to listen to her first.
This kind of communication is important for different occasions and even for adults. My communication skills have been developing thanks to Hina.
Unschooling Diary 