Homestead Haven Beginnings

An "Unschooling" moment

I am not an unschooler...I live by lists and schedules...however, I love to have unschooling moments!  We had one the other day that I tought I would share.  We have a hornets nest in our back yard that we have been waiting for the exterminators to come take care of.  A few days ago my kids came running in the house crying and screaming, "They're going to sting us, the hornets nest fell down."  So being the brave ( very allergic to bee stings, not sure about hornets??) but children are watching, so I must be brave, I ventured outside to have a looksee.  Sure enough it was lying on the ground, and as I got closer, I noticed no hornets!  Yeah, that makes my brave moment much easier...I put it in a bag and brought it inside.  They are the coolest looking things, and the kids were bubbling with questions, so we decided to research it online.

They were amazed (me too!) that we could identify the owners by what the nest looks like.  We didn't have hornets, we had paper wasps!!!!  We learned that the workers are all female (wouldn'cha know it ) all females!  But they were females that do not reproduce.  Males are called drones.  There is one or two queen bees, and if the colony fails, she can create another colony, or she can join another as a worker or challenge the queen.  It went on and on...I just love these times!

Anyone have other unschooling moments to share??  I love hearing ideas that we might be able to use!

Have a wonderful day!

Rossie