I just had to share this story. It is TOO cute! As some of you may gather from our posts and comments, another author Tracy and myself are close friends. So are our families. Our families are very similar and her 2 boys and my 2 boys all interact well and get along famously. Her 2 boys (I will refer to them as Q and Z) are 9 (Q) and 6(Z) and my boys are 8 (Bailey) and 3 (Braeden). The three older boys are in cub scouts together.
Well this weekend we got together to let the boys work on some things that they needed to work on. We did several activities over the course of the weekend. The boys all did really well. In one particular activity, they were working with tools and building some bookends. They were very encouraging to one another. At one point, while Q was working with his bookends, Z said “Good Job.” A few moments later Z, again being very encouraging, said to Q “perfect!” Q looked at him and said “you are being time4learning.” My son Bailey laughed and I looked at the boys with what I’m sure was a goofy expression on my face. I said “Huh? He’s being time4learning? What does that mean?” Q answered back with “well, those are things that time4learning tells us. You know, when we are working. So…he’s being time4learning.” Z and Bailey both nodded and looked at me like …well, like…”DUH!” 
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So Tracy and I learned something this weekend. Not only has Time4Learning changed and improved on both of our families’ homeschooling experiences, but it has also taught our kids to be encouraging and uplifting to others. Way to go T4L!!! )
Terie
September 28, 2007 | 1:56 pm1
How inspiring, this is a great stories. The funny thing is that T4L isn’t even trying to teach good sportsmanship. Kids really do listen to everything. Keep up the good work.
Terie
Tracy
September 28, 2007 | 12:17 am2
Continuing on: Here are our three boys are in their own little world working with my dad on their project and are sharing in this little “moment” all their own…. My father, is about cross-eyed anyway because the three boys are so full of energy and the fourth child is 3 and had decided that he was “old enough” to join in with the tool lesson…. My dad looks at me and raises an eyebrow that, in my youth, would have sent me into a state of panic, and says “what are they talking about?”… Of course he only knows “The boys have a new curriculum this year” (that alone is far to much information for him to process) I try to explain to him that “Time4Learning” is their new curriculum that they ALL use and “good job” and “perfect” is said in the program. Which was met with a “Umm, If you say so…..”….. Which only adds to the amusement that once again generations are not only learning differently but still speaking in different languages! It just made me chuckle…..
**as a side note, I im’d Kati and said “I have a great idea for an article” and she im’d me back and said “Me too!” and we each went on to write the same idea….. So we flipped for it; Needless to say she won….
john edelson
September 27, 2007 | 10:08 am3
“Being Time4Learning”! – Isn’t that something. thanks.