My Son, the Movie-Maker

by Shannon on 3.10.10

This week my son jumped over another hurdle in our homeschooling journey: The Presentation.

Whenever we’ve had an opportunity to do something performance-related, Logan has shied away. I never pushed because I understand his personality. Then last month our homeschool co-op organized “Pick a President Day” (which got snowed out and is re-scheduled for this week).  Each child was to create a short presentation about a President. Since Logan has had an interest in movie-making the past few months, I had the idea for him to create a movie instead of actually standing up in front of everyone.

At first, he still resisted. This time, I pushed a little. One thing I do think I am good at is recognizing when it’s time to push my kids. I have a pretty good feel for when they are ready and my instincts are usually correct. So I started some research myself. I started talking about our chosen President (Truman) and asking Logan what he thought of some ideas I had for the movie. And he started to respond.

We worked together and he did a great job on the video (see below). He’s still a little hesitant about showing it tomorrow at our co-op. He asked if he could leave the room when it’s played. But I have a feeling he won’t.

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