Swinging
by Norma
Yesterday was a nice unschooling day.
We had a busy day Monday so we decided to just stay home and get some
organizing of the toys & games done.
As usual for this kind of chore, Jacky helped for about an hour then got
distracted and went outside. I was watching her through the window as she
went from our swingset to the tire swing to the tree swing and back
again. Several times she made her circuit, each time apparently trying to
get as high as she could then swinging her legs until she was making lazy
circles in the air.
She would swing with legs outstretched, then bent. She would twist up the
swing and then spin until she was dizzy.
This went for about an hour and a half.
She then came in and informed me of the following:
It is impossible to swing in a square or a triangle.
When you go real high you hang in the air for a second until you start
down.
Legs outstretched make you go slow - bent goes faster. She thinks this
may be due to the fact that with legs bent, your middle [center] is
closer to your body and you are smaller so you can go around more times
in one "twist".
When you spin in the tire swing it must be like how it feels to the earth
spinning. It's hard to stretch out your arms but easy to hold them to
your side. This must be why we don't fly off the world.
When you get dizzy it's because the fluid stuff in your ear is still
spinning even when you get off. It makes you feel sick because your brain
is getting mixed messages and is trying to adjust.
Poodles do not like to swing.
Not bad for 90 minutes of swinging and doing nothing. |