Education starts at home (Free write)

My recent post about the education system made me reflect about what I can do as a father to educate my daughter. I know that education starts at home, and my wife and I are teaching our daughter the importance of being an educated, civic minded, and respectful of others. However, I am still concerned about making sure she gets the best education possible at home. For example, my wife is an artist and she does a lot of art projects with my daughter. So I began to teach my daughter the importance of being able to communicate with others. For the past three weeks we have been doing “book analysis reports”. She picks one of her books reviews it and then gives me a presentation on her favorite part, least favorite part, and how the book can be improved. She is 5 and these books are picture books, but we take this activity seriously. She sits in front of my desk at my home office and gives this presentation. Then I give her a review of her presentation and analyze with her what she has suggested to me. She is a natural communicator and a really caring person, so I am focusing and building her confidence and learning how to communicate in a professional manner. Of course I don’t tell her this, for her it is just a fun activity with daddy.