Hello I am a new memmber
beautifulgoddessmommy
Hello my name is Jennifer and I have 2 little boys 5 and 6 they are
spirited boys and keep me on my toes. We live in waco tx and are
fairly new to homeschooling and we are still trying out things to get
the right fit. I read something about unschooling and was interested
in learning more and how it works to teach them to read and write
sentences and all of the early learning necessities? Because from what
I read we kind of already do unschooling but still do workbook work
too. Everything we encounter is something to learn from. So if anyone
has any advice on how to teach them to read, because they want to
learn how, then please feel free. I hope to chat with ya'll more soon.
JEN
spirited boys and keep me on my toes. We live in waco tx and are
fairly new to homeschooling and we are still trying out things to get
the right fit. I read something about unschooling and was interested
in learning more and how it works to teach them to read and write
sentences and all of the early learning necessities? Because from what
I read we kind of already do unschooling but still do workbook work
too. Everything we encounter is something to learn from. So if anyone
has any advice on how to teach them to read, because they want to
learn how, then please feel free. I hope to chat with ya'll more soon.
JEN
Sandra Dodd
On Mar 20, 2006, at 10:55 AM, beautifulgoddessmommy wrote:
You don't need to teach them to read sentences, or write sentences.
Just help them understand whatever is in front of them at the moment,
and they'll do their own learning.
Workbooks don't help, but they won't hurt either IF the kids can use
them or not, use them "wrong"—just treat them as you would a coloring
book or puzzle book. (Assuming you don't make them start at the
beginning of a coloring book and have each page checked before going
to the next one <g>.)
-=-So if anyone
has any advice on how to teach them to read, because they want to
learn how, then please feel free. -=-
Don't teach them to read. Read to them, play word games, maybe write
down stories they tell you or the words to songs they like and print
them out for them. Read them to them. Don't pressure them. They
can learn to read on their own, in a word-rich and trusting and
peaceful environment.
http://sandradodd.com/reading
http://sandradodd.com/deschooling
http://sandradodd.com/beginning
Sandra
> I read something about unschooling and was interestedThere aren't "early learning necessities." It's all learning.
> in learning more and how it works to teach them to read and write
> sentences and all of the early learning necessities?
You don't need to teach them to read sentences, or write sentences.
Just help them understand whatever is in front of them at the moment,
and they'll do their own learning.
Workbooks don't help, but they won't hurt either IF the kids can use
them or not, use them "wrong"—just treat them as you would a coloring
book or puzzle book. (Assuming you don't make them start at the
beginning of a coloring book and have each page checked before going
to the next one <g>.)
-=-So if anyone
has any advice on how to teach them to read, because they want to
learn how, then please feel free. -=-
Don't teach them to read. Read to them, play word games, maybe write
down stories they tell you or the words to songs they like and print
them out for them. Read them to them. Don't pressure them. They
can learn to read on their own, in a word-rich and trusting and
peaceful environment.
http://sandradodd.com/reading
http://sandradodd.com/deschooling
http://sandradodd.com/beginning
Sandra
Susan McGlohn
At 12:55 PM 3/20/2006, you wrote:
children will learn what they need to know when they need to know it.
You might want to read more about it at Sandra's website
www.sandradodd.com
And at Joyce Fetteroll's website:
http://home.earthlink.net/~fetteroll/rejoycing/
eclectic, or relaxed type of homeschooler. You'll understand the
difference after you read a lot at those two sites I just gave you.
making yourself available to read to them whenever and whatever they want
or need you to, and just being with them, using language and playing with
language and enjoying language.
You can't teach someone else to read, though. Learning is an internal
process that happens as a person's brain sorts and categorizes and recalls
bits of information.
A really great book to read is by John Holt, called _Learning All The
Time_, and is about how young children make such connections through their
play and interaction with the people in their lives.
Susan M (VA)
http://radicalchristianunschool.homestead.com/index.html
"Real, natural learning is in the living. It's in the observing, the
questioning, the examining, the pondering, the analyzing, the watching, the
reading, the DO-ing, the living, the breathing, the loving, the Joy. It's
in the Joy." ~Anne Ohman
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>Hello my name is Jennifer and I have 2 little boys 5 and 6 they areHi, Jennifer. Welcome to AlwaysLearning.
>spirited boys and keep me on my toes.
>We live in waco tx and areYou don't. Teach them, that is. Unschooling is trusting that your
>fairly new to homeschooling and we are still trying out things to get
>the right fit. I read something about unschooling and was interested
>in learning more and how it works to teach them to read and write
>sentences and all of the early learning necessities?
children will learn what they need to know when they need to know it.
You might want to read more about it at Sandra's website
www.sandradodd.com
And at Joyce Fetteroll's website:
http://home.earthlink.net/~fetteroll/rejoycing/
> Because from whatHmmm....well, since you can't do both, you are probably more of an
>I read we kind of already do unschooling but still do workbook work
>too.
eclectic, or relaxed type of homeschooler. You'll understand the
difference after you read a lot at those two sites I just gave you.
>Everything we encounter is something to learn from. So if anyoneYou can help them as they learn to read by answering their questions,
>has any advice on how to teach them to read, because they want to
>learn how, then please feel free. I hope to chat with ya'll more soon.
making yourself available to read to them whenever and whatever they want
or need you to, and just being with them, using language and playing with
language and enjoying language.
You can't teach someone else to read, though. Learning is an internal
process that happens as a person's brain sorts and categorizes and recalls
bits of information.
A really great book to read is by John Holt, called _Learning All The
Time_, and is about how young children make such connections through their
play and interaction with the people in their lives.
Susan M (VA)
http://radicalchristianunschool.homestead.com/index.html
"Real, natural learning is in the living. It's in the observing, the
questioning, the examining, the pondering, the analyzing, the watching, the
reading, the DO-ing, the living, the breathing, the loving, the Joy. It's
in the Joy." ~Anne Ohman
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Nittany Lion
Hi Jen,
My dd will be 7 in May. She isn't reading yet. We did get 100 Easy Lessons
but barely use it. She writes letters to her friends and extended family
members. She used to ask me how to spell every word, but can write a few
sentences/words on her own now. She wanted to be an Author so she put
paper together and taped it (I would have prefered staples bc its a mess,
but its a book nonetheless). Its called Harry Potter and the Fearful
Snowman. She has about 8 pages written so far, all her own words - she asks
me how to spell the words and writes them. She even asked our local
Librarian if she could write a copy of her book to put on the library shelf
and they said they would! <grin> She has written her own address book with
friends and family names, addresses and phone numers. She loves maps, like
her daddy, and she points to a country, copies the name and draws a
picucture of the country and the flag. I've never taught her geography, and
she knows many country flags and how to spell the country name. My point is
that we haven't done any *traditional* or scheduled reading or writing
lessons. Everything we've done has come from my dd and she does whatever
she can on her own and when she asks how to spell or do something then I do.
She is starting to pick up words here and there and can sound out some
things to spell on her own.
Dawn
My dd will be 7 in May. She isn't reading yet. We did get 100 Easy Lessons
but barely use it. She writes letters to her friends and extended family
members. She used to ask me how to spell every word, but can write a few
sentences/words on her own now. She wanted to be an Author so she put
paper together and taped it (I would have prefered staples bc its a mess,
but its a book nonetheless). Its called Harry Potter and the Fearful
Snowman. She has about 8 pages written so far, all her own words - she asks
me how to spell the words and writes them. She even asked our local
Librarian if she could write a copy of her book to put on the library shelf
and they said they would! <grin> She has written her own address book with
friends and family names, addresses and phone numers. She loves maps, like
her daddy, and she points to a country, copies the name and draws a
picucture of the country and the flag. I've never taught her geography, and
she knows many country flags and how to spell the country name. My point is
that we haven't done any *traditional* or scheduled reading or writing
lessons. Everything we've done has come from my dd and she does whatever
she can on her own and when she asks how to spell or do something then I do.
She is starting to pick up words here and there and can sound out some
things to spell on her own.
Dawn
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From: "beautifulgoddessmommy" <beautifulgoddessmommy@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 12:55 PM
Subject: [AlwaysLearning] Hello I am a new memmber
> Hello my name is Jennifer and I have 2 little boys 5 and 6 they are
> spirited boys and keep me on my toes. We live in waco tx and are
> fairly new to homeschooling and we are still trying out things to get
> the right fit. I read something about unschooling and was interested
> in learning more and how it works to teach them to read and write
> sentences and all of the early learning necessities? Because from what
> I read we kind of already do unschooling but still do workbook work
> too. Everything we encounter is something to learn from. So if anyone
> has any advice on how to teach them to read, because they want to
> learn how, then please feel free. I hope to chat with ya'll more soon.
> JEN
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