Preparing to answer questions
sherryfranklin150@...
<br/>Hi,<br/>This is my first post. I have been reading a lot and trying a little.<br/><br/>We moved our family to Ecuador a little over a year ago and after about three months of homeschooling on my own and failing we have started to unschool in earnest. In the deschooling phase right now. <br/><br/>In September my two children, both age 9, and I will go back to Ohio for our first visit. I am terrible at answering on the spot questions so I want to prepare myself and be armed with appropriate responses to the question, "So, what are they learning?" <br/><br/>Right now they spend just about every waking minute on the computer playing Animal Jam or making videos with their LPS and Legos, and listening to music. So, I know what they are interested in but.... how can I turn that into a pat answer that will satisfy family members so that I won't feel defensive or hounded by the questions and can move away from the topic as quickly as possible.
<br/><br/>Thanks for your answers in advance,<br/>Sherry<br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPad
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<br/><br/>Thanks for your answers in advance,<br/>Sherry<br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPad
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Meredith
sherryfranklin150@... wrote:
I found it helps to tell tell cute stories, or describe something one of my kids loves to do - kind of sidestepping the actual question and getting at what I see as the root of the question which is a chance for someone to connect with me and/or my kids. If you have a hard time remembering cute stories, it might help to write them down - keep a journal or a blog, or even write notes on something like facebook... but I'd think a journal or blog would be better in some ways as it's more durable and you may want those cute stories again later, when the kids are grown ;)
I might say something like "oh they're So Creative! They've been making their own videos and learning all about storytelling, film production, animation - why, just the other day..." and then tell a particular story about something they discovered or found out. Don't make it a report, make it a story people want to hear, that lets them smile and think happy thoughts about you and your family.
---Meredith
>I am terrible at answering on the spot questions so I want to prepare myself and be armed with appropriate responses to the question, "So, what are they learning?"*************
I found it helps to tell tell cute stories, or describe something one of my kids loves to do - kind of sidestepping the actual question and getting at what I see as the root of the question which is a chance for someone to connect with me and/or my kids. If you have a hard time remembering cute stories, it might help to write them down - keep a journal or a blog, or even write notes on something like facebook... but I'd think a journal or blog would be better in some ways as it's more durable and you may want those cute stories again later, when the kids are grown ;)
>>Right now they spend just about every waking minute on the computer playing Animal Jam or making videos with their LPS and Legos, and listening to music. So, I know what they are interested in but.... how can I turn that into a pat answer...?************
I might say something like "oh they're So Creative! They've been making their own videos and learning all about storytelling, film production, animation - why, just the other day..." and then tell a particular story about something they discovered or found out. Don't make it a report, make it a story people want to hear, that lets them smile and think happy thoughts about you and your family.
---Meredith