Greetings
Nzinga Rising
I've just joined this group today and I'm very excited
about being here.
My name is Nzinga and I'm a 34 y/o single mom of
Maryam who's 2.9. We are currently Preunschooling and
live in Texas. Our pics are in my profile.
I believe I will flow well within this group. I have
read a few (of the multitudes) of archived posts and
while I can't read them all, I did get a feel for the
energy and flow of this group.
I practice AP and try to live as natural a lifelstyle
as possible and unschooling fits within the scheme of
our lives. Maryam was breastfed until just after her
second birthday, we co-sleep, practice yoga and
meditation and love unschooling.
I am a former Elementary educator and now I work part
time, of all places, at the local public library. I
try to feed her interests of which at the time is
tornadoes. We checked out & read books on tornadoes,
she draws tornadoes on her sketch board, we've
downloaded real tornadoes online, made up a tornado
dance, colors tornadoes in her weather booklet and she
watches one of her favorite movies, Muppets' Wizard of
Oz, at least once a week.
We unschool usually through teachable moments and my
feeding her interests but I am here to learn more of
what I can do especially as she gets older. Also, as a
former educator, I'm resisting the urge to print out
worksheets. I'm working on "deschooling" myself. I'm
looking forward to learning and sharing with you all.
Peace!
Nzinga
Owner, Parenting Young, Gifted & Black Youth
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ParentingYGandBYouth/
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about being here.
My name is Nzinga and I'm a 34 y/o single mom of
Maryam who's 2.9. We are currently Preunschooling and
live in Texas. Our pics are in my profile.
I believe I will flow well within this group. I have
read a few (of the multitudes) of archived posts and
while I can't read them all, I did get a feel for the
energy and flow of this group.
I practice AP and try to live as natural a lifelstyle
as possible and unschooling fits within the scheme of
our lives. Maryam was breastfed until just after her
second birthday, we co-sleep, practice yoga and
meditation and love unschooling.
I am a former Elementary educator and now I work part
time, of all places, at the local public library. I
try to feed her interests of which at the time is
tornadoes. We checked out & read books on tornadoes,
she draws tornadoes on her sketch board, we've
downloaded real tornadoes online, made up a tornado
dance, colors tornadoes in her weather booklet and she
watches one of her favorite movies, Muppets' Wizard of
Oz, at least once a week.
We unschool usually through teachable moments and my
feeding her interests but I am here to learn more of
what I can do especially as she gets older. Also, as a
former educator, I'm resisting the urge to print out
worksheets. I'm working on "deschooling" myself. I'm
looking forward to learning and sharing with you all.
Peace!
Nzinga
Owner, Parenting Young, Gifted & Black Youth
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ParentingYGandBYouth/
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John & Karen Buxcel
on 3/16/06 10:38 AM, Nzinga Rising at nzinga1971@... wrote:
hard to have that constant internal battle over things like "he's 5 (or 6 or
7) he should know ___________ (fill in the blank).
But, what I have to remind myself is that my children are HAPPY and that's
more important than any *thing* they are supposed to know at any given time.
Good luck on your journey, and you are certainly in the right place!
Welcome!
Karen
(in South Dakota, mama to 3 crazy boys, 7, 4, 16 months)
> Also, as aI, too, am a former public school teacher (kindergarten for 4 years). It is
> former educator, I'm resisting the urge to print out
> worksheets. I'm working on "deschooling" myself.
hard to have that constant internal battle over things like "he's 5 (or 6 or
7) he should know ___________ (fill in the blank).
But, what I have to remind myself is that my children are HAPPY and that's
more important than any *thing* they are supposed to know at any given time.
Good luck on your journey, and you are certainly in the right place!
Welcome!
Karen
(in South Dakota, mama to 3 crazy boys, 7, 4, 16 months)
Joanne
Hello and welcome. You'll find this a great place to learn and share.
Your daughter is beautiful. :-)
I may join your yahoo group. I think our picture is in my profile, if
not, it's on my blog (link below)
Welcome again!
~ Joanne ~
Mom to Jacqueline (7), Shawna (10) & Cimion (13)
Adopted into our hearts October 30, 2003
http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com/
Your daughter is beautiful. :-)
I may join your yahoo group. I think our picture is in my profile, if
not, it's on my blog (link below)
Welcome again!
~ Joanne ~
Mom to Jacqueline (7), Shawna (10) & Cimion (13)
Adopted into our hearts October 30, 2003
http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com/
[email protected]
In a message dated 3/16/2006 9:23:12 PM Eastern Standard Time,
buxcel@... writes:
I, too, am a former public school teacher (kindergarten for 4 years). It is
hard to have that constant internal battle over things like "he's 5 (or 6 or
7) he should know ___________ (fill in the blank).
The "blank" is changing here in Cape Cod, MA. My neighbor who is in
Kindergarten has an hour of homework each night. At the preschool, which we have as
part of the public school, 4 year olds are "required" to write their names and
know the alphabet, not just the song, before moving to K. This makes the rest
of the kindergartners, whose moms let them stay home and play at 4, start off
their public school education "behind" the ones who went to preschool thus
perpetuating the problem. One of my brilliant little Girl Scouts stayed back in
Kindergarten. She is considered a "behavior problem" at age 6 because she
doesn't follow the masses and she often says no when asked to do something.
These kids are taught very young that they have NO choices. What ever happened
to coloring, playing, building with blocks?
The second and third graders sometimes have 2 hours of homework each night.
My daughter's friend is not allowed outside until hers is finished so we
haven't seen her much since school started because it gets dark before she can
finish her schoolwork. She has a full time job at age 7 and isn't getting paid in
any form, even knowledge, because she hates learning so much.
Done ranting, sorry this ended up so long.
Robin in MA, mourning childhood lost for most children and enjoying nursing
my wee one while I'm on this computer and getting a slimy foot massage from my
aspiring massage therapist who is 6. Life is good, except for the babies
shivering out at the bus stop.
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
buxcel@... writes:
I, too, am a former public school teacher (kindergarten for 4 years). It is
hard to have that constant internal battle over things like "he's 5 (or 6 or
7) he should know ___________ (fill in the blank).
The "blank" is changing here in Cape Cod, MA. My neighbor who is in
Kindergarten has an hour of homework each night. At the preschool, which we have as
part of the public school, 4 year olds are "required" to write their names and
know the alphabet, not just the song, before moving to K. This makes the rest
of the kindergartners, whose moms let them stay home and play at 4, start off
their public school education "behind" the ones who went to preschool thus
perpetuating the problem. One of my brilliant little Girl Scouts stayed back in
Kindergarten. She is considered a "behavior problem" at age 6 because she
doesn't follow the masses and she often says no when asked to do something.
These kids are taught very young that they have NO choices. What ever happened
to coloring, playing, building with blocks?
The second and third graders sometimes have 2 hours of homework each night.
My daughter's friend is not allowed outside until hers is finished so we
haven't seen her much since school started because it gets dark before she can
finish her schoolwork. She has a full time job at age 7 and isn't getting paid in
any form, even knowledge, because she hates learning so much.
Done ranting, sorry this ended up so long.
Robin in MA, mourning childhood lost for most children and enjoying nursing
my wee one while I'm on this computer and getting a slimy foot massage from my
aspiring massage therapist who is 6. Life is good, except for the babies
shivering out at the bus stop.
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Ren Allen
"Robin in MA, mourning childhood lost for most children and enjoying
nursing my wee one while I'm on this computer and getting a slimy foot
massage from my aspiring massage therapist who is 6. Life is good,
except for the babies shivering out at the bus stop."
Aaaah....I love the picture of you nursing at the computer with a
little one massaging your feet!:) Sounds like scenes of my recent
past. sigh.
Breaks my heart about what is being done to children in the name of
"learning" too. I just have a very hard time understanding how anyone
thinks that anguish and frustration lead to very productive learning
for a young child. Yuck.
I had a lovely conversation with a co-worker in the break room
yesterday. She's in her 60's, a former school teacher. She kept asking
questions about the way we homeschool, and I explained as best I could
in a short time.
She thought it was SO cool! "So they get to learn the things they're
really good at and interested in? That's so amazing!" She wanted to
read about it and decided to tell her son about unschooling.
Apparently, the son takes his 4y.o. to work with him and buys him his
very own REAL tools (he's a contractor). This little guy says "my
Daddy needs me today!" and traipses off to work with him.
How cool! She wanted to let them know about unschooling because she
thought it sounded like the way they were being raised already.:)
Ya just never know.....
Ren
learninginfreedom.com
nursing my wee one while I'm on this computer and getting a slimy foot
massage from my aspiring massage therapist who is 6. Life is good,
except for the babies shivering out at the bus stop."
Aaaah....I love the picture of you nursing at the computer with a
little one massaging your feet!:) Sounds like scenes of my recent
past. sigh.
Breaks my heart about what is being done to children in the name of
"learning" too. I just have a very hard time understanding how anyone
thinks that anguish and frustration lead to very productive learning
for a young child. Yuck.
I had a lovely conversation with a co-worker in the break room
yesterday. She's in her 60's, a former school teacher. She kept asking
questions about the way we homeschool, and I explained as best I could
in a short time.
She thought it was SO cool! "So they get to learn the things they're
really good at and interested in? That's so amazing!" She wanted to
read about it and decided to tell her son about unschooling.
Apparently, the son takes his 4y.o. to work with him and buys him his
very own REAL tools (he's a contractor). This little guy says "my
Daddy needs me today!" and traipses off to work with him.
How cool! She wanted to let them know about unschooling because she
thought it sounded like the way they were being raised already.:)
Ya just never know.....
Ren
learninginfreedom.com
[email protected]
In a message dated 3/17/2006 9:00:49 AM Eastern Standard Time,
starsuncloud@... writes:
Apparently, the son takes his 4y.o. to work with him and buys him his
very own REAL tools (he's a contractor). This little guy says "my
Daddy needs me today!" and traipses off to work with him.
How cool! She wanted to let them know about unschooling because she
thought it sounded like the way they were being raised already.:)
One can only hope that societal pressure doesn't force this Dad to surrender
his son to to strangers next year and that he flows with the continnuum.
Hopefully your friend can increase the kid's chance of survival by educating the
parents.
Warmly,
Robin
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starsuncloud@... writes:
Apparently, the son takes his 4y.o. to work with him and buys him his
very own REAL tools (he's a contractor). This little guy says "my
Daddy needs me today!" and traipses off to work with him.
How cool! She wanted to let them know about unschooling because she
thought it sounded like the way they were being raised already.:)
One can only hope that societal pressure doesn't force this Dad to surrender
his son to to strangers next year and that he flows with the continnuum.
Hopefully your friend can increase the kid's chance of survival by educating the
parents.
Warmly,
Robin
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Lesa McMahon-Lowe
Ren,
That comment reminded me of a post on a blog of another unschooling mom...
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Sharon/93809/
Lesa
-------Original Message-------
From: Ren Allen
Date: 03/17/06 08:00:40
To: [email protected]
Subject: [unschoolingbasics] Greetings
Breaks my heart about what is being done to children in the name of
"learning" too. I just have a very hard time understanding how anyone
thinks that anguish and frustration lead to very productive learning
for a young child. Yuck.
Ren
learninginfreedom.com
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
That comment reminded me of a post on a blog of another unschooling mom...
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Sharon/93809/
Lesa
-------Original Message-------
From: Ren Allen
Date: 03/17/06 08:00:40
To: [email protected]
Subject: [unschoolingbasics] Greetings
Breaks my heart about what is being done to children in the name of
"learning" too. I just have a very hard time understanding how anyone
thinks that anguish and frustration lead to very productive learning
for a young child. Yuck.
Ren
learninginfreedom.com
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Lesa McMahon-Lowe
man, that makes me cry.... that's so so sad... i need to go read something
positive now or i'll stew on that the rest of the day. :(
Lesa
lucky kisses for everyone!
-------Original Message-------
From: ohpurple1@...
Date: 03/17/06 06:15:54
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [unschoolingbasics] Greetings
In a message dated 3/16/2006 9:23:12 PM Eastern Standard Time,
buxcel@... writes:
I, too, am a former public school teacher (kindergarten for 4 years). It is
hard to have that constant internal battle over things like "he's 5 (or 6 or
7) he should know ___________ (fill in the blank).
The "blank" is changing here in Cape Cod, MA. My neighbor who is in
Kindergarten has an hour of homework each night. At the preschool, which we
have as
part of the public school, 4 year olds are "required" to write their names
and
know the alphabet, not just the song, before moving to K. This makes the
rest
of the kindergartners, whose moms let them stay home and play at 4, start
off
their public school education "behind" the ones who went to preschool thus
perpetuating the problem. One of my brilliant little Girl Scouts stayed
back in
Kindergarten. She is considered a "behavior problem" at age 6 because she
doesn't follow the masses and she often says no when asked to do something.
These kids are taught very young that they have NO choices. What ever
happened
to coloring, playing, building with blocks?
The second and third graders sometimes have 2 hours of homework each night.
My daughter's friend is not allowed outside until hers is finished so we
haven't seen her much since school started because it gets dark before she
can
finish her schoolwork. She has a full time job at age 7 and isn't getting
paid in
any form, even knowledge, because she hates learning so much.
Done ranting, sorry this ended up so long.
Robin in MA, mourning childhood lost for most children and enjoying nursing
my wee one while I'm on this computer and getting a slimy foot massage from
my
aspiring massage therapist who is 6. Life is good, except for the babies
shivering out at the bus stop.
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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positive now or i'll stew on that the rest of the day. :(
Lesa
lucky kisses for everyone!
-------Original Message-------
From: ohpurple1@...
Date: 03/17/06 06:15:54
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [unschoolingbasics] Greetings
In a message dated 3/16/2006 9:23:12 PM Eastern Standard Time,
buxcel@... writes:
I, too, am a former public school teacher (kindergarten for 4 years). It is
hard to have that constant internal battle over things like "he's 5 (or 6 or
7) he should know ___________ (fill in the blank).
The "blank" is changing here in Cape Cod, MA. My neighbor who is in
Kindergarten has an hour of homework each night. At the preschool, which we
have as
part of the public school, 4 year olds are "required" to write their names
and
know the alphabet, not just the song, before moving to K. This makes the
rest
of the kindergartners, whose moms let them stay home and play at 4, start
off
their public school education "behind" the ones who went to preschool thus
perpetuating the problem. One of my brilliant little Girl Scouts stayed
back in
Kindergarten. She is considered a "behavior problem" at age 6 because she
doesn't follow the masses and she often says no when asked to do something.
These kids are taught very young that they have NO choices. What ever
happened
to coloring, playing, building with blocks?
The second and third graders sometimes have 2 hours of homework each night.
My daughter's friend is not allowed outside until hers is finished so we
haven't seen her much since school started because it gets dark before she
can
finish her schoolwork. She has a full time job at age 7 and isn't getting
paid in
any form, even knowledge, because she hates learning so much.
Done ranting, sorry this ended up so long.
Robin in MA, mourning childhood lost for most children and enjoying nursing
my wee one while I'm on this computer and getting a slimy foot massage from
my
aspiring massage therapist who is 6. Life is good, except for the babies
shivering out at the bus stop.
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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