Ren Allen

" The problem I had with the group here is that
it's hard to get something started when you don't have the support of
the group leader (in this case a baron who hated dancing, only wore
garb because he had to, took no effort in doing anything medieval -
not sure why he is even in the SCA - oh yeah, he gets to hit people
with stick and feel powerful.)"

I don't care for the group in Pensacola either. It's a poor Barony
(not their fault) so they aren't very careful about keeping things
period and there are a lot of CHEAP looking short cuts. I don't mind
inexpensive, but inexpensive can be done well. It wasn't.

Also, the Baron there really bugged me. He drilled my poor guys so
much about sword fighting that they got turned off to the SCA in
general. Trevor really wanted to explore archery and he made fun of
it. Lame. My kids should have been supported in whatever they chose to
explore.

We're going to check out the group here. We're still in the Kingdom of
Meridies.

Ren
learninginfreedom.com

Pampered Chef Michelle

On 4/11/06, LuvnMomma24boys@... <LuvnMomma24boys@...> wrote:
>
> I'm new.........what is SCA?


Sorry! SCA = Society for Creative Anachronism. It's a historic recreation
NPO dedicated to the study and recreation of the middle ages (ca. 600 -
1600) It can be a lot of fun! They hold "events" that can range from wars,
to battles to tournaments, feast, balls, classes, symposia on various topics
from the middle ages. The main web page is http://www.sca.org and there are
regional "kingdoms" all over the world.





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Thank you......that sounds very interesting. I used to do
reenactments when
I was in high school, and that was always fun. Sounds like a great
way to
teach history and make it extremely fun.

-=-=-

But the "T" word is not the goal!!!!

FUN is!

The LEARNING happens as side effect!

Please don't go to teach history. Go to have fun (if the kids like it.
YOU do it alone if you enjoy it.). They WILL learn. And NOT just
history. They'll learn math and science and art and social science and
music and geography and geology and physics and chemistry---and all
sorts of other things. But they'll learn them because they ARE having
fun.

Change your view and your words. It will open your world in so many
ways!!


~Kelly

Kelly Lovejoy
Conference Coordinator
Live and Learn Unschooling Conference
http://liveandlearnconference.org

Sylvia Toyama

Right, I was just saying its an environment where they will learn and not really realize they are! LOL

****

They will realize they're learning, and that's just fine. Part of embracing an authentic life is to realize that we are all learning, all the time. Have you stopped learning just because no one else is arranging for you to be in a 'learning environment?'

My kids know they are learning new things every day -- and they're excited about it. They figure out new stuff all the time. It's the way life is supposed to be. The only kids I know who feel like they don't want to learn anything are the kids who are schooled and come to equate learning with being taught, thinking the only way to learn is to be taught, so learning must be bad.

It's okay if someday your kids figure out that learning is everywhere. It's not okay if your methods lead your kids to feel like you've been setting up learning opportunities for them -- that says you don't trust that learning will happen, that you still feel you have to make it happen to them. Just encourage them to live full, authentic lives -- learning can't be avoided.

Sylvia


Mom to Will (21) Andy (9) and Dan (5)

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Su Penn

On Apr 12, 2006, at 8:49 AM, LuvnMomma24boys@... wrote:

> Right, I was just saying its an environment where they will learn
> and not
> really realize they are! LOL

That kids need to have learning snuck into their activities like
vitamins hidden in ice cream strikes me as a "schooly" idea. I'm
hoping that my kids (oldest about to turn 5) who won't ever go to
school, won't associate "learning" with sitting in rows being droned
at, or being forced to "study" things that bore them, or that they're
not ready for, or that they already know--so I hope that "learning"
won't be a bad word for them.

Su

Pampered Chef Michelle

On 4/12/06, Su Penn <supenn@...> wrote:
>
>
> On Apr 12, 2006, at 8:49 AM, LuvnMomma24boys@... wrote:
>
> > Right, I was just saying its an environment where they will learn
> > and not
> > really realize they are! LOL
>
> That kids need to have learning snuck into their activities like
> vitamins hidden in ice cream strikes me as a "schooly" idea.


Yes I want my children to associate learning not as the vitamin hidden in
the ice cream, but as the ice cream itself! Something they want to seek out
and is enjoyable (and helps keep you cool on a hot summer day - ok, maybe
I'm asking too much on that front LOL!)





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In a message dated 4/12/2006 10:09:17 A.M. US Eastern Standard Time,
supenn@... writes:


That kids need to have learning snuck into their activities like
vitamins hidden in ice cream strikes me as a "schooly" idea. I'm
hoping that my kids (oldest about to turn 5) who won't ever go to
school, won't associate "learning" with sitting in rows being droned
at, or being forced to "study" things that bore them, or that they're
not ready for, or that they already know--so I hope that "learning"
won't be a bad word for them.


Yes, I wish I had heard of this before ever putting my children in public
school. But where I live homeschooling itself is taboo. Its never talked
about, and I had never even heard of unschooling.

Mandy

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>>and helps keep you cool on a hot summer day - ok, maybe
I'm asking too much on that front LOL!)>>

I don't think so. There are times when one of my kids, Qacei especially, will not rest until she has figured out whatever it is she is working on. When she wants to learn HTML coding, I think it is almost a release when she finally figures it out. Kind of like that refreshing cool drink.

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~Mary
http://zenmommasgarden.blogspot.com/

"The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the
green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly
alive."
~Thich Nhat Hanh

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