Re: Unschooling and Daycare
[email protected]
In a message dated 3/1/2005 12:54:22 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
"Not all daycares situations are schooly,
and not everyone can be a stay at home mom (or dad). I don't find my
situation
sad at all. Though I will admit that I may be a little
defensive. :~}"
Don't be defensive!!:) I think you're an incredibly aware parent,
finding such a creative solution for allowing your child to stay out
of school.
Not everyone has a full-time partner in this adventure. I'm always
encouraging single parents to look at other options if their
children don't want to be in school! I think you've found a really
great one.
I was fortunate enough to have plenty of support for my 6 month
stint as a single parent. I know that even if something happened to
my dh or I, my children could continue their unschooling adventures.
It's great to read about single parents making things work.
A close friend here in Pensacola is trying to come up with solutions
for keeping her dd out of school....she's asking other homeschooling
parents to babysit. Right now she's in a very small daycare
situation.
Not all parents with children in school or daycare are part of
mainstream practices.
Some of my good friends are huge supporters of unschooling but their
children have chosen school for right now. Their children don't have
all the baggage that most school kids do, because their parents
counter all that crap. It's working for them. The children know they
can come home any time, that grades don't matter, and that the
parents will support their interests.
School and daycare don't have to be horrible for children, it
depends.
Ren
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Before Julian was born (he's now 15), his dad, my partner, and I all worked
in daycare. At about 6 months Julian started going a couple of mornings a
week to a family that were good friends, and had a child in the center where
J's dad worked.
Then before he was 3, he went with his dad to the day care center. By the
time he was 4, none of us worked in day care anymore, and he was with me until
he started Kindergarten. We pulled him out after 3rd grade.
Interestingly, many of the families I worked with in that day care center
homeschooled after the experience with the center. It was a funky day care
center started by a bunch of cool hippy-types 15 years before we made a
connection there. It was very child-centered and sweet, not stressing academics. When
a bunch of the kids reached Kindergarten age, their parent pleaded with us to
start a Kindergarten program for them, and we did. They weren't ready to
send their kids to "regular" school, and we were happy to keep them.
After that year, most of those kids either stayed, went to alternative
programs, or started homeschooling.
Being home full-time is not an option, or desireable, for everybody. The
trick is finding wonderful places for our kids to be when we can't be with them.
Kathryn
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[email protected] writes:
"Not all daycares situations are schooly,
and not everyone can be a stay at home mom (or dad). I don't find my
situation
sad at all. Though I will admit that I may be a little
defensive. :~}"
Don't be defensive!!:) I think you're an incredibly aware parent,
finding such a creative solution for allowing your child to stay out
of school.
Not everyone has a full-time partner in this adventure. I'm always
encouraging single parents to look at other options if their
children don't want to be in school! I think you've found a really
great one.
I was fortunate enough to have plenty of support for my 6 month
stint as a single parent. I know that even if something happened to
my dh or I, my children could continue their unschooling adventures.
It's great to read about single parents making things work.
A close friend here in Pensacola is trying to come up with solutions
for keeping her dd out of school....she's asking other homeschooling
parents to babysit. Right now she's in a very small daycare
situation.
Not all parents with children in school or daycare are part of
mainstream practices.
Some of my good friends are huge supporters of unschooling but their
children have chosen school for right now. Their children don't have
all the baggage that most school kids do, because their parents
counter all that crap. It's working for them. The children know they
can come home any time, that grades don't matter, and that the
parents will support their interests.
School and daycare don't have to be horrible for children, it
depends.
Ren
************************
Before Julian was born (he's now 15), his dad, my partner, and I all worked
in daycare. At about 6 months Julian started going a couple of mornings a
week to a family that were good friends, and had a child in the center where
J's dad worked.
Then before he was 3, he went with his dad to the day care center. By the
time he was 4, none of us worked in day care anymore, and he was with me until
he started Kindergarten. We pulled him out after 3rd grade.
Interestingly, many of the families I worked with in that day care center
homeschooled after the experience with the center. It was a funky day care
center started by a bunch of cool hippy-types 15 years before we made a
connection there. It was very child-centered and sweet, not stressing academics. When
a bunch of the kids reached Kindergarten age, their parent pleaded with us to
start a Kindergarten program for them, and we did. They weren't ready to
send their kids to "regular" school, and we were happy to keep them.
After that year, most of those kids either stayed, went to alternative
programs, or started homeschooling.
Being home full-time is not an option, or desireable, for everybody. The
trick is finding wonderful places for our kids to be when we can't be with them.
Kathryn
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