R-E-A-L L-I-F-E
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I recieved this in my morning mail. I wanted to share.
~Kelly
R-E-A-L - L-I-F-E
Luz Shosie
"Children do not need to be made to learn, or shown how. They want to and
they know how." - John Holt, author of How Children Learn and many other
inspiring books.
Holt spent many years teaching, observing, and learning from children, but
any parent can see that children are born wanting to grow up to be part of
the adult world. They are so curious and eager that it seems almost
impossible to keep up with their drive to do and learn everything.
Then at some point learning gets separated from the rest of life and turned
into schooling. We are taught that learning means sitting still, doing as
you¹re told. Insatiable, passionate learners are turned into bored,
rebellious, frightened or passive students. Loving parents become frustrated
and burned out teachers. There must be a better way!
The good news is there are lots of parents and children who are growing
without schooling -- living/learning in their own way, at their own pace,
without text books, lessons, tests or coercion. And there are more and more
stories of unschooled children who grow up to be happy, confident, competent
adults doing meaningful and satisfying work. Ready to give unschooling a
try? Here¹s my handy list of reminders for letting go of schooling and
enjoying a REAL LIFE:
R - Relax. It sounds easy, but it takes practice. Being a parent may just be
the most difficult challenge of our lives. When you start to feel stress
coming on, take a breath, take a hike, take up knitting or square dancing or
scuba diving. Take it one day (or one moment) at a time.
E - Enjoy. The challenges of parenting are great and the rewards are even
greater. The years go by so quickly -- embrace each stage and welcome the
changes. If you take pictures, write a journal or make a scrapbook, you can
enjoy it again when the children are grown and the house is quiet and
orderly.
A - Accept and acknowledge the absolutely amazing, awesome and authentic
individual who's sharing your life. Allow him to "be how he grows".
L - Love is the greatest gift. Giving is receiving.
L - Learn from and learn with your children. Learn to play, learn a new
skill, learn about yourself. Watch how your children learn. Living is
learning. Teaching is unnecessary.
I - Investigate intriguing ideas. Help your children follow their interests.
One thing leads to another and the infinite universe is interconnected --
you can start anywhere. It¹s impossible to predict exactly which skills or
knowledge will be needed in ten or twenty years.
F - Fearlessly forgive and forget. Schooling taught us to be fearful;
unschooling encourages us to be brave. We all make mistakes. Forgive
yourself and forge ahead. "Forget everything you learned in school." Did
your first boss tell you that? It¹s still good advice. Have fun. Have
faith.
E - Expect miracles. Encourage and enable exploration. Eschew ersatz
educational edicts. Embody the traits you wish to pass on. Empower your
children (and yourself) to experiment, to engage in a life worth living and
work worth doing.
~Kelly
R-E-A-L - L-I-F-E
Luz Shosie
"Children do not need to be made to learn, or shown how. They want to and
they know how." - John Holt, author of How Children Learn and many other
inspiring books.
Holt spent many years teaching, observing, and learning from children, but
any parent can see that children are born wanting to grow up to be part of
the adult world. They are so curious and eager that it seems almost
impossible to keep up with their drive to do and learn everything.
Then at some point learning gets separated from the rest of life and turned
into schooling. We are taught that learning means sitting still, doing as
you¹re told. Insatiable, passionate learners are turned into bored,
rebellious, frightened or passive students. Loving parents become frustrated
and burned out teachers. There must be a better way!
The good news is there are lots of parents and children who are growing
without schooling -- living/learning in their own way, at their own pace,
without text books, lessons, tests or coercion. And there are more and more
stories of unschooled children who grow up to be happy, confident, competent
adults doing meaningful and satisfying work. Ready to give unschooling a
try? Here¹s my handy list of reminders for letting go of schooling and
enjoying a REAL LIFE:
R - Relax. It sounds easy, but it takes practice. Being a parent may just be
the most difficult challenge of our lives. When you start to feel stress
coming on, take a breath, take a hike, take up knitting or square dancing or
scuba diving. Take it one day (or one moment) at a time.
E - Enjoy. The challenges of parenting are great and the rewards are even
greater. The years go by so quickly -- embrace each stage and welcome the
changes. If you take pictures, write a journal or make a scrapbook, you can
enjoy it again when the children are grown and the house is quiet and
orderly.
A - Accept and acknowledge the absolutely amazing, awesome and authentic
individual who's sharing your life. Allow him to "be how he grows".
L - Love is the greatest gift. Giving is receiving.
L - Learn from and learn with your children. Learn to play, learn a new
skill, learn about yourself. Watch how your children learn. Living is
learning. Teaching is unnecessary.
I - Investigate intriguing ideas. Help your children follow their interests.
One thing leads to another and the infinite universe is interconnected --
you can start anywhere. It¹s impossible to predict exactly which skills or
knowledge will be needed in ten or twenty years.
F - Fearlessly forgive and forget. Schooling taught us to be fearful;
unschooling encourages us to be brave. We all make mistakes. Forgive
yourself and forge ahead. "Forget everything you learned in school." Did
your first boss tell you that? It¹s still good advice. Have fun. Have
faith.
E - Expect miracles. Encourage and enable exploration. Eschew ersatz
educational edicts. Embody the traits you wish to pass on. Empower your
children (and yourself) to experiment, to engage in a life worth living and
work worth doing.
susan bundlie
On Saturday, March 15, 2003, at 11:26 AM,
[email protected] wrote:
This came at a perfect time for me. My chiropractor, whom I'm seeing a
lot of these days, has four darling children. The oldest is a boy,
nine, and I just met him. I only spent about 5 minutes with him, but he
struck me as such an intense, intelligent child. He seems weighted down
by the world, though, and has a stutter. I mentioned homeschooling to
the chiro, but he didn't seem too interested. He talked about how his
son is reading WAY above his class level and he does WAY much more work
than the other kids do.
I think I'll give him this article and just let the idea start to
slowly sink in. He's a very science-oriented guy (used to be an
engineer) and probably a tough nut to crack, so I'll soak him in water
awhile to loosen up his shell! I'll also try to get him to come to
Alice in Wonderland, our (homeschool theater) spring play, where he'll
see 48 real-life hs-ed kids.
Susan, who hates it when people proselytize -- is that what I'm doing?
[email protected] wrote:
> <<R-E-A-L - L-I-F-EThanks!
> Luz Shosie
>
> "Children do not need to be made to learn, or shown how. They want to
> and
> they know how." - John Holt, author of How Children Learn and many
> other
> inspiring books. >>
This came at a perfect time for me. My chiropractor, whom I'm seeing a
lot of these days, has four darling children. The oldest is a boy,
nine, and I just met him. I only spent about 5 minutes with him, but he
struck me as such an intense, intelligent child. He seems weighted down
by the world, though, and has a stutter. I mentioned homeschooling to
the chiro, but he didn't seem too interested. He talked about how his
son is reading WAY above his class level and he does WAY much more work
than the other kids do.
I think I'll give him this article and just let the idea start to
slowly sink in. He's a very science-oriented guy (used to be an
engineer) and probably a tough nut to crack, so I'll soak him in water
awhile to loosen up his shell! I'll also try to get him to come to
Alice in Wonderland, our (homeschool theater) spring play, where he'll
see 48 real-life hs-ed kids.
Susan, who hates it when people proselytize -- is that what I'm doing?
[email protected]
In a message dated 3/15/03 4:26:58 PM Eastern Standard Time,
strandbe@... writes:
Pam G.
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strandbe@... writes:
> and probably a tough nut to crack, so I'll soak him in waterI like that phrase. LOL
> awhile to loosen up his shell!
Pam G.
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Penny Holder
I recieved this in my morning mail. I wanted to share.
~Kelly
R-E-A-L - L-I-F-E
Luz Shosie
Thanks so much for sharing this. It was great!
Penny
http://learnathome.tripod.com
~Kelly
R-E-A-L - L-I-F-E
Luz Shosie
Thanks so much for sharing this. It was great!
Penny
http://learnathome.tripod.com
[email protected]
In a message dated 3/15/2003 3:27:21 PM Central Standard Time,
strandbe@... writes:
It's a little hearing aid type thing that you wear in your ear. It changes
the sound of your own voice, and for some reason it works INSTANTLY. It
tricks your brain into thinking it's someone else speaking. It was amazing
to watch.
Tuck
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strandbe@... writes:
> He seems weighted downDid you hear about that miracle cure for stuttering?
> by the world, though, and has a stutter.
It's a little hearing aid type thing that you wear in your ear. It changes
the sound of your own voice, and for some reason it works INSTANTLY. It
tricks your brain into thinking it's someone else speaking. It was amazing
to watch.
Tuck
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Kelli Traaseth
Thanks for this Kelly. Do you know if it's OK if I post this on my unschooling MN list? Is Luz on this list? I think she's on the HEM list, should I ask her?
Kelli
kbcdlovejo@... wrote:I recieved this in my morning mail. I wanted to share.
~Kelly
R-E-A-L - L-I-F-E
Luz Shosie
"Children do not need to be made to learn, or shown how. They want to and
they know how." - John Holt, author of How Children Learn and many other
inspiring books.
Holt spent many years teaching, observing, and learning from children, but
any parent can see that children are born wanting to grow up to be part of
the adult world. They are so curious and eager that it seems almost
impossible to keep up with their drive to do and learn everything.
Then at some point learning gets separated from the rest of life and turned
into schooling. We are taught that learning means sitting still, doing as
you�re told. Insatiable, passionate learners are turned into bored,
rebellious, frightened or passive students. Loving parents become frustrated
and burned out teachers. There must be a better way!
The good news is there are lots of parents and children who are growing
without schooling -- living/learning in their own way, at their own pace,
without text books, lessons, tests or coercion. And there are more and more
stories of unschooled children who grow up to be happy, confident, competent
adults doing meaningful and satisfying work. Ready to give unschooling a
try? Here�s my handy list of reminders for letting go of schooling and
enjoying a REAL LIFE:
R - Relax. It sounds easy, but it takes practice. Being a parent may just be
the most difficult challenge of our lives. When you start to feel stress
coming on, take a breath, take a hike, take up knitting or square dancing or
scuba diving. Take it one day (or one moment) at a time.
E - Enjoy. The challenges of parenting are great and the rewards are even
greater. The years go by so quickly -- embrace each stage and welcome the
changes. If you take pictures, write a journal or make a scrapbook, you can
enjoy it again when the children are grown and the house is quiet and
orderly.
A - Accept and acknowledge the absolutely amazing, awesome and authentic
individual who's sharing your life. Allow him to "be how he grows".
L - Love is the greatest gift. Giving is receiving.
L - Learn from and learn with your children. Learn to play, learn a new
skill, learn about yourself. Watch how your children learn. Living is
learning. Teaching is unnecessary.
I - Investigate intriguing ideas. Help your children follow their interests.
One thing leads to another and the infinite universe is interconnected --
you can start anywhere. It�s impossible to predict exactly which skills or
knowledge will be needed in ten or twenty years.
F - Fearlessly forgive and forget. Schooling taught us to be fearful;
unschooling encourages us to be brave. We all make mistakes. Forgive
yourself and forge ahead. "Forget everything you learned in school." Did
your first boss tell you that? It�s still good advice. Have fun. Have
faith.
E - Expect miracles. Encourage and enable exploration. Eschew ersatz
educational edicts. Embody the traits you wish to pass on. Empower your
children (and yourself) to experiment, to engage in a life worth living and
work worth doing.
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Kelli
kbcdlovejo@... wrote:I recieved this in my morning mail. I wanted to share.
~Kelly
R-E-A-L - L-I-F-E
Luz Shosie
"Children do not need to be made to learn, or shown how. They want to and
they know how." - John Holt, author of How Children Learn and many other
inspiring books.
Holt spent many years teaching, observing, and learning from children, but
any parent can see that children are born wanting to grow up to be part of
the adult world. They are so curious and eager that it seems almost
impossible to keep up with their drive to do and learn everything.
Then at some point learning gets separated from the rest of life and turned
into schooling. We are taught that learning means sitting still, doing as
you�re told. Insatiable, passionate learners are turned into bored,
rebellious, frightened or passive students. Loving parents become frustrated
and burned out teachers. There must be a better way!
The good news is there are lots of parents and children who are growing
without schooling -- living/learning in their own way, at their own pace,
without text books, lessons, tests or coercion. And there are more and more
stories of unschooled children who grow up to be happy, confident, competent
adults doing meaningful and satisfying work. Ready to give unschooling a
try? Here�s my handy list of reminders for letting go of schooling and
enjoying a REAL LIFE:
R - Relax. It sounds easy, but it takes practice. Being a parent may just be
the most difficult challenge of our lives. When you start to feel stress
coming on, take a breath, take a hike, take up knitting or square dancing or
scuba diving. Take it one day (or one moment) at a time.
E - Enjoy. The challenges of parenting are great and the rewards are even
greater. The years go by so quickly -- embrace each stage and welcome the
changes. If you take pictures, write a journal or make a scrapbook, you can
enjoy it again when the children are grown and the house is quiet and
orderly.
A - Accept and acknowledge the absolutely amazing, awesome and authentic
individual who's sharing your life. Allow him to "be how he grows".
L - Love is the greatest gift. Giving is receiving.
L - Learn from and learn with your children. Learn to play, learn a new
skill, learn about yourself. Watch how your children learn. Living is
learning. Teaching is unnecessary.
I - Investigate intriguing ideas. Help your children follow their interests.
One thing leads to another and the infinite universe is interconnected --
you can start anywhere. It�s impossible to predict exactly which skills or
knowledge will be needed in ten or twenty years.
F - Fearlessly forgive and forget. Schooling taught us to be fearful;
unschooling encourages us to be brave. We all make mistakes. Forgive
yourself and forge ahead. "Forget everything you learned in school." Did
your first boss tell you that? It�s still good advice. Have fun. Have
faith.
E - Expect miracles. Encourage and enable exploration. Eschew ersatz
educational edicts. Embody the traits you wish to pass on. Empower your
children (and yourself) to experiment, to engage in a life worth living and
work worth doing.
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In a message dated 3/17/03 10:54:15 AM Eastern Standard Time,
kellitraas@... writes:
Neds and she said fine no problem. If you E mail her she will also send you
a copy of the newsletter it came from.
Pam G.
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kellitraas@... writes:
> Thanks for this Kelly. Do you know if it's OK if I post this on myI asked her if I could reproduce that and some other articles of hers and
> unschooling MN list? Is Luz on this list? I think she's on the HEM
> list, should I ask her?
>
>
Neds and she said fine no problem. If you E mail her she will also send you
a copy of the newsletter it came from.
Pam G.
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Dana
Any more info on this anti-stuttering machine? I have a stutterer.
Dana
Dana
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From: <Tuckervill@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 6:32 AM
Subject: Re: [AlwaysLearning] Re: R-E-A-L L-I-F-E
> In a message dated 3/15/2003 3:27:21 PM Central Standard Time,
> strandbe@... writes:
>
> > He seems weighted down
> > by the world, though, and has a stutter.
>
> Did you hear about that miracle cure for stuttering?
>
> It's a little hearing aid type thing that you wear in your ear. It
changes
> the sound of your own voice, and for some reason it works INSTANTLY. It
> tricks your brain into thinking it's someone else speaking. It was
amazing
> to watch.
>
> Tuck
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
> [email protected]
>
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
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In a message dated 3/17/2003 10:54:12 AM Eastern Standard Time,
kellitraas@... writes:
this was an online newsletter. She's om HWM, not this one.
~Kelly
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kellitraas@... writes:
> Thanks for this Kelly. Do you know if it's OK if I post this on myI'm sure she'd be delighted. Most of their stuff is available online---and
> unschooling MN list? Is Luz on this list? I think she's on
> the HEM list, should I ask her?
>
> Kelli
this was an online newsletter. She's om HWM, not this one.
~Kelly
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[email protected]
In a message dated 3/17/2003 11:25:16 AM Central Standard Time,
hoffmanwilson@... writes:
her website. The man who invented the machine was a physician who had a
terrible stutter. They don't know exactly why it works, but it is like
watching a miracle.
I hope it revolutionizes things for people who stutter.
Tuck
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hoffmanwilson@... writes:
> Any more info on this anti-stuttering machine? I have a stutterer.I wish I knew more, but I saw it on the Oprah show. Perhaps if you searched
>
her website. The man who invented the machine was a physician who had a
terrible stutter. They don't know exactly why it works, but it is like
watching a miracle.
I hope it revolutionizes things for people who stutter.
Tuck
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Kelli Traaseth
Thanks Kelly and Pam.
Kelli -- off to try my Irish stew! Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!
genant2@... wrote:In a message dated 3/17/03 10:54:15 AM Eastern Standard Time,
kellitraas@... writes:
Neds and she said fine no problem. If you E mail her she will also send you
a copy of the newsletter it came from.
Pam G.
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Kelli -- off to try my Irish stew! Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!
genant2@... wrote:In a message dated 3/17/03 10:54:15 AM Eastern Standard Time,
kellitraas@... writes:
> Thanks for this Kelly. Do you know if it's OK if I post this on myI asked her if I could reproduce that and some other articles of hers and
> unschooling MN list? Is Luz on this list? I think she's on the HEM
> list, should I ask her?
>
>
Neds and she said fine no problem. If you E mail her she will also send you
a copy of the newsletter it came from.
Pam G.
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