danny31374

Hello,

I am a big fan of John Holt and unschooling. It's simply amazing
what my four-year-old has learned without anyone actively teaching
her.

But I find that the notion of unschooling makes me very protective
of her self-directed learning, and so when others attempt
traditional instruction, I end up acting like a schoolteacher.

Example, my mom will tell my daughter, "You have to learn how to
hold a pen the right way," or she'll babysit and drill her by just
writing unrelated words on a piece of paper and having my daughter
read them (when daughter can already read books, email from me,
etc.).

So I'll end up constantly correcting my mom. Exactly what I don't
want her to do to my daughter. It's kind of weird and I wonder if
anyone else has found a more consistent way of dealing with these
types of things.

A better way to unschool chronic schoolers...?

Thanks,

Danny

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In a message dated 4/11/2005 12:22:05 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
danny@... writes:

So I'll end up constantly correcting my mom. Exactly what I don't
want her to do to my daughter. It's kind of weird and I wonder if
anyone else has found a more consistent way of dealing with these
types of things.

A better way to unschool chronic schoolers...?


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That's not your job.
If they don't want to learn about unschooling, that's fine.


Your job is to protect your daughter's natural learning environment.


Sandra


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