The Millers

From: Sandra Dodd <Sandra@...>
Subject: Re: How about all those 'oft-said' phrases we wish we never said?


-=-And, of course, whenever I start
laughing...it means tickle time for Sorscha. -=-

Be careful with tickling. Some people don't like it, but will endure
it to keep peace, or to have the physical touch. She might sometimes
prefer just softer touching but not want to admit it, or not fully
realize it. Even though it makes people laugh, tickling can be
invasive and sometimes painful. And sometimes there IS something
that needs to be said after that deep breath or two, it just needs to
be in a gentle form. Tickling instead of saying something might be
like changing the subject, sometimes.
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Oh no, not me.....I am the (not so fond of tickling type person), When
Sorscha sees me laughing she is the one to come after me. heehee She is
big into wrestling and tickling.

Good point! I think my not liking the tickling thing comes from my sister
tickling me when we were kids. She was bigger and would hold me down. She
would put her knees on my elbows and my underarms were exposed. It did not
tickle, but hurt. Eventually, being the limber one and quite tall, I
realized that I could throw my legs up over, around her back and around the
front part of her neck. I would take her down and almost knock the wind out
of her, giving me time to get away. Thankfully, Dave is the wrestler in the
family and many nights the two of them (dd and daddy) have matches. I
cannot watch, they totally freak me out.

Crystal, David, and Sorscha in NM



Sandra


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Message: 21
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 12:43:03 -0800
From: carelia <carelia@...>
Subject: Re: A nice unschooling page


On Feb 21, 2006, at 5:45 AM, Sandra Dodd wrote:

> http://mckca.org/carelia/kids.html
>
> This page is beautiful.
> It was in the sigline of an e-mail from Carelia@gmail, and I like it
> when I have time look at what people have in their siglines.


Aw shucks. Thanks. :)

If anyone finds dead links, can you let me know? LOL And btw the
"family" link goes to my family's main page and the kids have pages
linked from there (tho they are heavy on graphics and low on actual
content), and my husband has his blog, which at one time contained
quite a few unschooly posts (things the kids did or his random
observations). He edits it frequently (he's a geek boy engineer so he
loves tweaking the code and such) so I am not sure if it's working
right now.


> I'm glad people are making their own sites. These must be some of
> the greatest things to show relatives who wonder if you really know
> what you're doing.


That's why we started making the pages. We lived in CO for 7 years
and the grandparents were in MO and CA. Then it became a hobby to do
it, regardless if anyone else looked at it! I don't do scrapbbooking
so this is my "scrapbook". I love the dynamic nature of the pages,
and when I get bored with a layout, I can easily change it!

Thanks for the "plug", Sandra! :)

**********
carelia ~ C. Norton
carelia@...
http://www.mckca.org/carelia

Mom to Katherine (18), Christopher (14) and Aaron (6)






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Message: 22
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 22:19:55 -0000
From: "hollywoodapi" <aak@...>
Subject: Re: Speech Therapy or not

Maggie,

We are faced with almost identical situation with our 6 year old
son. Before trying traditional speech therapy, we are going to try
Neurofeedback: www.eegspectrum.com. I will post later on this yahoo!
group to share the results.

Regards,
Anna

--- In [email protected], Melissa <weathermom@...> wrote:
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> Hi Maggie,
>
> Newbie lurker here (and another Melissa). Just wanted to jump in,
as I also
> have a six year old son with speech/language difficulties. You
said you
> have had conversations with the boy < so the problem is with his
> pronunciations, not with his ability to converse or retrieve
words? If
> there is any need to help him converse and relate to people, I know
of a
> wonderful home program. Otherwise, there are Scottish Rite clinics
all over
> the country that provide free or sliding-scale therapy that could
help with
> speech impediments. That way, she wouldn¹t have to deal with the
school
> system.
>
> Let me know if you would like more info.!
>
> Melissa
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> On 2/17/06 9:00 PM, "Maggy Alonso" <MaggyAlonso@...> wrote:
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> > I recently met a single mom who is unschooling her 6 yo son. She
mentioned
> > today that she has to go through the school board for the first
year (she just
> > moved to Florida from Chicago) because she wants to get him
evaluated for
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hated the
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> > got over their speech issues without the therapy. This single
mom is basing
> > her son's need for evaluation on two separate occasions where it
was suggested
> > by other people (not professionals). I'm just wondering if
anyone knows where
> > she can get some info/support online before she has him
evaluated. I've had
> > conversations with her son and he sounds just fine to me. I
would love to be
> > able to offer her an alternative to going through the school
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Message: 23
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 16:28:00 -0600
From: Jen and Scott Lynch <j.slynch@...>
Subject: What to say (was "trying to post")


On Feb 20, 2006, at 6:43 PM, Cathy:

> Interestingly enough I have noticed that my DS has
> recently stopped telling people he is homeschooling when they ask if
> he is in kindergarten or first grade, he just says kindergarten
>

My daughter has gone from saying "we homeschool" to saying "I don't go
to school." It usually stops other questions from coming! If people
are receptive I explain, if it is some man chatting with us in the
frozen foods section I just smile big and change the subject!

Jen
http://circletheworld.blogspot.com


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Message: 24
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:42:16 -0800 (PST)
From: Nanci Kuykendall <aisliin@...>
Subject: Pagan Unschoolers

>I'm curious, are there any other Pagans raising Pagan
>kids on this list?
>Merry Meet!
>Verdena

We are. We're in the forest on the Olympic Peninsula,
and are a family of five (hubby and I, our 19 year old
neice, and two boys Thomas (9) and Alex (almost 8)
Nice to "meet" you.

Nanci K.


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Message: 25
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:50:08 -0800 (PST)
From: Rebecca DeLong <elfmama_2@...>
Subject: Re: Pagan Unschoolers

Us too. Waving from San Diego.
Family of five Me, hubby and 3 boys (7, 4, and 18m)
~Rebecca

Nanci Kuykendall <aisliin@...> wrote:
>I'm curious, are there any other Pagans raising Pagan
>kids on this list?
>Merry Meet!
>Verdena

We are. We're in the forest on the Olympic Peninsula,
and are a family of five (hubby and I, our 19 year old
neice, and two boys Thomas (9) and Alex (almost 8)
Nice to "meet" you.

Nanci K.



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>>Oh no, not me.....I am the (not so fond of tickling type person), When
Sorscha sees me laughing she is the one to come after me. heehee She is
big into wrestling and tickling.<<




When my kids were much smaller, we played "tickle doctor." They would lay
on their back or front, and I'd play the part of the doctor and
say..."Hmmmmm...does this tickle?" and I'd tickle something like the top of their head, or
a shoulder, or places that are not ticklish. Part of the "game" is the last
place to check, would be the most ticklish. Then we'd start all over again.

I know it didn't bother my kids because they'd beg to play it then we'd have
to play it over and over and over again. My now 18 yo son loved it the
most...and when we'd play it he'd have such anticipation of being tickled that I
couldn't even get near him with out him giggling to pieces. Thinking about
it almost brings tears to my eyes, he was so cute. *sniffle*

Nancy B.


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