Kelley Hagenbuch
Hi there, I am new to this group, although I have belonged to some others over the years. I have come slowly to the conclusion that unschooling is the only sane choice for us, but I'm having some problems with some of the ways my boys spend most of their time. They are avid skateboarders and snowboarders at 10 and 13. For the past 2 years there has been little else that interests them. So I have done my best to accomidate this interest. We are embarking on building a huge back yard skatepark, and much money math has been learned while shopping for cool duds. But now it seems that whenever I strive to "strew their paths with interesting items" it is met with resentment that I am trying to lead too much. I asked them what they wanted to learn this fall, to get a better clue. And suprisingly, they wanted many "school subjects" but when I actually offer to help them learn these things, they never have the time....
Being basically highly intellectual and interested in everything, its killing me to think that possibly they are closing their minds to things that might have some good use. Anyone have any advice for me?
Kelley
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Being basically highly intellectual and interested in everything, its killing me to think that possibly they are closing their minds to things that might have some good use. Anyone have any advice for me?
Kelley
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Sandra Dodd
-=-that whenever I strive to "strew their paths with interesting
items" it is met with resentment that I am trying to lead too much-=-
Wait...
Strewing shouldn't be leading.
http://sandradodd.com/strewing
Just leave things visible. If they don't pick them up and play with
them, that needs to be okay.
-=I asked them what they wanted to learn this fall, to get a better
clue. -=-
Don't ask them what they want to learn. That doesn't make
unschooling sense.
You, the mom, need to look closer to see what they're already learning.
Unschooling works when life is rich and full and busy and fun! They
don't need to know what they want to learn. They need to learn
without knowing it even happened.
-=-Being basically highly intellectual and interested in everything,
its killing me to think that possibly they are closing their minds to
things that might have some good use. Anyone have any advice for me?-=-
If you hope for them to want school lessons, you won't see unschooling.
This might help:
http://sandradodd.com/seeingit
It's not like taking several steps, it's like turning, right where
you're already standing, and looking the other direction.
Sandra
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items" it is met with resentment that I am trying to lead too much-=-
Wait...
Strewing shouldn't be leading.
http://sandradodd.com/strewing
Just leave things visible. If they don't pick them up and play with
them, that needs to be okay.
-=I asked them what they wanted to learn this fall, to get a better
clue. -=-
Don't ask them what they want to learn. That doesn't make
unschooling sense.
You, the mom, need to look closer to see what they're already learning.
Unschooling works when life is rich and full and busy and fun! They
don't need to know what they want to learn. They need to learn
without knowing it even happened.
-=-Being basically highly intellectual and interested in everything,
its killing me to think that possibly they are closing their minds to
things that might have some good use. Anyone have any advice for me?-=-
If you hope for them to want school lessons, you won't see unschooling.
This might help:
http://sandradodd.com/seeingit
It's not like taking several steps, it's like turning, right where
you're already standing, and looking the other direction.
Sandra
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Nancy Wooton
On Sep 17, 2007, at 5:22 PM, Kelley Hagenbuch wrote:
Association of California, I took a call from a mom who was looking for
help; her son was in a school-based home program, but it wasn't meeting
his needs and the paperwork was interfering with his schedule. She
wasn't too concerned about his future, as, at 16, he was already a
millionaire, tops in his field, would have been in the most recent
Olympics if not for an age thing, had already beaten all the guys who
did win... Now, since my kids were not into the same things, I didn't
know about this homeschooler, but we do now... This call was from
Shaun White's mom.
Nancy in San Diego
> They are avid skateboarders and snowboarders at 10 and 13. For theA few years ago, when I was a county contact for the HomeSchool
> past 2 years there has been little else that interests them.
Association of California, I took a call from a mom who was looking for
help; her son was in a school-based home program, but it wasn't meeting
his needs and the paperwork was interfering with his schedule. She
wasn't too concerned about his future, as, at 16, he was already a
millionaire, tops in his field, would have been in the most recent
Olympics if not for an age thing, had already beaten all the guys who
did win... Now, since my kids were not into the same things, I didn't
know about this homeschooler, but we do now... This call was from
Shaun White's mom.
Nancy in San Diego
MrsStranahan
This might help, too .. an NPR article on doing what you love by Tony Hawk.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5568583
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5568583
On 9/17/07, Kelley Hagenbuch <dr.kelley@...> wrote:
>
> Hi there, I am new to this group, although I have belonged to some
> others over the years. I have come slowly to the conclusion that unschooling
> is the only sane choice for us, but I'm having some problems with some of
> the ways my boys spend most of their time. They are avid skateboarders and
> snowboarders at 10 and 13. For the past 2 years there has been little else
> that interests them.
>
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