mamakrislaroche

i'd love some feedback about feelings game from unschooling brothers
and sisters...www.feeleez.com i'm writing learning guide and seeking
input from creative minds.

Sandra Dodd

-=-i'd love some feedback about feelings game from unschooling brothers
and sisters...www.feeleez.com i'm writing learning guide and seeking
input from creative minds.-=-



I was about to send this back to the poster as being inappropriate
for the list, but I let it through. This isn't a recommendation on
my part for people to go to that site, but for those with extra time
and curiosity, it might interesting to see how it holds up against
the ideals and principles of unschooling, or the opportunities
unschoolers have.



Sandra

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Jenny C

> -=-i'd love some feedback about feelings game from unschooling
brothers
> and sisters...www.feeleez.com i'm writing learning guide and seeking
> input from creative minds.-=-

it might interesting to see how it holds up against
> the ideals and principles of unschooling, or the opportunities
> unschoolers have.
>

It's produced by the Natural Parenting Center, which I've never heard
of, but there is a link on homeschooling and unschooling and offers
consultation for money. (thanks Sandra, for always puting out the
free stuff, your awesome website and your tireless effort to help
people be informed!)

As far as the feeleez go, nothing like that would've helped my non-
empathic child be more empathic sooner or better. We have some of
those puzzles that swap out faces of different emotions, but she's
never used it for the purpose of being more empathic. I guess she
used it for acting out some emotions here and there with some made up
stories to go along with the different faces. The only thing that's
really helped is trial and error in real life applications.

The art is cute and I think Margaux would've like them just because
of that and the goofy faces and such. I'm not so sure about the
justification of using them as teaching tools. However, I can see
how they'd be useful in child therapy situations.

I guess, mostly, I get kind of weird about "teaching tools" and all
the lingo and such that go along with it. It smacks of preschool and
school stuff, and I find we do so much better without that stuff in
our life. It's kind of life how I feel about the leapfrog stuff,
it's fun and kinda cool, just soooo teacherly.

BRIAN POLIKOWSKY

Something that bothers me is that you don't know WHO you will be consulting with.
There is nothing I could find about who they or he/she is.
Not that I want to consult with anyone but I have called  Schuyler and Kelly for help.
I know who they are!

 
Alex Polikowsky
http://polykow.blogspot.com/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unschoolingmn/
 




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From: Jenny C <jenstarc4@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 7:57:59 PM
Subject: [AlwaysLearning] Re: feeleez


> -=-i'd love some feedback about feelings game from unschooling
brothers
> and sisters...www. feeleez.com i'm writing learning guide and seeking
> input from creative minds.-=-

it might interesting to see how it holds up against
> the ideals and principles of unschooling, or the opportunities
> unschoolers have.
>

It's produced by the Natural Parenting Center, which I've never heard
of, but there is a link on homeschooling and unschooling and offers
consultation for money. (thanks Sandra, for always puting out the
free stuff, your awesome website and your tireless effort to help
people be informed!)

As far as the feeleez go, nothing like that would've helped my non-
empathic child be more empathic sooner or better. We have some of
those puzzles that swap out faces of different emotions, but she's
never used it for the purpose of being more empathic. I guess she
used it for acting out some emotions here and there with some made up
stories to go along with the different faces. The only thing that's
really helped is trial and error in real life applications.

The art is cute and I think Margaux would've like them just because
of that and the goofy faces and such. I'm not so sure about the
justification of using them as teaching tools. However, I can see
how they'd be useful in child therapy situations.

I guess, mostly, I get kind of weird about "teaching tools" and all
the lingo and such that go along with it. It smacks of preschool and
school stuff, and I find we do so much better without that stuff in
our life. It's kind of life how I feel about the leapfrog stuff,
it's fun and kinda cool, just soooo teacherly.



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