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Joanna,
Are you going to be anywhere near Pensacola when you come to FL? Aaaah, no
one ever comes up this way...no Disney World Schlock!! haha
Seriously though, if you are in the NW panhandle, write and we'll meet up at
the park or something.

Pat,
I understand about lists of fun ideas...I love them too. I seem to have the
problem of not enough money or time to do everything I want though. One good
place to look for "to do" ideas is the local alternative papers. If you have
publications that are specifically for parents or some liberal types of
papers, they usually list local activities, classes, plays and other events.
I have found anything from pottery classes to African dance. There is so much
available if you just look.
A really fun to-do-at-home type books are several by Nancy Blakely. We have
the "Lotions, Potions and Slime. Mudpies and More."
But there are a couple other "Mudpies" books available.
This one has snow recipes...good if you're up North somewhere. I won't be
doing those anytime soon!
Another book we love has many recipes for doughs and paints called "Magic
Mixtures". It's an indispensable reference for all types of projects.
Another good item to keep around is a huge roll of butcher paper....good for
outdoor fingerpainting (with your entire body of course).
There is a thread at unschooling.com titled something like Unschooling
materials (does anyone remember?) and there are many, many good ideas for
activities and items that inspire creativity.
It's worth printing a copy of.
I still would love to take a "Sandra class" just to glean years of great
ideas. Plan to do that at the conference this fall!!! Right?
Ren

KT

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>Your probably right.. that I shouldn't try to change her mind. I am more
>concerned now, because my middle daughter is wanting very much to spend a
>week or two with this Aunt, and I'm afraid she will try to convince our
>daughter that she has "missed out on so much by not going to school".
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If I thought she's going to do that, even if she was wavering a bit in
her stance and I might yet convince her, I'd still take her aside when I
arrived and ask her nicely to lay off any comparisons of the kids. I've
even been known to let someone think they're right, just to keep my kids
from getting that kind of garbage. Like I would say, "Remember what we
were talking about the other day? Do me a favor and don't mention it to
Jr. just yet...we haven't had a chance to discuss the school thing with
him...."

Of course, if you think that would give her just the permission she
needs to blab all her junk to Jr., then ignore me. And you can't let
your kid hear you say it...if they're like mine, they'll pipe up and ask
what's going on! lol.

I've also been known to prepare my kids ahead of time for people who I
know are going to make certain kinds of comments. Will is so well
prepared that last night he yelled at me, "MOM! You're trying to make
me be like EVERYBODY ELSE!!!"

Only because he wanted to use a frozen mini-pizza box from Sam's without
a single decoration as his Valentine collection box at the skating party
tomorrow. lol.

Tuck


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