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Subj: I am curious and would like more information
Date: Friday, August 23, 2002 10:26:58 AM
From: SandraDodd
To: kaymarchant@..., SandraDodd

-=Like Traditional Unschooling, Accelerated Unschooling understands that
children are best able to determine their interests and talents and gifts.
People are naturally drawn to activities and topics that fit their
personalities-=-


Have you read Frank Smith's _The Book of Learning and Forgetting_? I really
think you'd like it.

<< Many children and adults
have very strong gifts and interests that they'd like to pursue, but limited
resources, and, even more, procrastination or laziness keep them from
pursuing them.>>

In any unschooling family it's the parents' part to provide opportunities and
inspiration. I'm not really picturing what would "accelerate" it and still
keep it in the realm of unschooling.

My original question was where are the support groups in various states, or
where is this written up on the internet, because I had never heard of it
until the other day.

<<Accelerated Unschooling allows the parent to take control of
the motivation piece.>>

Once parents have "taken control" of ANY piece, how is it then still learning
at one's own pace ?

<<This is especially important for children who are
Gifted or Talented, but who often lack motivation. Accelerated Unschooling
allows them to reach their potentials.>>

Tell me more.

<<My personal experience with Accelerated Unschooling has been particularly
dramatic. I have fo have begun Accelerated
Unschooling, they have excelled in all of their areas of giftedness >>

What method were you using before "accelerated unschooling"?
Were the children ever in school?

<<Accelerated Unschooling is becoming more popular. I attended a workshop
with
its inventors, Conrad and Lydia Menapolit, in California, and it has changed
our lives. We are hoping that Conrad and Lydia will be doing more workshops,
but they are presently in Austria writing a book about Accelerated
Unschooling.>>

When and where was the workshop? At a conference?
I'm really surprised I hadn't heard about it, so yes, please give me any
resources you have so I can understand it, since I get VERY many inquiries
from others about unschooling.

Sandra

Nancy Wooton

on 8/23/02 9:30 AM, SandraDodd@... at SandraDodd@... wrote:

> Accelerated Unschooling is becoming more popular. I attended a workshop
> with
> its inventors, Conrad and Lydia Menapolit, in California, and it has changed
> our lives. We are hoping that Conrad and Lydia will be doing more workshops,
> but they are presently in Austria writing a book about Accelerated
> Unschooling


They don't show up on Google. Hey, even *I* show up on Google!! (an
unschooling article, I'm proud to say!)

Nancy