Unschooling kids interests?
Joanne
I'd love to hear what all of your unschooling kids are learning on
their own and what their interested in lately? I'd also like to hear
how they're doing it, what resources are they using.
I'll post about my kids later on but for now I just wanted to throw the
question out there.
~ Joanne ~
Mom to Jacqueline (7), Shawna (10) & Cimion (13)
Adopted into our hearts October 30, 2003
http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com/
their own and what their interested in lately? I'd also like to hear
how they're doing it, what resources are they using.
I'll post about my kids later on but for now I just wanted to throw the
question out there.
~ Joanne ~
Mom to Jacqueline (7), Shawna (10) & Cimion (13)
Adopted into our hearts October 30, 2003
http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com/
elizabeth roberts
Sarah is mainly doing two things: reading and exploring algebra with my college textbook (basic and intermediate algebra). She'd originally asked for the Switched-On Schoolhouse math program for that level...beginning algebra..til we remembered that I had the textbook hanging around. We both would rather sit and use the markerboard together than the computer anyways. She is reading through the Dear America books right now, and the Royal Diaries as well.
Logan plays on the computer. We just bought him a Reader Rabbit phonics game that he asked for when he saw it at Maxway. He basically does everything online. He likes IKnowthat.com, and a couple other places.
Megan and Gracie right now spend alot of time either playing in the playroom or watching TV.
Beth
Joanne <billyandjoanne@...> wrote:
I'd love to hear what all of your unschooling kids are learning on
their own and what their interested in lately? I'd also like to hear
how they're doing it, what resources are they using.
I'll post about my kids later on but for now I just wanted to throw the
question out there.
~ Joanne ~
Mom to Jacqueline (7), Shawna (10) & Cimion (13)
Adopted into our hearts October 30, 2003
http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com/
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Logan plays on the computer. We just bought him a Reader Rabbit phonics game that he asked for when he saw it at Maxway. He basically does everything online. He likes IKnowthat.com, and a couple other places.
Megan and Gracie right now spend alot of time either playing in the playroom or watching TV.
Beth
Joanne <billyandjoanne@...> wrote:
I'd love to hear what all of your unschooling kids are learning on
their own and what their interested in lately? I'd also like to hear
how they're doing it, what resources are they using.
I'll post about my kids later on but for now I just wanted to throw the
question out there.
~ Joanne ~
Mom to Jacqueline (7), Shawna (10) & Cimion (13)
Adopted into our hearts October 30, 2003
http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com/
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Lesa McMahon-Lowe
My DD loves Spongebob... and she's been playing on her own with the
Spongebob Typing CD-Rom she got for Christmas. It's so cute when she has to
type at the computer now because she really tries to use the right fingers
on the keys.
She watches a ton of HGTV and Animal Planet.
A new local homeschool group is starting a chess club every Wed. at the
local library so she may pick up some books of interest this week. Most
likely it will be about animals. I told her about Feng Shui and that maybe
there might be a book for kids about it. We might find a small book about
that, too.
She's still very much deschooling right at the moment. So I'm just letting
her be and being careful not to push her to do anything.
Lesa
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From: Joanne
Date: 03/12/06 08:28:04
To: [email protected]
Subject: [unschoolingbasics] Unschooling kids interests?
I'd love to hear what all of your unschooling kids are learning on
their own and what their interested in lately? I'd also like to hear
how they're doing it, what resources are they using.
I'll post about my kids later on but for now I just wanted to throw the
question out there.
~ Joanne ~
Mom to Jacqueline (7), Shawna (10) & Cimion (13)
Adopted into our hearts October 30, 2003
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Spongebob Typing CD-Rom she got for Christmas. It's so cute when she has to
type at the computer now because she really tries to use the right fingers
on the keys.
She watches a ton of HGTV and Animal Planet.
A new local homeschool group is starting a chess club every Wed. at the
local library so she may pick up some books of interest this week. Most
likely it will be about animals. I told her about Feng Shui and that maybe
there might be a book for kids about it. We might find a small book about
that, too.
She's still very much deschooling right at the moment. So I'm just letting
her be and being careful not to push her to do anything.
Lesa
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From: Joanne
Date: 03/12/06 08:28:04
To: [email protected]
Subject: [unschoolingbasics] Unschooling kids interests?
I'd love to hear what all of your unschooling kids are learning on
their own and what their interested in lately? I'd also like to hear
how they're doing it, what resources are they using.
I'll post about my kids later on but for now I just wanted to throw the
question out there.
~ Joanne ~
Mom to Jacqueline (7), Shawna (10) & Cimion (13)
Adopted into our hearts October 30, 2003
http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com/
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We just started unschooling this past week, I have three children, Deven 15,
Samantha 14 and Jake 5 on the 30th.
My duaghter has taken to unschooling like she's been waiting her whole life
to embrace this philosophy. I guess she has. This past week she has taken on
learning to cook from scratch. She wants to be able to creat her own
recipies. She went yesterday and checked out a few cookbooks on basic
cooking. She is plotting where to put her herb garden. She realized on her
own, that to cook from scratch she is going to need fresh herbs on hand.
She has started her flower garden plot. She is busy picking out what type of
flowers she is going to use, the size of the area. She is using graph paper
and measuring tape to chart where each bulb will be planted and how much
sunlight they need.
She found a mother-daughter cross-stitch pattern that we started on Friday.
She taught herself how to cross-stitch and is already way ahead of me on the
pattern. :) She's already planning her next project, cross-stiching a dragon
for her brother.
Deven, my oldest, hasn't been doing much. He expresses an interest in a few
things but doesn't seem to have a motivation to explore them. Looking
forward, I can see that I'm going to be having to bite my tongue alot.
With Jake I'm still questioning what to do. I can see the damage I've
already caused him and he has trouble expressing what his interests are. His
focus seems to be more on just having time with his dad. So, DH and I, had a
long discussion about it last night and came up with some suggestions. Right
now he's just one bored little boy.
Charlene
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Samantha 14 and Jake 5 on the 30th.
My duaghter has taken to unschooling like she's been waiting her whole life
to embrace this philosophy. I guess she has. This past week she has taken on
learning to cook from scratch. She wants to be able to creat her own
recipies. She went yesterday and checked out a few cookbooks on basic
cooking. She is plotting where to put her herb garden. She realized on her
own, that to cook from scratch she is going to need fresh herbs on hand.
She has started her flower garden plot. She is busy picking out what type of
flowers she is going to use, the size of the area. She is using graph paper
and measuring tape to chart where each bulb will be planted and how much
sunlight they need.
She found a mother-daughter cross-stitch pattern that we started on Friday.
She taught herself how to cross-stitch and is already way ahead of me on the
pattern. :) She's already planning her next project, cross-stiching a dragon
for her brother.
Deven, my oldest, hasn't been doing much. He expresses an interest in a few
things but doesn't seem to have a motivation to explore them. Looking
forward, I can see that I'm going to be having to bite my tongue alot.
With Jake I'm still questioning what to do. I can see the damage I've
already caused him and he has trouble expressing what his interests are. His
focus seems to be more on just having time with his dad. So, DH and I, had a
long discussion about it last night and came up with some suggestions. Right
now he's just one bored little boy.
Charlene
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In a message dated 3/12/2006 8:27:32 A.M. Central Standard Time,
billyandjoanne@... writes:
I'd love to hear what all of your unschooling kids are learning on
their own and what their interested in lately? I'd also like to hear
how they're doing it, what resources are they using.
We've recently moved back to Florida and have been getting settled in to a
new neighborhood that we love. We have a huge yard with big trees and a tire
swing so both my kids (13 next week and 16) have been spending time swinging
and just hanging out in the back yard.
Logan has started a small business making duct tape items of wallets, cup
holders, change purses, cell phone holders. He made some business cards and
has been taking orders for neighbors, family and friends. He custom makes them
with duct tape in colors or camaflouge tape and met several neighbors this
way as well making some money. He's playing PS2 and we're enjoying playing
board games after having them packed away for awhile. He beat me at
checkers...again..:-) last night.
Brenna is spending time playing guitar and working on some songs she is
going to sing for a local competition in a late spring. She got her driver's
license last week and yesterday drove herself to the library which is about 25
minutes from the house. Very weird for me but she left and came home with a
big smile and a big pile of books and CD's. Usually she spends lots of time
reading and she's still doing that some but she has a new interest that she
has immersed herself in.
She wants to take some courses at the community college in the fall and one
of the requirements to take them is to have taken the SAT or ACT. She is
taking them April 1 so she is happily working through some SAT books and tests
and making vocabulary cards and asking me to quiz her. The cool thing about
this is after our years of unschooling she is choosing to do this and is
excited and happy and having so much fun with it.
She doesn't view it any differently than some of her other recent passions
like making ATC cards, learning to drive, writing a novel for NaNoWriMo or just
reading to her hearts content.
It has been so fun to watch her so excited about something many schooled
kids see as stressful. Unschooling has given her the power to be passionate
about anything she chooses to do.
Gail
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billyandjoanne@... writes:
I'd love to hear what all of your unschooling kids are learning on
their own and what their interested in lately? I'd also like to hear
how they're doing it, what resources are they using.
We've recently moved back to Florida and have been getting settled in to a
new neighborhood that we love. We have a huge yard with big trees and a tire
swing so both my kids (13 next week and 16) have been spending time swinging
and just hanging out in the back yard.
Logan has started a small business making duct tape items of wallets, cup
holders, change purses, cell phone holders. He made some business cards and
has been taking orders for neighbors, family and friends. He custom makes them
with duct tape in colors or camaflouge tape and met several neighbors this
way as well making some money. He's playing PS2 and we're enjoying playing
board games after having them packed away for awhile. He beat me at
checkers...again..:-) last night.
Brenna is spending time playing guitar and working on some songs she is
going to sing for a local competition in a late spring. She got her driver's
license last week and yesterday drove herself to the library which is about 25
minutes from the house. Very weird for me but she left and came home with a
big smile and a big pile of books and CD's. Usually she spends lots of time
reading and she's still doing that some but she has a new interest that she
has immersed herself in.
She wants to take some courses at the community college in the fall and one
of the requirements to take them is to have taken the SAT or ACT. She is
taking them April 1 so she is happily working through some SAT books and tests
and making vocabulary cards and asking me to quiz her. The cool thing about
this is after our years of unschooling she is choosing to do this and is
excited and happy and having so much fun with it.
She doesn't view it any differently than some of her other recent passions
like making ATC cards, learning to drive, writing a novel for NaNoWriMo or just
reading to her hearts content.
It has been so fun to watch her so excited about something many schooled
kids see as stressful. Unschooling has given her the power to be passionate
about anything she chooses to do.
Gail
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mother_bhaer
>Hi. I have two children. My ds is almost 12 and my dd is almost 8.
> I'd love to hear what all of your unschooling kids are learning on
> their own and what their interested in lately? I'd also like to hear
> how they're doing it, what resources are they using.
>
> ~ Joanne ~
My son is into Yu-gi-oh. Every aspect of it. He only started reading
last year, mainly because he wanted to play the game. He had me read
the whole rule book to him from cover to cover when he started playing
and amazingly, he learned to play that way. We got him a pc game
which is now boring to him (it was one of the first games and he can't
build the deck like he wants to). We don't have cable, but we rented
all the episodes from Blockbuster so he could catch up with the show.
Now he wants me to teach him how to use the internet to research Yu-gi-
oh. He wants to know the history of it and who came up with the
game. He wants to study strategies for building decks. I'm helping
him find the information he wants on the web. Google searches and
such. We have found some neat sites with much of the info he wants.
Houston also likes to build with Legos. We are fortunate to have a
great Lego Store only an hour away. He also loves to watch old
comedians like Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle, and Buster Keaton (his
personal favorite). He loves slap-stick comedy and our library has a
lot of good videos and dvds. We also buy them pretty cheap when we
run across them. He also enjoys playing outside and swimming in our
pool. He enjoys playing Call of Duty and Star Wars Battlefront 2 on
his ps2. He also likes to play card games (Blackjack, Poker, Rummy,
etc.) But right now, his passion is Yu-gi-oh.
My dd, Abby loves horses. She is only 7 but she checks out the Horses
magazine every time we go to the library. She loves animals of all
kinds. She checks out books on them and we watch videos. She enjoys
PBS shows on animals (we don't have cable right now). She also loves
to write. She writes me notes all day long. Many times she will
write me a note instead of just telling me what she wants to say. She
also loves to sew. She has made a quilt pillow and skirts and a
purse. She loves using the machine! She loves to play dress-up. She
also loves to swim and play outside. She really enjoys the Big Comfy
Couch, Mya and Miguel, and Dragon Tales on PBS. She also loves Power
Rangers and Kim Possible. We check out those videos and dvds at the
library since we don't have cable. We're hoping to get cable soon.
Thanks for that question. It's fun talking about what my kids love.
Your oldest son is probably into a lot of stuff that might just not
look "schooly" to you. Maybe the same with your 5yos. How do they
spend their time? Try to get into what they do and help them find out
more about it.
If your oldest is into one particular ps2 game help him find walk-
throughs and get into it yourself. The same with your youngest. If
he likes ps2 games, play with him. If he likes Legos, go out and get
him a new set. He might just need some more time with you.
Terri
mother_bhaer
Sorry, the last part of my post was for Charlene, not the original
poster.
poster.
> Your oldest son is probably into a lot of stuff that might just notout
> look "schooly" to you. Maybe the same with your 5yos. How do they
> spend their time? Try to get into what they do and help them find
> more about it.get
>
> If your oldest is into one particular ps2 game help him find walk-
> throughs and get into it yourself. The same with your youngest. If
> he likes ps2 games, play with him. If he likes Legos, go out and
> him a new set. He might just need some more time with you.
>
> Terri
>
Joanne
--- In [email protected], gailbrocop@... wrote:
~ Joanne ~
Mom to Jacqueline (7), Shawna (10) & Cimion (13)
Adopted into our hearts October 30, 2003
http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com/
>>>>We've recently moved back to Florida>>>>>>Where about? We live in Ocala. :-) We moved here (from NYC) in 2002.
~ Joanne ~
Mom to Jacqueline (7), Shawna (10) & Cimion (13)
Adopted into our hearts October 30, 2003
http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com/
Malinda Mills
<<I'd love to hear what all of your unschooling kids are learning on
their own and what their interested in lately? I'd also like to hear
how they're doing it, what resources are they using.>>
Tristan's (9) interests vary and change so often! Below are a few of his interests right now.
Egyptology
Tristan loves, loves, LOVES mummies and Ancient Egypt. We have found a number of books over the years that he still enjoys looking through. I also subscribed him to a kid's archaeology magazine called "Dig!" He'll watch (or we record) nearly every documentary that comes onto TV that has to do with mummies or Egypt. For a time, Friday night seemed to be Egyptology night, and we'd watch 3+ hours worth of documentaries. We've also found a few kits...some good, some terrible. The "Lift the Lid on Mummies" kit was great, but we found one made by Slinky that was a complete waste of money. In theory, you make your own plaster mummy. Well, the mold was very cheap plastic, and the plaster was terrible....nothing turned out. I found some better plastic and with a lot of care, we were able to make a decent mummy cast. Live and learn, I guess, when it comes to these types of kits!!
Forensic science/criminal justice
One night we were watching a documentary on Ancient Egypt, and they were working on the facial reconstruction of a pharaoh. This led to us finding a clay facial reconstruction kit online (it happens to be of Julius Caesar). We are working on this now, and he's also reading bits and pieces of a book he found called "Silent Witness." This has lead to all sorts of discussions about the death penalty, Saddam Hussein's trial, and many other topics.
Creating Games
Tristan will pull parts from several games (say, the board from one, cards from another) and create his own game...always with an elaborate set of rules to go along with it! LOL He recently finished the game "Gauntlet Dark Legacy" on PS2. He has created and drawn a whole line of characters and has come up with an outdoor game he is dying to play with this friends once it warms up.
Tristan also spends a lot of time playing on his PS2 and building with Legos. Right now we are creating a Lego village, complete with courthouse and jail. The only problem here is that we are running low on building materials! ;o)
Malinda
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their own and what their interested in lately? I'd also like to hear
how they're doing it, what resources are they using.>>
Tristan's (9) interests vary and change so often! Below are a few of his interests right now.
Egyptology
Tristan loves, loves, LOVES mummies and Ancient Egypt. We have found a number of books over the years that he still enjoys looking through. I also subscribed him to a kid's archaeology magazine called "Dig!" He'll watch (or we record) nearly every documentary that comes onto TV that has to do with mummies or Egypt. For a time, Friday night seemed to be Egyptology night, and we'd watch 3+ hours worth of documentaries. We've also found a few kits...some good, some terrible. The "Lift the Lid on Mummies" kit was great, but we found one made by Slinky that was a complete waste of money. In theory, you make your own plaster mummy. Well, the mold was very cheap plastic, and the plaster was terrible....nothing turned out. I found some better plastic and with a lot of care, we were able to make a decent mummy cast. Live and learn, I guess, when it comes to these types of kits!!
Forensic science/criminal justice
One night we were watching a documentary on Ancient Egypt, and they were working on the facial reconstruction of a pharaoh. This led to us finding a clay facial reconstruction kit online (it happens to be of Julius Caesar). We are working on this now, and he's also reading bits and pieces of a book he found called "Silent Witness." This has lead to all sorts of discussions about the death penalty, Saddam Hussein's trial, and many other topics.
Creating Games
Tristan will pull parts from several games (say, the board from one, cards from another) and create his own game...always with an elaborate set of rules to go along with it! LOL He recently finished the game "Gauntlet Dark Legacy" on PS2. He has created and drawn a whole line of characters and has come up with an outdoor game he is dying to play with this friends once it warms up.
Tristan also spends a lot of time playing on his PS2 and building with Legos. Right now we are creating a Lego village, complete with courthouse and jail. The only problem here is that we are running low on building materials! ;o)
Malinda
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Paige
My oldest dd is mostly working on art, ATC's, altered books, and
drawing. She helped dh make a "treasure chest" Friday, he's going to
make one for each of the girls for their treasures. She also reads a
lot, I think she is re-reading all our Garfield books right now.
My younger dd is into optical illusions. We stopped at the bookstore
and she picked up a book of illusions and looked at it the whole time
we were there. I couldn't afford to buy it for her, so we went to the
library and checked out every one they had. She has been drawing her
own illusions. She is also working on ATC's and altered books.
Yesterday at my mom's she played "Nature Explorer" and found lots of
fascinating things. She is beginning to be interested in birds and
bird watching, we went for a walk today and she took along a field
guide and binoculars.
Paige
drawing. She helped dh make a "treasure chest" Friday, he's going to
make one for each of the girls for their treasures. She also reads a
lot, I think she is re-reading all our Garfield books right now.
My younger dd is into optical illusions. We stopped at the bookstore
and she picked up a book of illusions and looked at it the whole time
we were there. I couldn't afford to buy it for her, so we went to the
library and checked out every one they had. She has been drawing her
own illusions. She is also working on ATC's and altered books.
Yesterday at my mom's she played "Nature Explorer" and found lots of
fascinating things. She is beginning to be interested in birds and
bird watching, we went for a walk today and she took along a field
guide and binoculars.
Paige
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Hi Joanne,
This is a GREAT question! I think I needed to sit down and look at all that
they are learning and I'm looking forward to hearing others responses! (I'm
behind on email, trying to play catch up after a family emergency)
We pulled the kids out of school about a year ago. I sometimes think we are
still deschooling. For so long, any time I would suggest or even just mention
anything to do, go see, check out etc. I would get a BIG "NO WAY, NO THANKS
MOM"! That about killed me. I had to learn to just shut up and let them be! Boy
was THAT hard! I did sort of force them once to go with me to see a performance
by the Jose Limone Dance Co. and they ended up being glad they went, it was
awesome! But any other time, they would have adamantly turned me down. I'm
guessing this was all a part of a (very enjoyable for them) rebel towards anything
that they thought was schooly on their part!??? So, with that being said, now
that you have me thinking, I guess they are actually learning on their own!
Our 12yo dd is into forensic science right now. (funny for someone who was
told by her last science teacher that "she just wasn't going to be that good at
science)! She watches CSI like crazy, checked out 3 books on the subject from
the library and did a finger print experiment on all of us. (and wants to do
more experiments) There is a class coming up locally that is for one day where
they set up a crime scene and you try to solve the crime that she would like
to go to. She's always loved reading and has recently found some new "Royal
Diary" books at the library that she's always enjoyed. (series of biographies on
royalty, mostly women, in history) The one she's reading now is called
"Annacona" about a princess from Haiti back in 1490. She also loves her horse and dog
and has entered them both in 4-H, dog obedience classes and horsemanship.
Our youngest (11yo dd) has just recently come back around to a love for
reading and is on the 4th Hairy Potter book. (She is a Hairy Potter fanatic) She is
into fairies and wizards and plays and reads about them all the time. She
also wants to learn how to live in the wild and just checked out books from the
library on living off the land and a book called "Worse Case Scenarios" about
what to do in various emergencies. She is also into 4-H with her dog.
We have a creek out back that they both play at all the time where they have
made a "Village" with the neighbor kids. They built houses out of wood and
branches, they each have "jobs" within the village, they write a monthly
newspaper for it. That keeps them VERY busy. They would like to start up a business of
their own selling eggs from our chickens, we've had several requests from
friends for some but we'd have to get more chickens, right now, we only have
enough to supply our family with eggs. They both love messing around on the
computer and playing Neopets. They are also both into figure skating, have just been
asked to compete at World's coming up in July and are keeping us broke with
that sport. <bg>
Nancy
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This is a GREAT question! I think I needed to sit down and look at all that
they are learning and I'm looking forward to hearing others responses! (I'm
behind on email, trying to play catch up after a family emergency)
We pulled the kids out of school about a year ago. I sometimes think we are
still deschooling. For so long, any time I would suggest or even just mention
anything to do, go see, check out etc. I would get a BIG "NO WAY, NO THANKS
MOM"! That about killed me. I had to learn to just shut up and let them be! Boy
was THAT hard! I did sort of force them once to go with me to see a performance
by the Jose Limone Dance Co. and they ended up being glad they went, it was
awesome! But any other time, they would have adamantly turned me down. I'm
guessing this was all a part of a (very enjoyable for them) rebel towards anything
that they thought was schooly on their part!??? So, with that being said, now
that you have me thinking, I guess they are actually learning on their own!
Our 12yo dd is into forensic science right now. (funny for someone who was
told by her last science teacher that "she just wasn't going to be that good at
science)! She watches CSI like crazy, checked out 3 books on the subject from
the library and did a finger print experiment on all of us. (and wants to do
more experiments) There is a class coming up locally that is for one day where
they set up a crime scene and you try to solve the crime that she would like
to go to. She's always loved reading and has recently found some new "Royal
Diary" books at the library that she's always enjoyed. (series of biographies on
royalty, mostly women, in history) The one she's reading now is called
"Annacona" about a princess from Haiti back in 1490. She also loves her horse and dog
and has entered them both in 4-H, dog obedience classes and horsemanship.
Our youngest (11yo dd) has just recently come back around to a love for
reading and is on the 4th Hairy Potter book. (She is a Hairy Potter fanatic) She is
into fairies and wizards and plays and reads about them all the time. She
also wants to learn how to live in the wild and just checked out books from the
library on living off the land and a book called "Worse Case Scenarios" about
what to do in various emergencies. She is also into 4-H with her dog.
We have a creek out back that they both play at all the time where they have
made a "Village" with the neighbor kids. They built houses out of wood and
branches, they each have "jobs" within the village, they write a monthly
newspaper for it. That keeps them VERY busy. They would like to start up a business of
their own selling eggs from our chickens, we've had several requests from
friends for some but we'd have to get more chickens, right now, we only have
enough to supply our family with eggs. They both love messing around on the
computer and playing Neopets. They are also both into figure skating, have just been
asked to compete at World's coming up in July and are keeping us broke with
that sport. <bg>
Nancy
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Paige
She's always loved reading and has recently found some new "Royal
new series? These sound like something my dd would love.
Thanks,
Paige
> Diary" books at the library that she's always enjoyed. (series ofbiographies on
> royalty, mostly women, in history) The one she's reading now iscalled
> "Annacona" about a princess from Haiti back in 1490.Could you tell me a little more about these, author's name? Is this a
new series? These sound like something my dd would love.
Thanks,
Paige
Melissa
I think we're still deschooling. The kids are still destressing and
trying to figure out what they want. this is long because of all the
kids, so that's your warning. Everyone is really into clubs right
now, everyone has created one (well, not JOsh but the girls made the
videogames club for him). They all have a secret password, they all
have rules, absurdly difficult tests to get in, and special snacks in
each one. They build them up, help each other pass the tests, eat and
giggle while I pretend not to notice that they've nailed my comforter
to the deck. Some are funny (Sam's is the rhyming club, the words
have to rhyme he doesn't care if you make up a word to rhyme or not)
some are gross (Rachel's is the 'diarrhea club' you have to eat
something that looks like, well, you know. So far Rachel ate smashed
up chocolate, Emily ate refried beans, Sam ate a jar of grape jelly,
and they fed Breanna some raisin stew. I'm amazed but this is the
most popular club)
Josh suddenly decided he wanted to read all the harry potter books,
which he's never shown an interest in, so he's read all of them in
the last three weeks. He also decided he wanted to learn how to play
pokemon, so we've been working on that, plus he's playing it on his
GBA. He's still reading the bible every day (he has the boys' gross
facts about the bible book) he's playing video games just about all
he can the rest of the time,but he just unlocked the last thing on
mario kart, and he's maxed out the Tony Hawk game, and Harry potter,
so we're probably going to go looking at more. At that point he'll
have to figure out how to make some money, we're dead broke for two
more weeks. He checked a book out at the library about how to invest
money and make lots of money.
Breanna spends every nice day outside mixing up mud. Lots of mud.
Sometimes she mixes in sticks. Sometimes ashes from the fireplace.
She makes runny mud and sees how far it will splash, she makes thick
mud to see how high it can stand. She lays on the ground in front of
her digging spot and arranges rocks in her mud. I would pay a lot of
money to know what she's thinking. But the mud is very important to
her right now. Rachel taught her how to use the sand castle boxes.
Well, Rachel used them and then Bre did. You can't teach Bre
anything, she gets really upset if you say, "let me show you how...."
She must just observe. And since she's nonverbal, I can't just ask
her what's up.
Emily is spending alot of time figuring out how to make money for her
Lenten box, and also figuring out what has corn in it. She wanted to
give up corn products for Lent to understand what Breanna (who's
allergic) has to live with. She's really on a cleaning kick, and is
starting to freak me out. Last week she walked up and asked if she
could scrub the walls. Um. Okay. Right now everything is boring, and
she seems to get frustrated easily. I'm thinking she's learning alot
about herself right now. She's also keen on the videogames. Although
she just finished Pippi and Anne of Green Gables. We made a puppet
stage out of popsicle sticks and some pippi longstocking puppets. We
spent a few hours yesterday trying to take pictures of birds in our
backyard with the digital camera. She really loves those (there are
some great pictures she took on my blog)
Rachel is making stuff all the time, the craft stuff is on the table
24/7. She's making all kinds of puppets, pillows (she's held them
together with staples, hot glue, pipe cleaners, you name it...but
when I asked her if she wanted to use the sewing machine, she said no
way). I know she's learning a ton, but I couldn't verbalize what it
is. Mostly about how different materials work together, color, etc.
We buy a lot of stuff on clearance at Hobby Lobby just to keep
around. Lots of glue. lots of paint. She checked out a few books on
crafts, and we got a new highlights that had some fun spring games in
them.
Sam is learning how much fun it is to be the bad guy. He spends a lot
of time setting up scenarios that we follow along with, usually we're
the good guys and he slaughters us. He explores our backyard a lot.
He hikes up and down the hill in the back yard. He's been rolling
rocks down, and digging lots of holes. He's checking a lot of books
out at the library about dinosaurs and trying to find fossils. We're
probably going to go to the natural history museum on Wednesday. I'm
at a conference all day tomorrow and Tuesday, so dad's in charge
then. We just found a really great book set for the leappad that is
about dinosaurs, and has a trading card game in the back, different
dinosaurs match up, you choose friend or foe, and try to match up how
they are similar or which one is more powerful.
Dan is just, well, a two yo. he's spending all his time learning how
much power he has. he's a very powerful guy, very intense. I don't
know what kind of resources we have for that, we watch a few toddler
shows and he's learning that. He's loving seeing his name written
everywhere, we buy the die cut shapes. He brings three up to me and
asks for me to write his name. He'll tell me 'first a D', then and A,
and an N. Sometimes he'll ask for another letter, and just laugh like
I'm a fool when I write it down. He uses a magnadoodle a lot, and dh
just found the greatest thing, static cling write and wipe sheets. So
there are these 2ft by 3ft white sheets stuck all over our house with
boxes of dry erase markers everywhere. Dan thinks its great to
pretend he's writing on the wall and pats dh and says, Don't worry
daddy, it's just pretend!
Avari is working on crawling. No resource there except some socks to
keep her knees from scratching up. I'm still working on knitting and
writing my book. :-)
Melissa
Mom to Josh (11), Breanna (8), Emily (7), Rachel (6), Sam (4), Dan
(2), and Avari Rose
trying to figure out what they want. this is long because of all the
kids, so that's your warning. Everyone is really into clubs right
now, everyone has created one (well, not JOsh but the girls made the
videogames club for him). They all have a secret password, they all
have rules, absurdly difficult tests to get in, and special snacks in
each one. They build them up, help each other pass the tests, eat and
giggle while I pretend not to notice that they've nailed my comforter
to the deck. Some are funny (Sam's is the rhyming club, the words
have to rhyme he doesn't care if you make up a word to rhyme or not)
some are gross (Rachel's is the 'diarrhea club' you have to eat
something that looks like, well, you know. So far Rachel ate smashed
up chocolate, Emily ate refried beans, Sam ate a jar of grape jelly,
and they fed Breanna some raisin stew. I'm amazed but this is the
most popular club)
Josh suddenly decided he wanted to read all the harry potter books,
which he's never shown an interest in, so he's read all of them in
the last three weeks. He also decided he wanted to learn how to play
pokemon, so we've been working on that, plus he's playing it on his
GBA. He's still reading the bible every day (he has the boys' gross
facts about the bible book) he's playing video games just about all
he can the rest of the time,but he just unlocked the last thing on
mario kart, and he's maxed out the Tony Hawk game, and Harry potter,
so we're probably going to go looking at more. At that point he'll
have to figure out how to make some money, we're dead broke for two
more weeks. He checked a book out at the library about how to invest
money and make lots of money.
Breanna spends every nice day outside mixing up mud. Lots of mud.
Sometimes she mixes in sticks. Sometimes ashes from the fireplace.
She makes runny mud and sees how far it will splash, she makes thick
mud to see how high it can stand. She lays on the ground in front of
her digging spot and arranges rocks in her mud. I would pay a lot of
money to know what she's thinking. But the mud is very important to
her right now. Rachel taught her how to use the sand castle boxes.
Well, Rachel used them and then Bre did. You can't teach Bre
anything, she gets really upset if you say, "let me show you how...."
She must just observe. And since she's nonverbal, I can't just ask
her what's up.
Emily is spending alot of time figuring out how to make money for her
Lenten box, and also figuring out what has corn in it. She wanted to
give up corn products for Lent to understand what Breanna (who's
allergic) has to live with. She's really on a cleaning kick, and is
starting to freak me out. Last week she walked up and asked if she
could scrub the walls. Um. Okay. Right now everything is boring, and
she seems to get frustrated easily. I'm thinking she's learning alot
about herself right now. She's also keen on the videogames. Although
she just finished Pippi and Anne of Green Gables. We made a puppet
stage out of popsicle sticks and some pippi longstocking puppets. We
spent a few hours yesterday trying to take pictures of birds in our
backyard with the digital camera. She really loves those (there are
some great pictures she took on my blog)
Rachel is making stuff all the time, the craft stuff is on the table
24/7. She's making all kinds of puppets, pillows (she's held them
together with staples, hot glue, pipe cleaners, you name it...but
when I asked her if she wanted to use the sewing machine, she said no
way). I know she's learning a ton, but I couldn't verbalize what it
is. Mostly about how different materials work together, color, etc.
We buy a lot of stuff on clearance at Hobby Lobby just to keep
around. Lots of glue. lots of paint. She checked out a few books on
crafts, and we got a new highlights that had some fun spring games in
them.
Sam is learning how much fun it is to be the bad guy. He spends a lot
of time setting up scenarios that we follow along with, usually we're
the good guys and he slaughters us. He explores our backyard a lot.
He hikes up and down the hill in the back yard. He's been rolling
rocks down, and digging lots of holes. He's checking a lot of books
out at the library about dinosaurs and trying to find fossils. We're
probably going to go to the natural history museum on Wednesday. I'm
at a conference all day tomorrow and Tuesday, so dad's in charge
then. We just found a really great book set for the leappad that is
about dinosaurs, and has a trading card game in the back, different
dinosaurs match up, you choose friend or foe, and try to match up how
they are similar or which one is more powerful.
Dan is just, well, a two yo. he's spending all his time learning how
much power he has. he's a very powerful guy, very intense. I don't
know what kind of resources we have for that, we watch a few toddler
shows and he's learning that. He's loving seeing his name written
everywhere, we buy the die cut shapes. He brings three up to me and
asks for me to write his name. He'll tell me 'first a D', then and A,
and an N. Sometimes he'll ask for another letter, and just laugh like
I'm a fool when I write it down. He uses a magnadoodle a lot, and dh
just found the greatest thing, static cling write and wipe sheets. So
there are these 2ft by 3ft white sheets stuck all over our house with
boxes of dry erase markers everywhere. Dan thinks its great to
pretend he's writing on the wall and pats dh and says, Don't worry
daddy, it's just pretend!
Avari is working on crawling. No resource there except some socks to
keep her knees from scratching up. I'm still working on knitting and
writing my book. :-)
Melissa
Mom to Josh (11), Breanna (8), Emily (7), Rachel (6), Sam (4), Dan
(2), and Avari Rose
On Mar 12, 2006, at 8:27 AM, Joanne wrote:
> I'd love to hear what all of your unschooling kids are learning on
> their own and what their interested in lately? I'd also like to hear
> how they're doing it, what resources are they using.
>
> I'll post about my kids later on but for now I just wanted to throw
> the
> question out there.
Joyce Fetteroll
On Mar 12, 2006, at 10:28 PM, Paige wrote:
and not liking one doesn't mean not liking another. (Some can
deterioriate into romances that happen to have historical
characters. :-/ We really liked the one by Laurence Yep, Lady of
Ch'iao Kuo: Warrior of the South, Southern China, A.D. 531, but then
he's a consistently good writer of YA books. And being a male author
unlikely to degenerate into romance ;-)
Here's the list of them from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/series/-/447/
ref=pd_sr_ec_ser_b/002-5649649-0528030
They're easy to find at the bookstore. They're all hardback (though
relatively inexpensive) with gold spines. They're often very cheap
at Scholastic Warehouse Sales. There's one coming up in May:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/fairs/warehouse/
Joyce
> Could you tell me a little more about these, author's name? Is this aThere are different authors for each so the quality isn't consistent
> new series? These sound like something my dd would love.
and not liking one doesn't mean not liking another. (Some can
deterioriate into romances that happen to have historical
characters. :-/ We really liked the one by Laurence Yep, Lady of
Ch'iao Kuo: Warrior of the South, Southern China, A.D. 531, but then
he's a consistently good writer of YA books. And being a male author
unlikely to degenerate into romance ;-)
Here's the list of them from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/series/-/447/
ref=pd_sr_ec_ser_b/002-5649649-0528030
They're easy to find at the bookstore. They're all hardback (though
relatively inexpensive) with gold spines. They're often very cheap
at Scholastic Warehouse Sales. There's one coming up in May:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/fairs/warehouse/
Joyce
[email protected]
In a message dated 3/13/2006 7:41:51 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
I think we're still deschooling. The kids are still destressing and
trying to figure out what they want. this is long because of all the
kids, so that's your warning. Everyone is really into clubs right
now, everyone has created one (well, not JOsh but the girls made the
videogames club for him). They all have a secret password, they all
have rules, absurdly difficult tests to get in, and special snacks in
each one. They build them up, help each other pass the tests, eat and
giggle while I pretend not to notice that they've nailed my comforter
to the deck. Some are funny (Sam's is the rhyming club, the words
have to rhyme he doesn't care if you make up a word to rhyme or not)
some are gross (Rachel's is the 'diarrhea club' you have to eat
something that looks like, well, you know. So far Rachel ate smashed
up chocolate, Emily ate refried beans, Sam ate a jar of grape jelly,
and they fed Breanna some raisin stew. I'm amazed but this is the
most popular club)
*****************************
Melissa, your house, and your kids sound AMAZING!!!! I LOVE the clubs, and
I think it's cool that Emily has so much compassion for her sister, and if
this is just deschooling, you guys are going to be one of those families that
intimidate the rest of us, because it all sounds SO cool!
Kathryn
Come to the Northeast Unschooling Conference, Memorial Day Weekend, May
26-28, 2006 in Peabody, Massachusetts! www.NortheastUnschoolingConference.com
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[email protected] writes:
I think we're still deschooling. The kids are still destressing and
trying to figure out what they want. this is long because of all the
kids, so that's your warning. Everyone is really into clubs right
now, everyone has created one (well, not JOsh but the girls made the
videogames club for him). They all have a secret password, they all
have rules, absurdly difficult tests to get in, and special snacks in
each one. They build them up, help each other pass the tests, eat and
giggle while I pretend not to notice that they've nailed my comforter
to the deck. Some are funny (Sam's is the rhyming club, the words
have to rhyme he doesn't care if you make up a word to rhyme or not)
some are gross (Rachel's is the 'diarrhea club' you have to eat
something that looks like, well, you know. So far Rachel ate smashed
up chocolate, Emily ate refried beans, Sam ate a jar of grape jelly,
and they fed Breanna some raisin stew. I'm amazed but this is the
most popular club)
*****************************
Melissa, your house, and your kids sound AMAZING!!!! I LOVE the clubs, and
I think it's cool that Emily has so much compassion for her sister, and if
this is just deschooling, you guys are going to be one of those families that
intimidate the rest of us, because it all sounds SO cool!
Kathryn
Come to the Northeast Unschooling Conference, Memorial Day Weekend, May
26-28, 2006 in Peabody, Massachusetts! www.NortheastUnschoolingConference.com
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Paige
> There are different authors for each so the quality isn'tconsistent
> and not liking one doesn't mean not liking another. (Some canThanks so much for this information!
> deterioriate into romances that happen to have historical
> characters. :-/ We really liked the one by Laurence Yep, Lady of
> Ch'iao Kuo: Warrior of the South, Southern China, A.D. 531
> Joyce
Paige
Lesa McMahon-Lowe
what are altered books?
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> what are altered books?You get a book and beautify it with art. I'm so tired I can't think
of how better to describe it. :( Do a search for them, they are just
amazing! There are so many extremely talented people doing things to
books. :)
(So sorry I can't think, I am SO tired right now.)
Paige
Ren Allen
"what are altered books?"
You take a book and cut it, paste it, collage it, paint it and do
whatever you wish to turn it into a work of ART! You can make them
based on a theme, which is really cool. I also have plans to make one
with drawers in it by using Altoid tins as the drawers.
My first altered book was a wedding gift to my Dad and Stepmom. It had
little cut-outs with photos, a pocket for quotes about love, bits and
pieces from their wedding colleged into it etc...
Here are some great sites with pics and info.:
http://www.alteredbookartists.com/
This site has loads of good pictures:
http://www.art-e-zine.co.uk/alteredbook.html
Ren
learninginfreedom.com
You take a book and cut it, paste it, collage it, paint it and do
whatever you wish to turn it into a work of ART! You can make them
based on a theme, which is really cool. I also have plans to make one
with drawers in it by using Altoid tins as the drawers.
My first altered book was a wedding gift to my Dad and Stepmom. It had
little cut-outs with photos, a pocket for quotes about love, bits and
pieces from their wedding colleged into it etc...
Here are some great sites with pics and info.:
http://www.alteredbookartists.com/
This site has loads of good pictures:
http://www.art-e-zine.co.uk/alteredbook.html
Ren
learninginfreedom.com
Melissa
well, thanks. i wish I could say it was like that all the time, but
there are times when I lose my groove. How do other parents stay there?
Melissa
Mom to Josh (11), Breanna (8), Emily (7), Rachel (6), Sam (4), Dan
(2), and Avari Rose
there are times when I lose my groove. How do other parents stay there?
Melissa
Mom to Josh (11), Breanna (8), Emily (7), Rachel (6), Sam (4), Dan
(2), and Avari Rose
On Mar 13, 2006, at 8:30 AM, KathrynJB@... wrote:
>
> Melissa, your house, and your kids sound AMAZING!!!! I LOVE the
> clubs, and
> I think it's cool that Emily has so much compassion for her
> sister, and if
> this is just deschooling, you guys are going to be one of those
> families that
> intimidate the rest of us, because it all sounds SO cool!
> Kathryn
Melanie Ilsley
Hi we are very new to the unschooling way of life, only week three of being free. My 8yr old
is still deschooling, and I am trying hard to deschool, keep my mouth closed, and not try to
suggest too many things. She is reading about three books a day, watching movies, playing
with her siblings(5 yr old twins b/g), taking care of her pets(we have birds, a guinea pig, fish,
and two dogs). She recently wanted a bed for her American Girl Doll she got from her
Grandparents, we discussed saving money to buy one, and she decided she could build one.
SO she has been using the measuring tape, and building a bed out of cardboard and papier
mache, also a wardrobe, she designed them her self. She has decided she wanted to learn
about China, so we went to the library and picked up a few books (13). Every spring we get
tadpoles from "our" pond and swamp(we end up with newts, wood tree frogs, and leopard
frogs), so we are preparing for that. We are in full mud season, and we LOVE to play in the
mud and make streams(me too). Lil asked about bridges, and our terrific local librarian
overheard her, and we ended up with a book about bridges that has some great building
projects in it.
ok-after reading what i have wrote, i feel great, she is doing more than I thought. Those
outside influences were making me nervous.
Melanie mom to Lily(8), Grace and Emmett(both 5)
is still deschooling, and I am trying hard to deschool, keep my mouth closed, and not try to
suggest too many things. She is reading about three books a day, watching movies, playing
with her siblings(5 yr old twins b/g), taking care of her pets(we have birds, a guinea pig, fish,
and two dogs). She recently wanted a bed for her American Girl Doll she got from her
Grandparents, we discussed saving money to buy one, and she decided she could build one.
SO she has been using the measuring tape, and building a bed out of cardboard and papier
mache, also a wardrobe, she designed them her self. She has decided she wanted to learn
about China, so we went to the library and picked up a few books (13). Every spring we get
tadpoles from "our" pond and swamp(we end up with newts, wood tree frogs, and leopard
frogs), so we are preparing for that. We are in full mud season, and we LOVE to play in the
mud and make streams(me too). Lil asked about bridges, and our terrific local librarian
overheard her, and we ended up with a book about bridges that has some great building
projects in it.
ok-after reading what i have wrote, i feel great, she is doing more than I thought. Those
outside influences were making me nervous.
Melanie mom to Lily(8), Grace and Emmett(both 5)
Angela S.
<<ok-after reading what i have wrote, i feel great, she is doing more than I
thought. Those
outside influences were making me nervous.>>
As I was reading your post I was thinking, "what on earth is she worried
about?" And then I came to the end of it and saw that when you saw it all
written down that it made a difference in how you looked at it.
That is why it's a great idea for some people (esp new to Unschooling) to
journal. When you see it all written down it seems like much more learning
than it does on a day to day basis.
But besides that, it's only been 3 weeks! She's doing a tremendous amount
of learning considering it's only been three weeks! Summer vacation is 3
months and it's not long enough for some kids who have been schooled longer.
Enjoy your kids like it's summer vacation and journal (not in front of
them) the things they are learning. For us, the real obvious learning comes
and goes. Just when I used to start to worry, they take off on some new
learning adventure and ease my mind. Now I know to expect those learning
binges and I don't worry anymore.
It'll come. Keep biting your tongue when necessary.
Angela
game-enthusiast@...
thought. Those
outside influences were making me nervous.>>
As I was reading your post I was thinking, "what on earth is she worried
about?" And then I came to the end of it and saw that when you saw it all
written down that it made a difference in how you looked at it.
That is why it's a great idea for some people (esp new to Unschooling) to
journal. When you see it all written down it seems like much more learning
than it does on a day to day basis.
But besides that, it's only been 3 weeks! She's doing a tremendous amount
of learning considering it's only been three weeks! Summer vacation is 3
months and it's not long enough for some kids who have been schooled longer.
Enjoy your kids like it's summer vacation and journal (not in front of
them) the things they are learning. For us, the real obvious learning comes
and goes. Just when I used to start to worry, they take off on some new
learning adventure and ease my mind. Now I know to expect those learning
binges and I don't worry anymore.
It'll come. Keep biting your tongue when necessary.
Angela
game-enthusiast@...
Melanie Ilsley
-- Thanks for the encouragement...every word counts!Melanie in Vt- In
[email protected], "Angela S." <game-enthusiast@...> wrote:
[email protected], "Angela S." <game-enthusiast@...> wrote:
>
> <<ok-after reading what i have wrote, i feel great, she is doing more than I
> thought. Those
> outside influences were making me nervous.>>
>
> As I was reading your post I was thinking, "what on earth is she worried
> about?" And then I came to the end of it and saw that when you saw it all
> written down that it made a difference in how you looked at it.
>
> That is why it's a great idea for some people (esp new to Unschooling) to
> journal. When you see it all written down it seems like much more learning
> than it does on a day to day basis.
>
> But besides that, it's only been 3 weeks! She's doing a tremendous amount
> of learning considering it's only been three weeks! Summer vacation is 3
> months and it's not long enough for some kids who have been schooled longer.
>
> Enjoy your kids like it's summer vacation and journal (not in front of
> them) the things they are learning. For us, the real obvious learning comes
> and goes. Just when I used to start to worry, they take off on some new
> learning adventure and ease my mind. Now I know to expect those learning
> binges and I don't worry anymore.
>
> It'll come. Keep biting your tongue when necessary.
>
>
> Angela
> game-enthusiast@...
>
[email protected]
<<How do other parents stay there?>>
I don't know anyone that STAYS there but I do know some cool folks that are able to catch themselves when they are being "parental units" rather than fun-loving parents and get back in the groove. A few things I know will send me out of Pleasantville...being over-scheduled is the biggest.
Julie S.
I don't know anyone that STAYS there but I do know some cool folks that are able to catch themselves when they are being "parental units" rather than fun-loving parents and get back in the groove. A few things I know will send me out of Pleasantville...being over-scheduled is the biggest.
Julie S.
----- Original Message -----
From: Melissa <autismhelp@...>
Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 0:58 am
Subject: Re: [unschoolingbasics] Re:Unschooling kids interests?
> well, thanks. i wish I could say it was like that all the time,
> but
> there are times when I lose my groove. How do other parents stay
> there?Melissa
> Mom to Josh (11), Breanna (8), Emily (7), Rachel (6), Sam (4), Dan
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> (2), and Avari Rose
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> On Mar 13, 2006, at 8:30 AM, KathrynJB@... wrote:
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> > Melissa, your house, and your kids sound AMAZING!!!! I LOVE the
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> > clubs, and
> > I think it's cool that Emily has so much compassion for her
> > sister, and if
> > this is just deschooling, you guys are going to be one of those
> > families that
> > intimidate the rest of us, because it all sounds SO cool!
> > Kathryn
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Ren,
Are the altered books adorned on multiple pages? or are they arranged to be
opened at the one adorned page? I can't tell from the photos. They are
beautiful. Seeing these reminds me of a journal Pam Sorooshian's daughter
Roya showed me once. Each page was a collage with memories, poetry drawings
and photos. Very creative.
Krisula
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Are the altered books adorned on multiple pages? or are they arranged to be
opened at the one adorned page? I can't tell from the photos. They are
beautiful. Seeing these reminds me of a journal Pam Sorooshian's daughter
Roya showed me once. Each page was a collage with memories, poetry drawings
and photos. Very creative.
Krisula
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Ren Allen
"Are the altered books adorned on multiple pages? or are they arranged
to be opened at the one adorned page? I can't tell from the photos.
They are beautiful. "
Most of the time, books have several pages glued together and altered.
So you'll have bigger chunks to grab/alter/adorn, but the finished
product has many interesting sections to look at.
The book I made for my Dad had 5-6 sections total. Some have more,
some less. The "drawer" style just opens at the cover and has all the
rest of the pages glued solidly. There are cut-outs for the tin
drawers to slide in and out.
A great book to start with is Altered Books 101 by Beth Cote and Cindy
Pestka. Lots of good ideas, including using the children's miniature
hardcover books to alter.
I visit the dollar store, library sales and garage sales for books to
alter. Make sure you don't use an out-of-print or valuable book that
might be worth hanging onto!:)
Another book I love is "Designing with words".
Check out the Imagination Tribe if you think this is something you'd
like to pursue. We do regular trades and share links/inspiration etc...
Ren
learninginfreedom.com
to be opened at the one adorned page? I can't tell from the photos.
They are beautiful. "
Most of the time, books have several pages glued together and altered.
So you'll have bigger chunks to grab/alter/adorn, but the finished
product has many interesting sections to look at.
The book I made for my Dad had 5-6 sections total. Some have more,
some less. The "drawer" style just opens at the cover and has all the
rest of the pages glued solidly. There are cut-outs for the tin
drawers to slide in and out.
A great book to start with is Altered Books 101 by Beth Cote and Cindy
Pestka. Lots of good ideas, including using the children's miniature
hardcover books to alter.
I visit the dollar store, library sales and garage sales for books to
alter. Make sure you don't use an out-of-print or valuable book that
might be worth hanging onto!:)
Another book I love is "Designing with words".
Check out the Imagination Tribe if you think this is something you'd
like to pursue. We do regular trades and share links/inspiration etc...
Ren
learninginfreedom.com
shari bergquist
i love doing altered books!!!!!! what is the imagination tribe? thanks ,
shari
shari
On 3/14/06, Ren Allen <starsuncloud@...> wrote:
>
> "Are the altered books adorned on multiple pages? or are they arranged
> to be opened at the one adorned page? I can't tell from the photos.
> They are beautiful. "
>
> Most of the time, books have several pages glued together and altered.
> So you'll have bigger chunks to grab/alter/adorn, but the finished
> product has many interesting sections to look at.
> The book I made for my Dad had 5-6 sections total. Some have more,
> some less. The "drawer" style just opens at the cover and has all the
> rest of the pages glued solidly. There are cut-outs for the tin
> drawers to slide in and out.
>
> A great book to start with is Altered Books 101 by Beth Cote and Cindy
> Pestka. Lots of good ideas, including using the children's miniature
> hardcover books to alter.
>
> I visit the dollar store, library sales and garage sales for books to
> alter. Make sure you don't use an out-of-print or valuable book that
> might be worth hanging onto!:)
>
> Another book I love is "Designing with words".
>
> Check out the Imagination Tribe if you think this is something you'd
> like to pursue. We do regular trades and share links/inspiration etc...
>
> Ren
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Yeah, I can't wait until I get to the thrift store or dollar store next and
grab a cheap book to play around with.
Lesa
-------Original Message-------
From: shari bergquist
Date: 03/15/06 18:34:29
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [unschoolingbasics] Unschooling kids interests?
i love doing altered books!!!!!! what is the imagination tribe? thanks ,
shari
Yeah, I can't wait until I get to the thrift store or dollar store next and
grab a cheap book to play around with.
Lesa
-------Original Message-------
From: shari bergquist
Date: 03/15/06 18:34:29
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [unschoolingbasics] Unschooling kids interests?
i love doing altered books!!!!!! what is the imagination tribe? thanks ,
shari
On 3/14/06, Ren Allen <starsuncloud@...> wrote:
>
> "Are the altered books adorned on multiple pages? or are they arranged
> to be opened at the one adorned page? I can't tell from the photos.
> They are beautiful. "
>
> Most of the time, books have several pages glued together and altered.
> So you'll have bigger chunks to grab/alter/adorn, but the finished
> product has many interesting sections to look at.
> The book I made for my Dad had 5-6 sections total. Some have more,
> some less. The "drawer" style just opens at the cover and has all the
> rest of the pages glued solidly. There are cut-outs for the tin
> drawers to slide in and out.
>
> A great book to start with is Altered Books 101 by Beth Cote and Cindy
> Pestka. Lots of good ideas, including using the children's miniature
> hardcover books to alter.
>
> I visit the dollar store, library sales and garage sales for books to
> alter. Make sure you don't use an out-of-print or valuable book that
> might be worth hanging onto!:)
>
> Another book I love is "Designing with words".
>
> Check out the Imagination Tribe if you think this is something you'd
> like to pursue. We do regular trades and share links/inspiration etc...
>
> Ren
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On Mar 12, 2006, at 10:28 PM, Paige wrote:
Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner, my hubby was in a serious accident
recently and everything else in life slipped away from me. (He's on the mend now
and doing well) It is not easy catching up on all this email!
Thank you Joyce for writing back with the info on the Royal Diary Series. (I
think you pretty much summed it up in your post!:o) My daughter has read some
that she has LOVED and then there were some that she got really bored with,
which is why she likes to go to the library for them if she can. There have been
a couple that she wanted to read over again so we have bought a few here and
there. They are relatively inexpensive and I have found a few at second hand
stores too.
Nancy
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> Could you tell me a little more about these, author's name? Is this aHello,
> new series? These sound like something my dd would love.
Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner, my hubby was in a serious accident
recently and everything else in life slipped away from me. (He's on the mend now
and doing well) It is not easy catching up on all this email!
Thank you Joyce for writing back with the info on the Royal Diary Series. (I
think you pretty much summed it up in your post!:o) My daughter has read some
that she has LOVED and then there were some that she got really bored with,
which is why she likes to go to the library for them if she can. There have been
a couple that she wanted to read over again so we have bought a few here and
there. They are relatively inexpensive and I have found a few at second hand
stores too.
Nancy
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Paige
I just wanted to thank you again for mentioning these! We went to the
library Tues. and found one. This morning she picked it up and started
reading it, and I noticed the name, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and thought
it sounded familiar, so I looked in my geneaology papers, and there
she is! She is dd's 27-great grandmother! She is SO thrilled to be
reading about an ancestor! (Especially a PRINCESS. lol)
Thanks so much for mentioning these. I get the feeling she will want
to read all of them to see if there are any more ancestors.
Paige
library Tues. and found one. This morning she picked it up and started
reading it, and I noticed the name, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and thought
it sounded familiar, so I looked in my geneaology papers, and there
she is! She is dd's 27-great grandmother! She is SO thrilled to be
reading about an ancestor! (Especially a PRINCESS. lol)
Thanks so much for mentioning these. I get the feeling she will want
to read all of them to see if there are any more ancestors.
Paige