Joanne

I was having a conversation with a friend the other day and I
mentioned that my seven year old wrote a story about Barbie. My
friend said something to the effect of "Maybe she'll be a writer
when she grows up".
To which I replied, "She already *is* a writer".

She paused as she thought about that, and said "Yes, she is a
writer. What a wonderfully supportive way of looking at it".

That little shift in thinking has been very helpful to me in
unschooling my three children. What she's doing now is valid and
important, not because it may help her when she becomes an adult,
not because she may choose that as her career, but because it brings
her joy and makes her happy now, right now. She is not an "adult in
the making". She's exactly where she should be.

So without further ado, here is Jacqueline's story. She is already
working on her second one, which I'll post when she'd done.

Princess Barbie
by Jacqueline Anne Akerman (a 7 year old unschooler)

"I love being a princess." Said Barbie.
Barbie's tutor came in and said "Princess the queen sent for you".
"Where is she?" said Barbie.
"In the throne room" said Ken.

Barbie went to the Throne room. There the queen sat. "Come my dear"
said the queen. Barbie hugged the queen. Barbie was surprise to see
royal page.

Soon Barbie was heading back to her room when she heard a cry. It
was the royal page yelling invader!
"Invader?" asked the princess. "Yes" said the royal page. "We must
hide" said royal page.
So they hid. The invaders lost.
They were safe.
The Royal page was nice.

The End.

~ Joanne ~
Mom to Jacqueline (7), Shawna (10) & Cimion (13)
Adopted into our hearts October 30, 2003
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