CookieBaker

Hi everyone! I just joined minutes ago and wanted to send my intro
before my day gets too hectic. :o) I'm Valerie, 28, married to Jason,
29. We have 2 children, Shawn-9 and Haley-5. I've been 'book
homeschooling' my son since he was 4, so we're in our 5th year. Yes, I
do believe I've been homeschooling since birth with both kids. I am
here to get more info about unschooling. That's what the group is all
about, right? We live in Fayetteville, NC. Jason is stationed at Ft.
Bragg, he's active duty Army. :o) I enjoy reading, baking, shopping,
sewing and chatting online and in person with friends--over coffee of
course! I recently got a weekend job at JoAnn --this could mean trouble
for me since I *love* fabric and sewing. I just needed some time to
myself, I haven't worked in 5 yrs, and also wanted to make some extra
money on the side. We bought our first home last year and are
discovering just how much money that costs to keep up with!

Anyway, enough about me. I want to hear more about Unschooling. I know
a little but would love to hear how you all got into unschooling vs.
typical book-schooling method. We ourselves use the internet, library,
read lots of books on history and science, Shawn reads fun books by
himself and reads to me also, we do math worksheets and language arts
worksheets as well. We "wing it" when it comes to spelling, history,
science, etc. Haley is still in play mode, she likes to write her abc's
and some words, but mostly loves for me to read to her and play ponies
with her. :o) I love this age!

Chat later!

Valerie K
...wife to Jason, homeschooling mom to Shawn and Haley...



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Joanne

Hi valerie...welcome... :-)

>>>>would love to hear how you all got into unschooling vs. typical
book-schooling method.>>>>

We unschooled from the day we removed them from school. I knew I
didn't want to make the same mistakes the school made so we tried
something different. :-)

>>>>...read lots of books on history and science, Shawn reads fun
books by himself>>>>>

I got a chuckle out of this because my 8 year old daughter would be
reading the history and science books for fun. :-)

~ Joanne ~
Mom to Jacqueline (8), Shawna (11) & Cimion (13)
Adopted into our hearts October 2003
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