Fun thing; OT
Ren Allen
I just signed up for a cool thing that Pam Genant wrote about at
Imagination Tribe. It's called "thing-a-day" and basically, you
register by 1/31 and promise to do/create one thing per day and blog
about it each and every day in Feb., starting Feb. 1st.
I talked about signing up here:
http://teawithren.blogspot.com/
The project info. is here: http://www.thing-a-day.com/about/
I thought some of you wacky unschool parents would enjoy this, or
maybe your kids would have fun with it. I'd love to make a gift per
day! Anyway, check it out.
Ren
learninginfreedom.com
Imagination Tribe. It's called "thing-a-day" and basically, you
register by 1/31 and promise to do/create one thing per day and blog
about it each and every day in Feb., starting Feb. 1st.
I talked about signing up here:
http://teawithren.blogspot.com/
The project info. is here: http://www.thing-a-day.com/about/
I thought some of you wacky unschool parents would enjoy this, or
maybe your kids would have fun with it. I'd love to make a gift per
day! Anyway, check it out.
Ren
learninginfreedom.com
Jodi Bezzola
Hi all,
Just wanted to write a little about the success we've been having re: bedtime (or the abolishment of same!) and the peace in our house.
The girls have been free to choose when they want to go to bed/sleep for 2 nights now. The first night they were out a little after 10 (10:20 to be exact! Perhaps sometime soon I won't notice the clock quite so much). Last night it was 10:15 for Skye and 10:45 for Jade. I wonder if they stayed up long after being tired (they were showing ALL signs of being very tired) just because they were free to do so. I'm looking forward to seeing what happens as we continue to just let it be. Last night Jade decided after much indecision that she wanted to make a bed on the living room floor, asked me to put on her favourite mary had a little lamb cd and she fell asleep there. Skye initially was in our bed, then asked to go to sleep in her own bed.
It was all SO peaceful!! I loved not being attached to any particular time. At one point I crawled into bed to read, and the girls just came and went, snuggled, talked, played, it was really nice. I'm not sure if it's a coincidence, but they've been extremely lovey since we let go of this, saying I love you Mama, talking about who they love, as in telling me "I love Gramma Jo, I love Auntie Pauli, and the whole list of people they love. Also lots and lots of hugs, kisses, just wanting to be close in a very loving way. Could they possibly feel more unconditionally loved and have more trust in us after only 3 days?? Also this afternoon they both just walked into the bedrooms - Skye into our bed and Jade into their bed and went to sleep for an hour. This is after about 4 months of no naps no matter how tired they were and only falling asleep in the car once a week or so. It's so very cool that only 3 days into it and I had a whole hour with a quiet house!
Thanks everyone, just wanted to share the joy! :o)
Jodi
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Just wanted to write a little about the success we've been having re: bedtime (or the abolishment of same!) and the peace in our house.
The girls have been free to choose when they want to go to bed/sleep for 2 nights now. The first night they were out a little after 10 (10:20 to be exact! Perhaps sometime soon I won't notice the clock quite so much). Last night it was 10:15 for Skye and 10:45 for Jade. I wonder if they stayed up long after being tired (they were showing ALL signs of being very tired) just because they were free to do so. I'm looking forward to seeing what happens as we continue to just let it be. Last night Jade decided after much indecision that she wanted to make a bed on the living room floor, asked me to put on her favourite mary had a little lamb cd and she fell asleep there. Skye initially was in our bed, then asked to go to sleep in her own bed.
It was all SO peaceful!! I loved not being attached to any particular time. At one point I crawled into bed to read, and the girls just came and went, snuggled, talked, played, it was really nice. I'm not sure if it's a coincidence, but they've been extremely lovey since we let go of this, saying I love you Mama, talking about who they love, as in telling me "I love Gramma Jo, I love Auntie Pauli, and the whole list of people they love. Also lots and lots of hugs, kisses, just wanting to be close in a very loving way. Could they possibly feel more unconditionally loved and have more trust in us after only 3 days?? Also this afternoon they both just walked into the bedrooms - Skye into our bed and Jade into their bed and went to sleep for an hour. This is after about 4 months of no naps no matter how tired they were and only falling asleep in the car once a week or so. It's so very cool that only 3 days into it and I had a whole hour with a quiet house!
Thanks everyone, just wanted to share the joy! :o)
Jodi
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Vickisue Gray
This sounds like so much fun!
I was just sitting here thinking just what could I do and
thinking I'd give it a go as lately, I haven't felt much like
blogging and could really use the incentive.
Then I remembered I'll be out of state without internet for
the last eight days of February. I could run into town to
make a post here and there but a daily trip to find wifi
might really put a crimp in the day....
hmmmm... what to do....
Well at least I still have three days to decide! Lol!
Vicki
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From: Ren Allen <starsuncloud@...>
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Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 8:14:18 PM
Subject: [unschoolingbasics] Fun thing; OT
I just signed up for a cool thing that Pam Genant wrote about at
Imagination Tribe. It's called "thing-a-day" and basically, you
register by 1/31 and promise to do/create one thing per day and blog
about it each and every day in Feb., starting Feb. 1st.
I talked about signing up here:
http://teawithren. blogspot. com/
The project info. is here: http://www.thing- a-day.com/ about/
I thought some of you wacky unschool parents would enjoy this, or
maybe your kids would have fun with it. I'd love to make a gift per
day! Anyway, check it out.
Ren
learninginfreedom. com
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I was just sitting here thinking just what could I do and
thinking I'd give it a go as lately, I haven't felt much like
blogging and could really use the incentive.
Then I remembered I'll be out of state without internet for
the last eight days of February. I could run into town to
make a post here and there but a daily trip to find wifi
might really put a crimp in the day....
hmmmm... what to do....
Well at least I still have three days to decide! Lol!
Vicki
----- Original Message ----
From: Ren Allen <starsuncloud@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 8:14:18 PM
Subject: [unschoolingbasics] Fun thing; OT
I just signed up for a cool thing that Pam Genant wrote about at
Imagination Tribe. It's called "thing-a-day" and basically, you
register by 1/31 and promise to do/create one thing per day and blog
about it each and every day in Feb., starting Feb. 1st.
I talked about signing up here:
http://teawithren. blogspot. com/
The project info. is here: http://www.thing- a-day.com/ about/
I thought some of you wacky unschool parents would enjoy this, or
maybe your kids would have fun with it. I'd love to make a gift per
day! Anyway, check it out.
Ren
learninginfreedom. com
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rebecca de
Jodie,
It is amazing how quick our kids adjust to a natural and relaxed atmosphere. It's usually the adults that need the "fixing". I also wanted to thank you for posting your dilemmas at night because of these discussions I have re-thought my kids nights. Actually I'm pretty laid back about night time but it always seemed that there would be a point that I felt that the kids needed to go to bed. However, my oldest son is no longer in school and my youngest is 2, I work but I really don't have to be up very early most of the time -- so I just needed to chill out. For instance,the other night after rounded my kids up from their dads and traveling in the car for about 4 hours , kids sleeping for a while in the car we didn't go to bed until 1am. But in the process at one point I was getting tired so I told the boys I was going to read and next thing you know the youngest is climbing into bed with their cars and coloring books/crayons. Then the older one joined. Perfect. I
did have to finally say lights out though when some grumping started but they didn't mind and they were right to sleep!!!
So your right when we relax so does the household!!
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It is amazing how quick our kids adjust to a natural and relaxed atmosphere. It's usually the adults that need the "fixing". I also wanted to thank you for posting your dilemmas at night because of these discussions I have re-thought my kids nights. Actually I'm pretty laid back about night time but it always seemed that there would be a point that I felt that the kids needed to go to bed. However, my oldest son is no longer in school and my youngest is 2, I work but I really don't have to be up very early most of the time -- so I just needed to chill out. For instance,the other night after rounded my kids up from their dads and traveling in the car for about 4 hours , kids sleeping for a while in the car we didn't go to bed until 1am. But in the process at one point I was getting tired so I told the boys I was going to read and next thing you know the youngest is climbing into bed with their cars and coloring books/crayons. Then the older one joined. Perfect. I
did have to finally say lights out though when some grumping started but they didn't mind and they were right to sleep!!!
So your right when we relax so does the household!!
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