Christalyn Aitken

Hi,
I've only met Melinda and Kelly. Who else is out there?

What do you do the third option as far as logging in the day? What
can I write? I"m getting nervous, as I have days empty in my
calendar, there just wasn't enough to write down what they did for
that day. Or am I not doing something right as far as logging my
days work? EDucationese I don't get?

Christy in SC

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Christy, I'm not sure if anyone got back to you.

This is my first year in SC, so this might not be helpful AT ALL, but this
is what I do.

I found a weekly teacher's planner at Staples and I write each subject we
are required to "teach" under subject. Then during the week I jot down a quick
note or two as to what was done that day that could fall under that subject.
Some of them are empty. Sometimes if we have a lot under Science one day,
I'll spread it out over the week. I put lots of "discussion about XXX". For
example, if my son fed the ducks behind our house, I put "observed and
interracted with local wildlife, discussed habitats and unique needs".

I would love to know from the others if there is a better method. I wonder
sometimes if it is better or worse to separate the subjects.

Leslie in SC


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Christalyn Aitken

Thanks Leslie, what you are doing is what I'm doing sort of. It just
doesn't seem very Unschoolie to think of things the kids do in terms
of subjects. Though this does cover the third option here in SC.
Does anyone have any suggestions as far as "educationese" and
Unschooling?

Christy in SC.

--- In [email protected], Leslie530@a... wrote:
> Christy, I'm not sure if anyone got back to you.
>
> This is my first year in SC, so this might not be helpful AT ALL,
but this
> is what I do.
>
> I found a weekly teacher's planner at Staples and I write each
subject we
> are required to "teach" under subject. Then during the week I jot
down a quick
> note or two as to what was done that day that could fall under
that subject.
> Some of them are empty. Sometimes if we have a lot under Science
one day,
> I'll spread it out over the week. I put lots of "discussion about
XXX". For
> example, if my son fed the ducks behind our house, I put "observed
and
> interracted with local wildlife, discussed habitats and unique
needs".
>
> I would love to know from the others if there is a better method.
I wonder
> sometimes if it is better or worse to separate the subjects.
>
> Leslie in SC
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

pam sorooshian

I have a suggestion - it is a record-keeping form where you keep track
of the REAL stuff in REAL terms, not school terms -- and if you have to
take a few minutes every so often and switch it to school subjects, it
isn't hard to do. I put the form in the files area of this list - it
is called: Unschoolers Recordkeeping Form.

The advantage of this is that you're not thinking in terms of school
subjects all the time - just in terms of what the kids are really
doing.

-pam



On Jan 17, 2005, at 6:00 PM, Christalyn Aitken wrote:

> Thanks Leslie, what you are doing is what I'm doing sort of. It just
> doesn't seem very Unschoolie to think of things the kids do in terms
> of subjects. Though this does cover the third option here in SC.
> Does anyone have any suggestions as far as "educationese" and
> Unschooling?

Christalyn Aitken

Thanks Pam,
I will check it out. Thank you, sounds like that is my answer to my
problem of recording what the children are doing daily. My fear is
that someone will come knocking on my door, official that is.

I've heard of horror stories of the SC officials coming to doors and
removing the children from the home. That puts enough fear in me to
keep records of what the children do, just in case.

Christy




--- In [email protected], pam sorooshian
<pamsoroosh@m...> wrote:
> I have a suggestion - it is a record-keeping form where you keep
track
> of the REAL stuff in REAL terms, not school terms -- and if you
have to
> take a few minutes every so often and switch it to school subjects,
it
> isn't hard to do. I put the form in the files area of this list -
it
> is called: Unschoolers Recordkeeping Form.
>
> The advantage of this is that you're not thinking in terms of
school
> subjects all the time - just in terms of what the kids are really
> doing.
>
> -pam
>
>
>
> On Jan 17, 2005, at 6:00 PM, Christalyn Aitken wrote:
>
> > Thanks Leslie, what you are doing is what I'm doing sort of. It
just
> > doesn't seem very Unschoolie to think of things the kids do in
terms
> > of subjects. Though this does cover the third option here in SC.
> > Does anyone have any suggestions as far as "educationese" and
> > Unschooling?