New Unschooler-hi!
Ren Allen
"What do you do with a child who doesn't really
show an interest in anything at all?"
I have yet to meet any child that has no interests....so I bet it
has more to do with how you're viewing her interests, than the
actual interests themselves.
Have you checked out our "links" section here at the site yet? I
encourage you to read as much as you can from those...I bet it will
really help.
I remember one time, standing in a Books-A-Million talking to a
homeschooler I had known some time prior to that chance meeting. She
was explaining how hard it was to homeschool her child and that
she'd put him back in school...I told her we were still happily
unschooling and encouraged her to read some more about unschooling.
"Oh, it wouldn't work with Daniel, he has absolutely NO interests."
This, while her son is behind us happily trading and playing Yu-gi-
oh. sigh.
I just wanted to shake her that day. Her son had plenty of
interests, but they didn't look like her version of "learning".
If parents want their children to be passionate and interested in
learning, then it really pays to simply be passionate about their
interests.
It's hard, to see the learning in everything when we've all been
programmed to think of certain topics as more valid. But shopping or
games or heck, Chocolate, can lead to everything-in-the-whole-wide-
universe.:)
If the universe is your "unit study", then everything counts, right?
Anyway, welcome to the group, I hope you find it a useful resource
in your journey.
Ren
show an interest in anything at all?"
I have yet to meet any child that has no interests....so I bet it
has more to do with how you're viewing her interests, than the
actual interests themselves.
Have you checked out our "links" section here at the site yet? I
encourage you to read as much as you can from those...I bet it will
really help.
I remember one time, standing in a Books-A-Million talking to a
homeschooler I had known some time prior to that chance meeting. She
was explaining how hard it was to homeschool her child and that
she'd put him back in school...I told her we were still happily
unschooling and encouraged her to read some more about unschooling.
"Oh, it wouldn't work with Daniel, he has absolutely NO interests."
This, while her son is behind us happily trading and playing Yu-gi-
oh. sigh.
I just wanted to shake her that day. Her son had plenty of
interests, but they didn't look like her version of "learning".
If parents want their children to be passionate and interested in
learning, then it really pays to simply be passionate about their
interests.
It's hard, to see the learning in everything when we've all been
programmed to think of certain topics as more valid. But shopping or
games or heck, Chocolate, can lead to everything-in-the-whole-wide-
universe.:)
If the universe is your "unit study", then everything counts, right?
Anyway, welcome to the group, I hope you find it a useful resource
in your journey.
Ren
kkraczek1969
> It's hard, to see the learning in everything when we've all beenThank you, Ren- I suppose that I still have quite a bit of "letting
> programmed to think of certain topics as more valid. But shopping or
> games or heck, Chocolate, can lead to everything-in-the-whole-wide-
> universe.:)
>
> If the universe is your "unit study", then everything counts, right?
>
> Ren
go" to do. I embrace unschooling, but the "school" fears remain. I
look forward to the day that I can be free of those ideas! Thanks also
for the suggestion to look in the links section- I'll be doing that next!
Kristin