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Welcome Elizabeth... It's wonderful to hear from someone with so much
experience.

Dawn F

Pris

welcome Elisabeth ...

it sounds like you have a LOT to share w/ 13 yrs of h-s'ing behind you!!!
yes, I read Dr. Moore's "Better Late Than Early" ... it's too bad I didn't
know about Dr. M when my big kidlets (24/21) were little b/c I would've done
things SO MUCH DIFFERENTLY!!! ahhhhhhh wellllllllll, live ~n~ learn <G>

last year a h-s mom suggested I order Rod and Staff's sample curriculum and
I about DIED when I saw it ... I'm sure it's good for some people but it
wasn't for us, either :{

Pris


----- Original Message -----
From: Elisabeth McCool <mccoolclan@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 12:36 PM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Unlearning


> Hello to all. I have been reading the list for many months because I
> wanted to see what it is all about before jumping in. I have learned
> so much from all of you as I am always still learning and tempering
> my
> way of living/teaching our children. My name is Elisabeth and I live
> in California. We have been living the hs lifestyle for about 13
> years
> now. We have 5 wonderful ( aren't they all?!) children who have never
> been to school due to the new things we were introduced to when we
> attended a hs conference when our oldest was only 6 months old, then
> read the Moore's books over and over again and hung out with
> "experienced " homeschool families at Park days during the toddler/
> early elementary years.
> Just recently I listened to some tapes that a friend loaned me from a
> conference that the Moore's gave in the early 90's. I found this to
> be
> so helpful. Have any of you read their books? Have many of you
> followed their outline of the Moore Formula? What are your
> experiences?
> You'd think that by now I'd have it all figured out but not so as it
> is taking me a long time to unlearn the things that I learned about
> hs
> early on from the Protestant-type hs. Yes, My son and I suffered
> through using Rod and Staff one year- it was awful!!!!! Then we tried
> Sonlight, this was much nicer but too scheduled to really work in our
> life (the books were great!) Well, it has been about four years now
> and we are finally starting to come to a place where we are all
> comfortable and doing what we need to be doing. One of the most
> important things I have seen and learned is this:Negative Peer
> pressure whether it is youthful or in adult frienships is not healthy
> for the development of healthy families/people/little people.
> I look forward to taking part in the list.
> Blessings,Elisabeth