Homeschool rooms
Kim J. Flowers
I am wondering if any of you have a homeschool room. My husband just
finished the garage and I am getting ready to paint and decorate and was
wondering if any of you had any ideas or pictures of your area that you
school in. Or even a website. I have done some searching on the web for
ideas and I either can't word it right or whatever, but I am getting
nothing. So let me know. I am going to go buy the paint in the next day or
so, so let me know. Thanks!
Kim Flowers - Wife to Nolan for 10 years
Stay at Home Mama of 4 wonderful boys
"I would rather have someone hate me for who I am than like me for who
I am not".
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finished the garage and I am getting ready to paint and decorate and was
wondering if any of you had any ideas or pictures of your area that you
school in. Or even a website. I have done some searching on the web for
ideas and I either can't word it right or whatever, but I am getting
nothing. So let me know. I am going to go buy the paint in the next day or
so, so let me know. Thanks!
Kim Flowers - Wife to Nolan for 10 years
Stay at Home Mama of 4 wonderful boys
"I would rather have someone hate me for who I am than like me for who
I am not".
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Sandra Dodd
On Dec 28, 2005, at 9:45 AM, Kim J. Flowers wrote:
If you're looking for an area to school in, an unschooling list isn't
your best source.
Unschoolers don't "school" at all, and learning isn't limited to a room.
Can you make a room for games or projects? A lego room?
-=- I have done some searching on the web for
ideas and I either can't word it right or whatever, but I am getting
nothing. -=-
You could look on regular homeschooling sites and look for "home
school rooms" or something, if you're determined to have a room. Can
it be an office for the kids with a computer and a TV and lots of art
supplies and reference stuff?
Is your question more about what kinds of things you might want to
gather up at your house? We recently got a microscope and it
doesn't have a permanent place to live yet. (Might not get one,
either.) We have a globe, but it's getting outdated. We have maps
and posters, but we put them up in otherwise public rooms, various
places, and switch them out.
Sandra
> was=============================
> wondering if any of you had any ideas or pictures of your area that
> you
> school in.
If you're looking for an area to school in, an unschooling list isn't
your best source.
Unschoolers don't "school" at all, and learning isn't limited to a room.
Can you make a room for games or projects? A lego room?
-=- I have done some searching on the web for
ideas and I either can't word it right or whatever, but I am getting
nothing. -=-
You could look on regular homeschooling sites and look for "home
school rooms" or something, if you're determined to have a room. Can
it be an office for the kids with a computer and a TV and lots of art
supplies and reference stuff?
Is your question more about what kinds of things you might want to
gather up at your house? We recently got a microscope and it
doesn't have a permanent place to live yet. (Might not get one,
either.) We have a globe, but it's getting outdated. We have maps
and posters, but we put them up in otherwise public rooms, various
places, and switch them out.
Sandra
camden
We just use the whole house. We have a family room (converted from a garage) that is filled with electronic stuff (4 computers, stereo, TV & multi video games... we need another tv in there so there's less conflict with the video games). Then we have a livingroom filled with bookshelves, a tv, and room to do projects. When we originally started homeschooling we were a "school at home" family (yuck, I know ) & the garage was going to be used as the "school room" but that plan changed.
We just decorated it as we would the rest of the house. I probably didnt help much but thats what we did. Maybe you could ask the kids what they would like ........ heck maybe they would want to do it themselves !!
Good luck
Carol
We just decorated it as we would the rest of the house. I probably didnt help much but thats what we did. Maybe you could ask the kids what they would like ........ heck maybe they would want to do it themselves !!
Good luck
Carol
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From: Kim J. Flowers
To: Kim J. Flowers
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Subject: [UnschoolingDiscussion] Homeschool rooms
I am wondering if any of you have a homeschool room. My husband just
finished the garage and I am getting ready to paint and decorate and was
wondering if any of you had any ideas or pictures of your area that you
school in. Or even a website. I have done some searching on the web for
ideas and I either can't word it right or whatever, but I am getting
nothing. So let me know. I am going to go buy the paint in the next day or
so, so let me know. Thanks!
Kim Flowers - Wife to Nolan for 10 years
Stay at Home Mama of 4 wonderful boys
"I would rather have someone hate me for who I am than like me for who
I am not".
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No, but we do have a playroom; and our garage is dedicated to physical activity (they can rollerblade and scooter out there, as well as play with balls and such).
Beth, NC
"Kim J. Flowers" <kim@...> wrote:
I am wondering if any of you have a homeschool room. My husband just
finished the garage and I am getting ready to paint and decorate and was
wondering if any of you had any ideas or pictures of your area that you
school in. Or even a website. I have done some searching on the web for
ideas and I either can't word it right or whatever, but I am getting
nothing. So let me know. I am going to go buy the paint in the next day or
so, so let me know. Thanks!
Kim Flowers - Wife to Nolan for 10 years
Stay at Home Mama of 4 wonderful boys
"I would rather have someone hate me for who I am than like me for who
I am not".
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"Kim J. Flowers" <kim@...> wrote:
I am wondering if any of you have a homeschool room. My husband just
finished the garage and I am getting ready to paint and decorate and was
wondering if any of you had any ideas or pictures of your area that you
school in. Or even a website. I have done some searching on the web for
ideas and I either can't word it right or whatever, but I am getting
nothing. So let me know. I am going to go buy the paint in the next day or
so, so let me know. Thanks!
Kim Flowers - Wife to Nolan for 10 years
Stay at Home Mama of 4 wonderful boys
"I would rather have someone hate me for who I am than like me for who
I am not".
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camden
"We just use the whole house. "
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After reading this I realized I worded it wrong :( We don't "do" school. My kids use the whole house to do whatever they are into at the moment. Lots of people have asked where do we "do" school & to save alot explaining to people that don't understand unschooling I just tell them "oh wherever we are comfortable". They expect us to have a sit down classroom complete with desks & chalkboards.
How do others here deal with this situation when it comes up?
Carol
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After reading this I realized I worded it wrong :( We don't "do" school. My kids use the whole house to do whatever they are into at the moment. Lots of people have asked where do we "do" school & to save alot explaining to people that don't understand unschooling I just tell them "oh wherever we are comfortable". They expect us to have a sit down classroom complete with desks & chalkboards.
How do others here deal with this situation when it comes up?
Carol
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wifetovegman2002
--- In [email protected], "Kim J. Flowers"
<kim@t...> wrote:
start to feel claustrophobic in my home, though, and start organizing
and rearranging, and like the "idea" of a place for all the stuff the
children use.
We do have a room we call the school room which is our "dining room",
but it is really the storage-of-all-things-cool-and-our-critters room.
It has bookshelves along one wall, and an old dining room table
against a wall, and and an old desk under the window. Oh, and an old
coffee table. The lizard lives on the old coffee table, the beta fish
lives on top of the row of bookshelves next to the globe, and the
hermit crabs live on the desk. The walls have maps and posters and
cool charts and museum prints on them, that I rotate out as I get more
cool wall stuff.
The bookshelves all have cool books on them about everything and
anything. One shelf has some games. Bins hold our dice collection,
the pattern blocks we just bought, and there is a cheapy microscope.
We have a rolling cart that has all the art supplies, too.
But the computers and such are in a different room, and we just take
what we need out of the school room to wherever we need it.
~Susan M in VA
wifetovegman
<kim@t...> wrote:
>Wow...we don't "school" any more. But this is the time of year I
> I am wondering if any of you have a homeschool room. My husband just
> finished the garage and I am getting ready to paint and decorate and was
> wondering if any of you had any ideas or pictures of your area that you
> school in.
start to feel claustrophobic in my home, though, and start organizing
and rearranging, and like the "idea" of a place for all the stuff the
children use.
We do have a room we call the school room which is our "dining room",
but it is really the storage-of-all-things-cool-and-our-critters room.
It has bookshelves along one wall, and an old dining room table
against a wall, and and an old desk under the window. Oh, and an old
coffee table. The lizard lives on the old coffee table, the beta fish
lives on top of the row of bookshelves next to the globe, and the
hermit crabs live on the desk. The walls have maps and posters and
cool charts and museum prints on them, that I rotate out as I get more
cool wall stuff.
The bookshelves all have cool books on them about everything and
anything. One shelf has some games. Bins hold our dice collection,
the pattern blocks we just bought, and there is a cheapy microscope.
We have a rolling cart that has all the art supplies, too.
But the computers and such are in a different room, and we just take
what we need out of the school room to wherever we need it.
~Susan M in VA
wifetovegman
Kimberly
We have a homeschool room in our house. It is in our
third bedroom. We live in a 3 bedroom townhouse so
that was the easiest place for us to put it. I don't
have pictures as this time so I will describe it to
the best of my ability.
On the South wall we have a window just to the right
of the middle of the wall. On the left we have the
Math area. I bought punch out 2" letters at a teachers
supply store to label each subject area. The math area
we use 2" letters that are orange. I have a number
chart that goes up to 100 that I laminated on the wall
under the word math. I used thumbtacks to put in on
the wall. To the left of the chart I found a poster
again at a teachers supply store that I laminated of
different shapes - square, circle, octagon, etc. I
then cut out each shape and thumbtacked each one up.
Under these I have a shelf thing I bought at Bed Bath
& Beyond for $9.99. It is supposed to be used in a
closet for shoes. Here is a link that I found though
it is a lot more in cost.
http://www.acehardwareoutlet.com/(1vcb5c45m1anno55giivng34)/LargeImage.aspx?SKU=52692&Image=52692h.jpg&ProdDescription=LARGE%20SHOE%20STACKER%20SHELF%20HORZNTL%20STACK%2012%22
I bought two of these for the math area and just
stacked them on top of each other. The middle shelf
thing you see I didn't put it there on the 2nd one
that sits on the bottom. I screwed it in to make on
big rectangle piece. The shelf can either be put where
you see it in the picture or at the bottom area- at
least the ones I bought you can.
To the right of the math area under the window I have
a plastic 3 drawer thing that rolls (though we don't
roll it out) that I put paint with water books in (top
drawer) coloring books (2nd drawer) and plain paper
(3rd drawer - is just plain printer paper I buy at
Walmart for $12 a box which is 3000 sheets of paper).
Then to the right of this is 2 black filing cabinets
which I put our work to be done in for each week and
other stuff needed to be filed. Then to the right of
this I have an old sewing table (where the sewing
machine would flip up from inside though it's no
longer there) to put my dvd, vcr and small 13" tv on
so we can watch any educational movies with. I use the
library all of the time. We just finished studying the
letter E and I also borrowed movies about Elephants
both non fiction and fiction. I could use the elephant
movies for science though I don't. Under this table is
where I keep a plastic bin that holds our books that
will be used for homeschool and our vcr and dvds.
Then there is the West Wall. Right next to the tv area
is a closet door where I store most of our homeschool
craft supplies, extra educational items, easel papers,
recycleable items to make crafts with, homeschool
books that were bought in advance for next year, etc.
To the right of this is our Social Studies area. I
used 2" red punch out letters for this area. I Have a
bulletin board underneath the word Social Studies.
Then underneath this I have another shelf thing like
in the Math area. To the right of the shelf on the
floor I have a globe 9nothing to sit it on yet) The
rest of the wall is left plain to hang up any maps,
etc for what we are learning at that time. To the
right of this a bit is our door to enter the room. We
keep the door open at all times where I have our blank
calendar up on it. I again bought a calendar at a
teachers supply store that just has the days across it
and laminated it. I then bought another poster that I
laminated that had the months on it and cut them out
to use for each month that I put above the calendar.
I also bought calendar dates (this month has a snowman
on each date- last month had turkeys) and laminated
them. I then use rubber glue to have my daughter
"attatch" them onto the calendar. I love this method
as the rubber glue comes off so easily.
Right outside the door I have a 4 drawer dresser where
we put extra supplies in.
On the North wall we have the Language Arts/Reading
area where I used blue 2" punch out letters for. I
have two bulletin boards here - one next to each other
- pretty large ones that were bought at Walmart for
$7.?? each. Maybe around $8. I have a laminated poster
of each letter above the bulletin boards. Underneath
the left bulletin board I again have a shelf thing as
in the math area. To the right of the shelf a bit I
have a 3 drawer very small thing that we hold our
extra craft projects my daughter is working on by
herself. Then to the right I have a Little Tikes blue
easel for painting. Underneath it is a vinyl
tablecloth folded up to cover the floor from paint.
The tablecloth was bought at Walmart for around $2.38.
Then the East wall has our Science area which is done
in 2" green letters. A bulletin board is underneath
with again a shelf thing under that. I have a poster
that I laminated and cut up with a picture of each
color with its name to the left of the bulletin board.
I have room around the bulletin board on each side to
hang posters, etc for what we are working on.
In the middle of the room is our table. It is a U
shaped wood table that I received for free that we
use. We bought our chairs (2) from a big teachers
supply store. They were expensive at around $22 each
but I wanted them to have a nice chair to sit on.
Our walls are an off white color and we just have
carpet on the floor.
I hope this helps you somewhat. Sorry this is so
lengthy but I also looked for ideas on the internet
but it was basically no help. I will say the one thing
that has been a huge huge help to us was to have each
subject sectioned off from each other. I did find one
homeschool room where the mom had put social studies
and bible study mixed in together and to me it made it
so confusing. If I was to do bible study also I would
put it in it's own section.
Take care and if you have any questions please feel
free to email me!
Kimberly P.
--- "Kim J. Flowers" <kim@...>
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third bedroom. We live in a 3 bedroom townhouse so
that was the easiest place for us to put it. I don't
have pictures as this time so I will describe it to
the best of my ability.
On the South wall we have a window just to the right
of the middle of the wall. On the left we have the
Math area. I bought punch out 2" letters at a teachers
supply store to label each subject area. The math area
we use 2" letters that are orange. I have a number
chart that goes up to 100 that I laminated on the wall
under the word math. I used thumbtacks to put in on
the wall. To the left of the chart I found a poster
again at a teachers supply store that I laminated of
different shapes - square, circle, octagon, etc. I
then cut out each shape and thumbtacked each one up.
Under these I have a shelf thing I bought at Bed Bath
& Beyond for $9.99. It is supposed to be used in a
closet for shoes. Here is a link that I found though
it is a lot more in cost.
http://www.acehardwareoutlet.com/(1vcb5c45m1anno55giivng34)/LargeImage.aspx?SKU=52692&Image=52692h.jpg&ProdDescription=LARGE%20SHOE%20STACKER%20SHELF%20HORZNTL%20STACK%2012%22
I bought two of these for the math area and just
stacked them on top of each other. The middle shelf
thing you see I didn't put it there on the 2nd one
that sits on the bottom. I screwed it in to make on
big rectangle piece. The shelf can either be put where
you see it in the picture or at the bottom area- at
least the ones I bought you can.
To the right of the math area under the window I have
a plastic 3 drawer thing that rolls (though we don't
roll it out) that I put paint with water books in (top
drawer) coloring books (2nd drawer) and plain paper
(3rd drawer - is just plain printer paper I buy at
Walmart for $12 a box which is 3000 sheets of paper).
Then to the right of this is 2 black filing cabinets
which I put our work to be done in for each week and
other stuff needed to be filed. Then to the right of
this I have an old sewing table (where the sewing
machine would flip up from inside though it's no
longer there) to put my dvd, vcr and small 13" tv on
so we can watch any educational movies with. I use the
library all of the time. We just finished studying the
letter E and I also borrowed movies about Elephants
both non fiction and fiction. I could use the elephant
movies for science though I don't. Under this table is
where I keep a plastic bin that holds our books that
will be used for homeschool and our vcr and dvds.
Then there is the West Wall. Right next to the tv area
is a closet door where I store most of our homeschool
craft supplies, extra educational items, easel papers,
recycleable items to make crafts with, homeschool
books that were bought in advance for next year, etc.
To the right of this is our Social Studies area. I
used 2" red punch out letters for this area. I Have a
bulletin board underneath the word Social Studies.
Then underneath this I have another shelf thing like
in the Math area. To the right of the shelf on the
floor I have a globe 9nothing to sit it on yet) The
rest of the wall is left plain to hang up any maps,
etc for what we are learning at that time. To the
right of this a bit is our door to enter the room. We
keep the door open at all times where I have our blank
calendar up on it. I again bought a calendar at a
teachers supply store that just has the days across it
and laminated it. I then bought another poster that I
laminated that had the months on it and cut them out
to use for each month that I put above the calendar.
I also bought calendar dates (this month has a snowman
on each date- last month had turkeys) and laminated
them. I then use rubber glue to have my daughter
"attatch" them onto the calendar. I love this method
as the rubber glue comes off so easily.
Right outside the door I have a 4 drawer dresser where
we put extra supplies in.
On the North wall we have the Language Arts/Reading
area where I used blue 2" punch out letters for. I
have two bulletin boards here - one next to each other
- pretty large ones that were bought at Walmart for
$7.?? each. Maybe around $8. I have a laminated poster
of each letter above the bulletin boards. Underneath
the left bulletin board I again have a shelf thing as
in the math area. To the right of the shelf a bit I
have a 3 drawer very small thing that we hold our
extra craft projects my daughter is working on by
herself. Then to the right I have a Little Tikes blue
easel for painting. Underneath it is a vinyl
tablecloth folded up to cover the floor from paint.
The tablecloth was bought at Walmart for around $2.38.
Then the East wall has our Science area which is done
in 2" green letters. A bulletin board is underneath
with again a shelf thing under that. I have a poster
that I laminated and cut up with a picture of each
color with its name to the left of the bulletin board.
I have room around the bulletin board on each side to
hang posters, etc for what we are working on.
In the middle of the room is our table. It is a U
shaped wood table that I received for free that we
use. We bought our chairs (2) from a big teachers
supply store. They were expensive at around $22 each
but I wanted them to have a nice chair to sit on.
Our walls are an off white color and we just have
carpet on the floor.
I hope this helps you somewhat. Sorry this is so
lengthy but I also looked for ideas on the internet
but it was basically no help. I will say the one thing
that has been a huge huge help to us was to have each
subject sectioned off from each other. I did find one
homeschool room where the mom had put social studies
and bible study mixed in together and to me it made it
so confusing. If I was to do bible study also I would
put it in it's own section.
Take care and if you have any questions please feel
free to email me!
Kimberly P.
--- "Kim J. Flowers" <kim@...>
wrote:
> I am wondering if any of you have a homeschool room.__________________________________
> My husband just
> finished the garage and I am getting ready to paint
> and decorate and was
> wondering if any of you had any ideas or pictures of
> your area that you
> school in. Or even a website. I have done some
> searching on the web for
> ideas and I either can't word it right or whatever,
> but I am getting
> nothing. So let me know. I am going to go buy the
> paint in the next day or
> so, so let me know. Thanks!
>
> Kim Flowers - Wife to Nolan for 10 years
> Stay at Home Mama of 4 wonderful boys
> "I would rather have someone hate me for who I am
> than like me for who
> I am not".
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>
>
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Danielle Conger
Kim J. Flowers wrote:
not), titled "An Unshooling Landscape," in which my basic premise is
that unschoolers use the whole house, whole yard, whole world--a
landscape not a room. It appeared in _Life Learning Magazine_ March/
April '05.
You can read it here if you're interested:
http://www.danielleconger.com/Homeschool/Landscape.html
~~Danielle
Emily (8), Julia (6), Sam (5)
http://www.danielleconger.com/Homeschool/Welcomehome.html
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"With our thoughts, we make the world." ~~Buddha
> I am wondering if any of you have a homeschool room. My husband justI wrote an article about this issue that you may find interesting (or
> finished the garage and I am getting ready to paint and decorate and was
> wondering if any of you had any ideas or pictures of your area that you
> school in. Or even a website. I have done some searching on the web for
> ideas and I either can't word it right or whatever, but I am getting
> nothing. So let me know. I am going to go buy the paint in the next
> day or
> so, so let me know. Thanks!
not), titled "An Unshooling Landscape," in which my basic premise is
that unschoolers use the whole house, whole yard, whole world--a
landscape not a room. It appeared in _Life Learning Magazine_ March/
April '05.
You can read it here if you're interested:
http://www.danielleconger.com/Homeschool/Landscape.html
~~Danielle
Emily (8), Julia (6), Sam (5)
http://www.danielleconger.com/Homeschool/Welcomehome.html
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"With our thoughts, we make the world." ~~Buddha
[email protected]
In one house we had a big room in the center of the house that we called the
library. We kept the books in it. All the craft stuff and lego stuff and a
computer or two were in there, too.
In this house we have a studio and a music room. We've always had an
"office" in all our homes, but that doesn't apply so much since we have mostly
laptops now. In this house the room that was the "office' is now the music room
where we keep our guitars and ukes and electronic piano. The network hub is
in there, too, and this room is about to be renovated and will be much
changed from it's current configuration, although it will have musical stuff in it.
My 21 yo and his girlfriend are living in the studio temporarily. We just
got through renovating it, and part of it will still be a craft room/flexible
space, and the other part will have the exercise equipment and hang-out space
once my son moves out.
What I really want o do is consolidate all the
electronics/office/running-of-the-house stuff into one tiny little corner. The network hub, the telephone
base, the files and bills, the fax machine, the printer...all that in one
little corner. We should be able to print on the network and use the fax as
needed that way. Then the craft room will be flexible space for doing whatever
project needs to be done in heated space, and it will be the place where
things can be stored and left unfinished. While the rest of the studio would
have TV and couches and etc. The music room will have the instruments, plus a
configuration for playing them, and places to read. That room is off the
living room via a wide double door, so those rooms would be used simultaneously
or separately.
So that's a lot of detail to say that we do things all over the house and we
don't need a "school" room because we don't do "school". But we do need
lots of other rooms for purposes of living and eating and learning, and that's
how I intend to use my space.
I loved the library in the middle of the old house. We could trash it and
then shut the doors and then all the rest of the house could be kept pick up.
Karen
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library. We kept the books in it. All the craft stuff and lego stuff and a
computer or two were in there, too.
In this house we have a studio and a music room. We've always had an
"office" in all our homes, but that doesn't apply so much since we have mostly
laptops now. In this house the room that was the "office' is now the music room
where we keep our guitars and ukes and electronic piano. The network hub is
in there, too, and this room is about to be renovated and will be much
changed from it's current configuration, although it will have musical stuff in it.
My 21 yo and his girlfriend are living in the studio temporarily. We just
got through renovating it, and part of it will still be a craft room/flexible
space, and the other part will have the exercise equipment and hang-out space
once my son moves out.
What I really want o do is consolidate all the
electronics/office/running-of-the-house stuff into one tiny little corner. The network hub, the telephone
base, the files and bills, the fax machine, the printer...all that in one
little corner. We should be able to print on the network and use the fax as
needed that way. Then the craft room will be flexible space for doing whatever
project needs to be done in heated space, and it will be the place where
things can be stored and left unfinished. While the rest of the studio would
have TV and couches and etc. The music room will have the instruments, plus a
configuration for playing them, and places to read. That room is off the
living room via a wide double door, so those rooms would be used simultaneously
or separately.
So that's a lot of detail to say that we do things all over the house and we
don't need a "school" room because we don't do "school". But we do need
lots of other rooms for purposes of living and eating and learning, and that's
how I intend to use my space.
I loved the library in the middle of the old house. We could trash it and
then shut the doors and then all the rest of the house could be kept pick up.
Karen
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April
For a minute I thought I had my lists confused!! This is certainly not
descriptive of an unschooling family. Been there, done that in our
curriculum days! And I'm so glad those days are gone! Currently our old
'school room' (yes, we did have a school room in those days) is my husband's
art studio/library. Lots of interesting stuff (he works with found objects,
so you never know what you'll find) and lots of opportunity for talking,
connecting, experimenting and just hanging out. It's not unusual to find one
of our kids or neighbor kids down there creating a masterpiece or just
watching and talking. I can't think of a better use of a 'school room'.
Every room in our home has fun, interesting things to do and explore. We
have lots of computers, a few tvs, game systems, movies, tons of books, lots
of games, a couple of microscopes, binoculars, craft supplies, I could go on
and on. Stuff is everywhere and changes 'homes' depending on who's
interested in what at any given time. We are fortunate to have a couple of
vehicles and drivers to go exploring. We are not limited to a room or space
or a time or a grade or a..whatever. The room described sounds so limiting
to me, and from experience I can say it was very limiting when we had one.
Talk about confusing! Where do you sit when you are reading about the
history of science?! The reading area? Or history? or Science? And if
studying a time period leads to an interest in the art of the time...now
what?! Life is not segmented into neat compartments, everything is connected
and related and makes so much more sense when explored in a setting that
allows for drifting from one aspect to another to another..
~April
Mom to Kate-19, Lisa-16, Karl-14, & Ben-10.
*REACH Homeschool Grp, an inclusive group in Oakland County
<http://www.reachhomeschool.com> www.reachhomeschool.com
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<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/michigan_unschoolers/>
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Gandalf the Grey
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From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kimberly
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 2:08 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [UnschoolingDiscussion] Homeschool rooms
We have a homeschool room in our house. It is in our
third bedroom. We live in a 3 bedroom townhouse so
that was the easiest place for us to put it. I don't
have pictures as this time so I will describe it to
the best of my ability.
On the South wall we have a window just to the right
of the middle of the wall. On the left we have the
Math area. I bought punch out 2" letters at a teachers
supply store to label each subject area. The math area
we use 2" letters that are orange. I have a number
chart that goes up to 100 that I laminated on the wall
under the word math. I used thumbtacks to put in on
the wall. To the left of the chart I found a poster
again at a teachers supply store that I laminated of
different shapes - square, circle, octagon, etc. I
then cut out each shape and thumbtacked each one up.
Under these I have a shelf thing I bought at Bed Bath
& Beyond for $9.99. It is supposed to be used in a
closet for shoes. Here is a link that I found though
it is a lot more in cost.
http://www.acehardwareoutlet.com/(1vcb5c45m1anno55giivng34)/LargeImage.aspx?
SKU=52692
<http://www.acehardwareoutlet.com/(1vcb5c45m1anno55giivng34)/LargeImage.aspx
?SKU=52692&Image=52692h.jpg&ProdDescription=LARGE%20SHOE%20STACKER%20SHELF%2
0HORZNTL%20STACK%2012%22>
&Image=52692h.jpg&ProdDescription=LARGE%20SHOE%20STACKER%20SHELF%20HORZNTL%2
0STACK%2012%22
I bought two of these for the math area and just
stacked them on top of each other. The middle shelf
thing you see I didn't put it there on the 2nd one
that sits on the bottom. I screwed it in to make on
big rectangle piece. The shelf can either be put where
you see it in the picture or at the bottom area- at
least the ones I bought you can.
To the right of the math area under the window I have
a plastic 3 drawer thing that rolls (though we don't
roll it out) that I put paint with water books in (top
drawer) coloring books (2nd drawer) and plain paper
(3rd drawer - is just plain printer paper I buy at
Walmart for $12 a box which is 3000 sheets of paper).
Then to the right of this is 2 black filing cabinets
which I put our work to be done in for each week and
other stuff needed to be filed. Then to the right of
this I have an old sewing table (where the sewing
machine would flip up from inside though it's no
longer there) to put my dvd, vcr and small 13" tv on
so we can watch any educational movies with. I use the
library all of the time. We just finished studying the
letter E and I also borrowed movies about Elephants
both non fiction and fiction. I could use the elephant
movies for science though I don't. Under this table is
where I keep a plastic bin that holds our books that
will be used for homeschool and our vcr and dvds.
Then there is the West Wall. Right next to the tv area
is a closet door where I store most of our homeschool
craft supplies, extra educational items, easel papers,
recycleable items to make crafts with, homeschool
books that were bought in advance for next year, etc.
To the right of this is our Social Studies area. I
used 2" red punch out letters for this area. I Have a
bulletin board underneath the word Social Studies.
Then underneath this I have another shelf thing like
in the Math area. To the right of the shelf on the
floor I have a globe 9nothing to sit it on yet) The
rest of the wall is left plain to hang up any maps,
etc for what we are learning at that time. To the
right of this a bit is our door to enter the room. We
keep the door open at all times where I have our blank
calendar up on it. I again bought a calendar at a
teachers supply store that just has the days across it
and laminated it. I then bought another poster that I
laminated that had the months on it and cut them out
to use for each month that I put above the calendar.
I also bought calendar dates (this month has a snowman
on each date- last month had turkeys) and laminated
them. I then use rubber glue to have my daughter
"attatch" them onto the calendar. I love this method
as the rubber glue comes off so easily.
Right outside the door I have a 4 drawer dresser where
we put extra supplies in.
On the North wall we have the Language Arts/Reading
area where I used blue 2" punch out letters for. I
have two bulletin boards here - one next to each other
- pretty large ones that were bought at Walmart for
$7.?? each. Maybe around $8. I have a laminated poster
of each letter above the bulletin boards. Underneath
the left bulletin board I again have a shelf thing as
in the math area. To the right of the shelf a bit I
have a 3 drawer very small thing that we hold our
extra craft projects my daughter is working on by
herself. Then to the right I have a Little Tikes blue
easel for painting. Underneath it is a vinyl
tablecloth folded up to cover the floor from paint.
The tablecloth was bought at Walmart for around $2.38.
Then the East wall has our Science area which is done
in 2" green letters. A bulletin board is underneath
with again a shelf thing under that. I have a poster
that I laminated and cut up with a picture of each
color with its name to the left of the bulletin board.
I have room around the bulletin board on each side to
hang posters, etc for what we are working on.
In the middle of the room is our table. It is a U
shaped wood table that I received for free that we
use. We bought our chairs (2) from a big teachers
supply store. They were expensive at around $22 each
but I wanted them to have a nice chair to sit on.
Our walls are an off white color and we just have
carpet on the floor.
I hope this helps you somewhat. Sorry this is so
lengthy but I also looked for ideas on the internet
but it was basically no help. I will say the one thing
that has been a huge huge help to us was to have each
subject sectioned off from each other. I did find one
homeschool room where the mom had put social studies
and bible study mixed in together and to me it made it
so confusing. If I was to do bible study also I would
put it in it's own section.
Take care and if you have any questions please feel
free to email me!
Kimberly P.
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descriptive of an unschooling family. Been there, done that in our
curriculum days! And I'm so glad those days are gone! Currently our old
'school room' (yes, we did have a school room in those days) is my husband's
art studio/library. Lots of interesting stuff (he works with found objects,
so you never know what you'll find) and lots of opportunity for talking,
connecting, experimenting and just hanging out. It's not unusual to find one
of our kids or neighbor kids down there creating a masterpiece or just
watching and talking. I can't think of a better use of a 'school room'.
Every room in our home has fun, interesting things to do and explore. We
have lots of computers, a few tvs, game systems, movies, tons of books, lots
of games, a couple of microscopes, binoculars, craft supplies, I could go on
and on. Stuff is everywhere and changes 'homes' depending on who's
interested in what at any given time. We are fortunate to have a couple of
vehicles and drivers to go exploring. We are not limited to a room or space
or a time or a grade or a..whatever. The room described sounds so limiting
to me, and from experience I can say it was very limiting when we had one.
Talk about confusing! Where do you sit when you are reading about the
history of science?! The reading area? Or history? or Science? And if
studying a time period leads to an interest in the art of the time...now
what?! Life is not segmented into neat compartments, everything is connected
and related and makes so much more sense when explored in a setting that
allows for drifting from one aspect to another to another..
~April
Mom to Kate-19, Lisa-16, Karl-14, & Ben-10.
*REACH Homeschool Grp, an inclusive group in Oakland County
<http://www.reachhomeschool.com> www.reachhomeschool.com
* Michigan Unschoolers
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/michigan_unschoolers/>
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/michigan_unschoolers/
*Check out Chuck's art <http://www.artkunst23.com> www.artkunst23.com
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."
Gandalf the Grey
_____
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kimberly
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 2:08 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [UnschoolingDiscussion] Homeschool rooms
We have a homeschool room in our house. It is in our
third bedroom. We live in a 3 bedroom townhouse so
that was the easiest place for us to put it. I don't
have pictures as this time so I will describe it to
the best of my ability.
On the South wall we have a window just to the right
of the middle of the wall. On the left we have the
Math area. I bought punch out 2" letters at a teachers
supply store to label each subject area. The math area
we use 2" letters that are orange. I have a number
chart that goes up to 100 that I laminated on the wall
under the word math. I used thumbtacks to put in on
the wall. To the left of the chart I found a poster
again at a teachers supply store that I laminated of
different shapes - square, circle, octagon, etc. I
then cut out each shape and thumbtacked each one up.
Under these I have a shelf thing I bought at Bed Bath
& Beyond for $9.99. It is supposed to be used in a
closet for shoes. Here is a link that I found though
it is a lot more in cost.
http://www.acehardwareoutlet.com/(1vcb5c45m1anno55giivng34)/LargeImage.aspx?
SKU=52692
<http://www.acehardwareoutlet.com/(1vcb5c45m1anno55giivng34)/LargeImage.aspx
?SKU=52692&Image=52692h.jpg&ProdDescription=LARGE%20SHOE%20STACKER%20SHELF%2
0HORZNTL%20STACK%2012%22>
&Image=52692h.jpg&ProdDescription=LARGE%20SHOE%20STACKER%20SHELF%20HORZNTL%2
0STACK%2012%22
I bought two of these for the math area and just
stacked them on top of each other. The middle shelf
thing you see I didn't put it there on the 2nd one
that sits on the bottom. I screwed it in to make on
big rectangle piece. The shelf can either be put where
you see it in the picture or at the bottom area- at
least the ones I bought you can.
To the right of the math area under the window I have
a plastic 3 drawer thing that rolls (though we don't
roll it out) that I put paint with water books in (top
drawer) coloring books (2nd drawer) and plain paper
(3rd drawer - is just plain printer paper I buy at
Walmart for $12 a box which is 3000 sheets of paper).
Then to the right of this is 2 black filing cabinets
which I put our work to be done in for each week and
other stuff needed to be filed. Then to the right of
this I have an old sewing table (where the sewing
machine would flip up from inside though it's no
longer there) to put my dvd, vcr and small 13" tv on
so we can watch any educational movies with. I use the
library all of the time. We just finished studying the
letter E and I also borrowed movies about Elephants
both non fiction and fiction. I could use the elephant
movies for science though I don't. Under this table is
where I keep a plastic bin that holds our books that
will be used for homeschool and our vcr and dvds.
Then there is the West Wall. Right next to the tv area
is a closet door where I store most of our homeschool
craft supplies, extra educational items, easel papers,
recycleable items to make crafts with, homeschool
books that were bought in advance for next year, etc.
To the right of this is our Social Studies area. I
used 2" red punch out letters for this area. I Have a
bulletin board underneath the word Social Studies.
Then underneath this I have another shelf thing like
in the Math area. To the right of the shelf on the
floor I have a globe 9nothing to sit it on yet) The
rest of the wall is left plain to hang up any maps,
etc for what we are learning at that time. To the
right of this a bit is our door to enter the room. We
keep the door open at all times where I have our blank
calendar up on it. I again bought a calendar at a
teachers supply store that just has the days across it
and laminated it. I then bought another poster that I
laminated that had the months on it and cut them out
to use for each month that I put above the calendar.
I also bought calendar dates (this month has a snowman
on each date- last month had turkeys) and laminated
them. I then use rubber glue to have my daughter
"attatch" them onto the calendar. I love this method
as the rubber glue comes off so easily.
Right outside the door I have a 4 drawer dresser where
we put extra supplies in.
On the North wall we have the Language Arts/Reading
area where I used blue 2" punch out letters for. I
have two bulletin boards here - one next to each other
- pretty large ones that were bought at Walmart for
$7.?? each. Maybe around $8. I have a laminated poster
of each letter above the bulletin boards. Underneath
the left bulletin board I again have a shelf thing as
in the math area. To the right of the shelf a bit I
have a 3 drawer very small thing that we hold our
extra craft projects my daughter is working on by
herself. Then to the right I have a Little Tikes blue
easel for painting. Underneath it is a vinyl
tablecloth folded up to cover the floor from paint.
The tablecloth was bought at Walmart for around $2.38.
Then the East wall has our Science area which is done
in 2" green letters. A bulletin board is underneath
with again a shelf thing under that. I have a poster
that I laminated and cut up with a picture of each
color with its name to the left of the bulletin board.
I have room around the bulletin board on each side to
hang posters, etc for what we are working on.
In the middle of the room is our table. It is a U
shaped wood table that I received for free that we
use. We bought our chairs (2) from a big teachers
supply store. They were expensive at around $22 each
but I wanted them to have a nice chair to sit on.
Our walls are an off white color and we just have
carpet on the floor.
I hope this helps you somewhat. Sorry this is so
lengthy but I also looked for ideas on the internet
but it was basically no help. I will say the one thing
that has been a huge huge help to us was to have each
subject sectioned off from each other. I did find one
homeschool room where the mom had put social studies
and bible study mixed in together and to me it made it
so confusing. If I was to do bible study also I would
put it in it's own section.
Take care and if you have any questions please feel
free to email me!
Kimberly P.
--- "Kim J. Flowers" <kim@...>
wrote:
> I am wondering if any of you have a homeschool room.__________________________________
> My husband just
> finished the garage and I am getting ready to paint
> and decorate and was
> wondering if any of you had any ideas or pictures of
> your area that you
> school in. Or even a website. I have done some
> searching on the web for
> ideas and I either can't word it right or whatever,
> but I am getting
> nothing. So let me know. I am going to go buy the
> paint in the next day or
> so, so let me know. Thanks!
>
> Kim Flowers - Wife to Nolan for 10 years
> Stay at Home Mama of 4 wonderful boys
> "I would rather have someone hate me for who I am
> than like me for who
> I am not".
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>
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Joanne
I'm enjoying this thread even though we don't have a school room.
I've been trying to get my kids out of the mentality that learning
happens in a designated room.
My kids enjoy reading so we have floor to ceiling book shelves, with
a window seat (that has books shelves under it) between them in our
family room. In that room is also two of our three computers and our
PS2. We also have a globe and some maps in there.
Our VCR and DVD player are in the living room so any movies that we
watch, we do it in there.
Art & crafts stuff is done all over (inside and out...I bought a
picnic table for outside so they can do stuff out there also) but
the supplies are stored in the laundry room.
Cooking we do in the kitchen or the BBQ. Physical stuff is usually
done outside.
~ Joanne ~
Mom to Jacqueline (7), Shawna (10) & Cimion (13)
Adopted into our hearts October 30, 2003
http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com/
I've been trying to get my kids out of the mentality that learning
happens in a designated room.
My kids enjoy reading so we have floor to ceiling book shelves, with
a window seat (that has books shelves under it) between them in our
family room. In that room is also two of our three computers and our
PS2. We also have a globe and some maps in there.
Our VCR and DVD player are in the living room so any movies that we
watch, we do it in there.
Art & crafts stuff is done all over (inside and out...I bought a
picnic table for outside so they can do stuff out there also) but
the supplies are stored in the laundry room.
Cooking we do in the kitchen or the BBQ. Physical stuff is usually
done outside.
~ Joanne ~
Mom to Jacqueline (7), Shawna (10) & Cimion (13)
Adopted into our hearts October 30, 2003
http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com/
Sandra Dodd
On Dec 28, 2005, at 12:07 PM, Kimberly wrote:
This may be fun, and your child might be having a good time, but this
is not unschooling. Someone young enough not to know what an E is
isn't likely to suffer much confusion from a mom who thinks Bible
should be separate from social studies (or the letter E, or animals
or math), but as he builds his own model of the universe in his own
head, his categories probably won't look like yours, and having
categories in the first place prevents many connections the child
(and the mom) would make if she didn't want to have Bible separate
from other things. The more thing you can connect, the more you will
know and understand. The more things you keep separate (in your
mind, in your categorizations), the more klunky your thinking will be.
> We just finished studying the-------------------------------
> letter E and I also borrowed movies about Elephants
> both non fiction and fiction. I could use the elephant
> movies for science though I don't.
This may be fun, and your child might be having a good time, but this
is not unschooling. Someone young enough not to know what an E is
isn't likely to suffer much confusion from a mom who thinks Bible
should be separate from social studies (or the letter E, or animals
or math), but as he builds his own model of the universe in his own
head, his categories probably won't look like yours, and having
categories in the first place prevents many connections the child
(and the mom) would make if she didn't want to have Bible separate
from other things. The more thing you can connect, the more you will
know and understand. The more things you keep separate (in your
mind, in your categorizations), the more klunky your thinking will be.
queenjane555
--- In [email protected], Kimberly
<barehug4u2@y...> wrote:
DON'T do! With unschooling, as Sandra says, "Everything's
connected!!" If you can't see the connection between "social
studies" and "bible studies" then you have a long way to go to get
to unschooling. If you are studying, say, Marie Curie...is that
history? Or science? Maybe women's studies?!?
My son and i watched a great documentary about Shackleton's ill-
fated attempt to reach Antarctica (they didnt make it...but none of
his men died.)...i thinkit was called The Endurance...that led us to
talk about why it was so amazing that this documentary actually
included real film footage, the ethics of them having to kill their
sleddogs, looking up the islands where they landed on our big map.
Looking at the map got us talking about continents, and what they
were, which got me talking somehow about my trip to Russia in high
school, and how it was then called the USSR, what countries were
part of that, how certain places underwent name changes afterward,
etc etc.
How the heck do you catagorize THAT?!?
Katherine
<barehug4u2@y...> wrote:
> I will say the one thing that has been a huge huge help to us wasI have to say this sentence probably sums up best what unschoolers
>to have each subject sectioned off from each other.
DON'T do! With unschooling, as Sandra says, "Everything's
connected!!" If you can't see the connection between "social
studies" and "bible studies" then you have a long way to go to get
to unschooling. If you are studying, say, Marie Curie...is that
history? Or science? Maybe women's studies?!?
My son and i watched a great documentary about Shackleton's ill-
fated attempt to reach Antarctica (they didnt make it...but none of
his men died.)...i thinkit was called The Endurance...that led us to
talk about why it was so amazing that this documentary actually
included real film footage, the ethics of them having to kill their
sleddogs, looking up the islands where they landed on our big map.
Looking at the map got us talking about continents, and what they
were, which got me talking somehow about my trip to Russia in high
school, and how it was then called the USSR, what countries were
part of that, how certain places underwent name changes afterward,
etc etc.
How the heck do you catagorize THAT?!?
Katherine
Sandra Dodd
On Dec 28, 2005, at 2:34 PM, queenjane555 wrote:
Sandra
> -=-My son and i watched a great documentary about Shackleton's ill-Unschooling. <g>
> fated attempt to reach Antarctica (they didnt make it...but none of
> his men died.)...i thinkit was called The Endurance...that led us to
> talk about why it was so amazing that this documentary actually
> included real film footage, the ethics of them having to kill their
> sleddogs, looking up the islands where they landed on our big map.
> Looking at the map got us talking about continents, and what they
> were, which got me talking somehow about my trip to Russia in high
> school, and how it was then called the USSR, what countries were
> part of that, how certain places underwent name changes afterward,
> etc etc.
>
> -=-How the heck do you catagorize THAT?!? -=-
Sandra
elainegh8
Like most people here we do stuff, and have stuff, all over the house.
Have to confess though that some of our best learning moments happen
on the loo! My partner built a bookcase thingy for storing magazines
and books next to the toilet. Most useful bit of carpentry he's done
in the whole house ;) Best place for a quiet spot of reading in our
house.
BWs Elaine
Have to confess though that some of our best learning moments happen
on the loo! My partner built a bookcase thingy for storing magazines
and books next to the toilet. Most useful bit of carpentry he's done
in the whole house ;) Best place for a quiet spot of reading in our
house.
BWs Elaine
elizabeth roberts
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/fun.games/12/28/granny.gamer.ap/index.html
I thought those of you with children who enjoy gaming might enjoy this article from CNN! Would someone pass it on to the Unschooling Gamers list if it hasn't been already?
Beth, NC
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I thought those of you with children who enjoy gaming might enjoy this article from CNN! Would someone pass it on to the Unschooling Gamers list if it hasn't been already?
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wifetovegman2002
> On Dec 28, 2005, at 12:36 PM, wifetovegman2002 wrote:EW! Did I really say that? A place for all the stuff the children
>
> > Wow...we don't "school" any more. But this is the time of year I
> > start to feel claustrophobic in my home, though, and start organizing
> > and rearranging, and like the "idea" of a place for all the stuff the
> > children use.
> >
use??? EW!
I use all that stuff too; it isn't just stuff the kids use! I love to
spin the globe, and play with the dice, and do craft projects and flip
through all the cool books and watch the critters in their little
habitats do their things.
Our "stuff room" is for the whole family, not just "educational" stuff
for the kids.
Okay, I feel a little better for clarifying that!
Susan M. in VA
Wifetovegman
xcnfetr
My kids love the ocean and anything aquatic. We painted ours with
sponge painting and about 4 different shades of ocean blues. I used
darker blues on my sons side because he likes sharks and things that
swim in the deep and lighter colors on my daughters side because she
likes sea turtles and dolphins in the shallower waters. It was fun
and really turned out cute.
--- In [email protected], "Kim J. Flowers"
<kim@t...> wrote:
sponge painting and about 4 different shades of ocean blues. I used
darker blues on my sons side because he likes sharks and things that
swim in the deep and lighter colors on my daughters side because she
likes sea turtles and dolphins in the shallower waters. It was fun
and really turned out cute.
--- In [email protected], "Kim J. Flowers"
<kim@t...> wrote:
>just
> I am wondering if any of you have a homeschool room. My husband
> finished the garage and I am getting ready to paint and decorateand was
> wondering if any of you had any ideas or pictures of your area thatyou
> school in. Or even a website. I have done some searching on theweb for
> ideas and I either can't word it right or whatever, but I am gettingnext day or
> nothing. So let me know. I am going to go buy the paint in the
> so, so let me know. Thanks!who
>
> Kim Flowers - Wife to Nolan for 10 years
> Stay at Home Mama of 4 wonderful boys
> "I would rather have someone hate me for who I am than like me for
> I am not".
>
>
>
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[email protected]
In a message dated 12/28/2005 6:14:04 PM Eastern Standard Time,
joyfullzoo@... writes:
won't be the only grandma with Nintendo thumb when I get to that point! Saw it
again in our local paper last week and found that she lives in the little
no-traffic light "town" that DH grew up in!
I've not heard of Unschooling Gamers-does someone have a link, please?
Peace,
Sang
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joyfullzoo@... writes:
> http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/fun.games/12/28/granny.gamer.ap/index.htmlI was completely thrilled with this story when I first read it-I'm glad I
>
> I thought those of you with children who enjoy gaming might enjoy this
> article from CNN! Would someone pass it on to the Unschooling Gamers list if it
> hasn't been already?
>
won't be the only grandma with Nintendo thumb when I get to that point! Saw it
again in our local paper last week and found that she lives in the little
no-traffic light "town" that DH grew up in!
I've not heard of Unschooling Gamers-does someone have a link, please?
Peace,
Sang
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Sandra Dodd
On Dec 29, 2005, at 12:15 AM, Sanguinegirl83@... wrote:
http://sandradodd.com/lists/other
> I've not heard of Unschooling Gamers-does someone have a link, please?It's linked here, I know:
http://sandradodd.com/lists/other
Jason Holm
I've been thinking about some of the same things. At the moment, my son is 15 months and we live in an apartment, but as we begin shopping for a house, I'm conciously keeping in mind how the space is going to be used (with kids there all day, living and learning in it).
When I think of preparing "spaces", I generally try to think of it more out of utility than of subject. I don't know what interests my son will have yet, but I do know what I liked and still like, and I try to think of things like "the room with the power tools or the drumset might do best AWAY from the library" or "having a seperate area with a sink and counter will make sure that if the kids decide to do chemistry experiments or dissect something they found in the yard, they won't be doing it in the middle of the living room or in the kitchen where we prepare FOOD" or "a mess room where plaster of paris, fingerpaint, sand castles, muddy boots, or wonderment of tree sap won't collide with the book collection or electronics." Sure, it will still inevitably happen now and then, but setting aside general areas to help show respect for OTHER areas seems like a good start.
Rather than set aside ONE room as the "school room", I'd rather set up the whole house so that it works best for everyone - I don't have to try and eat dinner on the corner of a table dominated by a half-decomposed science experiment, and they're free to find out how to get wood stain from freshly-picked black walnuts in a room where it's perfectly fine to mess up everything from ceiling to floor, without me saying "no! you'll ruin the carpet!" and depriving them of another of those "unacceptable" learning experiments.
Makes me think of when I stunk up the house trying to boil leaves to make my own paper... or when I found some dead newborn puppies and contemplated disecting them in the house... or got punished for taking apart my brand new toys to see how they worked... or got my play-dough taken away for getting some in the carpet... or got my play-dough taken away because I mixed the colors... any wonder I didn't get interested in science and technology until after I graduated HS? :)
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When I think of preparing "spaces", I generally try to think of it more out of utility than of subject. I don't know what interests my son will have yet, but I do know what I liked and still like, and I try to think of things like "the room with the power tools or the drumset might do best AWAY from the library" or "having a seperate area with a sink and counter will make sure that if the kids decide to do chemistry experiments or dissect something they found in the yard, they won't be doing it in the middle of the living room or in the kitchen where we prepare FOOD" or "a mess room where plaster of paris, fingerpaint, sand castles, muddy boots, or wonderment of tree sap won't collide with the book collection or electronics." Sure, it will still inevitably happen now and then, but setting aside general areas to help show respect for OTHER areas seems like a good start.
Rather than set aside ONE room as the "school room", I'd rather set up the whole house so that it works best for everyone - I don't have to try and eat dinner on the corner of a table dominated by a half-decomposed science experiment, and they're free to find out how to get wood stain from freshly-picked black walnuts in a room where it's perfectly fine to mess up everything from ceiling to floor, without me saying "no! you'll ruin the carpet!" and depriving them of another of those "unacceptable" learning experiments.
Makes me think of when I stunk up the house trying to boil leaves to make my own paper... or when I found some dead newborn puppies and contemplated disecting them in the house... or got punished for taking apart my brand new toys to see how they worked... or got my play-dough taken away for getting some in the carpet... or got my play-dough taken away because I mixed the colors... any wonder I didn't get interested in science and technology until after I graduated HS? :)
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wifetovegman2002
--- In [email protected], Sanguinegirl83@a... wrote:
MarioKart DS bundle and Animal Crossing DS. Good thing I can set it
down on top of the dryer and keep playing while rebooting the laundry! ;-)
It is a list run by Anne Ohman's son Jake. Usually it is a quiet
little list, but with Christmas and all, it has gotten busier.
Susan M. in VA
wifetovegman
>glad I
>
>
> I was completely thrilled with this story when I first read it-I'm
> won't be the only grandma with Nintendo thumb when I get to that point!You and me both! My present this Christmas/birthday was a red
MarioKart DS bundle and Animal Crossing DS. Good thing I can set it
down on top of the dryer and keep playing while rebooting the laundry! ;-)
> I've not heard of Unschooling Gamers-does someone have a link, please?http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/unschooling_gamers/
It is a list run by Anne Ohman's son Jake. Usually it is a quiet
little list, but with Christmas and all, it has gotten busier.
Susan M. in VA
wifetovegman
Sandra Dodd
On Dec 29, 2005, at 9:10 AM, wifetovegman2002 wrote:
This is great.
There are a couple of great stories of little kids using gaming/
computer terminology about everyday things. One, I don't remember
whose child it was, but it was told ten or eleven years ago on the
AOL forum. A little boy who was just three or so left the dinner
table to play, but he wasn't done. The grownups thought he was, so
they cleared his place. When he came back, he stood in front of the
clean spot and cried. When he could talk to tell them what was wrong
he said: "You deleted my dinner!"
The other was Kirby, at five or six (Holly was a baby and I'm slow
with numbers, especially when people won't all be born on January
1). I was explaining that we were going to a wedding, but he
thought the people were already married because they lived together
and he had seen them kissing. I was explaining about the difference
and what it means to be married, and that when Keith and I lived
together I could have just decided to leave, and say "Keith I don't
want to be with you anymore," but when you're married you promise to
stay.
Kirby was looking more and more alarmed as the story went on and he
said "You would re-set 'marry daddy'?" He wasn't trying to be cute
or funny. He was just expressing his alarm in the only terms he had
for stopping a storyline that wasn't going well and starting again.
Sandra
> rebooting the laundry!======================
This is great.
There are a couple of great stories of little kids using gaming/
computer terminology about everyday things. One, I don't remember
whose child it was, but it was told ten or eleven years ago on the
AOL forum. A little boy who was just three or so left the dinner
table to play, but he wasn't done. The grownups thought he was, so
they cleared his place. When he came back, he stood in front of the
clean spot and cried. When he could talk to tell them what was wrong
he said: "You deleted my dinner!"
The other was Kirby, at five or six (Holly was a baby and I'm slow
with numbers, especially when people won't all be born on January
1). I was explaining that we were going to a wedding, but he
thought the people were already married because they lived together
and he had seen them kissing. I was explaining about the difference
and what it means to be married, and that when Keith and I lived
together I could have just decided to leave, and say "Keith I don't
want to be with you anymore," but when you're married you promise to
stay.
Kirby was looking more and more alarmed as the story went on and he
said "You would re-set 'marry daddy'?" He wasn't trying to be cute
or funny. He was just expressing his alarm in the only terms he had
for stopping a storyline that wasn't going well and starting again.
Sandra
wifetovegman2002
--- In [email protected], Sandra Dodd
<Sandra@S...> wrote:
train, often during playing with his siblings or friends he would
suddenly realize that he needed to go, and would yell, "PAUSE THE
GAME!" even if the game was hot wheels or soldiers or whatever.
We figured it was like the modern version of "time out!"
Susan M. in VA
wifetovegman
<Sandra@S...> wrote:
>When Aaron was littler than he is now and just starting to potty
>
>
> There are a couple of great stories of little kids using gaming/
> computer terminology about everyday things.
> Kirby was looking more and more alarmed as the story went on and he
> said "You would re-set 'marry daddy'?" He wasn't trying to be cute
> or funny. He was just expressing his alarm in the only terms he had
> for stopping a storyline that wasn't going well and starting again.
train, often during playing with his siblings or friends he would
suddenly realize that he needed to go, and would yell, "PAUSE THE
GAME!" even if the game was hot wheels or soldiers or whatever.
We figured it was like the modern version of "time out!"
Susan M. in VA
wifetovegman
camden
That's so funny !! Our 6yr still does that. His dad was on the phone the other day & Coty wanted to talk to dh, so he asked me if he could pause the other person for a minute so his dad could fix his car :)
Carol
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When Aaron was littler than he is now and just starting to potty
train, often during playing with his siblings or friends he would
suddenly realize that he needed to go, and would yell, "PAUSE THE
GAME!" even if the game was hot wheels or soldiers or whatever.
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Carol
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When Aaron was littler than he is now and just starting to potty
train, often during playing with his siblings or friends he would
suddenly realize that he needed to go, and would yell, "PAUSE THE
GAME!" even if the game was hot wheels or soldiers or whatever.
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Kathleen and David Gehrke
I have the exact same reaction to many things because
I have tivo. I am always wanting to rewind and see or
hear it again. The problem I just can't find the
remote...<G>
Kathleen
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I have tivo. I am always wanting to rewind and see or
hear it again. The problem I just can't find the
remote...<G>
Kathleen
--- camden <ccoutlaw@...> wrote:
> That's so funny !! Our 6yr still does that. His__________________________________
> dad was on the phone the other day & Coty wanted to
> talk to dh, so he asked me if he could pause the
> other person for a minute so his dad could fix his
> car :)
>
> Carol
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>
> When Aaron was littler than he is now and just
> starting to potty
> train, often during playing with his siblings or
> friends he would
> suddenly realize that he needed to go, and would
> yell, "PAUSE THE
> GAME!" even if the game was hot wheels or soldiers
> or whatever.
>
>
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When my daughter was little (maybe 4) she proudly told me that she could spell our last name. So she starts: H - A - M - L - I - N - Enter.
That was the password on the computer at the time. Her dad and I had a good chuckle at that.
Janet
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That was the password on the computer at the time. Her dad and I had a good chuckle at that.
Janet
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