Unschooling Moments
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What most exites me, in the universe of Unschooling ideas, is the thought of
capturring and capitalizing on "moments," or "aha" instances. I love
tangents.
So yesterday I'm clicking away at the computer, IMing with a friend, and my
3 1/2 yo dd Jordyn sits down to me~asking how to spell "Jackie." (jackie is
a friend of my oldest dd's)
OK, So I'm clicking and talking to Jordyn, but not even watching what she's
doing, until my IM is done and I look over to see that Jordyn has indeed
written "Jackie," __really well__. Her C is backwards, and there's no caps
or anything--but Gee whiz. I didn't teach her any of that. None of us did.
For weeks she has been playing with cuisenaire rods, making letters. The
other day she made some with chinese food packets. Not once has she ever
been even so much as encouraged in this direction. We've just made sure that
we have materials and activities available in the house (and outside of
course) to keep her interested.
Anyway, I thought it was a good example of the fact that kids are naturally
curious, and truly "learning all the time."
Steph
capturring and capitalizing on "moments," or "aha" instances. I love
tangents.
So yesterday I'm clicking away at the computer, IMing with a friend, and my
3 1/2 yo dd Jordyn sits down to me~asking how to spell "Jackie." (jackie is
a friend of my oldest dd's)
OK, So I'm clicking and talking to Jordyn, but not even watching what she's
doing, until my IM is done and I look over to see that Jordyn has indeed
written "Jackie," __really well__. Her C is backwards, and there's no caps
or anything--but Gee whiz. I didn't teach her any of that. None of us did.
For weeks she has been playing with cuisenaire rods, making letters. The
other day she made some with chinese food packets. Not once has she ever
been even so much as encouraged in this direction. We've just made sure that
we have materials and activities available in the house (and outside of
course) to keep her interested.
Anyway, I thought it was a good example of the fact that kids are naturally
curious, and truly "learning all the time."
Steph
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In a message dated 6/14/99 11:32:46 AM Central Daylight Time,
stephaniecurrier@... writes:
<< my
3 1/2 yo dd Jordyn sits down to me~asking how to spell "Jackie." (jackie is
a friend of my oldest dd's)
OK, So I'm clicking and talking to Jordyn, but not even watching what she's
doing, until my IM is done and I look over to see that Jordyn has indeed
written "Jackie," __really well__. Her C is backwards, and there's no caps
or anything--but Gee whiz. I didn't teach her any of that. >>
Steph,
That is so neat!! These are the kinds of stories that we need to tell
each other. It encourages us to keep on doing things the way we are, and it
shows us that unschooling really does work!
Tami
stephaniecurrier@... writes:
<< my
3 1/2 yo dd Jordyn sits down to me~asking how to spell "Jackie." (jackie is
a friend of my oldest dd's)
OK, So I'm clicking and talking to Jordyn, but not even watching what she's
doing, until my IM is done and I look over to see that Jordyn has indeed
written "Jackie," __really well__. Her C is backwards, and there's no caps
or anything--but Gee whiz. I didn't teach her any of that. >>
Steph,
That is so neat!! These are the kinds of stories that we need to tell
each other. It encourages us to keep on doing things the way we are, and it
shows us that unschooling really does work!
Tami