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Debra Caruso
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Hi and welcome. I am new to unschooling also. My name is Sandy and I am Mom
to Joshua 5 and Jordan 3. We are just feeling our way through at the moment,
but things are going well. The three of us just sort of learn all day and
if someone mentions an idea, we follow it. My son asks me a question about
the different trees in our yard and why they were different etc. So we got
some paper and a crayon and he make bark rubbings. He collect the leaves
from each tree and also collected any berries or nuts the tree had. We
talked about the differences for a while and bagged everything up so that we
can get a book or check online to identify the trees and find out more about
each one.
My daughter likes to do everything her older brother does. When I first
thought to homeschool last summer I didn't even know about unschooling and I
had all the ideas of age appropriate lessons and so forth for my son without
even considering my daughter. Of course I had no "legal obligation" to
school her. Silly me so immersed in the ps way of thinking I had been
excluding my daughter from all my plans. Then I found unschooling and
realize that she can learn too. Duh!!
Sometimes it is overwhelming and sometimes scary ( putting him in school
would have seemingly taken the responsibility of his education from me when
all along it was MY responsibility anyway) but always fun and always a
learning experience.
The other day in the car my daughter said puh, puh, puh puppy starts with a
k. Of course it doesn't, but it amazed me that she was realizing that words
are made up of sounds. I did not sit down with her and "teach" her this.
She just absorbed it by being around my son and me when we were discussing
letter sounds. That experience really helped me to see that kids do indeed
learn naturally if given the exposure to learning opportunities.
Good luck and I look forward to learning the ropes right along with you.
Sandy
to Joshua 5 and Jordan 3. We are just feeling our way through at the moment,
but things are going well. The three of us just sort of learn all day and
if someone mentions an idea, we follow it. My son asks me a question about
the different trees in our yard and why they were different etc. So we got
some paper and a crayon and he make bark rubbings. He collect the leaves
from each tree and also collected any berries or nuts the tree had. We
talked about the differences for a while and bagged everything up so that we
can get a book or check online to identify the trees and find out more about
each one.
My daughter likes to do everything her older brother does. When I first
thought to homeschool last summer I didn't even know about unschooling and I
had all the ideas of age appropriate lessons and so forth for my son without
even considering my daughter. Of course I had no "legal obligation" to
school her. Silly me so immersed in the ps way of thinking I had been
excluding my daughter from all my plans. Then I found unschooling and
realize that she can learn too. Duh!!
Sometimes it is overwhelming and sometimes scary ( putting him in school
would have seemingly taken the responsibility of his education from me when
all along it was MY responsibility anyway) but always fun and always a
learning experience.
The other day in the car my daughter said puh, puh, puh puppy starts with a
k. Of course it doesn't, but it amazed me that she was realizing that words
are made up of sounds. I did not sit down with her and "teach" her this.
She just absorbed it by being around my son and me when we were discussing
letter sounds. That experience really helped me to see that kids do indeed
learn naturally if given the exposure to learning opportunities.
Good luck and I look forward to learning the ropes right along with you.
Sandy