Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] julie
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In a message dated 11/24/00 8:20:01 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< It seems the oldest one usually starts a project and
then the younger joins in to the best of her ability. We read together
allot. I read out-loud for an hour or two everyday to both of the girls.
Not sure what you are wanting to know exactly.. feel free to ask again.. I
don't feel 'pounced on' at all..LOL.. >>
Thanks Julie, i appreciate that. I think because we planned another child to
be born already, it is more of a focus for me (a bit of a sense of lack) due
to it taking so long, and my wanting about 2-3 kids running around. It is
amazing what crops up in mind when one feels a 'lack' in ones' life! It
sounds like you have a great situation there.
cath
montreal
[email protected] writes:
<< It seems the oldest one usually starts a project and
then the younger joins in to the best of her ability. We read together
allot. I read out-loud for an hour or two everyday to both of the girls.
Not sure what you are wanting to know exactly.. feel free to ask again.. I
don't feel 'pounced on' at all..LOL.. >>
Thanks Julie, i appreciate that. I think because we planned another child to
be born already, it is more of a focus for me (a bit of a sense of lack) due
to it taking so long, and my wanting about 2-3 kids running around. It is
amazing what crops up in mind when one feels a 'lack' in ones' life! It
sounds like you have a great situation there.
cath
montreal
[email protected]
In a message dated 11/24/2000 12:07:45 PM Pacific Standard Time,
benliam@... writes:
unplanned gap in the spacing of our children; two boys with 10 years between
them. It was very hard for us to wait and it appears there will be no more
children. We are at the other end of the spectrum, so maybe my thoughts
might be helpful.
Our oldest is now married and has a 2 yr old daughter. We began
homeschooling when the oldest was in the middle of his 8th grade year, the
youngest (now 12) has never been to public school (except to visit his
cousins for lunch <G>). With a 10 year age gap and so much of our lives
focused on getting the second child here for so long, there have been a lot
of disappointments, challenges and joys.
OTOH, it was wonderful to have such an age gap once we got our prayers
answered and had the youngest boy in our family...for one thing we had a
built in babysitter (not that we left our darlings home much, mind you! I'm
afraid we are definitely doting parents toward both our boys).
We found that the older boy was generally willing to include the younger in
most of his projects. In fact, the older son often taught the younger
something about what he was doing. I'm convinced it helped the older boy
learn even more because he was having to explain what he was doing, either to
convince little brother to leave him alone or to include him in the
activities. Either way it became teaching opportunities. It didn't take us
long to figure out it was much easier to simply include all family members
than to separate ourselves to different activities. Since sharing time
together is a very strong priority for our family, that has worked out quite
nicely.
I don't think either boy is harmed in any way with the age gap. There have
been a lot of changes over the last few years with the oldest child striking
out on his own. The boys have a close relationship and we have no regrets
about the difference in their ages. It's just part of their (and our) life
experiences. Different from the experiences they'd have had if there were
lots of siblings, but no less significant.
FWIW,
Eiraul
benliam@... writes:
> Thanks Julie, i appreciate that. I think because we planned another childto
>due
> be born already, it is more of a focus for me (a bit of a sense of lack)
>I just thought I'd step in and add my 2 cents worth here...we also have an
> to it taking so long, and my wanting about 2-3 kids running around. It is
> amazing what crops up in mind when one feels a 'lack' in ones' life!
unplanned gap in the spacing of our children; two boys with 10 years between
them. It was very hard for us to wait and it appears there will be no more
children. We are at the other end of the spectrum, so maybe my thoughts
might be helpful.
Our oldest is now married and has a 2 yr old daughter. We began
homeschooling when the oldest was in the middle of his 8th grade year, the
youngest (now 12) has never been to public school (except to visit his
cousins for lunch <G>). With a 10 year age gap and so much of our lives
focused on getting the second child here for so long, there have been a lot
of disappointments, challenges and joys.
OTOH, it was wonderful to have such an age gap once we got our prayers
answered and had the youngest boy in our family...for one thing we had a
built in babysitter (not that we left our darlings home much, mind you! I'm
afraid we are definitely doting parents toward both our boys).
We found that the older boy was generally willing to include the younger in
most of his projects. In fact, the older son often taught the younger
something about what he was doing. I'm convinced it helped the older boy
learn even more because he was having to explain what he was doing, either to
convince little brother to leave him alone or to include him in the
activities. Either way it became teaching opportunities. It didn't take us
long to figure out it was much easier to simply include all family members
than to separate ourselves to different activities. Since sharing time
together is a very strong priority for our family, that has worked out quite
nicely.
I don't think either boy is harmed in any way with the age gap. There have
been a lot of changes over the last few years with the oldest child striking
out on his own. The boys have a close relationship and we have no regrets
about the difference in their ages. It's just part of their (and our) life
experiences. Different from the experiences they'd have had if there were
lots of siblings, but no less significant.
FWIW,
Eiraul