Kerry Kibort

? It seems to me like my job is to offer lots of
interesting activities and see which ones she wants to
delve into. I'd prefer it, I think, if she had some
grand passion for something and I'd help her pursue it

YES! For someone who is new to this, you sure have a
good definition of what unschooling is.
KErry
--- Carolyn <nielsonc@...> wrote:
> dawn wrote:
>
> > > Unschooling doesn't mean no formal
> > > classes, it means the child decides whether or
> not to do them.(IMO)
> >
>
> I'm very new at this, having just pulled my 10 year
> old daughter out of
> public school a little over a month ago now. I'm
> telling myself, she's
> depressurizing and I'm going to allow her time to do
> that without
> pressure to do something "constructive".
>
> We've talked a lot about what she's interested in
> and what she's not
> interested in and it's becoming clear to me that she
> doesn't really
> know. So I have found myself trying to put
> interesting things within
> her reach and let her pick them up or not. For
> example, she declared
> herself not interested in history or colonial
> America. I rented Roots
> at the local library and invited her to watch. Last
> night we finished
> watching the last of the six videotapes. During
> movie time, it was her
> idea to tell her friends on the telephone that she
> was busy watching
> Roots and couldn't talk. We all enjoyedd it
> thoroughly.
>
> I feel like I'm cheating but how can she know if
> she's interested in
> history or not when her exposure to the subject is
> limited to what they
> presented in public school? It seems to me like my
> job is to offer
> lots of interesting activities and see which ones
> she wants to delve
> into. I'd prefer it, I think, if she had some grand
> passion for
> something and I'd help her pursue it.
>
> Carolyn
>
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