Re: South Louisisana
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In a message dated 4/29/2001 10:01:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
valfitz@... writes:
in Lafayette, although I live in PA now. Where you from, who's your Mama? ;)
lovemary
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If you wanna make the world a better place, take a look at yourself, and then
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valfitz@... writes:
> This was in southern Louisiana and I was alone inWow Valerie! I am from that area. . . born in New Iberia. . .lived adult life
> what I was doing the entire 18 years.
in Lafayette, although I live in PA now. Where you from, who's your Mama? ;)
lovemary
lovemary
If you wanna make the world a better place, take a look at yourself, and then
make a change.
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Valerie
--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., lite2yu@a... wrote:
grew up in Sulphur, then moved to Lake Charles. Laurie's dad spent
some of his childhood living in New Iberia. Small world huh?
> In a message dated 4/29/2001 10:01:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time,adult life
> valfitz@y... writes:
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> > This was in southern Louisiana and I was alone in
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> Wow Valerie! I am from that area. . . born in New Iberia. . .lived
> in Lafayette, although I live in PA now. Where you from, who'syour Mama? ;)
>lol...I bought that cookbook for a friend for Christmas this year! I
> lovemary
grew up in Sulphur, then moved to Lake Charles. Laurie's dad spent
some of his childhood living in New Iberia. Small world huh?
>yourself, and then
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> lovemary
> If you wanna make the world a better place, take a look at
> make a change.
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Living Lighthouse
I was on the Unschooling board on Vegsource and saw
quite a few posts on Oak Meadow curriculum being used
by unschoolers.....or I should say relaxed
homeschoolers. I used K & 3rd this year, as our first
"curriculum" and we ended up going back to unschooling
in December. The thing is, is that at least one of my
children is asking for more structure and I'm
considering going back to it as a loose guide. SO my
question is.....what do you guys think of it? Does
anyone here use it and how do you use it without
becoming a slave to it? Thanks for any input...
Rachel
quite a few posts on Oak Meadow curriculum being used
by unschoolers.....or I should say relaxed
homeschoolers. I used K & 3rd this year, as our first
"curriculum" and we ended up going back to unschooling
in December. The thing is, is that at least one of my
children is asking for more structure and I'm
considering going back to it as a loose guide. SO my
question is.....what do you guys think of it? Does
anyone here use it and how do you use it without
becoming a slave to it? Thanks for any input...
Rachel
Vaughnde Edwards
If your child wants the structure, yes, you can use it as a loose guide. Allow your child to decide what he wants to learn and when...but don't allow him to tie himself down to a schedule that can be suffocating.
Vaughnde Lee
Missoula, Montana
http://www.stampinbookworm.eboard.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Living Lighthouse <livinglighthouse@...>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 10:08 AM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Oak Meadow
I was on the Unschooling board on Vegsource and saw
quite a few posts on Oak Meadow curriculum being used
by unschoolers.....or I should say relaxed
homeschoolers. I used K & 3rd this year, as our first
"curriculum" and we ended up going back to unschooling
in December. The thing is, is that at least one of my
children is asking for more structure and I'm
considering going back to it as a loose guide. SO my
question is.....what do you guys think of it? Does
anyone here use it and how do you use it without
becoming a slave to it? Thanks for any input...
Rachel
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Vaughnde Lee
Missoula, Montana
http://www.stampinbookworm.eboard.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Living Lighthouse <livinglighthouse@...>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 10:08 AM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Oak Meadow
I was on the Unschooling board on Vegsource and saw
quite a few posts on Oak Meadow curriculum being used
by unschoolers.....or I should say relaxed
homeschoolers. I used K & 3rd this year, as our first
"curriculum" and we ended up going back to unschooling
in December. The thing is, is that at least one of my
children is asking for more structure and I'm
considering going back to it as a loose guide. SO my
question is.....what do you guys think of it? Does
anyone here use it and how do you use it without
becoming a slave to it? Thanks for any input...
Rachel
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Does anyone here use it and how do you use it without
I am using Oak Meadow this year with my 11yo daughter. We used the
5th grade curriculum this year. She likes having the structure to
work with. We abandoned the English component early in the school
year but have kept using the US History and Environmental Science
lessons. We read through them to get the info and sometimes she picks
an activity to do. She's also been reading a lot of historical
novels. We've gotten good at noticing the difference between accurate
info and dumb textbook writing. She is of course free to criticize
the text at any time, which can be half the fun sometimes. There's a
great book called "Lies My Teacher Told me which explains the
problems with US History textbooks.
The bottom line for me with curriculum is that my kids asked for it
after spending most of their childhoods unschooling. The structure
must serve us, if we feel we are serving it then we have to regroup.
-Amalia Darling-
> becoming a slave to it? Thanks for any input...Dear Rachel,
> Rachel
I am using Oak Meadow this year with my 11yo daughter. We used the
5th grade curriculum this year. She likes having the structure to
work with. We abandoned the English component early in the school
year but have kept using the US History and Environmental Science
lessons. We read through them to get the info and sometimes she picks
an activity to do. She's also been reading a lot of historical
novels. We've gotten good at noticing the difference between accurate
info and dumb textbook writing. She is of course free to criticize
the text at any time, which can be half the fun sometimes. There's a
great book called "Lies My Teacher Told me which explains the
problems with US History textbooks.
The bottom line for me with curriculum is that my kids asked for it
after spending most of their childhoods unschooling. The structure
must serve us, if we feel we are serving it then we have to regroup.
-Amalia Darling-
[email protected]
--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., "Vaughnde Edwards"
<stampinbookworm@b...> wrote:
when...but don't allow him to tie himself down to a schedule that
can be suffocating.
I agree with this. My 11yo daughter used the fifth grade curriculum
this year. We discarded the English portion after the first month or
two. She continied to read the US Historyand Environmental Science
lessons for the rest of the school year. She likes the structure and
the content but gets annoyed with the somewhat condescending and
repetitive writing style. Of course she is free to criticize the
curriculum which is in itself a learning experience. She does lots of
extra reading on her own and occasionally does one of the projects
suggested in the curriculum. One of the really neat things that has
happened is that right when the science curricilum suggested planting
an organic garden, our friends invited her to help with theirs.The
bottom line is for the structure to serve the person rather then for
the person to serve the structure. -Amalia Darling-
<stampinbookworm@b...> wrote:
> If your child wants the structure, yes, you can use it as a looseguide. Allow your child to decide what he wants to learn and
when...but don't allow him to tie himself down to a schedule that
can be suffocating.
I agree with this. My 11yo daughter used the fifth grade curriculum
this year. We discarded the English portion after the first month or
two. She continied to read the US Historyand Environmental Science
lessons for the rest of the school year. She likes the structure and
the content but gets annoyed with the somewhat condescending and
repetitive writing style. Of course she is free to criticize the
curriculum which is in itself a learning experience. She does lots of
extra reading on her own and occasionally does one of the projects
suggested in the curriculum. One of the really neat things that has
happened is that right when the science curricilum suggested planting
an organic garden, our friends invited her to help with theirs.The
bottom line is for the structure to serve the person rather then for
the person to serve the structure. -Amalia Darling-
Valerie
This made me think of Laurie starting college. She was taking 7
classes (21 hours) and working 32-40 hours a week at the bookstore,
bringing in those A's and thrived on it. Whew! I was exhausted just
taking 12 hours.
Valerie
--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., "Vaughnde Edwards"
<stampinbookworm@b...> wrote:
when...but don't allow him to tie himself down to a schedule that
can be suffocating.
classes (21 hours) and working 32-40 hours a week at the bookstore,
bringing in those A's and thrived on it. Whew! I was exhausted just
taking 12 hours.
Valerie
--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., "Vaughnde Edwards"
<stampinbookworm@b...> wrote:
> If your child wants the structure, yes, you can use it as a looseguide. Allow your child to decide what he wants to learn and
when...but don't allow him to tie himself down to a schedule that
can be suffocating.
>Service.
> Vaughnde Lee
> Missoula, Montana
> http://www.stampinbookworm.eboard.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Living Lighthouse <livinglighthouse@y...>
> To: Unschooling-dotcom@y... <Unschooling-dotcom@y...>
> Date: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 10:08 AM
> Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Oak Meadow
>
>
> I was on the Unschooling board on Vegsource and saw
> quite a few posts on Oak Meadow curriculum being used
> by unschoolers.....or I should say relaxed
> homeschoolers. I used K & 3rd this year, as our first
> "curriculum" and we ended up going back to unschooling
> in December. The thing is, is that at least one of my
> children is asking for more structure and I'm
> considering going back to it as a loose guide. SO my
> question is.....what do you guys think of it? Does
> anyone here use it and how do you use it without
> becoming a slave to it? Thanks for any input...
> Rachel
>
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