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Bronwen
Hi cool list!
My name is Bronwen. My husband Lon and I have three children, all unschooled, all the time (hee hee). Chloe 13, Reed 8, and Gordon 9 months :-)
My daughter is an incredibly dedicated ballet dancer and wants to make it a career. My son is totally into make believe and RPG on game boy. And my baby is so cute we almost pass out looking at him (hee).
I am so excited to be on this list. It is so nice to listen to some like minds.
Does anyone do 4-H? we were thinking about it, for little bantam chickens.
Love,
Bronwen
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My name is Bronwen. My husband Lon and I have three children, all unschooled, all the time (hee hee). Chloe 13, Reed 8, and Gordon 9 months :-)
My daughter is an incredibly dedicated ballet dancer and wants to make it a career. My son is totally into make believe and RPG on game boy. And my baby is so cute we almost pass out looking at him (hee).
I am so excited to be on this list. It is so nice to listen to some like minds.
Does anyone do 4-H? we were thinking about it, for little bantam chickens.
Love,
Bronwen
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A
Hi Bronwen...
We don't do 4-H, but we do have bantams, and last year they raised alot of chicks (with a little help from us).
We loved it! We still have 3 bantam hens, and an aracuana hen.
Welcome to the list!
A
We don't do 4-H, but we do have bantams, and last year they raised alot of chicks (with a little help from us).
We loved it! We still have 3 bantam hens, and an aracuana hen.
Welcome to the list!
A
Tami Labig-Duquette
Hello and welcome Bronwen!
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>From: "Bronwen" <felesina@...>_________________________________________________________________
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: <[email protected]>
>Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] New to list
>Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 10:01:23 -0700
>
>Hi cool list!
>
> My name is Bronwen. My husband Lon and I have three children, all
>unschooled, all the time (hee hee). Chloe 13, Reed 8, and Gordon 9 months
>:-)
>
>My daughter is an incredibly dedicated ballet dancer and wants to make it a
>career. My son is totally into make believe and RPG on game boy. And my
>baby is so cute we almost pass out looking at him (hee).
>
>I am so excited to be on this list. It is so nice to listen to some like
>minds.
>
>Does anyone do 4-H? we were thinking about it, for little bantam chickens.
>
>Love,
>Bronwen
>
>
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Hi, welcome to the list. Sounds like you have a lovely, fun, and talented
family. We have never done 4H though one of my daughters is thinking about
it. She has an interest in dog training
It was nice to meet you and I look forward seeing you on the list
Candace
family. We have never done 4H though one of my daughters is thinking about
it. She has an interest in dog training
It was nice to meet you and I look forward seeing you on the list
Candace
Johanna
Welcome Bronwen. What a neat name! is there a family story behind it? We did the chick chain last year and it was a real learning experience.
Johanna
Life is the ultimate learning experience!
Johanna
Life is the ultimate learning experience!
----- Original Message -----
From: Bronwen
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 12:01 PM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] New to list
Hi cool list!
My name is Bronwen. My husband Lon and I have three children, all unschooled, all the time (hee hee). Chloe 13, Reed 8, and Gordon 9 months :-)
My daughter is an incredibly dedicated ballet dancer and wants to make it a career. My son is totally into make believe and RPG on game boy. And my baby is so cute we almost pass out looking at him (hee).
I am so excited to be on this list. It is so nice to listen to some like minds.
Does anyone do 4-H? we were thinking about it, for little bantam chickens.
Love,
Bronwen
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Bronwen
A said-
And thanks to everyone for the warm welcome :-)
Love,
Bronwen
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>We don't do 4-H, but we do have bantams, and last year >they raised alot of chicks (with a little help from us).Wow! Yeah my friend has them and they are just so neat and eat slugs in your garden- we can have a couple hens but no roosters, because of city ordinences. The chicks must be the size of a cotton ball :-) Did you sell/give them to your friends? That is one reason we were going to get into the 4-H, because we need to buy them and hopefully 4-H would give us some connections.
>We loved it!
And thanks to everyone for the warm welcome :-)
Love,
Bronwen
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Bronwen
>Welcome Bronwen. What a neat name! is there a family >story behind it?Hi! My grandmother was Welsh- it is Welsh :-)
>We did the chick chain last year and it was a real >learning experience.What is a chick chain?
Love,
Bronwen
Life is the ultimate learning experience!
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From: Bronwen
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 12:01 PM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] New to list
Hi cool list!
My name is Bronwen. My husband Lon and I have three children, all unschooled, all the time (hee hee). Chloe 13, Reed 8, and Gordon 9 months :-)
My daughter is an incredibly dedicated ballet dancer and wants to make it a career. My son is totally into make believe and RPG on game boy. And my baby is so cute we almost pass out looking at him (hee).
I am so excited to be on this list. It is so nice to listen to some like minds.
Does anyone do 4-H? we were thinking about it, for little bantam chickens.
Love,
Bronwen
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Johanna
the chick chain is a program the 4-H in our area does. you pay $25 for 25 chicks, straight run. you raise the chickens and at the local county fair in the fall, you give the 4-h six of the chickens to sell. You get to keep the rest. When you turn them in, you get your deposit back and they sell the chickens to fund next year. The kids can show the chickens at the fair an possibly win prizes. Our county will give you support information on raising the chicks. I believe it is geared towards fifth and sixth graders. check to see if your county has an agricultural exchange center. They could provide you with info on the local 4-H. What state are you in? did your grandmother grow up here or in Wales?
Johanna
Life is the ultimate learning experience!
Johanna
Life is the ultimate learning experience!
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From: Bronwen
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 12:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] New to list
>Welcome Bronwen. What a neat name! is there a family >story behind it?
Hi! My grandmother was Welsh- it is Welsh :-)
>We did the chick chain last year and it was a real >learning experience.
What is a chick chain?
Love,
Bronwen
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A
I'm behind, but I'm catching up on my mail.
We did sell the eggs for awhile, and we also gave them away. The three hens we have now is a perfect amount of eggs for us.
Mostly the chickens were for enjoying, and we did lots of that!
Ann
We did sell the eggs for awhile, and we also gave them away. The three hens we have now is a perfect amount of eggs for us.
Mostly the chickens were for enjoying, and we did lots of that!
Ann
Christina in GA
I found unschooling.com and did a search on yahoogroups so here I am!
My dh and I will be unschooling our 8yo next year. This year he's in a private church school where he's been since age 5. We've been going crazy trying to figure out a curriculum and I am so glad I discovered the unschooling site! It sounds a lot more laid back to me, and I'm sure he will be happy with it since he doesn't like going to school. He does well in his classes - they use a workbook based curriculum - but he doesn't like all the rules they have and they have gotten more strict on some things this past year.
Anyway, I think we'll have a lot of fun together as we deschool over the summer and turn next fall into a new summer time!
I own a business and my dh works nights as a jailer. We will be splitting the schooling duties, pretty much. My ds will come to work with me in the mornings until my dh can pick him up then come home. I pretty much want to offer him a lot of things to do while he's home and I plan to join a local homeschool group. I have a friend that homeschools and she can help me learn where to go and what to do.
At first I was thinking that ds would be watching TV all day. I know he loves cartoon network! But last weekend this is what he did. A He-Man marathon was on he wanted to see. After 4 shows he said he was bored. He watched a tape from the library about dogs and shared with me some information. He watched another He-Man show and then watched a tape about the ocean and seashells. Then he turned the channel to something else and didn't watch anymore He-Man. This shows me that my child does know what he wants to do and will make "educational" choices if given the freedom to do so.
I'm glad to be on this list and I hope to learn a lot!
Christina in GA
Happiness comes through doors you
didn't even know you left open.
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My dh and I will be unschooling our 8yo next year. This year he's in a private church school where he's been since age 5. We've been going crazy trying to figure out a curriculum and I am so glad I discovered the unschooling site! It sounds a lot more laid back to me, and I'm sure he will be happy with it since he doesn't like going to school. He does well in his classes - they use a workbook based curriculum - but he doesn't like all the rules they have and they have gotten more strict on some things this past year.
Anyway, I think we'll have a lot of fun together as we deschool over the summer and turn next fall into a new summer time!
I own a business and my dh works nights as a jailer. We will be splitting the schooling duties, pretty much. My ds will come to work with me in the mornings until my dh can pick him up then come home. I pretty much want to offer him a lot of things to do while he's home and I plan to join a local homeschool group. I have a friend that homeschools and she can help me learn where to go and what to do.
At first I was thinking that ds would be watching TV all day. I know he loves cartoon network! But last weekend this is what he did. A He-Man marathon was on he wanted to see. After 4 shows he said he was bored. He watched a tape from the library about dogs and shared with me some information. He watched another He-Man show and then watched a tape about the ocean and seashells. Then he turned the channel to something else and didn't watch anymore He-Man. This shows me that my child does know what he wants to do and will make "educational" choices if given the freedom to do so.
I'm glad to be on this list and I hope to learn a lot!
Christina in GA
Happiness comes through doors you
didn't even know you left open.
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Kelli Traaseth
Welcome Christina,
You'll find an unlimited source of info on this list.
Its been my savior, in that so many people on this list speak so many truths to me. Truths or ideas that most people around me in real life, think are so out there when I bring them up. It has also been a prod in getting me to think in new ways, new ways that really seem to be benefitting me as a person and benefitting my family.
Get ready for a great adventure!
I recommend it for all!
Kelli
Christina in GA <clr71@...> wrote:I found unschooling.com and did a search on yahoogroups so here I am!
My dh and I will be unschooling our 8yo next year. This year he's in a private church school where he's been since age 5. We've been going crazy trying to figure out a curriculum and I am so glad I discovered the unschooling site! It sounds a lot more laid back to me, and I'm sure he will be happy with it since he doesn't like going to school. He does well in his classes - they use a workbook based curriculum - but he doesn't like all the rules they have and they have gotten more strict on some things this past year.
Anyway, I think we'll have a lot of fun together as we deschool over the summer and turn next fall into a new summer time!
I own a business and my dh works nights as a jailer. We will be splitting the schooling duties, pretty much. My ds will come to work with me in the mornings until my dh can pick him up then come home. I pretty much want to offer him a lot of things to do while he's home and I plan to join a local homeschool group. I have a friend that homeschools and she can help me learn where to go and what to do.
At first I was thinking that ds would be watching TV all day. I know he loves cartoon network! But last weekend this is what he did. A He-Man marathon was on he wanted to see. After 4 shows he said he was bored. He watched a tape from the library about dogs and shared with me some information. He watched another He-Man show and then watched a tape about the ocean and seashells. Then he turned the channel to something else and didn't watch anymore He-Man. This shows me that my child does know what he wants to do and will make "educational" choices if given the freedom to do so.
I'm glad to be on this list and I hope to learn a lot!
Christina in GA
Happiness comes through doors you
didn't even know you left open.
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You'll find an unlimited source of info on this list.
Its been my savior, in that so many people on this list speak so many truths to me. Truths or ideas that most people around me in real life, think are so out there when I bring them up. It has also been a prod in getting me to think in new ways, new ways that really seem to be benefitting me as a person and benefitting my family.
Get ready for a great adventure!
I recommend it for all!
Kelli
Christina in GA <clr71@...> wrote:I found unschooling.com and did a search on yahoogroups so here I am!
My dh and I will be unschooling our 8yo next year. This year he's in a private church school where he's been since age 5. We've been going crazy trying to figure out a curriculum and I am so glad I discovered the unschooling site! It sounds a lot more laid back to me, and I'm sure he will be happy with it since he doesn't like going to school. He does well in his classes - they use a workbook based curriculum - but he doesn't like all the rules they have and they have gotten more strict on some things this past year.
Anyway, I think we'll have a lot of fun together as we deschool over the summer and turn next fall into a new summer time!
I own a business and my dh works nights as a jailer. We will be splitting the schooling duties, pretty much. My ds will come to work with me in the mornings until my dh can pick him up then come home. I pretty much want to offer him a lot of things to do while he's home and I plan to join a local homeschool group. I have a friend that homeschools and she can help me learn where to go and what to do.
At first I was thinking that ds would be watching TV all day. I know he loves cartoon network! But last weekend this is what he did. A He-Man marathon was on he wanted to see. After 4 shows he said he was bored. He watched a tape from the library about dogs and shared with me some information. He watched another He-Man show and then watched a tape about the ocean and seashells. Then he turned the channel to something else and didn't watch anymore He-Man. This shows me that my child does know what he wants to do and will make "educational" choices if given the freedom to do so.
I'm glad to be on this list and I hope to learn a lot!
Christina in GA
Happiness comes through doors you
didn't even know you left open.
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Gary & Lisa Williams
> The first year we did school at home and the second year, I told herNo, I haven't because I still have that stupid little voice saying I should
> > mom had to do research and find a different way and I made announcements
> > every day to her that she was going to get soooo far behind her friends.
>
> Have you since told her that you were wrong to do that?
this and I should that... The doubting part is dumb because I believe what
you are all saying and I never liked the way the school system was from when
I was in it. I am envious of the mom's that figured this stuff out in the
beginning and don't have to "undo" anything. I wish she didn't know about
other schooling methods. I wish I would have just let her be. I want to
just start fresh. Can I do that?
Lisa
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In a message dated 5/12/03 6:50:39 PM, glmnw@... writes:
<< I want to
just start fresh. Can I do that? >>
Yes.
It starts, though, with telling her you think you were wrong before.
Sandra
<< I want to
just start fresh. Can I do that? >>
Yes.
It starts, though, with telling her you think you were wrong before.
Sandra
Betsy
**I am envious of the mom's that figured this stuff out in the
beginning and don't have to "undo" anything. I wish she didn't know about
other schooling methods.**
Hi, Lisa --
I'm not remembering how old your daughter is, but if she's 8 or older
you could help her understand the drawbacks of mandatory school learning
by reading her the fable that's at the beginning of the Teenage
Liberation Handbook. (Maybe your library has it.) The story describes
a girl who just wants to pick wild fruit and eat it, but instead, she's
sent to some kind of school where to "prepare" her for learning, she has
to eat big, unappetizing piles of cafeteria food as "eating practice".
It's an interesting way to start a discussion about different styles of
learning. It demonstrates vividly how trying to force learning can
really kill the learning "appetite".
A similar comparison is from Ivan Illych said a worksheet is like taking
a vitamin C tablet, while learning from life is eating the whole orange.
Which is healthier, more natural and more appetizing? (I'm
paraphrasing and have a bad memory. If someone can quote more
accurately that's great. I heard Pat Farenga quote this part in an
audiotape from the Sacramento conference. He's speaking there about
unschooling again this August. www.hsc.org , for people in or near California.)
Good luck! Your daughter should bounce back just fine, but you might
want to search for information on "deschooling". Especially on the
unschooling.com message boards.
Betsy
beginning and don't have to "undo" anything. I wish she didn't know about
other schooling methods.**
Hi, Lisa --
I'm not remembering how old your daughter is, but if she's 8 or older
you could help her understand the drawbacks of mandatory school learning
by reading her the fable that's at the beginning of the Teenage
Liberation Handbook. (Maybe your library has it.) The story describes
a girl who just wants to pick wild fruit and eat it, but instead, she's
sent to some kind of school where to "prepare" her for learning, she has
to eat big, unappetizing piles of cafeteria food as "eating practice".
It's an interesting way to start a discussion about different styles of
learning. It demonstrates vividly how trying to force learning can
really kill the learning "appetite".
A similar comparison is from Ivan Illych said a worksheet is like taking
a vitamin C tablet, while learning from life is eating the whole orange.
Which is healthier, more natural and more appetizing? (I'm
paraphrasing and have a bad memory. If someone can quote more
accurately that's great. I heard Pat Farenga quote this part in an
audiotape from the Sacramento conference. He's speaking there about
unschooling again this August. www.hsc.org , for people in or near California.)
Good luck! Your daughter should bounce back just fine, but you might
want to search for information on "deschooling". Especially on the
unschooling.com message boards.
Betsy