writing/cardboard boxes
Jan Hawkins
Cardboard boxes!!! My 11yo ds has a HUGE collection that grows daily. It's
currently housed on the top bunk of his bed. We have ten foot ceilings in
this house. The boxes are packed inside each other and the pile goes up to
the ceiling. Sometimes older brother has to help get down 'just the one'
the little brother remembers. Hint to Sherry: along with the tape buy
plenty of aluminum foil, string, and tacky craft glue. We've got a rule
that only Mom or big brother can use the box cutter -- learned the hard way.
The styrofoam packaging material is also really neat for some projects.
Last week's projects included a shield and sword to go along with the
castle. Robots, computers, spacecraft, cities, have all taken up residence
in our livingroom, diningroom, kitchen, hallways......Great free source for
learning. Grandparents, neighbors, friends, and local merchants all know my
son's love for boxes and provide a seemingly endless supply.
Writing: The best suggestion I ever found to encourage writing was years
ago when my sons were little. I think it was a book or magazine article
called "The Writing Box". You take an old briefcase, plastic box with
handle, whatever can be easily carried by a young child. Fill it with
pencils, crayons, markers, paper of all sizes/shapes/colors, envelopes,
stamps, stickers, etc. Take this box where ever your child goes. Car
trips, errands, doctor's visits, trips to grandma's etc. Step back and let
the kid go. Do NOT put in any coloring book type stuff. Be prepared to
receive lots of 'mail'. If you include post-it-notes you'll also have a lot
of them around the house. My youngest learned to read and write all the
names of things by sticking his self-made sticky-notes to anything and
everthing in our house!!!
Jan
currently housed on the top bunk of his bed. We have ten foot ceilings in
this house. The boxes are packed inside each other and the pile goes up to
the ceiling. Sometimes older brother has to help get down 'just the one'
the little brother remembers. Hint to Sherry: along with the tape buy
plenty of aluminum foil, string, and tacky craft glue. We've got a rule
that only Mom or big brother can use the box cutter -- learned the hard way.
The styrofoam packaging material is also really neat for some projects.
Last week's projects included a shield and sword to go along with the
castle. Robots, computers, spacecraft, cities, have all taken up residence
in our livingroom, diningroom, kitchen, hallways......Great free source for
learning. Grandparents, neighbors, friends, and local merchants all know my
son's love for boxes and provide a seemingly endless supply.
Writing: The best suggestion I ever found to encourage writing was years
ago when my sons were little. I think it was a book or magazine article
called "The Writing Box". You take an old briefcase, plastic box with
handle, whatever can be easily carried by a young child. Fill it with
pencils, crayons, markers, paper of all sizes/shapes/colors, envelopes,
stamps, stickers, etc. Take this box where ever your child goes. Car
trips, errands, doctor's visits, trips to grandma's etc. Step back and let
the kid go. Do NOT put in any coloring book type stuff. Be prepared to
receive lots of 'mail'. If you include post-it-notes you'll also have a lot
of them around the house. My youngest learned to read and write all the
names of things by sticking his self-made sticky-notes to anything and
everthing in our house!!!
Jan
> From: Barb Eaton <homemama@...>
> Subject: Re: writing and unschoolin
> From: Sherry Hagen <oilmagic@...>
> Subject: cardboard boxes
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