Conversation about kidlets
rumpleteasermom
So, have you ever found something that interested your child by
accident? I was listening to Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds the otehr
day and Wyndham came in part way through the first disc. He was
instantly captivated by it. I had to start the disc over so he could
hear it from the beginning. It's got really surreal music and a
narrator telling the story with a few other characters who speak and
sing. It's kind of like a play on tape.
I never thought Wyndham would be interested in it. It just didn't
seem like something he would sit through. But he absolutely loves it
and I suspect I will hear it a bit more than I want in the near
future. He's been singing a Wyndhamized version of one of the songs
all day.
Jenni has discovered Anne Rice and is whipping through the
non-vampire novels she wrote. She's looking for new authors to read,
anyone have any suggestions? She likes LK Hamilton, Anne Rice, Steven
Donaldson, Robert Asprin, Janet Evanovich, Mercedes Lackey, Morgan
Llewellyn. Gees, now she's reading over my shoulder and telling me
all the other stuff she's read lately that I didn't know about. How
can anybody read that fast!!!
Rachel is busily nagging me about ordering her stepping stone molds.
I need to check out a seed store before I place the order cuz I might
want to order seeds too. SHe has taken to reading Captain Underpants
(I did too, they are a scream!) and Artemis Fowl. She's also been
painting a lot lately.
Rachel and Jenni both are driving me batty practicing Morse Code at
each other. dit dah dit dah aaaahhhhhhh. Actually, they seem to be
enjoying the Ham thing quite a bit. It helps that the Elmer (what you
call a ham teacher) is actually named Elmer (but goes by Goose) and
has a bizarre sense of humor just like they do.
Well that's about it for now. What are you all up to this week?
Bridget
accident? I was listening to Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds the otehr
day and Wyndham came in part way through the first disc. He was
instantly captivated by it. I had to start the disc over so he could
hear it from the beginning. It's got really surreal music and a
narrator telling the story with a few other characters who speak and
sing. It's kind of like a play on tape.
I never thought Wyndham would be interested in it. It just didn't
seem like something he would sit through. But he absolutely loves it
and I suspect I will hear it a bit more than I want in the near
future. He's been singing a Wyndhamized version of one of the songs
all day.
Jenni has discovered Anne Rice and is whipping through the
non-vampire novels she wrote. She's looking for new authors to read,
anyone have any suggestions? She likes LK Hamilton, Anne Rice, Steven
Donaldson, Robert Asprin, Janet Evanovich, Mercedes Lackey, Morgan
Llewellyn. Gees, now she's reading over my shoulder and telling me
all the other stuff she's read lately that I didn't know about. How
can anybody read that fast!!!
Rachel is busily nagging me about ordering her stepping stone molds.
I need to check out a seed store before I place the order cuz I might
want to order seeds too. SHe has taken to reading Captain Underpants
(I did too, they are a scream!) and Artemis Fowl. She's also been
painting a lot lately.
Rachel and Jenni both are driving me batty practicing Morse Code at
each other. dit dah dit dah aaaahhhhhhh. Actually, they seem to be
enjoying the Ham thing quite a bit. It helps that the Elmer (what you
call a ham teacher) is actually named Elmer (but goes by Goose) and
has a bizarre sense of humor just like they do.
Well that's about it for now. What are you all up to this week?
Bridget
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In a message dated 3/22/02 6:05:39 PM, rumpleteasermom@... writes:
<< So, have you ever found something that interested your child by
accident? >>
Usually.
I see that as the heart of unschooling.
When life is busy and swirly, all KINDS of ideas and connections sparkle up
to the surface.
<<
Rachel is busily nagging me about ordering her stepping stone molds. >>
You can make some of your own if you have an electric saw, by getting one of
the giant cardboard tubes used for concrete molds for columns. They can be
12" in diameter, or 24" or probably all sizes, but that's what I've seen. We
got some and sliced sections about 8" thick, put cement in, and when it was
nearly set we put handprints, our names in rocks, the dog's paw print, etc,
on different ones, and we brought them from our old house to our new one too.
Holly's big accidental (or gradually burgeoning) interest in the past few
months has been the 1930's. It started from a discussion of making change,
and me renting Paper Moon for her. She loved the music, so we found some
full recordings of some things which were only snippets in the movie. That
led to Top Hat, and other dance movies, and to Irving Berlin, which tied back
to Annie Get your Gun, and other Bernadette Peters stuff, to discussions
about the depression, Shirley Temple movies, Judy Garland (who was nearly in
a movie of Annie Get your Gun, and they do have some of the songs recorded by
her). And Annie (the musical, a review of that storie and related sub-bits).
I've learned more about the 1930's and Roosevelt than I had ever known
before, because Holly wanted to know more and more.
Sandra
<< So, have you ever found something that interested your child by
accident? >>
Usually.
I see that as the heart of unschooling.
When life is busy and swirly, all KINDS of ideas and connections sparkle up
to the surface.
<<
Rachel is busily nagging me about ordering her stepping stone molds. >>
You can make some of your own if you have an electric saw, by getting one of
the giant cardboard tubes used for concrete molds for columns. They can be
12" in diameter, or 24" or probably all sizes, but that's what I've seen. We
got some and sliced sections about 8" thick, put cement in, and when it was
nearly set we put handprints, our names in rocks, the dog's paw print, etc,
on different ones, and we brought them from our old house to our new one too.
Holly's big accidental (or gradually burgeoning) interest in the past few
months has been the 1930's. It started from a discussion of making change,
and me renting Paper Moon for her. She loved the music, so we found some
full recordings of some things which were only snippets in the movie. That
led to Top Hat, and other dance movies, and to Irving Berlin, which tied back
to Annie Get your Gun, and other Bernadette Peters stuff, to discussions
about the depression, Shirley Temple movies, Judy Garland (who was nearly in
a movie of Annie Get your Gun, and they do have some of the songs recorded by
her). And Annie (the musical, a review of that storie and related sub-bits).
I've learned more about the 1930's and Roosevelt than I had ever known
before, because Holly wanted to know more and more.
Sandra
TheQueen
Bridget asked:
<Jenni has discovered Anne Rice and is whipping through the
non-vampire novels she wrote. She's looking for new authors to read,
anyone have any suggestions? >
Margaret Atwoods Handmaids Tale
We Took to the Woods by Louise Dickenson Rich
Into the Forest by Jean Hegland (a great unschooling-ish book)
Midwives by Chris Bohjalian
The Dark Side of Christian History by Helen Ellerby (not a novel, but she
still might enjoy it)
<Rachel is busily nagging me about ordering her stepping stone molds. >
We have a few of those and basically, theyre just cheap plastic something
you could easily replace by using those foil pie pans from the grocery
store. I dont know how much they cost in catalogs it could be they arent
that expensive anyway.
Sarah Carothers
puddles@...
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<Jenni has discovered Anne Rice and is whipping through the
non-vampire novels she wrote. She's looking for new authors to read,
anyone have any suggestions? >
Margaret Atwoods Handmaids Tale
We Took to the Woods by Louise Dickenson Rich
Into the Forest by Jean Hegland (a great unschooling-ish book)
Midwives by Chris Bohjalian
The Dark Side of Christian History by Helen Ellerby (not a novel, but she
still might enjoy it)
<Rachel is busily nagging me about ordering her stepping stone molds. >
We have a few of those and basically, theyre just cheap plastic something
you could easily replace by using those foil pie pans from the grocery
store. I dont know how much they cost in catalogs it could be they arent
that expensive anyway.
Sarah Carothers
puddles@...
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Cindy
rumpleteasermom wrote:
other things too. I think they are a nationwide chain.
Seeds - check out Shepherds or Seeds of Change. I like Rene's but
I'm not sure she's selling nationally or just locally!
--
Cindy Ferguson
crma@...
>I got three at Michaels - it was on a $25 gift certificate and I got
> Rachel is busily nagging me about ordering her stepping stone molds.
> I need to check out a seed store before I place the order cuz I might
> want to order seeds too. SHe has taken to reading Captain Underpants
> (I did too, they are a scream!) and Artemis Fowl. She's also been
> painting a lot lately.
>
other things too. I think they are a nationwide chain.
Seeds - check out Shepherds or Seeds of Change. I like Rene's but
I'm not sure she's selling nationally or just locally!
--
Cindy Ferguson
crma@...
Tia Leschke
>I'll second these two. I read Into the Forest right near the close of
>Into the Forest by Jean Hegland (a great unschooling-ish book)
>Midwives by Chris Bohjalian
1999, when I was wondering about the Y2K thing. I've told my daughter
she'll like Midwives, but she's not to read it until *after* she delivers
the next grandchild (at home).
Tia
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt
*********************************************
Tia Leschke
leschke@...
On Vancouver Island
Lynda
A month or two ago dh and I were discussing Dumbya and his steps towards a
dictatorship. I compared him to Hitler, saying something about loss of
privacy and having to click our heels together and salute.
Kidlet #5 (14) was playing some game on the computer in the next room and
heard us talking. He asked about Hitler and the next time we went to the
library he checked out about a dozen books on Hitler. He tried slogging his
way through Mein Kaumf but gave that up. He finally settled on "The Horns
of the Moon" and read the whole thing.
This was particularly amazing as he is not a big reader unless it is a
manual for a video game.
Lynda
dictatorship. I compared him to Hitler, saying something about loss of
privacy and having to click our heels together and salute.
Kidlet #5 (14) was playing some game on the computer in the next room and
heard us talking. He asked about Hitler and the next time we went to the
library he checked out about a dozen books on Hitler. He tried slogging his
way through Mein Kaumf but gave that up. He finally settled on "The Horns
of the Moon" and read the whole thing.
This was particularly amazing as he is not a big reader unless it is a
manual for a video game.
Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: "rumpleteasermom" <rumpleteasermom@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 5:03 PM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Conversation about kidlets
> So, have you ever found something that interested your child by
> accident? I was listening to Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds the otehr
> day and Wyndham came in part way through the first disc. He was
> instantly captivated by it. I had to start the disc over so he could
> hear it from the beginning. It's got really surreal music and a
> narrator telling the story with a few other characters who speak and
> sing. It's kind of like a play on tape.
> I never thought Wyndham would be interested in it. It just didn't
> seem like something he would sit through. But he absolutely loves it
> and I suspect I will hear it a bit more than I want in the near
> future. He's been singing a Wyndhamized version of one of the songs
> all day.
>
> Jenni has discovered Anne Rice and is whipping through the
> non-vampire novels she wrote. She's looking for new authors to read,
> anyone have any suggestions? She likes LK Hamilton, Anne Rice, Steven
> Donaldson, Robert Asprin, Janet Evanovich, Mercedes Lackey, Morgan
> Llewellyn. Gees, now she's reading over my shoulder and telling me
> all the other stuff she's read lately that I didn't know about. How
> can anybody read that fast!!!
>
> Rachel is busily nagging me about ordering her stepping stone molds.
> I need to check out a seed store before I place the order cuz I might
> want to order seeds too. SHe has taken to reading Captain Underpants
> (I did too, they are a scream!) and Artemis Fowl. She's also been
> painting a lot lately.
>
> Rachel and Jenni both are driving me batty practicing Morse Code at
> each other. dit dah dit dah aaaahhhhhhh. Actually, they seem to be
> enjoying the Ham thing quite a bit. It helps that the Elmer (what you
> call a ham teacher) is actually named Elmer (but goes by Goose) and
> has a bizarre sense of humor just like they do.
>
> Well that's about it for now. What are you all up to this week?
>
> Bridget
>
>
>
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<<A month or two ago dh and I were discussing Dumbya and his steps towards a
dictatorship. I compared him to Hitler, saying something about loss of
privacy and having to click our heels together and salute.>>
I can't compare him to Hitler because Hitler was not just a fascist but an
evil murderer.
GWB is simply a fascist.
~Elissa Cleaveland
"It is nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction
have
not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry." A. Einstein
dictatorship. I compared him to Hitler, saying something about loss of
privacy and having to click our heels together and salute.>>
I can't compare him to Hitler because Hitler was not just a fascist but an
evil murderer.
GWB is simply a fascist.
~Elissa Cleaveland
"It is nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction
have
not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry." A. Einstein
rumpleteasermom
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need to make the rounds of the craft stores today so she can look at
the kits available locally.
Delphi galss hass some that are reuseable and look pretty sturdy in
the catalogue - - has anyone tried them?
more on the way, but I don't know which ones. I'll ask if she found
Seeds of Change online when she went on her quest!
Bridget
Bridget
> >She's looking for some specific molds that have designs in them. We
> I got three at Michaels - it was on a $25 gift certificate and I got
> other things too. I think they are a nationwide chain.
>
need to make the rounds of the craft stores today so she can look at
the kits available locally.
Delphi galss hass some that are reuseable and look pretty sturdy in
the catalogue - - has anyone tried them?
> Seeds - check out Shepherds or Seeds of Change. I like Rene's butShe has a Shepherds catalogue, she also has a Stokes catalogue and has
> I'm not sure she's selling nationally or just locally!
>
>
more on the way, but I don't know which ones. I'll ask if she found
Seeds of Change online when she went on her quest!
Bridget
Bridget
TheQueen
<I can't compare him to Hitler because Hitler was not just a fascist but an
evil murderer.
GWB is simply a fascist.
~Elissa Cleaveland>
I consider how he ran Texas and to me, that put him in the murderer
category, too. And now, all the stuff from 9/ll forward IMO more murderers
all for big oil.
Sarah Carothers
puddles@...
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evil murderer.
GWB is simply a fascist.
~Elissa Cleaveland>
I consider how he ran Texas and to me, that put him in the murderer
category, too. And now, all the stuff from 9/ll forward IMO more murderers
all for big oil.
Sarah Carothers
puddles@...
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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In a message dated 3/23/02 6:09:42 AM, ElissaJC@... writes:
<< I can't compare him to Hitler because Hitler was not just a fascist but an
evil murderer.
GWB is simply a fascist. >>
Did Hitler stick a knife in anyone him own self??
There might be some Afghanis this month who think GWB is an evil murderer.
<< I can't compare him to Hitler because Hitler was not just a fascist but an
evil murderer.
GWB is simply a fascist. >>
Did Hitler stick a knife in anyone him own self??
There might be some Afghanis this month who think GWB is an evil murderer.
Cindy
ElissaJC@... wrote:
term of office.
--
Cindy Ferguson
crma@...
>Give him time, Elissa, Hitler hadn't killed many people early in his
> <<A month or two ago dh and I were discussing Dumbya and his steps towards a
> dictatorship. I compared him to Hitler, saying something about loss of
> privacy and having to click our heels together and salute.>>
> I can't compare him to Hitler because Hitler was not just a fascist but an
> evil murderer.
> GWB is simply a fascist.
>
term of office.
--
Cindy Ferguson
crma@...
[email protected]
There might be some Afghanis this month who think GWB is an evil murderer.
Oohh. You're right. Sometimes it is hard for me to see the subtlety of evil
when confronted with the obvious.
~Elissa Cleaveland
"It is nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction
have
not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry." A. Einstein
Oohh. You're right. Sometimes it is hard for me to see the subtlety of evil
when confronted with the obvious.
~Elissa Cleaveland
"It is nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction
have
not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry." A. Einstein
Tia Leschke
><<A month or two ago dh and I were discussing Dumbya and his steps towards aI read a Bill Moyers article that discussing how the big economic
>dictatorship. I compared him to Hitler, saying something about loss of
>privacy and having to click our heels together and salute.>>
>I can't compare him to Hitler because Hitler was not just a fascist but an
>evil murderer.
>GWB is simply a fascist.
superpowers were about to put in motion strategies for preventing the
terrorists from moving money around the world about 6 months before the WTC
attacks. Dubya scotched the plan because it would make it harder for his
rich buddies to avoid taxes by moving their money offshore. Who knows
whether they could have pulled off the attacks if their money supply was
cut off. So does that make him at least partially responsible? I think so.
Tia
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt
*********************************************
Tia Leschke
leschke@...
On Vancouver Island
Lynda
Well, being from a segment of the population that is feeling quite a few
more backlashes from Dumbya than most, and since Hitler loved American
history and used the U.S.'s First Nations genocidal policies as the model
for his genocidal policies, I guess we kinda think of him being a close
cousin to Hitler.
Another thing the kidlets (this would be the older boys) were discussing,
o.k., so they were taking bets on it and they won cause dh still gives the
press and Dumbya much too much credit, is how long Enron would stay front
page news and whether a special prosecutor would be used.
The boys gave Enron a month and no special prosecutor. DH said Enron would
be "dealt with." The boys also said that they bet old Spin Doctor O'Reilly
would stop talking about Enron and go back to hollering about Whitewater.
They won that bet also.
All of which was an unschooling moment because our neighbors were over that
night and their boys go to ps. Jill sat there with her mouth hanging open
muttering about how she wished her sons took an interest in politics and
asked how they knew all that stuff and how many hours did we spend studying
it. Son #3 said "we don't do 'studying' like in a school." Jill then asked
"well then how do you know." And all the boys chimed in with "It's
important to know about these guys because we are voting in the next
election. We read newspapers, watch the news and use the net."
Lynda
more backlashes from Dumbya than most, and since Hitler loved American
history and used the U.S.'s First Nations genocidal policies as the model
for his genocidal policies, I guess we kinda think of him being a close
cousin to Hitler.
Another thing the kidlets (this would be the older boys) were discussing,
o.k., so they were taking bets on it and they won cause dh still gives the
press and Dumbya much too much credit, is how long Enron would stay front
page news and whether a special prosecutor would be used.
The boys gave Enron a month and no special prosecutor. DH said Enron would
be "dealt with." The boys also said that they bet old Spin Doctor O'Reilly
would stop talking about Enron and go back to hollering about Whitewater.
They won that bet also.
All of which was an unschooling moment because our neighbors were over that
night and their boys go to ps. Jill sat there with her mouth hanging open
muttering about how she wished her sons took an interest in politics and
asked how they knew all that stuff and how many hours did we spend studying
it. Son #3 said "we don't do 'studying' like in a school." Jill then asked
"well then how do you know." And all the boys chimed in with "It's
important to know about these guys because we are voting in the next
election. We read newspapers, watch the news and use the net."
Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: <ElissaJC@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2002 5:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Conversation about kidlets
> <<A month or two ago dh and I were discussing Dumbya and his steps towards
a
> dictatorship. I compared him to Hitler, saying something about loss of
> privacy and having to click our heels together and salute.>>
> I can't compare him to Hitler because Hitler was not just a fascist but an
> evil murderer.
> GWB is simply a fascist.
> ~Elissa Cleaveland
> "It is nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction
> have
> not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry." A. Einstein
>
>
>
>
>
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