Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Conversation about young people
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Sorry Bridget. . . I had to change the title because it is a pet peeve of
mine to call young people anything other than that. :)
This week, we went to Baltimore to the Aquarium. Lelia is into animal
behaviour and interspecies communication. She was able to communicate with
the dolphins, the "regular" fish (her terminology), and a couple of parrots.
Quinton really liked the sharks. Lelia is writing some more songs and was
faced with an interesting dilema which we kind of worked our way through with
everyone giving opinions (that were asked for) about how they would handle it
and how we thought she should. There is a workshop with this pretty
incredible songwriter at her unschool resource center. We just found out the
date was the same date she is planned to go to the Bahama's with an old
friend. Anyway, it got worked out that she would go a couple of days later
and she gets to navigate the Miami airport on her own. And she gets to go to
the workshop. She had surgery on her arm one day so her week was kind of
messed up in that regard. But she learned all the lines to her play she is
in. And she is watching Moulin Rouge almost everyday. She has almost all the
lines of every part memorized as well as imitates the accents pretty well.
She is working on a list of things she would like to accomplish. She is also
going to volunteer at the zoo and try to do some communicating with the
animals there. And she works with her dog every day.
Quinton discovered a swing in the yard in this really cool circle of trees
with some incredible rocks in it. When we moved in, we didnt go anywhere near
it because of the poison ivy. So we are planning on clearing that area out
and making a play area for him and fencing that in. He made several new
friends at the park, got lost at the store and went to the deli lady and
said, "excuse me, I am lost, can you find my mommy" . . . we thought that was
pretty cool (he is 2 1/2) that he knew to do that. He didnt get too scared
and got some cheese (bonus).
Tomorrow we are going to New York City on the train and seeing the Statue of
Liberty, Greenwich Village (Lelia's choice), and whatever else we fit in. We
are spending the night too. And that's the news from Chester Springs.
Living in Abundance
Mary
PS. Thanks for a new thread Bridget
mine to call young people anything other than that. :)
This week, we went to Baltimore to the Aquarium. Lelia is into animal
behaviour and interspecies communication. She was able to communicate with
the dolphins, the "regular" fish (her terminology), and a couple of parrots.
Quinton really liked the sharks. Lelia is writing some more songs and was
faced with an interesting dilema which we kind of worked our way through with
everyone giving opinions (that were asked for) about how they would handle it
and how we thought she should. There is a workshop with this pretty
incredible songwriter at her unschool resource center. We just found out the
date was the same date she is planned to go to the Bahama's with an old
friend. Anyway, it got worked out that she would go a couple of days later
and she gets to navigate the Miami airport on her own. And she gets to go to
the workshop. She had surgery on her arm one day so her week was kind of
messed up in that regard. But she learned all the lines to her play she is
in. And she is watching Moulin Rouge almost everyday. She has almost all the
lines of every part memorized as well as imitates the accents pretty well.
She is working on a list of things she would like to accomplish. She is also
going to volunteer at the zoo and try to do some communicating with the
animals there. And she works with her dog every day.
Quinton discovered a swing in the yard in this really cool circle of trees
with some incredible rocks in it. When we moved in, we didnt go anywhere near
it because of the poison ivy. So we are planning on clearing that area out
and making a play area for him and fencing that in. He made several new
friends at the park, got lost at the store and went to the deli lady and
said, "excuse me, I am lost, can you find my mommy" . . . we thought that was
pretty cool (he is 2 1/2) that he knew to do that. He didnt get too scared
and got some cheese (bonus).
Tomorrow we are going to New York City on the train and seeing the Statue of
Liberty, Greenwich Village (Lelia's choice), and whatever else we fit in. We
are spending the night too. And that's the news from Chester Springs.
Living in Abundance
Mary
PS. Thanks for a new thread Bridget
Bonni Sollars
LIA Mary,I think that's sweet to call them young people. It just feels
awkward to me saying, "My young people." Maybe someone would think I was
talking about one of my split personalities. (just kidding, sort of)
Actually, lately it has been giving me pause to call my kids "My" "Kids",
since "my" sounds so possessive, and "kids" so goat-like. (not kidding)
Bonni
awkward to me saying, "My young people." Maybe someone would think I was
talking about one of my split personalities. (just kidding, sort of)
Actually, lately it has been giving me pause to call my kids "My" "Kids",
since "my" sounds so possessive, and "kids" so goat-like. (not kidding)
Bonni
Lynda
We've been using "kidlets" for over 25 years and "the kidlets" coined the
phrase in our family themselves. They had 4-H dairy goats and made a banner
for a visitors day when the schools brought children to see animals, it read
"We are the kidlets, these are kids."
Lynda
phrase in our family themselves. They had 4-H dairy goats and made a banner
for a visitors day when the schools brought children to see animals, it read
"We are the kidlets, these are kids."
Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bonni Sollars" <BSOLLARS@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Conversation about young people
> LIA Mary,I think that's sweet to call them young people. It just feels
> awkward to me saying, "My young people." Maybe someone would think I was
> talking about one of my split personalities. (just kidding, sort of)
> Actually, lately it has been giving me pause to call my kids "My" "Kids",
> since "my" sounds so possessive, and "kids" so goat-like. (not kidding)
> Bonni
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Mary,
Where is Chester Springs? From your travels you don't sound too far from me.
(well, within driving distance)
~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
Where is Chester Springs? From your travels you don't sound too far from me.
(well, within driving distance)
~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
Lately, I've been thinking of mine as 'my tribe'. Not in the sense of
I own them but in the sense of this is the tribe I belong to.
Of course when all five of the big people (we usually leave Wyndham
with my mom) go out to a store, I think of us as an invading force!
Bridget
I own them but in the sense of this is the tribe I belong to.
Of course when all five of the big people (we usually leave Wyndham
with my mom) go out to a store, I think of us as an invading force!
Bridget
--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., Bonni Sollars <BSOLLARS@J...> wrote:
> LIA Mary,I think that's sweet to call them young people. It just
feels
> awkward to me saying, "My young people." Maybe someone would think
I was
> talking about one of my split personalities. (just kidding, sort
of)
> Actually, lately it has been giving me pause to call my kids "My"
"Kids",
> since "my" sounds so possessive, and "kids" so goat-like. (not
kidding)
> Bonni