flyingponies

We are trying to make the transition from homeschooling to
Unschooling. My daughter, Jeri is 7. She attended private preschool
and kindergarten and 3 months of public 1st grade. We started out
using books given to us by her teacher when we took her out of
school. Then I bought a Learn At Home curriculum that seemed fun but
we had a hard time sticking to the schedule. We skipped a lot
because it was too easy or just seemed redundant which resulted in
frustration. After that we started picking theme studies that my
daughter said she was interested in. We got bored fast doing that.
Now we are just doing whatever. I am trying to find a way to explain
to Jeri what we are doing since she is used to doing "school" and
really likes to tell people what grade she is in. Going from all to
nothing with regard to structure seems like a huge leap even though
we didn't have an incredible amount of structure. She asked me a
little bit ago what we were doing tomorrow. She does that every
night before bed. I just told her tonight that we were going to do
stuff. She said "are we going to do school?" I just stated
again, "just stuff". She walked away kind of puzzled.

Anyone have any tips?

Thanks,

Jackie

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In a message dated 5/2/02 10:11:14 PM, flyingponies@... writes:

<< She said "are we going to do school?" I just stated
again, "just stuff". She walked away kind of puzzled. >>

You could make a list, still--just a different kind of list, maybe.

You could say "we'll have something different for breakfast, and do something
serious and something fun, and we'll go for a nature walk and then...
(whatever)."

Maybe keep a list of things she says she might like to do. Even vague, like
cook
look at a caterpillar with a magnifying glass [inside the house, if possible,
or in the shade!]
buy new watercolors
go to the thrift store


And as the list gets longer you could plan some days from those wishes, and
she will have some structure that doesn't look like school but will lead to
lots of learning and togetherness.

Sandra

flyingponies

--- In Unschooling-dotcom@y..., SandraDodd@a... wrote:
>
> In a message dated 5/2/02 10:11:14 PM, flyingponies@y... writes:
>
> << She said "are we going to do school?" I just stated
> again, "just stuff". She walked away kind of puzzled. >>
>
> You could make a list, still--just a different kind of list, maybe.
>
> You could say "we'll have something different for breakfast, and do
something
> serious and something fun, and we'll go for a nature walk and
then...
> (whatever)."
>
> Maybe keep a list of things she says she might like to do. Even
vague, like
> cook
> look at a caterpillar with a magnifying glass [inside the house, if
possible,
> or in the shade!]
> buy new watercolors
> go to the thrift store
>
>
> And as the list gets longer you could plan some days from those
wishes, and
> she will have some structure that doesn't look like school but will
lead to
> lots of learning and togetherness.
>
> Sandra

Thank you. I am going to do that. I love making lists anyway.
(funny, I was just telling my friend that yesterday) Seems silly I
didn't think of that myself.

Sincerely,
Jackie