Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Digest Number 2146
[email protected]
In a message dated 7/6/2002 1:49:11 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
I like it - it is a pretty superficial overview of the topics, but always has
some cool pictures and a few interesting bits of information, along with the
basics. I told her that it suits me because I have an urge these days to
learn just a little bit about a lot of things that I know almost nothing
about. She said she has the opposite urge, these days, she wants to just
learn a whole lot about a few things. We just sort of grinned - how different
people can be, etc. Then she said, "Well, truth is I want to learn a whole
lot about pretty much everything, but I can see that it isn't going to be
possible in one lifetime to do that so I'm going to have to be selective."
She's 14.
--pam
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[email protected] writes:
> Children do not need to go through that change of thinking -- they simplyI was looking at the magazine, Kids Discover, today, and telling Roxana that
> need to be allowed to continue what they've been doing since they were
> born,
> which is learning at an incredible pace how the world around them works.
I like it - it is a pretty superficial overview of the topics, but always has
some cool pictures and a few interesting bits of information, along with the
basics. I told her that it suits me because I have an urge these days to
learn just a little bit about a lot of things that I know almost nothing
about. She said she has the opposite urge, these days, she wants to just
learn a whole lot about a few things. We just sort of grinned - how different
people can be, etc. Then she said, "Well, truth is I want to learn a whole
lot about pretty much everything, but I can see that it isn't going to be
possible in one lifetime to do that so I'm going to have to be selective."
She's 14.
--pam
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Deb
Ahh, thank you Marianne. I had heard something about a romance novel
relating to California, but was missing the crucial piece that there was
a Queen Califia there. Cool. So it was all about Hollywood fantasy from
the earliest times! ;)
Glad you came out to let me know. Unschooling in my opinion is what
works best about any other "methods that work" - along with clearing up
a child's confusions about language and words and what they mean. If you
really can et into discussing things with your child, it becomes easy in
my view, as there is the whole world to talk about and your kids will
have very interesting things to say and insights of their own if you are
listening. IT's the best! How old are your kids?
Debbie
relating to California, but was missing the crucial piece that there was
a Queen Califia there. Cool. So it was all about Hollywood fantasy from
the earliest times! ;)
Glad you came out to let me know. Unschooling in my opinion is what
works best about any other "methods that work" - along with clearing up
a child's confusions about language and words and what they mean. If you
really can et into discussing things with your child, it becomes easy in
my view, as there is the whole world to talk about and your kids will
have very interesting things to say and insights of their own if you are
listening. IT's the best! How old are your kids?
Debbie
Marianne
Hi Deb,
Glad to be able to contribute re: California's history. I have one daughter, 15 1/5, who has been learning at home since I pulled her out of PS after second grade. At that point she hated school and was sure she was a failure (at the ripe old age of 8). She is still, to this day, somewhat math-phobic, but otherwise has a great attitude about her education as long as I don't put a textbook in front of her. *smile*
Marianne
Glad to be able to contribute re: California's history. I have one daughter, 15 1/5, who has been learning at home since I pulled her out of PS after second grade. At that point she hated school and was sure she was a failure (at the ripe old age of 8). She is still, to this day, somewhat math-phobic, but otherwise has a great attitude about her education as long as I don't put a textbook in front of her. *smile*
Marianne
----- Original Message -----
From: Deb
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 4:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Digest Number 2146
Ahh, thank you Marianne. I had heard something about a romance novel
relating to California, but was missing the crucial piece that there was
a Queen Califia there. Cool. So it was all about Hollywood fantasy from
the earliest times! ;)
Glad you came out to let me know. Unschooling in my opinion is what
works best about any other "methods that work" - along with clearing up
a child's confusions about language and words and what they mean. If you
really can et into discussing things with your child, it becomes easy in
my view, as there is the whole world to talk about and your kids will
have very interesting things to say and insights of their own if you are
listening. IT's the best! How old are your kids?
Debbie
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