audrey elwood

hi ned
i'm new- haven't even introduced myself yet... but curious-can you tell me
where i can read about PLAY being all humans need? sounds wonderful. thanks
for your post.
audrey


>From: <llindsey3@...>
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>To: <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: 2189 Unschooling -- the fringe
>Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 00:22:29 -0500
>
>well, i always called it.. .. the fun of learning new things.. schools
>teach the kids it's WORK to learn.. it's not work it's FUN it's PLAY..
>natural play... watch animals.. their playing is learning what they'll need
>as mature animals.. look at the rainforest cultures by the amazon.. their
>kids just participate and learn as they go.. sounds good to ME...
>
>L
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Luz Shosie and Ned Vare
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 10:38 PM
> Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: 2189 Unschooling -- the fringe
>
>
>
>
> > <llindsey3@...>
> About RULES: I wish we could find a word for our practice that did not
> involve the word school. Since it is such a big part of the word
>UNschool,
> we seem to bump up against our vision of school constantly, and struggle
>to
> seem like we're free of it even when we're not. In our attempts even to
>find
> a definition for Unschooling or homeschooling, we find ourselves like
>moths
> flying in flame of schooling.
>
> I suggest we could work on this, on the back burner, so to speak, with
>the
> idea of coming up with a concept of living with our children as integral
> parts of our daily lives as much as possible. What they need is
>parenting,
> not school teaching, so, unless they ask us for information that might
>be
> called school-type stuff, we are simply (!?) parenting. In fact, until
>the
> kids are six or so, they are not *school-age* no matter what the soccer
>mom/
> daycare/buildabetter baby crowd says, and there are fine people who tell
>us
> that the ONLY thing small children need is self-regulated play, both
>alone
> or in groups. The radical fringe (with plenty of documented proof, say
> that's all humans EVER need...play.
>
> I'll post more on this, but I believe that much of our wrangling on this
> list is due to the fact that we unschoolers are the radical
>(fundamental,
> root) fringe of a large and growing fringe group. We are the
>strong-headed
> independent people among semi-independent, usually self-assured, types
>of
> homeschoolers. As such, we are sure of ourselves and willing to show our
> convictions. It can be jarring for the newbies, but if they're gonna be
> unschoolers, they can probably adapt.
>
> Our similarities are much greater and more important than our
>differences.
> What matters is that the children are not in those cages of artificial
>life
> and synthetic experience called schools.
>
> This group is truly leading the way out of the education dark ages.
>People
> are much more intelligent than school gives them the opportunity to
>express.
> Here, I believe we are expressing it.
>
> Bring it on.
>
> Ned Vare
>
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zenmomma *

>>This group is truly leading the way out of the education dark ages. People
>>are much more intelligent than school gives them the opportunity to
>>express.

Here, I believe we are expressing it.
>
>Bring it on.
>
Ned Vare>>

I LOVED everything in this post, Ned. :o) Thanks for being a voice in the
darkness.

Life is good.
~Mary


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>>well, i always called it.. .. the fun of learning new things.. schools
>>teach the kids it's WORK to learn.. it's not work it's FUN it's PLAY..
>>natural play... watch animals.. their playing is learning what they'll
>>need as mature animals.. look at the rainforest cultures by the amazon..
>>their kids just participate and learn as they go.. sounds good to ME...>>

Casey was interviewed on the local cable channel this morning about her
participation in their summer reading game. They asked her about being
homeschooled and whether she gets summer vacation. Casey said "It's all
summer vacation. <big smile>" They said "So what do you do during the day in
homeschool?" Without missing a beat Casey replied "I mostly just play all
day." I cracked up at the interviewer's expression to that one. It's all
play to Casey. :o)

Life is good.
~Mary


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audrey elwood

thanks casey-for making my day!


>From: "zenmomma *" <zenmomma@...>
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>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: 2189 Unschooling -- the fringe
>Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 09:16:48 -0600
>
>
>
> >>well, i always called it.. .. the fun of learning new things.. schools
> >>teach the kids it's WORK to learn.. it's not work it's FUN it's PLAY..
> >>natural play... watch animals.. their playing is learning what they'll
> >>need as mature animals.. look at the rainforest cultures by the amazon..
> >>their kids just participate and learn as they go.. sounds good to
>ME...>>
>
>Casey was interviewed on the local cable channel this morning about her
>participation in their summer reading game. They asked her about being
>homeschooled and whether she gets summer vacation. Casey said "It's all
>summer vacation. <big smile>" They said "So what do you do during the day
>in
>homeschool?" Without missing a beat Casey replied "I mostly just play all
>day." I cracked up at the interviewer's expression to that one. It's all
>play to Casey. :o)
>
>Life is good.
>~Mary
>
>
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that's great.. like i tell my son
he is NEVER in school and ALWAYS in school..
he likes that idea..
especially the NEVER part.. and never notices the ALWAYS part..

L
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>>well, i always called it.. .. the fun of learning new things.. schools
>>teach the kids it's WORK to learn.. it's not work it's FUN it's PLAY..
>>natural play... watch animals.. their playing is learning what they'll
>>need as mature animals.. look at the rainforest cultures by the amazon..
>>their kids just participate and learn as they go.. sounds good to ME...>>

Casey was interviewed on the local cable channel this morning about her
participation in their summer reading game. They asked her about being
homeschooled and whether she gets summer vacation. Casey said "It's all
summer vacation. <big smile>" They said "So what do you do during the day in
homeschool?" Without missing a beat Casey replied "I mostly just play all
day." I cracked up at the interviewer's expression to that one. It's all
play to Casey. :o)

Life is good.
~Mary


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