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I think there is a vast area of difference between the topic of
Homeschooling legal freedoms and unschooling our children (personal not
collective). Since3 this is a list that describes itself as an unschooling
list, can we please discuss it?

Here is a new thread,
A local mom and I were discussing how as we have gotten deeper into
unschooling, HOMEschooling issues have begun to mean less to us. For
example, certain words are gone from our vocabulary - field trips,
homeschooling groups, and of course the typical ones, curriculum, language
arts, etc. We both have noticed that we feel disconnected to the
"Homeschooling Community" since *education* is not something we really think
about, we are now able to see that learning doesn't need quite so much
discussion and debate. The disconnection doesn't really bother us. In fact,
for me, it is a good thoing because I tend to get caught up with all the
pretty flashy ads for math books or reading programs even knowing it's not
good for the kids. (Just like Pop-tarts come in brightly colored boxes
designed to attract)
So, that's just an observation I've had.
Question:
DD is 8 1/2 and just starting to read. She is interested in easy books but
our problem is the subject matter of said books. They are all about little
kid topics, starting kindegarten, babyish pictures, etc. Does anyone have
ideas on easy readers that are a little more interesting for tweens? (That
would inolve babysitting, horses or Mary Kate and Ashley? LOL )
~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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On Fri, 9 Aug 2002 07:55:23 -0400 <ElissaJC@...> writes:

> Does anyone
> have
> ideas on easy readers that are a little more interesting for tweens?

How about comic books? Rain still loves the Archies, and she really
learned to read with them....

There is a Mary Kate and Ashley series written at 2nd grade level or so,
maybe for down the road a bit..

Dar

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Thanks Dar, I didn't even THINK of comic books!
She loves them!
I did find a new magazine called Kid Power. It hg=ighlights all the popular
cartoon characters and has articles related to them that delve into pretty
interesting subjects (Ginger talking about geology)
When she handed it to me at teh store and said "Does this say Kid Power?" I
breathed that sigh of relief!
~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

Lisa M. C. Bentley

> Does anyone have
> ideas on easy readers that are a little more interesting for tweens? (That
> would inolve babysitting, horses or Mary Kate and Ashley? LOL )

Magic Tree House series (very easy readers)
Magic School Bus chapter books
Mary-Kate and Ashley Detective series (the other series aren't good for
early readers IMO, but the detective stories are quite fun)

-Lisa in AZ