Re: 2235 Pre-unschoolers
Luz Shosie and Ned Vare
on 8/12/02 6:50 PM, [email protected] at
[email protected] wrote:
Kevin Tucker wrote:
learn that there is a list for people with toddlers that calls itself by
that very name, and guess what -- the talk, Diane says, is about SCHOOLING
-- actual curricula for mere babies.
In your case, by virtue of your intention to unschool, your kid is most
definitely already in the club.
May I ask, how exactly do you do things differently from parents of
pre-schoolers? That, it would seem to me, is what this list is about.
Thanks.
Ned Vare
Suburbia is where the developer bulldozez out the trees, and then names the
strees after them. -- Bill Vaughn
[email protected] wrote:
Kevin Tucker wrote:
> I have a 3yo daughter, and although she would be considered aRight Tuck. I used the word Pre-unschooler as a joke, and was surprised to
> "preschooler" in the world at large, I consider that she is already an
> unschooler, not a "pre-unschooler".
learn that there is a list for people with toddlers that calls itself by
that very name, and guess what -- the talk, Diane says, is about SCHOOLING
-- actual curricula for mere babies.
In your case, by virtue of your intention to unschool, your kid is most
definitely already in the club.
May I ask, how exactly do you do things differently from parents of
pre-schoolers? That, it would seem to me, is what this list is about.
Thanks.
Ned Vare
Suburbia is where the developer bulldozez out the trees, and then names the
strees after them. -- Bill Vaughn
[email protected]
Ned,
I realize that you meant your original remark as a joke, but it's a kind
of a pet peeve. Everyone assumes that you will send your child to school!
Even though people have called her a pre-schooler and I have not verbally
objected every time, it still bugs me. However, as I said earlier, she
has taken to correcting people for me ("I'm going to homeschool!").
As for what I do different, it is mostly a case what I do NOT do. I don't
assume that she needs my intervention to figure out how to do things, so I
try to stay out of her way and let her work though things on her own.
Also, I try not to make patronizing comments ("You're so smart to be able
to do X"). I want her to think that it is natural to be able to do
whatever it is she can do. Also, I used to answer her questions with
questions ("What do you think it spells?"). After thinking about it, I
realized how much it annoys me when people answer my questions like that,
so I've just started to answer her questions, regardless of how basic they
are, and how much I think she may already know the answer. Altogether, I
would say that it is a case of respecting her intelligence and not
treating her as a "child" (where "child" is used a pejorative), but rather
as an human who doesn't happen to have the experience that I have, but is
fully capable of understanding/reasoning on her own.
Kevin
Luz Shosie and Ned Vare <nedvare@...>
08/13/2002 01:12 PM
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on 8/12/02 6:50 PM, [email protected] at
[email protected] wrote:
Kevin Tucker wrote:
learn that there is a list for people with toddlers that calls itself by
that very name, and guess what -- the talk, Diane says, is about SCHOOLING
-- actual curricula for mere babies.
In your case, by virtue of your intention to unschool, your kid is most
definitely already in the club.
May I ask, how exactly do you do things differently from parents of
pre-schoolers? That, it would seem to me, is what this list is about.
Thanks.
Ned Vare
Suburbia is where the developer bulldozez out the trees, and then names
the
strees after them. -- Bill Vaughn
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I realize that you meant your original remark as a joke, but it's a kind
of a pet peeve. Everyone assumes that you will send your child to school!
Even though people have called her a pre-schooler and I have not verbally
objected every time, it still bugs me. However, as I said earlier, she
has taken to correcting people for me ("I'm going to homeschool!").
As for what I do different, it is mostly a case what I do NOT do. I don't
assume that she needs my intervention to figure out how to do things, so I
try to stay out of her way and let her work though things on her own.
Also, I try not to make patronizing comments ("You're so smart to be able
to do X"). I want her to think that it is natural to be able to do
whatever it is she can do. Also, I used to answer her questions with
questions ("What do you think it spells?"). After thinking about it, I
realized how much it annoys me when people answer my questions like that,
so I've just started to answer her questions, regardless of how basic they
are, and how much I think she may already know the answer. Altogether, I
would say that it is a case of respecting her intelligence and not
treating her as a "child" (where "child" is used a pejorative), but rather
as an human who doesn't happen to have the experience that I have, but is
fully capable of understanding/reasoning on her own.
Kevin
Luz Shosie and Ned Vare <nedvare@...>
08/13/2002 01:12 PM
Please respond to Unschooling-dotcom
To: <[email protected]>
cc:
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: 2235 Pre-unschoolers
on 8/12/02 6:50 PM, [email protected] at
[email protected] wrote:
Kevin Tucker wrote:
> I have a 3yo daughter, and although she would be considered aRight Tuck. I used the word Pre-unschooler as a joke, and was surprised to
> "preschooler" in the world at large, I consider that she is already an
> unschooler, not a "pre-unschooler".
learn that there is a list for people with toddlers that calls itself by
that very name, and guess what -- the talk, Diane says, is about SCHOOLING
-- actual curricula for mere babies.
In your case, by virtue of your intention to unschool, your kid is most
definitely already in the club.
May I ask, how exactly do you do things differently from parents of
pre-schoolers? That, it would seem to me, is what this list is about.
Thanks.
Ned Vare
Suburbia is where the developer bulldozez out the trees, and then names
the
strees after them. -- Bill Vaughn
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