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In a message dated 8/27/2002 10:25:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:


> My point then was this: Even though my children are young I feel like I can
>
> learn from this list. So that when they get to be 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 it
> won't
> feel strange to continue on the way we have been all along. I would hate
> to
> feel that since I don't need to be concerned (therefore don't belong??)
> with
> it now I can just forget about it and come back in 3 yrs.

Don't take, "Just let them play," as meaning you shouldn't be thinking about
their learning. Its the same advice that parents of a 14 yo might get here.
We don't care how old your kids are - the principles of unschooling are the
same. Support your kids interests, help them discover their passions, provide
them with an enriched environment, live a good life, enjoy yourselves, be
curious, enjoy learning, work hard, make friends, laugh a lot, sing and play.

--pam

National Home Education Network
http://www.NHEN.org
Changing the Way the World Sees Homeschooling!


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In a message dated 8/28/02 12:25:47 AM, [email protected]
writes:

<< I'm thinking he can handle some pretty complicated ideas if
he gets to take them in on the comfort of his couch. Do you want to
recommend anything? (The rest of you are welcome to chime in.)
>>

There's tons of stuff at my library. We just watched "You Can't Take it With
You," the version with Jason Robards. I do recommend the "Our Town" that was
done on PBS with Glynnis Johns as Emily - NOT the old movie. I liked the
recent movie of "Importance of Being Earnest" but we were so immersed in it
that we were ready for a change from a simply straight version.

I'll post more as I think of them.

Paula, who also feels like she movie-and-theater-schools her kids