[email protected]

In a message dated 9/12/2002 1:56:04 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:


> OK, so I didn't get it huh...lol I'm trying to. So I need to
> rethink my thinking, to where it's not teaching or any kind of
> lessons, but fun educational activities?

Just fun. They'll learn without you making life "educational" on purpose.
Life IS educational, automatically.

But - if that's too much of a mind-twist, to start with -- start an
observational journal.Don't do any lessons. Play lots of games, read aloud to
them, dig in the dirt, cook, run around, play dressups, sing songs, bang on
the piano, play with a tape recorder, build with legos or blocks, do puzzles,
draw and paint and color wildly......

Your job is to look at all the things they do and get in touch with WHY they
are doing them - what are they learning?

They are ALWAYS learning if it is something they are choosing to do
themselves. Learning is the same as living IF a person is free to choose how
to live their own life.

Keep a journal for a while, jotting down the learning you see happening,
until you don't need to anymore.

--pam

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


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[email protected]

In a message dated 9/12/2002 1:56:04 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:


> So how do I unschool, yet still follow the guidelines set by the
> state? I don't want Mariah to take an assessment test next year and
> them force me to put her back in public schools just because she
> hasn't learned what they say she needs too.

Now we're talking state laws - what state are you in -- we'll help you
figure out whether or not your fears are reasonable.

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


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