New in Quebec, looking for info...
Genevieve Labonté
Hi,
I'm extremely glad to have found this place, it looks like *a lot* of fun. I've been reading tons about unschooling and am convinced this is the way to go.
First off, I'm Genevieve, mom to 4 greatly curious boys, 5, 3 1/2, and 2X 9months living in the suburbs of Montreal, Quebec, Canada . I did cave-in and sent Felix to school, mostly because, well, I don't know LOL! and I totally regret it and will undo that quite soon. So now, I'm looking in for info about our laws; which I found, but even more, experience from BTDT in Quebec (anyone around here?). I look like an alien dumped from an alien planet when I talk about homeschooling around me, and even worst when it comes to unschooling. All I find is related to "school-at-home" which I am *not* going to do.
Another question I have is feeding 4 curious minds at once... is it possible? Do lots of you unschool more than 2-3?
I guess these are more concerns I have before I let go, since I'll most likely have the hang of being split in four when time needed. =)
Genevieve,
Felix *June 4th 1997*
Jonathan *February 21st 1999*
Xavier and Robin **November 27th 2001 **
fihz@...
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I'm extremely glad to have found this place, it looks like *a lot* of fun. I've been reading tons about unschooling and am convinced this is the way to go.
First off, I'm Genevieve, mom to 4 greatly curious boys, 5, 3 1/2, and 2X 9months living in the suburbs of Montreal, Quebec, Canada . I did cave-in and sent Felix to school, mostly because, well, I don't know LOL! and I totally regret it and will undo that quite soon. So now, I'm looking in for info about our laws; which I found, but even more, experience from BTDT in Quebec (anyone around here?). I look like an alien dumped from an alien planet when I talk about homeschooling around me, and even worst when it comes to unschooling. All I find is related to "school-at-home" which I am *not* going to do.
Another question I have is feeding 4 curious minds at once... is it possible? Do lots of you unschool more than 2-3?
I guess these are more concerns I have before I let go, since I'll most likely have the hang of being split in four when time needed. =)
Genevieve,
Felix *June 4th 1997*
Jonathan *February 21st 1999*
Xavier and Robin **November 27th 2001 **
fihz@...
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Gerard Westenberg
<Another question I have is feeding 4 curious minds at once... is it possible? Do lots of you unschool more than 2-3? >
Hello Genevieve, We have seven children and so, I think its possible to unschool with four or more - its just different. Know what I mean? Simply because there is more - more questions, more interests, more bodies! But there is also the synergy of shared interests in the family - and the fun of always having someone around to play with....I think unschooling looks a bit different for each family anyway, small or large or whatever...Leonie W.
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Hello Genevieve, We have seven children and so, I think its possible to unschool with four or more - its just different. Know what I mean? Simply because there is more - more questions, more interests, more bodies! But there is also the synergy of shared interests in the family - and the fun of always having someone around to play with....I think unschooling looks a bit different for each family anyway, small or large or whatever...Leonie W.
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MO Milligans
At 05:49 PM 9/20/02 -0400, you wrote:
Welcome to the list, Genevieve! Nice to meet you. I don't have any
knowledge of how homeschooling's done in Canada, but surely someone here
does :)
Btw: I live in the "lower 48", in Missouri :)
Todd
"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.
I will choose Free will" -Rush (and Todd)
http://rambleman.tripod.com/index.html
>I'm extremely glad to have found this place, it looks like *a lot* of==
>fun. I've been reading tons about unschooling and am convinced this is
>the way to go.
>
>First off, I'm Genevieve, mom to 4 greatly curious boys, 5, 3 1/2, and 2X
>9months living in the suburbs of Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Welcome to the list, Genevieve! Nice to meet you. I don't have any
knowledge of how homeschooling's done in Canada, but surely someone here
does :)
Btw: I live in the "lower 48", in Missouri :)
Todd
"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.
I will choose Free will" -Rush (and Todd)
http://rambleman.tripod.com/index.html
Tia Leschke
> First off, I'm Genevieve, mom to 4 greatly curious boys, 5, 3 1/2, and 2X9months living in the suburbs of Montreal, Quebec, Canada . I did cave-in
and sent Felix to school, mostly because, well, I don't know LOL! and I
totally regret it and will undo that quite soon. So now, I'm looking in for
info about our laws; which I found, but even more, experience from BTDT in
Quebec (anyone around here?). I look like an alien dumped from an alien
planet when I talk about homeschooling around me, and even worst when it
comes to unschooling. All I find is related to "school-at-home" which I am
*not* going to do.
There are lots of unschoolers on hs-ca. There's also a lower-traffic list
called (I think) Unschooling_Canada. (I don't have use of my regular mail
reader with addresses, etc. right now) To subscribe, send a message to
[email protected] for hs-ca and
[email protected]. You might have to play around
with the second one (upper/lower case, underline or hyphen). Or you could
go to Yahoo Groups and search for it.
Tia
Genevieve Labonté
Thanks Leonie,
I guess it's just the scare of the beginning. I see those "shared interests" already in my two oldest boys. They even "contaminated" the neighbor with all their fun stuff LOL! I guess I just see a whirlwind of questions in a few years, and that makes me a bit anxious. I must say though, that we already have tons of questions from my oldest two and it's not that bad :-)
Genevieve,
Felix *June 4th 1997*
Jonathan *February 21st 1999*
Xavier and Robin **November 27th 2001 **
fihz@...
Hello Genevieve, We have seven children and so, I think its possible to unschool with four or more - its just different. Know what I mean? Simply because there is more - more questions, more interests, more bodies! But there is also the synergy of shared interests in the family - and the fun of always having someone around to play with....I think unschooling looks a bit different for each family anyway, small or large or whatever...Leonie W.
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I guess it's just the scare of the beginning. I see those "shared interests" already in my two oldest boys. They even "contaminated" the neighbor with all their fun stuff LOL! I guess I just see a whirlwind of questions in a few years, and that makes me a bit anxious. I must say though, that we already have tons of questions from my oldest two and it's not that bad :-)
Genevieve,
Felix *June 4th 1997*
Jonathan *February 21st 1999*
Xavier and Robin **November 27th 2001 **
fihz@...
Hello Genevieve, We have seven children and so, I think its possible to unschool with four or more - its just different. Know what I mean? Simply because there is more - more questions, more interests, more bodies! But there is also the synergy of shared interests in the family - and the fun of always having someone around to play with....I think unschooling looks a bit different for each family anyway, small or large or whatever...Leonie W.
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Genevieve Labonté
Thanks Todd!
I found quite a bit of lists, but haven't found much real-life people. I don't know, I guess everyone's hiding :-)
Genevieve,
Felix *June 4th 1997*
Jonathan *February 21st 1999*
Xavier and Robin **November 27th 2001 **
fihz@...
Welcome to the list, Genevieve! Nice to meet you. I don't have any
knowledge of how homeschooling's done in Canada, but surely someone here
does :)
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I found quite a bit of lists, but haven't found much real-life people. I don't know, I guess everyone's hiding :-)
Genevieve,
Felix *June 4th 1997*
Jonathan *February 21st 1999*
Xavier and Robin **November 27th 2001 **
fihz@...
Welcome to the list, Genevieve! Nice to meet you. I don't have any
knowledge of how homeschooling's done in Canada, but surely someone here
does :)
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Gerard Westenberg
<I guess I just see a whirlwind of questions in a few years, and that makes me a bit anxious. I must say though, that we already have tons of questions from my oldest two and it's not that bad :-) >
Yes - iI found that we and the the children just kind of grew together, on the relaxed homeschooling then unschooling journey....The work load as far as clutter, clothes, etc is more, of course, with more children - and more of this falls on me as the adult who spends more time at home.....I also need a break every now and then from the constant ( but pleasant) noise - I usually find that an occasional outing by myself or an occasional early night for me, in bed with a book, to be a real help with giving me some sapce and peace...Leonie W.
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Yes - iI found that we and the the children just kind of grew together, on the relaxed homeschooling then unschooling journey....The work load as far as clutter, clothes, etc is more, of course, with more children - and more of this falls on me as the adult who spends more time at home.....I also need a break every now and then from the constant ( but pleasant) noise - I usually find that an occasional outing by myself or an occasional early night for me, in bed with a book, to be a real help with giving me some sapce and peace...Leonie W.
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