[Unschooling-dotcom] An "unschooling" day
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Ok, after reading everybodies advice, I figured that now was as good as a
time as any to put it into action. So all day I did nothing. Nothing,
that is, except what I wanted. My house has been in a total disarray
since the holidays, so I decided to start putting away some of the
presents and stuff. When I unpacked some mugs I got, 5dd thought that the
bubble sacks that they were packed in were pretty cool. She got out her
beads, pompoms, buttons, yarn, etc. and glued faces and hair on them to
make hand puppets that she called "poppets". As she is doing this, I hear
her and 3yo sis talking back and forth in jibberish. I inquired what
language she was speaking and she told me "Jennish" (her name is Jenni).
I went back to my task at hand, and the three of us continued to only
talk to each other in this newfound language, and could pretty much tell
what each other was saying. While she was waiting for the glue to dry on
her "poppets", she started writing me little notes written in "Jennish".
When I didn't understand what she was trying to tell me in the notes she
got very frustrated with me. "But Mom, you knew what I meant when I
talked Jennish, how come you don't when I write Jennish?" Then we got
into a discussion about communication, and how her words were not the
only way I understood what she wanted. I explained that I also watch her
eyes and her hands, and that you can't see them when you are reading
something. Then she asked me if that is why I took so long doing my
e-mails. I thought, hmmm.....very observant. I told her yes, I have a
hard time because I don't always know how people intend to mean things,
and being fairly new at this whole computer thing, I don't know how to
convey and decipher
e-motions very well. It would be easier if I could see their eyes and
hands. She thought about this and went back to her poppets. After a while
or so, she came back to me, finding me buried in a load of wash. "Look
Mom. My poppets have their own language too", as she proceeded to pop the
bubbles to make them talk. I asked her if she knew what they meant. She
said, "No, but I know they are happy." "How do you know they are happy?"
And her reply was this:
"Mom, sometimes you have to look at mouths too. See the smile I glued
on?"
What a great day! Thanks all for your input.
Wende
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time as any to put it into action. So all day I did nothing. Nothing,
that is, except what I wanted. My house has been in a total disarray
since the holidays, so I decided to start putting away some of the
presents and stuff. When I unpacked some mugs I got, 5dd thought that the
bubble sacks that they were packed in were pretty cool. She got out her
beads, pompoms, buttons, yarn, etc. and glued faces and hair on them to
make hand puppets that she called "poppets". As she is doing this, I hear
her and 3yo sis talking back and forth in jibberish. I inquired what
language she was speaking and she told me "Jennish" (her name is Jenni).
I went back to my task at hand, and the three of us continued to only
talk to each other in this newfound language, and could pretty much tell
what each other was saying. While she was waiting for the glue to dry on
her "poppets", she started writing me little notes written in "Jennish".
When I didn't understand what she was trying to tell me in the notes she
got very frustrated with me. "But Mom, you knew what I meant when I
talked Jennish, how come you don't when I write Jennish?" Then we got
into a discussion about communication, and how her words were not the
only way I understood what she wanted. I explained that I also watch her
eyes and her hands, and that you can't see them when you are reading
something. Then she asked me if that is why I took so long doing my
e-mails. I thought, hmmm.....very observant. I told her yes, I have a
hard time because I don't always know how people intend to mean things,
and being fairly new at this whole computer thing, I don't know how to
convey and decipher
e-motions very well. It would be easier if I could see their eyes and
hands. She thought about this and went back to her poppets. After a while
or so, she came back to me, finding me buried in a load of wash. "Look
Mom. My poppets have their own language too", as she proceeded to pop the
bubbles to make them talk. I asked her if she knew what they meant. She
said, "No, but I know they are happy." "How do you know they are happy?"
And her reply was this:
"Mom, sometimes you have to look at mouths too. See the smile I glued
on?"
What a great day! Thanks all for your input.
Wende
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In a message dated 1/7/03 3:28:43 PM Eastern Standard Time,
love-it-here@... writes:
Sounds like you had a pretty great day.
Pam G.
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love-it-here@... writes:
> "Mom, sometimes you have to look at mouths too. See the smile I gluedWende,
> on?"
>
>
Sounds like you had a pretty great day.
Pam G.
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