large families
Tim and Suzy Landreth
I was happy to see some people on here with large families! My question,
how do you handle unschooling with more than 4 kids? We have 6; 3 boys
15,14,12 and 3 girls 9,6, 2.
Right now, my 15 yr old really wants to go to high school next year because
he doesn't like hanging around with us all of the time. Anyone else with
lots of siblings experience this?
Suzy
how do you handle unschooling with more than 4 kids? We have 6; 3 boys
15,14,12 and 3 girls 9,6, 2.
Right now, my 15 yr old really wants to go to high school next year because
he doesn't like hanging around with us all of the time. Anyone else with
lots of siblings experience this?
Suzy
Gerard Westenberg
<<Right now, my 15 yr old really wants to go to high school next year because
he doesn't like hanging around with us all of the time.>>.
My older boys have all enjoyed having their own things to do outside the famly - and we have enouraged this. So, they have time to be themselves without family around always...Mostly, this has been volunteer work ( at a maritime museum, doing gardening) or part time paid work. They have also organised regular things with friends - a golfing afternoon each Wednesday with a couple of other friends, they play war games on Saturday afternoons with friends at different houses, joined a youth version of a political party...They like to have to have their own interests, on their own time, in their own way...Might be what your son is looking for and maybe he could do these sort of things, without resorting to school and school restrictions on his time...Leonie W.
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he doesn't like hanging around with us all of the time.>>.
My older boys have all enjoyed having their own things to do outside the famly - and we have enouraged this. So, they have time to be themselves without family around always...Mostly, this has been volunteer work ( at a maritime museum, doing gardening) or part time paid work. They have also organised regular things with friends - a golfing afternoon each Wednesday with a couple of other friends, they play war games on Saturday afternoons with friends at different houses, joined a youth version of a political party...They like to have to have their own interests, on their own time, in their own way...Might be what your son is looking for and maybe he could do these sort of things, without resorting to school and school restrictions on his time...Leonie W.
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[email protected]
In a message dated 1/11/2003 1:00:49 PM Central Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
youngers ones usually pick up on things that the older ones are doing.
My oldest daughter will often print up things from the free worksheets or
coloring pages.
They 6 yr old has pretty much learn by watching. She is writing on her own.
She sees her older sisters writing letters to friends and traces really well.
Our 18 month old often steals the 3 & 6 yr old's pencils and gets paper and
scribbles already.....
They enjoy being with each other and if someone is sick or has a hospital
emergency, they will not function well until everything is back in it's place
or they get a call telling them that everything is ok . They have that
closeness even though they will fight.......
Kim
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[email protected] writes:
> I was happy to see some people on here with large families! My question,That is easy......the older ones tend to watch the younger ones......The
> how do you handle unschooling with more than 4 kids? We have 6; 3 boys
> 15,14,12 and 3 girls 9,6, 2.
>
youngers ones usually pick up on things that the older ones are doing.
My oldest daughter will often print up things from the free worksheets or
coloring pages.
They 6 yr old has pretty much learn by watching. She is writing on her own.
She sees her older sisters writing letters to friends and traces really well.
Our 18 month old often steals the 3 & 6 yr old's pencils and gets paper and
scribbles already.....
> Right now, my 15 yr old really wants to go to high school next year becauseI have always asked them if they wanted to go and all of them have said no.
> he doesn't like hanging around with us all of the time. Anyone else with
> lots of siblings experience this?
They enjoy being with each other and if someone is sick or has a hospital
emergency, they will not function well until everything is back in it's place
or they get a call telling them that everything is ok . They have that
closeness even though they will fight.......
Kim
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Mary Bianco
<<In a message dated 1/11/2003 1:00:49 PM Central Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:>>
<<I was happy to see some people on here with large families! My question,
how do you handle unschooling with more than 4 kids? We have 6; 3 boys
15,14,12 and 3 girls 9,6, 2.>>
Well I don't have a large family but with my 3 youngest, I find it actually
easier than when there is just one. They all keep each other occupied and
each one has interests that the others pick up on also. The two middle ones
are almost 7 and just 8 and the baby is 2. The two older ones are great with
their little sister and she adores them. I find her so much different at
this age then all of my other three were. I know it's because of the
interaction she has with them and her trying to kep up and do what they do.
I've been around families with only one or two children and see a definite
difference in how they need to homeschool or unschool. Not a bad thing, just
different.
Mary B
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[email protected] writes:>>
<<I was happy to see some people on here with large families! My question,
how do you handle unschooling with more than 4 kids? We have 6; 3 boys
15,14,12 and 3 girls 9,6, 2.>>
Well I don't have a large family but with my 3 youngest, I find it actually
easier than when there is just one. They all keep each other occupied and
each one has interests that the others pick up on also. The two middle ones
are almost 7 and just 8 and the baby is 2. The two older ones are great with
their little sister and she adores them. I find her so much different at
this age then all of my other three were. I know it's because of the
interaction she has with them and her trying to kep up and do what they do.
I've been around families with only one or two children and see a definite
difference in how they need to homeschool or unschool. Not a bad thing, just
different.
Mary B
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