Tia Leschke

>
> When they were toddlers and wanted to walk around, I would walk around
with
> them, help them in the hard places, help them touch the things that were
okay
> to touch, and let them wait and look at caterpillars or whatever slow
things
> they wanted to see. I figured it was my job as a mom to let them see what
> they wanted to see, and tell them what I knew about it, listen to what
they
> thought about it too.

I wonder if this could be called the essence of unschooling. All that
changes as they get older is what they want to look at and how we help them
do that. At any rate, this is something I wish I had read long ago.
Tia

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In a message dated 2/6/03 12:41:35 PM, leschke@... writes:

<< > When they were toddlers and wanted to walk around, I would walk around
with
> them, help them in the hard places, help them touch the things that were
okay
> to touch, and let them wait and look at caterpillars or whatever slow
things
> they wanted to see. I figured it was my job as a mom to let them see what
> they wanted to see, and tell them what I knew about it, listen to what
they
> thought about it too.

<<I wonder if this could be called the essence of unschooling. All that
changes as they get older is what they want to look at and how we help them
do that. At any rate, this is something I wish I had read long ago.
Tia >>

Thanks.

Too many parents (even unschoolers) simply tell the toddler that there's a
walk scheduled for next Thursday when other families can go too, and that on
Saturday there will be a caterpillar at the zoo with a docent and an
entymologist to answer all their questions. <bwg>

Kids that small don't know what "Saturday" means, they just want to know more
about that thing they're seeing Right Now.

Sandra