mary krzyzanowski

Anybody have ideas for getting silly putty (store-bought) off jeans and a
sleeping bag?
TIA
Mary-NY






>From: Alan & Brenda Leonard <abtleo@...>
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] math
>Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 01:57:56 +0100
>
>2/6/03 22:36:
>
> > He just can't do it on paper, which is what the school will want him to
>be
> > able to do.
>
>But it's a bigger problem than what the school wants. If you can't do it
>on
>paper, somehow you're missing a piece in your head.
>
>Many people here have talked about how their kids know how to do math
>things, but not on paper. They know how to do them in their minds, because
>they understand the concept. When shown how to do it on paper, it's a
>simple transfer.
>
>I think it's like learning to play piano without music, and then having
>someone explain what the silly little black marks on the paper mean. This
>black dot here refers to this key on the piano, and we call it C. We could
>call it George, or Fudnups, or whatever, but we call it C. It's giving a
>name and a symbol to something that any pianist would understand, but
>didn't
>know how to put into writing.
>
>School math is all about memorizing a series of steps to convert fractions,
>come up with common denominators, multiply them, etc. If your son
>memorizes
>that series of steps, then he'll "get" it. But only as long as he
>remembers
>the steps. (Hopefully long enough for the test is how I usually figured
>it!). But if he truly understand the big picture and understands what
>fractions and decimals are, and how they work *in real life*, then doing it
>on paper is merely an extension of that.
>
>For him to have success at this, he needs to go find fractions, decimals,
>and all that stuff, all over your life. USE them, manipulate them, and
>live
>with them. When you go back to the paper, THEN your son can expect
>success.
>
>brenda
>


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Mary Bianco

>From: "mary krzyzanowski" <meembeam@...>

<<Anybody have ideas for getting silly putty (store-bought) off jeans and a
sleeping bag?>>


Funny you should ask. I just posted this awhile ago. Alcohol will take it
out. You may have to use a lot but it dissolves it. If there was a lot,
right after I got it out I washed the clothing right away so it didn't leave
any discoloration clue that it had been there.

Mary B


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