Special needs article
AnneO <[email protected]>
I've had the most wonderful and overwhelming requests for my
article...It's amazing to me how many people can relate to
unschooling a unique, quirky, out-of-sync child. Thanks to all who
have written and asked to read it.
I wanted to write here again to let those interested know that I have
been asked to speak on this topic (unschooling *out-of-sync*
children) at three conferences: in Connecticut, Maryland and South
Carolina.
If you are in or near any of those states, and are interested in
conference details, let me know.
I invest my computer time at the message boards at unschooling.com.
So if anyone would like to pop over there and read the special needs
folders, we always have wonderful conversations going on. Right now
there's a great conversation in progress about Indigo Children.
Be Well ~
Anne
article...It's amazing to me how many people can relate to
unschooling a unique, quirky, out-of-sync child. Thanks to all who
have written and asked to read it.
I wanted to write here again to let those interested know that I have
been asked to speak on this topic (unschooling *out-of-sync*
children) at three conferences: in Connecticut, Maryland and South
Carolina.
If you are in or near any of those states, and are interested in
conference details, let me know.
I invest my computer time at the message boards at unschooling.com.
So if anyone would like to pop over there and read the special needs
folders, we always have wonderful conversations going on. Right now
there's a great conversation in progress about Indigo Children.
Be Well ~
Anne
Kelly
I would be very interested in your Maryland conference? (Would it happen to be at the MHEA Conference in Annapolis, Maryland on the 5th of April? We're already registered for this conference, and a good friend of mine is one of the speakers)
I'm the mom of the autistic son. He'll be 9 in May and we're using only a math curriculum with him, but your email really gave me food for thought as to whether we even need to do that with him. (I don't use any curriculum with my almost 12 year old daughter).
Thank you in advance for any help you can offer!!
Kelly
I'm the mom of the autistic son. He'll be 9 in May and we're using only a math curriculum with him, but your email really gave me food for thought as to whether we even need to do that with him. (I don't use any curriculum with my almost 12 year old daughter).
Thank you in advance for any help you can offer!!
Kelly
----- Original Message -----
From: AnneO <ohman@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 1:45 PM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Special needs article
I've had the most wonderful and overwhelming requests for my
article...It's amazing to me how many people can relate to
unschooling a unique, quirky, out-of-sync child. Thanks to all who
have written and asked to read it.
I wanted to write here again to let those interested know that I have
been asked to speak on this topic (unschooling *out-of-sync*
children) at three conferences: in Connecticut, Maryland and South
Carolina.
If you are in or near any of those states, and are interested in
conference details, let me know.
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
AnneO <[email protected]>
Kelly <apmomto4@c...> wrote:
of April?<
God, I hope not!! I'm not ready!! I think it's in June.
If you e-mail me, I'll send you the info as soon as I have it.
The important thing to remember about unschooling math is that it's
not doing nothing. Sometimes it's thinking out loud, talking out
loud, figuring out answsers yourself out loud. It's conversations
about patterns, numbers. It's doing puzzles, computer games,
blocks. It's weighing produce at the grocery store and calculating
the cost. It's saving for something you love, figuring tax, also.
I'll always remember when my son came to me and told me he had thirty-
some dollars and some cents. I went into his room and looked at his
bed...he had piles of coins all over it. I never sat down with him
and told him the value of the coins. He learned from using them. He
learned from gumball machines (well, they're not gumballs anymore,
and they're not a penny anymore either!)! He learned from using.
From living. And he poured out his bank and counted all his coins
because he wanted to know if he had enough money for something he
wanted to buy.
Think of unschooling math in those terms, and compare that in your
mind to schooling math. Which would REALLY inspire true learning in
your child? Sitting down to a worksheet with numbers? Or real life
situations where the child has a need and desire to find an
answer...usually associated with something joyful.
~ Anne
> I would be very interested in your Maryland conference? (Would ithappen to be at the MHEA Conference in Annapolis, Maryland on the 5th
of April?<
God, I hope not!! I'm not ready!! I think it's in June.
If you e-mail me, I'll send you the info as soon as I have it.
The important thing to remember about unschooling math is that it's
not doing nothing. Sometimes it's thinking out loud, talking out
loud, figuring out answsers yourself out loud. It's conversations
about patterns, numbers. It's doing puzzles, computer games,
blocks. It's weighing produce at the grocery store and calculating
the cost. It's saving for something you love, figuring tax, also.
I'll always remember when my son came to me and told me he had thirty-
some dollars and some cents. I went into his room and looked at his
bed...he had piles of coins all over it. I never sat down with him
and told him the value of the coins. He learned from using them. He
learned from gumball machines (well, they're not gumballs anymore,
and they're not a penny anymore either!)! He learned from using.
From living. And he poured out his bank and counted all his coins
because he wanted to know if he had enough money for something he
wanted to buy.
Think of unschooling math in those terms, and compare that in your
mind to schooling math. Which would REALLY inspire true learning in
your child? Sitting down to a worksheet with numbers? Or real life
situations where the child has a need and desire to find an
answer...usually associated with something joyful.
~ Anne