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In a message dated 4/8/03 8:48:54 AM Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< I can see that I have a lot to learn before I can even begin to school
them properly >>
The whole point is to not school, NEVER, EVER. Get school and "work" out of
your life.
Making them do things to appease you is only going to lead to anger and
resentment, no true learning.
If your dd likes tv and not the work you give her, then DROP the work and
watch tv with her!!!
Unschooling is not a method of getting certain information into your
children.
It is totally trusting that THEY know what they need for their lives and
enjoying their interests (and your own) with them WITHOUT making a "plan" or
"work" or school of it!!
Breathe deep and let it go....just say NO to school. :)
Pretend like you're on vacation with them today Yoki. You are going to find
fun things to do together and DO them, just because you love each other and
want to have a joyful day. Then start living EVERY day like this and you'll
be unschooling.
Cheers,
Ren
"The sun is shining--the sun is shining. That is the magic. The flowers are
growing--the roots are stirring. That is the magic. Being alive is the
magic--being strong is the magic The magic is in me--the magic is in
me....It's in every one of us."
----Frances Hodgson Burnett
[email protected] writes:
<< I can see that I have a lot to learn before I can even begin to school
them properly >>
The whole point is to not school, NEVER, EVER. Get school and "work" out of
your life.
Making them do things to appease you is only going to lead to anger and
resentment, no true learning.
If your dd likes tv and not the work you give her, then DROP the work and
watch tv with her!!!
Unschooling is not a method of getting certain information into your
children.
It is totally trusting that THEY know what they need for their lives and
enjoying their interests (and your own) with them WITHOUT making a "plan" or
"work" or school of it!!
Breathe deep and let it go....just say NO to school. :)
Pretend like you're on vacation with them today Yoki. You are going to find
fun things to do together and DO them, just because you love each other and
want to have a joyful day. Then start living EVERY day like this and you'll
be unschooling.
Cheers,
Ren
"The sun is shining--the sun is shining. That is the magic. The flowers are
growing--the roots are stirring. That is the magic. Being alive is the
magic--being strong is the magic The magic is in me--the magic is in
me....It's in every one of us."
----Frances Hodgson Burnett
[email protected]
In a message dated 4/8/03 8:48:54 AM Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< Mind you, his grammar and vocabulary is stellar for a child his age, but
I am still worried. >>
Quit worrying and just enjoy him for who he is. Your children will pick up on
your fears and worries, it's not the best way to be joyfully unschooling.
Ren
"The sun is shining--the sun is shining. That is the magic. The flowers are
growing--the roots are stirring. That is the magic. Being alive is the
magic--being strong is the magic The magic is in me--the magic is in
me....It's in every one of us."
----Frances Hodgson Burnett
[email protected] writes:
<< Mind you, his grammar and vocabulary is stellar for a child his age, but
I am still worried. >>
Quit worrying and just enjoy him for who he is. Your children will pick up on
your fears and worries, it's not the best way to be joyfully unschooling.
Ren
"The sun is shining--the sun is shining. That is the magic. The flowers are
growing--the roots are stirring. That is the magic. Being alive is the
magic--being strong is the magic The magic is in me--the magic is in
me....It's in every one of us."
----Frances Hodgson Burnett
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In a message dated 4/8/03 10:59:23 AM Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
<<
I like for them to be surrounded by whatever they love. Personalizing their
rooms is a (relatively) cheap and artistic way to create a "haven" and to
let
them really get into their interests. >>
I totally agree with Kelly!! (and Duncans bat cave IS really cool!)
A childs room should be exactly what they love, it should calm and soothe and
surround them with what they love best...their own haven.
Jared and Jalen have a ship/ocean themed room right now. There is a ship's
wheel, wooden pirate, starfish, miniature sailboats etc...all over the walls.
The whole room is painted with blue and clouds and one wall has an ocean
mural with a ship sailing past and "ships and sails and pirates tails"
curving it's way above the ship.
There is a lighthouse shelf and a rowboat shelf.
And you know what?
Jared's tired of it.
He and Trevor chose it together when they shared the room and now Jared wants
his TRUE love, dragons and castles.
So we've planned the re-do complete with castle walls surrounding him on
every side.
I just have to find the energy to commit myself to this project again..sigh.
AND find someone to sell the ship themed stuff to.....
Ren
"The sun is shining--the sun is shining. That is the magic. The flowers are
growing--the roots are stirring. That is the magic. Being alive is the
magic--being strong is the magic The magic is in me--the magic is in
me....It's in every one of us."
----Frances Hodgson Burnett
[email protected] writes:
<<
I like for them to be surrounded by whatever they love. Personalizing their
rooms is a (relatively) cheap and artistic way to create a "haven" and to
let
them really get into their interests. >>
I totally agree with Kelly!! (and Duncans bat cave IS really cool!)
A childs room should be exactly what they love, it should calm and soothe and
surround them with what they love best...their own haven.
Jared and Jalen have a ship/ocean themed room right now. There is a ship's
wheel, wooden pirate, starfish, miniature sailboats etc...all over the walls.
The whole room is painted with blue and clouds and one wall has an ocean
mural with a ship sailing past and "ships and sails and pirates tails"
curving it's way above the ship.
There is a lighthouse shelf and a rowboat shelf.
And you know what?
Jared's tired of it.
He and Trevor chose it together when they shared the room and now Jared wants
his TRUE love, dragons and castles.
So we've planned the re-do complete with castle walls surrounding him on
every side.
I just have to find the energy to commit myself to this project again..sigh.
AND find someone to sell the ship themed stuff to.....
Ren
"The sun is shining--the sun is shining. That is the magic. The flowers are
growing--the roots are stirring. That is the magic. Being alive is the
magic--being strong is the magic The magic is in me--the magic is in
me....It's in every one of us."
----Frances Hodgson Burnett
Rebecca DeLong
starsuncloud@... wrote:
<<<And you know what?
Jared's tired of it.
He and Trevor chose it together when they shared the room and now Jared wants
his TRUE love, dragons and castles.
So we've planned the re-do complete with castle walls surrounding him on
every side.
I just have to find the energy to commit myself to this project again..sigh.>>>
Jaiden want's the same thing. Dragons, elves, castles, wizards, the whole nine yards. We've been trying to figure out how to give hime what he want's, we live in an apt. and we can't paint.
Do you have an Ikea near you? They have a bunch of castle stuff for kids rooms.
Rebecca
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<<<And you know what?
Jared's tired of it.
He and Trevor chose it together when they shared the room and now Jared wants
his TRUE love, dragons and castles.
So we've planned the re-do complete with castle walls surrounding him on
every side.
I just have to find the energy to commit myself to this project again..sigh.>>>
Jaiden want's the same thing. Dragons, elves, castles, wizards, the whole nine yards. We've been trying to figure out how to give hime what he want's, we live in an apt. and we can't paint.
Do you have an Ikea near you? They have a bunch of castle stuff for kids rooms.
Rebecca
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In a message dated 4/8/03 12:13:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
starsuncloud@... writes:
painted the walls like an ocean with lots of fish, turtles, etc. And the
ceiling is blue. The windows have fish netting hanging on them with sea
shells glued on. They sleep with us but their room is still how they like
it.
Pam G.
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starsuncloud@... writes:
> Jared and Jalen have a ship/ocean themed room right now. There is a ship'sDallen and Phillip's room is sort of like that. They wanted ocean so I
> wheel, wooden pirate, starfish, miniature sailboats etc
painted the walls like an ocean with lots of fish, turtles, etc. And the
ceiling is blue. The windows have fish netting hanging on them with sea
shells glued on. They sleep with us but their room is still how they like
it.
Pam G.
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[email protected]
After leaving behind mural painted walls when we moved I thought why not
paint on giant canvas painters' dropcloths. That way you can roll it up
and bring it with when the time comes. Your landlord won't be upset with
a few small holes to hang it vs. the paint itself.
Just a thought,
Sharon
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paint on giant canvas painters' dropcloths. That way you can roll it up
and bring it with when the time comes. Your landlord won't be upset with
a few small holes to hang it vs. the paint itself.
Just a thought,
Sharon
> Jaiden want's the same thing. Dragons, elves, castles, wizards, the________________________________________________________________
> whole nine yards. We've been trying to figure out how to give hime
> what he want's, we live in an apt. and we can't paint.
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Rebecca DeLong
Great Idea! Thanx, I'll talk to Jason about it...as soon as he gets out of bed :-)
Rebecca
sluror@... wrote:After leaving behind mural painted walls when we moved I thought why not
paint on giant canvas painters' dropcloths. That way you can roll it up
and bring it with when the time comes. Your landlord won't be upset with
a few small holes to hang it vs. the paint itself.
Just a thought,
Sharon
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Rebecca
sluror@... wrote:After leaving behind mural painted walls when we moved I thought why not
paint on giant canvas painters' dropcloths. That way you can roll it up
and bring it with when the time comes. Your landlord won't be upset with
a few small holes to hang it vs. the paint itself.
Just a thought,
Sharon
> Jaiden want's the same thing. Dragons, elves, castles, wizards, the________________________________________________________________
> whole nine yards. We've been trying to figure out how to give hime
> what he want's, we live in an apt. and we can't paint.
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[email protected]
In a message dated 4/8/2003 1:40:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
elfmama@... writes:
sticker/wallpaper/cling type product that has murals and "add ins" such as
you have mentioned and many more things too.
They go on very easily and they come off easily too. I was just introduced
to them a few weeks ago by my friend in Miami who sent me a picture of her
child's wall very similar to what you described but with fairies too (girls'
room) and I thought she had painted it herself (she's an artist). It was
beautiful.
You can google to find websites that offer then, I haven't see anything close
to this quality in stores and they are fairly inexpensive, like ten fairies
for four dollars I think.
Here is one of the bunch of websites that offer them: <A HREF="www.wallies.com">wallies</A>
I hope this will help you.
glena
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elfmama@... writes:
> Jaiden want's the same thing. Dragons, elves, castles, wizards, theThere are things called "wallie" that are sorta a cross between a
> >whole nine yards. We've been trying to figure out how to give hime
> >what he want's, we live in an apt. and we can't paint.
>
sticker/wallpaper/cling type product that has murals and "add ins" such as
you have mentioned and many more things too.
They go on very easily and they come off easily too. I was just introduced
to them a few weeks ago by my friend in Miami who sent me a picture of her
child's wall very similar to what you described but with fairies too (girls'
room) and I thought she had painted it herself (she's an artist). It was
beautiful.
You can google to find websites that offer then, I haven't see anything close
to this quality in stores and they are fairly inexpensive, like ten fairies
for four dollars I think.
Here is one of the bunch of websites that offer them: <A HREF="www.wallies.com">wallies</A>
I hope this will help you.
glena
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Have a Nice Day!
Thanks for sharing this. We just finished a fourth bedroom here and moved into it. We are just about ready to re-do our kids rooms and this will come in VERY handy!
Kristen
Kristen
----- Original Message -----
From: rubyprincesstsg@...
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] kids rooms was:how to make/get
In a message dated 4/8/2003 1:40:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
elfmama@... writes:
> Jaiden want's the same thing. Dragons, elves, castles, wizards, the
> >whole nine yards. We've been trying to figure out how to give hime
> >what he want's, we live in an apt. and we can't paint.
>
There are things called "wallie" that are sorta a cross between a
sticker/wallpaper/cling type product that has murals and "add ins" such as
you have mentioned and many more things too.
They go on very easily and they come off easily too. I was just introduced
to them a few weeks ago by my friend in Miami who sent me a picture of her
child's wall very similar to what you described but with fairies too (girls'
room) and I thought she had painted it herself (she's an artist). It was
beautiful.
You can google to find websites that offer then, I haven't see anything close
to this quality in stores and they are fairly inexpensive, like ten fairies
for four dollars I think.
Here is one of the bunch of websites that offer them: <A HREF="www.wallies.com">wallies</A>
I hope this will help you.
glena
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That is true. When I am really feeling confident and all about what I am doing I do notice a difference in their work. Well I will be getting more help with the homeschooling bit so I am not to worried any more.
yoki
I cried unto the Lord with my voice,
and He heard me out of His holy hill.
Selah
yoki
I cried unto the Lord with my voice,
and He heard me out of His holy hill.
Selah
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From: starsuncloud@...
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 11:04 AM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] how to make/get
In a message dated 4/8/03 8:48:54 AM Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< Mind you, his grammar and vocabulary is stellar for a child his age, but
I am still worried. >>
Quit worrying and just enjoy him for who he is. Your children will pick up on
your fears and worries, it's not the best way to be joyfully unschooling.
Ren
"The sun is shining--the sun is shining. That is the magic. The flowers are
growing--the roots are stirring. That is the magic. Being alive is the
magic--being strong is the magic The magic is in me--the magic is in
me....It's in every one of us."
----Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Thanks! That is good advice. And they do seem to take in more when we just have a crazy day and do whatever. At the end of the day they have learned more than when we have sat down to a day of lessons. And today we were by a friend's house so they were completely exposed to a different lifestyle. A new way of cooking and eating and everything.
Yoki
I cried unto the Lord with my voice,
and He heard me out of His holy hill.
Selah
Yoki
I cried unto the Lord with my voice,
and He heard me out of His holy hill.
Selah
----- Original Message -----
From: starsuncloud@...
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 11:03 AM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] how to make/get
In a message dated 4/8/03 8:48:54 AM Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< I can see that I have a lot to learn before I can even begin to school
them properly >>
The whole point is to not school, NEVER, EVER. Get school and "work" out of
your life.
Making them do things to appease you is only going to lead to anger and
resentment, no true learning.
If your dd likes tv and not the work you give her, then DROP the work and
watch tv with her!!!
Unschooling is not a method of getting certain information into your
children.
It is totally trusting that THEY know what they need for their lives and
enjoying their interests (and your own) with them WITHOUT making a "plan" or
"work" or school of it!!
Breathe deep and let it go....just say NO to school. :)
Pretend like you're on vacation with them today Yoki. You are going to find
fun things to do together and DO them, just because you love each other and
want to have a joyful day. Then start living EVERY day like this and you'll
be unschooling.
Cheers,
Ren
"The sun is shining--the sun is shining. That is the magic. The flowers are
growing--the roots are stirring. That is the magic. Being alive is the
magic--being strong is the magic The magic is in me--the magic is in
me....It's in every one of us."
----Frances Hodgson Burnett
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In a message dated 4/9/03 11:27:22 AM Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< the Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe. (Casey LOVES his poetry,
The Raven in particular.) >>
I must say, she has excellent taste. That's my favorite poem ever!
Ren
"The sun is shining--the sun is shining. That is the magic. The flowers are
growing--the roots are stirring. That is the magic. Being alive is the
magic--being strong is the magic The magic is in me--the magic is in
me....It's in every one of us."
----Frances Hodgson Burnett
[email protected] writes:
<< the Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe. (Casey LOVES his poetry,
The Raven in particular.) >>
I must say, she has excellent taste. That's my favorite poem ever!
Ren
"The sun is shining--the sun is shining. That is the magic. The flowers are
growing--the roots are stirring. That is the magic. Being alive is the
magic--being strong is the magic The magic is in me--the magic is in
me....It's in every one of us."
----Frances Hodgson Burnett
Rebecca DeLong
rubyprincesstsg@... wrote:
<<<Here is one of the bunch of websites that offer them: <A HREF="www.wallies.com">wallies</A>
I hope this will help you.
glena>>>
Thank you Glena, this was helpful
Rebecca
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<<<Here is one of the bunch of websites that offer them: <A HREF="www.wallies.com">wallies</A>
I hope this will help you.
glena>>>
Thank you Glena, this was helpful
Rebecca
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zenmomma *
>>When I am really feeling confident and all about what I am doing I doI think you'll feel even better if you stop looking at their learning as
>>notice a difference in their work.>>
"work."
Life is good.
~Mary
"The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green
earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly alive."
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
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> After leaving behind mural painted walls when we moved I thought why notA great source for these and all fabric painting and dyeing stuff is:
> paint on giant canvas painters' dropcloths.
http://www.dharmatrading.com
They have loads of clothing blanks, too.
-Lisa in AZ