Unschooling moment -- a writer emerges
Alicia Knight
My son, River Spirit, 13, who has had a declared hatred of writing
*anything* since the beginning of time, has just informed me that he is
writing a book. (Be still my heart!!!!!) His book, currently titled, "A
Warrior Reborn" is about three people from a lost civilization: a chef,
a teenage Royal Guard, and a retired gladiator. There are also several
subcharacters in this adventure story. He says he has written 44 pages
of the first chapter and is also using digital images (created with Lego
people) to illustrate it.
Since beginning our unschooling journey 2 years ago, I have fought a
fleeting concern that my kids were not writing, and I have listened to
veteran unschoolers who counseled me to let go of my schoolish anxiety
and allow them to find their own way to the knowledge that they will
need for their life paths. And now, a writer is born. (Yippee!!!)
*anything* since the beginning of time, has just informed me that he is
writing a book. (Be still my heart!!!!!) His book, currently titled, "A
Warrior Reborn" is about three people from a lost civilization: a chef,
a teenage Royal Guard, and a retired gladiator. There are also several
subcharacters in this adventure story. He says he has written 44 pages
of the first chapter and is also using digital images (created with Lego
people) to illustrate it.
Since beginning our unschooling journey 2 years ago, I have fought a
fleeting concern that my kids were not writing, and I have listened to
veteran unschoolers who counseled me to let go of my schoolish anxiety
and allow them to find their own way to the knowledge that they will
need for their life paths. And now, a writer is born. (Yippee!!!)
Kelli Traaseth
Alicia, this is great!
Kelli
Kelli
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alicia Knight" <superdiva@...>
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 2:51 AM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Unschooling moment -- a writer emerges
> My son, River Spirit, 13, who has had a declared hatred of writing
> *anything* since the beginning of time, has just informed me that he is
> writing a book. (Be still my heart!!!!!) His book, currently titled, "A
> Warrior Reborn" is about three people from a lost civilization: a chef,
> a teenage Royal Guard, and a retired gladiator. There are also several
> subcharacters in this adventure story. He says he has written 44 pages
> of the first chapter and is also using digital images (created with Lego
> people) to illustrate it.
>
> Since beginning our unschooling journey 2 years ago, I have fought a
> fleeting concern that my kids were not writing, and I have listened to
> veteran unschoolers who counseled me to let go of my schoolish anxiety
> and allow them to find their own way to the knowledge that they will
> need for their life paths. And now, a writer is born. (Yippee!!!)
>
>
>
>
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Paula Sjogerman
on 5/1/03 10:29 AM, [email protected] at
[email protected] wrote:
My 9yr old, who really isn't reading, started carrying a notebook around
with him. For a month, he drew pictures. The other day, he told me he was
writing stories. Yesterday, he said spontaneously, "I love writing!." And,
best of all, this perfectionist also said, "I'm spelling everything wrong,
but I don't care."
!!!
I have no idea what he's writing about because he's firmly told me that all
his stories are private. Ah well..
Paula
[email protected] wrote:
> My son, River Spirit, 13, who has had a declared hatred of writingIsn't it amazing?!
> *anything* since the beginning of time, has just informed me that he is
> writing a book. (Be still my heart!!!!!)
My 9yr old, who really isn't reading, started carrying a notebook around
with him. For a month, he drew pictures. The other day, he told me he was
writing stories. Yesterday, he said spontaneously, "I love writing!." And,
best of all, this perfectionist also said, "I'm spelling everything wrong,
but I don't care."
!!!
I have no idea what he's writing about because he's firmly told me that all
his stories are private. Ah well..
Paula
Robin Clevenger
From: Alicia Knight <superdiva@...>
to tell my son about that. His internal world of characters and conflicts
revolves around the Lego guys and he's always telling stories about them.
He'd love to make a visual story about them that way.
Funny thing about writing. My son (6) will say that he can't read, but he
just wrote a 8-page book called "Battl in Spase". It's totally spelled
phonetically, but he wrote out a whole story on his own and illustrated it.
I love the different paths they can find.
strong one in our culture) and allowed him to find this passion in his own
way! His story sounds marvelous.
Blue Skies!
-Robin-
>My son, River Spirit, 13, who has had a declared hatred of writingThat is very cool! And what great idea to illustrate it that way. I'll have
>*anything* since the beginning of time, has just informed me that he is
>writing a book. (Be still my heart!!!!!) His book, currently titled, "A
>Warrior Reborn" is about three people from a lost civilization: a chef,
>a teenage Royal Guard, and a retired gladiator. There are also several
>subcharacters in this adventure story. He says he has written 44 pages
>of the first chapter and is also using digital images (created with Lego
>people) to illustrate it.
to tell my son about that. His internal world of characters and conflicts
revolves around the Lego guys and he's always telling stories about them.
He'd love to make a visual story about them that way.
Funny thing about writing. My son (6) will say that he can't read, but he
just wrote a 8-page book called "Battl in Spase". It's totally spelled
phonetically, but he wrote out a whole story on his own and illustrated it.
I love the different paths they can find.
>Since beginning our unschooling journey 2 years ago, I have fought aThat's great that you have conquered that particular fear (and it's such a
>fleeting concern that my kids were not writing, and I have listened to
>veteran unschoolers who counseled me to let go of my schoolish anxiety
>and allow them to find their own way to the knowledge that they will
>need for their life paths. And now, a writer is born. (Yippee!!!)
strong one in our culture) and allowed him to find this passion in his own
way! His story sounds marvelous.
Blue Skies!
-Robin-