New to group/unschooling
melissa4123
Hi everyone,
My name is Melissa, I am a SAHM to 2 year old Karen. My husband and I
have made the decision to homeschool for a million and one reasons,
very similar to the ones you all have I'm sure. After doing A LOT of
reading on the different ways of homeschooling, I've decided that
unschooling would work best for us. But (here it comes) now what?
My husband is more unsure of unschooling than I am. He still has this
idea that we're going to be sitting around the kitchen table learning
about math one hour and science the next. When I try to explain to
him that unschooling is learning through living....he just looks at me
like yeah, when do the text books come into it? :) But, at this
point, he's willing to trust my judgement and go with the flow. I'm
hoping to get some support here plus I guess I'm still trying to
figure it out myself. I was brought up in the public school system
and am still wondering myself so....what do you do with you kids all day?
I also have one other question. We live in the Central Valley of
California (Fresno to be exact) and I was thinking of attending the
HSC conference in Aug. Is anyone here going or have been in the past?
My husband works nights and weekends so, in order for me to go, I
will have to leave my daughter with in-laws over night.
Thank you and I look forward to the support offered here,
Melissa
My name is Melissa, I am a SAHM to 2 year old Karen. My husband and I
have made the decision to homeschool for a million and one reasons,
very similar to the ones you all have I'm sure. After doing A LOT of
reading on the different ways of homeschooling, I've decided that
unschooling would work best for us. But (here it comes) now what?
My husband is more unsure of unschooling than I am. He still has this
idea that we're going to be sitting around the kitchen table learning
about math one hour and science the next. When I try to explain to
him that unschooling is learning through living....he just looks at me
like yeah, when do the text books come into it? :) But, at this
point, he's willing to trust my judgement and go with the flow. I'm
hoping to get some support here plus I guess I'm still trying to
figure it out myself. I was brought up in the public school system
and am still wondering myself so....what do you do with you kids all day?
I also have one other question. We live in the Central Valley of
California (Fresno to be exact) and I was thinking of attending the
HSC conference in Aug. Is anyone here going or have been in the past?
My husband works nights and weekends so, in order for me to go, I
will have to leave my daughter with in-laws over night.
Thank you and I look forward to the support offered here,
Melissa
[email protected]
In a message dated 5/12/03 11:40:00 AM, melissa4123@... writes:
<< When I try to explain to
him that unschooling is learning through living....he just looks at me
like yeah, when do the text books come into it? :) But, at this
point, he's willing to trust my judgement and go with the flow. >>
For starters, maybe say you want to try unschooling for a year and see how it
goes. Then he can have some hope that you'll go back to structure (if that
will make him feel better and keep you from having to defend it so hard.
But ask him to NOT poke and prod it during that year, because if every day or
two people talk about "what are you learning?" and "Wouldn't you rather be
doing curriculum?" it's not going to work very well. So ask him to go one
year just watching them be in a rich environment and seeing what they learn.
But talking about it all the time, especially critically, is worse than
taking the lid off rice while it's steaming, it's like chucking in some ice,
some flour, a rock.
Someone who won't agree to unschooling forevermore might agree to trying it
for a year, and by then you have some evidence and experience to ask for an
extension (if the dad himself doesn't say "forevermore").
Sandra
<< When I try to explain to
him that unschooling is learning through living....he just looks at me
like yeah, when do the text books come into it? :) But, at this
point, he's willing to trust my judgement and go with the flow. >>
For starters, maybe say you want to try unschooling for a year and see how it
goes. Then he can have some hope that you'll go back to structure (if that
will make him feel better and keep you from having to defend it so hard.
But ask him to NOT poke and prod it during that year, because if every day or
two people talk about "what are you learning?" and "Wouldn't you rather be
doing curriculum?" it's not going to work very well. So ask him to go one
year just watching them be in a rich environment and seeing what they learn.
But talking about it all the time, especially critically, is worse than
taking the lid off rice while it's steaming, it's like chucking in some ice,
some flour, a rock.
Someone who won't agree to unschooling forevermore might agree to trying it
for a year, and by then you have some evidence and experience to ask for an
extension (if the dad himself doesn't say "forevermore").
Sandra
Kathleen Livni
Welcome, Melissa
How Wonderful to Start out so Young and Confident!
Kathleen Livni
Walnut Creek, CA.
How Wonderful to Start out so Young and Confident!
Kathleen Livni
Walnut Creek, CA.
----- Original Message -----
From: "melissa4123" <melissa4123@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 10:35 AM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] New to group/unschooling
> Hi everyone,
> My name is Melissa, I am a SAHM to 2 year old Karen. My husband and I
> have made the decision to homeschool for a million and one reasons,
> very similar to the ones you all have I'm sure. After doing A LOT of
> reading on the different ways of homeschooling, I've decided that
> unschooling would work best for us. But (here it comes) now what?
>
> My husband is more unsure of unschooling than I am. He still has this
> idea that we're going to be sitting around the kitchen table learning
> about math one hour and science the next. When I try to explain to
> him that unschooling is learning through living....he just looks at me
> like yeah, when do the text books come into it? :) But, at this
> point, he's willing to trust my judgement and go with the flow. I'm
> hoping to get some support here plus I guess I'm still trying to
> figure it out myself. I was brought up in the public school system
> and am still wondering myself so....what do you do with you kids all day?
>
> I also have one other question. We live in the Central Valley of
> California (Fresno to be exact) and I was thinking of attending the
> HSC conference in Aug. Is anyone here going or have been in the past?
> My husband works nights and weekends so, in order for me to go, I
> will have to leave my daughter with in-laws over night.
>
> Thank you and I look forward to the support offered here,
> Melissa
>
>
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