Paula Sjogerman

on 5/31/03 11:40 AM, [email protected] at
[email protected] wrote:

> That somehow I will fail them. Not be interested enough or not be
> able to give the right *guidance* (for lack of a better word). I
> feel like they will present some interest and maybe I won't catch it,
> won't follow through to suggest the library or here is a great book
> with related experiements. So I see I am holding on to the really
> loose, give me a little control, unit studies. So although they take
> up less then 5% of our total time, they are there. I am not sure how
> to rid myself of that fear,

Olga, you have to find a way to convince yourself that whether or not you
"see" their learning, they are still learning. Just because you can't follow
through with more resources about a topic, it doesn't take away whatever it
is your kids have gotten from the original source.

Does that make sense?

Zoe recently read "The Grapes of Wrath." I read it so long ago, I couldn't
really have a great conversation with her about it. So, I don't know what
she took away from it, but whatever it is still exists IN HER.

Paula