Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] New to unschooling (but not hsing)!
Pris
congrats on your newest little bundle (our youngest dss were adopted, too)
... welcome to the list and I'm anxious to see how the others respond to
your question ... I'm a newbie to unschooling and still trying to figure all
of this out, too ...
Pris
... welcome to the list and I'm anxious to see how the others respond to
your question ... I'm a newbie to unschooling and still trying to figure all
of this out, too ...
Pris
> Hi all. My name is Angela and I am mom to three kids with another on
> the way this winter from China. We are beginning our fourth year of
> hsing but have decided to take the plunge and unschool. I will still
> probably be a bit more scheduled than some of you since it makes me
> too nervous to cut out a math text but other than that...well, we'll
> see what happens. My question to all of you is this....how do you
> ensure your children are covering all the bases and aren't missing
> out
> on whole subject areas? Do you direct their learning at all with
> suggestions for the day, or do you just have lots of resources around
> and let them decide? As a former school-at-home mom (pretty much
> anyway).....it's scary. Thanks for any input you may have.
>
> Angela
> Blessed mom of 3
Amy
Welcome Angela,
My suggestion to you is to just live your life as you normally would, but
turn as many things as possible into a learning experience. Today, for
instance, we went bowling. What most people would think of as play we turned
into a lesson. Math with scorekeeping, science with physics of the ball
going down the alley, etc. Even a trip to the grocery store can be
educational. Just live life and have fun.
Amy
My suggestion to you is to just live your life as you normally would, but
turn as many things as possible into a learning experience. Today, for
instance, we went bowling. What most people would think of as play we turned
into a lesson. Math with scorekeeping, science with physics of the ball
going down the alley, etc. Even a trip to the grocery store can be
educational. Just live life and have fun.
Amy
----- Original Message -----
From: Angela Ellingson <sellings@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 12:32 PM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] New to unschooling (but not hsing)!
> Hi all. My name is Angela and I am mom to three kids with another on
> the way this winter from China. We are beginning our fourth year of
> hsing but have decided to take the plunge and unschool. I will still
> probably be a bit more scheduled than some of you since it makes me
> too nervous to cut out a math text but other than that...well, we'll
> see what happens. My question to all of you is this....how do you
> ensure your children are covering all the bases and aren't missing
> out
> on whole subject areas? Do you direct their learning at all with
> suggestions for the day, or do you just have lots of resources around
> and let them decide? As a former school-at-home mom (pretty much
> anyway).....it's scary. Thanks for any input you may have.
>
> Angela
> Blessed mom of 3
>
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In a message dated 6/1/00 3:33:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
sellings@... writes:
<< My question to all of you is this....how do you
ensure your children are covering all the bases and aren't missing
out
on whole subject areas? >>
When I worry, I ask them to do me a favor and read a bit every few days from
the "What your....grader ought to know" series (It's more for my own comfort,
however. I don't really consider it the major part of their homeschooling).
They spend most of their time, however, reading and doing what they're
interested in (and helping me run after the toddler).
<<Do you direct their learning at all with suggestions for the day, or do you
just have lots of resources around and let them decide?>>
They generally have things they're already involved in, and I make
suggestions occasionally for things that I think they might be interested in.
For example, ds (12 yo) has been doing "Simtunes" on the computer for an
hour or two every day. He's learning a lot about music and harmony that way
(and coming up with some pretty neat tunes). He also spends a lot of time
reading fantasy, making creatures out of clay, and working on a 3000 piece
3-D puzzle of Manhatten. Dd (8 yo) has been reading a lot about history
recently (it started with the American Girls books and branched out from
there). She also plays with the dollhouses (both hers and my old one that I
saved) a lot.
We go to the library at least once a week, and I'll suggest interesting books
that I find. I'll also suggest articles about science or history that I read
in various magazines (Newsweek, National Geographic, etc.) that they might be
interested in. All of these are just suggestions, however - I rarely require
anything.
Laura
sellings@... writes:
<< My question to all of you is this....how do you
ensure your children are covering all the bases and aren't missing
out
on whole subject areas? >>
When I worry, I ask them to do me a favor and read a bit every few days from
the "What your....grader ought to know" series (It's more for my own comfort,
however. I don't really consider it the major part of their homeschooling).
They spend most of their time, however, reading and doing what they're
interested in (and helping me run after the toddler).
<<Do you direct their learning at all with suggestions for the day, or do you
just have lots of resources around and let them decide?>>
They generally have things they're already involved in, and I make
suggestions occasionally for things that I think they might be interested in.
For example, ds (12 yo) has been doing "Simtunes" on the computer for an
hour or two every day. He's learning a lot about music and harmony that way
(and coming up with some pretty neat tunes). He also spends a lot of time
reading fantasy, making creatures out of clay, and working on a 3000 piece
3-D puzzle of Manhatten. Dd (8 yo) has been reading a lot about history
recently (it started with the American Girls books and branched out from
there). She also plays with the dollhouses (both hers and my old one that I
saved) a lot.
We go to the library at least once a week, and I'll suggest interesting books
that I find. I'll also suggest articles about science or history that I read
in various magazines (Newsweek, National Geographic, etc.) that they might be
interested in. All of these are just suggestions, however - I rarely require
anything.
Laura