Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Need unschooling input!
Lisa Bugg
Hi Becky,
You pretty much caught us doing what we do best, going down tangents.
;) The weather has been so pretty and folks are out gardening and planting
vegetables. Also, unschooling pretty much encompasses our lives, so all
topics touch on learning lives in some way.
When my children were the ages of yours our lives looked like this.
Fix food, fix juice, play, fix food, watch videos, sing, dance, fix food...
collapse in bed at night. :) Now that mine are older it still looks like
that, but I don't fix all the food. Thank goodness!!
Why don't you ask us some questions about unschooling, give us a hint.
Where are you by the way? Maybe someone here is close to you.
Welcome!
LisaKK
You pretty much caught us doing what we do best, going down tangents.
;) The weather has been so pretty and folks are out gardening and planting
vegetables. Also, unschooling pretty much encompasses our lives, so all
topics touch on learning lives in some way.
When my children were the ages of yours our lives looked like this.
Fix food, fix juice, play, fix food, watch videos, sing, dance, fix food...
collapse in bed at night. :) Now that mine are older it still looks like
that, but I don't fix all the food. Thank goodness!!
Why don't you ask us some questions about unschooling, give us a hint.
Where are you by the way? Maybe someone here is close to you.
Welcome!
LisaKK
----- Original Message -----
From: bjackson <beckyjackson@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2000 10:39 PM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Need unschooling input!
> Hello! This is my first day of being on this unschooling e-mail list. I'm
> not familiar with e-mail lists and I know I'm behind on discussions, but I
> have received 14 e-mails today and none of them were related to
> unschooling. Is that a typical day? I can talk about other stuff with all
> the people I see in person, but I can't talk about unschooling with them.
> I'd love to hear what your children are doing and learning so I might not
> feel all alone in this lifestyle and so that I might get some new ideas
and
> perspectives--especially from those of you with young children. Mine are
5,
> 4, and 3. Thank you! --Becky
>
>
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In a message dated 06/05/2000 4:01:28 AM !!!First Boot!!!,
beckyjackson@... writes:
<< Is that a typical day? I can talk about other stuff with all
the people I see in person, but I can't talk about unschooling with them.
I'd love to hear what your children are doing and learning so I might not
feel all alone in this lifestyle and so that I might get some new ideas and
perspectives--especially from those of you with young children. Mine are 5,
4, and 3. Thank you! --Becky >>
Hello Becky!
Had to chuckle at your note. A typical day in the life of some unschoolers
is pretty hard to find!
Anyway, I have two kids -- 7 yo boy and 5 1/2 yo girl -- and we have been
officially hsing for about 1 1/2 years. And we are unschoolers.
So, what are you up to and what would you like to discuss?
Nance
beckyjackson@... writes:
<< Is that a typical day? I can talk about other stuff with all
the people I see in person, but I can't talk about unschooling with them.
I'd love to hear what your children are doing and learning so I might not
feel all alone in this lifestyle and so that I might get some new ideas and
perspectives--especially from those of you with young children. Mine are 5,
4, and 3. Thank you! --Becky >>
Hello Becky!
Had to chuckle at your note. A typical day in the life of some unschoolers
is pretty hard to find!
Anyway, I have two kids -- 7 yo boy and 5 1/2 yo girl -- and we have been
officially hsing for about 1 1/2 years. And we are unschoolers.
So, what are you up to and what would you like to discuss?
Nance
Bonnie Painter
Hi Becky!
My children are 5 and 3 and I too have recently joined the email list. We
have just recently sent our letter of intent to the school district in NJ
and I know that we will need to submit a curriculum (not for their approval,
just to show what we are doing). I think that is going to be the trickiest
part as who knows where our interests will take us in the next year...
We decided on unschooling because when we really thought about it, we were
already pros! My son (5) became interested in trains when he was about 18
months old. Since then, we have visited many railroads, train museums and
have read countless books (some coffee table books even, if it was about
trains, he'd listen). Now he has moved on to skyscrapers and bridges. My
husband recently took him to the Empire State Building and he picked on the
Iron Works Building (one of the first skyscrapers) all by himself. My dh
said he never would have known that...
Anyway, I won't keep draggin on. My daughter who is 3 really hasn't come
out with any one strong interest yet, so she mainly tags along with brother
and she also likes to play on the computer (we have tons of software).
One of ds project's with Dad was to put together a website. If you would
like to take a look, his address is www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/8284
They are working on updating it now and are adding skyscrapers to it in it's
next incarnation.
Welcome to the list,
Bonnie
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My children are 5 and 3 and I too have recently joined the email list. We
have just recently sent our letter of intent to the school district in NJ
and I know that we will need to submit a curriculum (not for their approval,
just to show what we are doing). I think that is going to be the trickiest
part as who knows where our interests will take us in the next year...
We decided on unschooling because when we really thought about it, we were
already pros! My son (5) became interested in trains when he was about 18
months old. Since then, we have visited many railroads, train museums and
have read countless books (some coffee table books even, if it was about
trains, he'd listen). Now he has moved on to skyscrapers and bridges. My
husband recently took him to the Empire State Building and he picked on the
Iron Works Building (one of the first skyscrapers) all by himself. My dh
said he never would have known that...
Anyway, I won't keep draggin on. My daughter who is 3 really hasn't come
out with any one strong interest yet, so she mainly tags along with brother
and she also likes to play on the computer (we have tons of software).
One of ds project's with Dad was to put together a website. If you would
like to take a look, his address is www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/8284
They are working on updating it now and are adding skyscrapers to it in it's
next incarnation.
Welcome to the list,
Bonnie
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Amy
Nance,
Where do you live?
Amy
Where do you live?
Amy
----- Original Message -----
From: <marbleface@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 5:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Need unschooling input!
> In a message dated 06/05/2000 4:01:28 AM !!!First Boot!!!,
> beckyjackson@... writes:
>
> << Is that a typical day? I can talk about other stuff with all
> the people I see in person, but I can't talk about unschooling with them.
> I'd love to hear what your children are doing and learning so I might not
> feel all alone in this lifestyle and so that I might get some new ideas
and
> perspectives--especially from those of you with young children. Mine are
5,
> 4, and 3. Thank you! --Becky >>
>
>
> Hello Becky!
>
> Had to chuckle at your note. A typical day in the life of some
unschoolers
> is pretty hard to find!
>
> Anyway, I have two kids -- 7 yo boy and 5 1/2 yo girl -- and we have been
> officially hsing for about 1 1/2 years. And we are unschoolers.
>
> So, what are you up to and what would you like to discuss?
>
> Nance
>
>
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D Klement
bjackson wrote:
is in a self paced gifted high school program (rather like unschooling
or at least as close to it as a PS can get)
When we first started (pulled them from PS for grades 1 & 2 ), we used
unit studies since they were used to school work. We evolved over the
next year into unschooling.
A typical day recently is about 20 min of math (totaly voluntary but mom
is math phobic and whines sometimes to coax some math work), lots of
reading (books, magazines, kids' magazines, comic, newspapers), a little
French for the youngest although the older one is now showing an
interest and pursuing it on his own. Responsibility for our puppy's
schedule is an on going family affair. Some times they watch interesting
programs from Discovery Channel, TLC or PBS etc that I've taped for them
the night before.
Some time durring the week there is guaranteed to be craft/artsy stuff
happening.Today just happened to include pictures from Spiderman comics
being trimmed up and used in a collage.
*I* worked on brushing up my German while the math stuff and the collage
was happening (parents can unschool too you know <g>).
The garden beckons and I'll enlist volunteers to pull weeds and scoop
poop.
My guys do their own laundry weekly.
Library books of all kinds end up here too.
My guys like to help with meals. Our youngest loves workbooks and will
do math and French on her own initiative. I do worry about our son
though because he needs to have things offered up to him as he, up until
recently had shown no ambition or much interest in anything except
pokemon.
Now he is becomming more self motivated and I'm glad I didn't push even
when I was agonizing over his lack of interest in the world. I just keep
offering things up and lately he has become more interested in languages
and more serious reading endeavors (Star Wars books and Harry Potter
started the *serious* reading frenzy he's enjoying).
We have a medium size keyboard with full size keys that is used when the
fancy strikes them. The younger one says she is not ready to learn to
read music yet and insists on puzzling out tunes by herself and playing
them by ear. Our son has made an effort to teach himself to read music
and right now has put it aside but I know he intends return to it again.
They love the computer of course and play math and language games
several times a week.
They bowl every Saturday from September to May and Samantha is in
Brownies durring this time also. Nathan dropped out of Cub Scouts (lack
of interest and cliques within the group).
They meet with other homeschoolers at least once a month at a drop in.
That's the basics of unschooling around here at present.
Ask any questions you have and don't be afraid to jump into the
discussions!
Buzz (Debbie)
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
e-mail- klement@...
Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Well my youngest are 8 1/2 and 10. My oldest has never homeschooled and
> Hello! This is my first day of being on this unschooling e-mail list. I'm
> not familiar with e-mail lists and I know I'm behind on discussions, but I
> have received 14 e-mails today and none of them were related to
> unschooling. Is that a typical day? I can talk about other stuff with all
> the people I see in person, but I can't talk about unschooling with them.
> I'd love to hear what your children are doing and learning so I might not
> feel all alone in this lifestyle and so that I might get some new ideas and
> perspectives--especially from those of you with young children. Mine are 5,
> 4, and 3. Thank you! --Becky
>
is in a self paced gifted high school program (rather like unschooling
or at least as close to it as a PS can get)
When we first started (pulled them from PS for grades 1 & 2 ), we used
unit studies since they were used to school work. We evolved over the
next year into unschooling.
A typical day recently is about 20 min of math (totaly voluntary but mom
is math phobic and whines sometimes to coax some math work), lots of
reading (books, magazines, kids' magazines, comic, newspapers), a little
French for the youngest although the older one is now showing an
interest and pursuing it on his own. Responsibility for our puppy's
schedule is an on going family affair. Some times they watch interesting
programs from Discovery Channel, TLC or PBS etc that I've taped for them
the night before.
Some time durring the week there is guaranteed to be craft/artsy stuff
happening.Today just happened to include pictures from Spiderman comics
being trimmed up and used in a collage.
*I* worked on brushing up my German while the math stuff and the collage
was happening (parents can unschool too you know <g>).
The garden beckons and I'll enlist volunteers to pull weeds and scoop
poop.
My guys do their own laundry weekly.
Library books of all kinds end up here too.
My guys like to help with meals. Our youngest loves workbooks and will
do math and French on her own initiative. I do worry about our son
though because he needs to have things offered up to him as he, up until
recently had shown no ambition or much interest in anything except
pokemon.
Now he is becomming more self motivated and I'm glad I didn't push even
when I was agonizing over his lack of interest in the world. I just keep
offering things up and lately he has become more interested in languages
and more serious reading endeavors (Star Wars books and Harry Potter
started the *serious* reading frenzy he's enjoying).
We have a medium size keyboard with full size keys that is used when the
fancy strikes them. The younger one says she is not ready to learn to
read music yet and insists on puzzling out tunes by herself and playing
them by ear. Our son has made an effort to teach himself to read music
and right now has put it aside but I know he intends return to it again.
They love the computer of course and play math and language games
several times a week.
They bowl every Saturday from September to May and Samantha is in
Brownies durring this time also. Nathan dropped out of Cub Scouts (lack
of interest and cliques within the group).
They meet with other homeschoolers at least once a month at a drop in.
That's the basics of unschooling around here at present.
Ask any questions you have and don't be afraid to jump into the
discussions!
Buzz (Debbie)
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
e-mail- klement@...
Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tia Leschke
>My children are 5 and 3 and I too have recently joined the email list. WeI"ve read that some people just submit what was done the year before as
>have just recently sent our letter of intent to the school district in NJ
>and I know that we will need to submit a curriculum (not for their approval,
>just to show what we are doing). I think that is going to be the trickiest
>part as who knows where our interests will take us in the next year...
>
their curriculum for the next. That way they know that it's really going
to happen, because it already has. %^) Sounds like you'd have plenty of
material.
Tia
"Just as eating against one's will is injurious to health, so study without
a liking for it spoils the memory, and it retains nothing it takes in."
------Leonardo Da Vinci
Tia Leschke leschke@...
On Vancouver Island
______________________________________________
Canadian Homeschool Resource Page
http://www.flora.org/homeschool-ca
Nanci and Thomas Kuykendall
> When my children were the ages of yours our lives looked like this. Fix food, fix juice, play, fix food, watch videos, sing, dance, fix food... collapse in bed at night.Lisa, you've been peeping in my windows haven't you? LOL That's what my days look like with my 2 and 3 year olds. Except you left out the part about dirt, brushing dirt off them, wiping dirt off them, shaking dirt out of their clothes, brushing dirt off me, washing dirt off everyone with the hose, pounding dirt out of shoes, etc. Maybe that is just a circumstance of having boys though. LOL
>LisaKK
Nanci K.
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Nanci and Lisa,
I am rolling on the floor! You guys have lived in my house and my life. I
have a 3 and 1 year old. There is life after all this? You mean, I WON'T
be doing these things forever. YEPPY, there is hope!
hee hee hee hee
Julie
I am rolling on the floor! You guys have lived in my house and my life. I
have a 3 and 1 year old. There is life after all this? You mean, I WON'T
be doing these things forever. YEPPY, there is hope!
hee hee hee hee
Julie
Amy
Buzz,
I too have a Samantha that bowls and is in Brownies. She's 7 1/2. How old is
your Sam?
Amy
I too have a Samantha that bowls and is in Brownies. She's 7 1/2. How old is
your Sam?
Amy
----- Original Message -----
From: D Klement <klement@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Need unschooling input!
> bjackson wrote:
> >
> > Hello! This is my first day of being on this unschooling e-mail list.
I'm
> > not familiar with e-mail lists and I know I'm behind on discussions, but
I
> > have received 14 e-mails today and none of them were related to
> > unschooling. Is that a typical day? I can talk about other stuff with
all
> > the people I see in person, but I can't talk about unschooling with
them.
> > I'd love to hear what your children are doing and learning so I might
not
> > feel all alone in this lifestyle and so that I might get some new ideas
and
> > perspectives--especially from those of you with young children. Mine are
5,
> > 4, and 3. Thank you! --Becky
> >
> Well my youngest are 8 1/2 and 10. My oldest has never homeschooled and
> is in a self paced gifted high school program (rather like unschooling
> or at least as close to it as a PS can get)
> When we first started (pulled them from PS for grades 1 & 2 ), we used
> unit studies since they were used to school work. We evolved over the
> next year into unschooling.
> A typical day recently is about 20 min of math (totaly voluntary but mom
> is math phobic and whines sometimes to coax some math work), lots of
> reading (books, magazines, kids' magazines, comic, newspapers), a little
> French for the youngest although the older one is now showing an
> interest and pursuing it on his own. Responsibility for our puppy's
> schedule is an on going family affair. Some times they watch interesting
> programs from Discovery Channel, TLC or PBS etc that I've taped for them
> the night before.
>
> Some time durring the week there is guaranteed to be craft/artsy stuff
> happening.Today just happened to include pictures from Spiderman comics
> being trimmed up and used in a collage.
>
> *I* worked on brushing up my German while the math stuff and the collage
> was happening (parents can unschool too you know <g>).
>
> The garden beckons and I'll enlist volunteers to pull weeds and scoop
> poop.
> My guys do their own laundry weekly.
> Library books of all kinds end up here too.
>
> My guys like to help with meals. Our youngest loves workbooks and will
> do math and French on her own initiative. I do worry about our son
> though because he needs to have things offered up to him as he, up until
> recently had shown no ambition or much interest in anything except
> pokemon.
>
> Now he is becomming more self motivated and I'm glad I didn't push even
> when I was agonizing over his lack of interest in the world. I just keep
> offering things up and lately he has become more interested in languages
> and more serious reading endeavors (Star Wars books and Harry Potter
> started the *serious* reading frenzy he's enjoying).
>
> We have a medium size keyboard with full size keys that is used when the
> fancy strikes them. The younger one says she is not ready to learn to
> read music yet and insists on puzzling out tunes by herself and playing
> them by ear. Our son has made an effort to teach himself to read music
> and right now has put it aside but I know he intends return to it again.
>
> They love the computer of course and play math and language games
> several times a week.
>
> They bowl every Saturday from September to May and Samantha is in
> Brownies durring this time also. Nathan dropped out of Cub Scouts (lack
> of interest and cliques within the group).
>
> They meet with other homeschoolers at least once a month at a drop in.
>
> That's the basics of unschooling around here at present.
>
> Ask any questions you have and don't be afraid to jump into the
> discussions!
>
> Buzz (Debbie)
>
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
> Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
> Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
> Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
> e-mail- klement@...
> Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
> Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Failed tests, classes skipped, forgotten locker combinations.
> Remember the good 'ol days
> http://click.egroups.com/1/4053/7/_/448294/_/960227344/
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Amy
Buzz,
I too have a Samantha that bowls and is in Brownies. She's 7 1/2. How old is
your Sam?
Amy
I too have a Samantha that bowls and is in Brownies. She's 7 1/2. How old is
your Sam?
Amy
----- Original Message -----
From: D Klement <klement@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Need unschooling input!
> bjackson wrote:
> >
> > Hello! This is my first day of being on this unschooling e-mail list.
I'm
> > not familiar with e-mail lists and I know I'm behind on discussions, but
I
> > have received 14 e-mails today and none of them were related to
> > unschooling. Is that a typical day? I can talk about other stuff with
all
> > the people I see in person, but I can't talk about unschooling with
them.
> > I'd love to hear what your children are doing and learning so I might
not
> > feel all alone in this lifestyle and so that I might get some new ideas
and
> > perspectives--especially from those of you with young children. Mine are
5,
> > 4, and 3. Thank you! --Becky
> >
> Well my youngest are 8 1/2 and 10. My oldest has never homeschooled and
> is in a self paced gifted high school program (rather like unschooling
> or at least as close to it as a PS can get)
> When we first started (pulled them from PS for grades 1 & 2 ), we used
> unit studies since they were used to school work. We evolved over the
> next year into unschooling.
> A typical day recently is about 20 min of math (totaly voluntary but mom
> is math phobic and whines sometimes to coax some math work), lots of
> reading (books, magazines, kids' magazines, comic, newspapers), a little
> French for the youngest although the older one is now showing an
> interest and pursuing it on his own. Responsibility for our puppy's
> schedule is an on going family affair. Some times they watch interesting
> programs from Discovery Channel, TLC or PBS etc that I've taped for them
> the night before.
>
> Some time durring the week there is guaranteed to be craft/artsy stuff
> happening.Today just happened to include pictures from Spiderman comics
> being trimmed up and used in a collage.
>
> *I* worked on brushing up my German while the math stuff and the collage
> was happening (parents can unschool too you know <g>).
>
> The garden beckons and I'll enlist volunteers to pull weeds and scoop
> poop.
> My guys do their own laundry weekly.
> Library books of all kinds end up here too.
>
> My guys like to help with meals. Our youngest loves workbooks and will
> do math and French on her own initiative. I do worry about our son
> though because he needs to have things offered up to him as he, up until
> recently had shown no ambition or much interest in anything except
> pokemon.
>
> Now he is becomming more self motivated and I'm glad I didn't push even
> when I was agonizing over his lack of interest in the world. I just keep
> offering things up and lately he has become more interested in languages
> and more serious reading endeavors (Star Wars books and Harry Potter
> started the *serious* reading frenzy he's enjoying).
>
> We have a medium size keyboard with full size keys that is used when the
> fancy strikes them. The younger one says she is not ready to learn to
> read music yet and insists on puzzling out tunes by herself and playing
> them by ear. Our son has made an effort to teach himself to read music
> and right now has put it aside but I know he intends return to it again.
>
> They love the computer of course and play math and language games
> several times a week.
>
> They bowl every Saturday from September to May and Samantha is in
> Brownies durring this time also. Nathan dropped out of Cub Scouts (lack
> of interest and cliques within the group).
>
> They meet with other homeschoolers at least once a month at a drop in.
>
> That's the basics of unschooling around here at present.
>
> Ask any questions you have and don't be afraid to jump into the
> discussions!
>
> Buzz (Debbie)
>
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
> Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
> Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
> Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
> e-mail- klement@...
> Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
> Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Failed tests, classes skipped, forgotten locker combinations.
> Remember the good 'ol days
> http://click.egroups.com/1/4053/7/_/448294/_/960227344/
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>
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>
Lisa Bugg
LOL Julie,
You'll be doing some of these things forever, but it changes enough so
that you get to stay sane. <G> I no longer have to make juice for someone
every time I turn around, but now I have someone wanting me to take them
somewhere. I told my 10 year old toady that mom was just staying home.. not
going to go ANYWHERE today. He as aghast that I could choose to do such a
thing! :)
Lisa
You'll be doing some of these things forever, but it changes enough so
that you get to stay sane. <G> I no longer have to make juice for someone
every time I turn around, but now I have someone wanting me to take them
somewhere. I told my 10 year old toady that mom was just staying home.. not
going to go ANYWHERE today. He as aghast that I could choose to do such a
thing! :)
Lisa
----- Original Message -----
From: <Jaam1224@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Need unschooling input!
> Nanci and Lisa,
> I am rolling on the floor! You guys have lived in my house and my life.
I
> have a 3 and 1 year old. There is life after all this? You mean, I
WON'T
> be doing these things forever. YEPPY, there is hope!
>
> hee hee hee hee
> Julie
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Pris
great website Bonnie ... we're a railroading family ... dh has been an
engineer w/ UPRR for 27 yrs), my dad was an official w/ the SPRR (Southern
Pacific) for 42 yrs, dh's grandfather and uncle were engineers w/ UPRR for
40+ yrs, as well, so our fm is full of *hog~heads* ... ask ds if he knows
what a hog~head is??? (rr lingo for an engineer) ... ohhhhhhhh there'z
nothing like hearing an ole train whistle <VBG> :)
hi~hi Becky, ... we're new to the world of (un)schooling, so I really don't
have any input except to say my fellas (11/9) and I love going to our
downtown library to HANG OUT together ...
welcome aboard and keep right on asking those ???'s b/c I'm sure I'm sitting
here wondering about the same things, too :)
Pris
engineer w/ UPRR for 27 yrs), my dad was an official w/ the SPRR (Southern
Pacific) for 42 yrs, dh's grandfather and uncle were engineers w/ UPRR for
40+ yrs, as well, so our fm is full of *hog~heads* ... ask ds if he knows
what a hog~head is??? (rr lingo for an engineer) ... ohhhhhhhh there'z
nothing like hearing an ole train whistle <VBG> :)
hi~hi Becky, ... we're new to the world of (un)schooling, so I really don't
have any input except to say my fellas (11/9) and I love going to our
downtown library to HANG OUT together ...
welcome aboard and keep right on asking those ???'s b/c I'm sure I'm sitting
here wondering about the same things, too :)
Pris
----- Original Message -----
From: Bonnie Painter <bonniepainter@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 9:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Need unschooling input!
> Hi Becky!
>
> My children are 5 and 3 and I too have recently joined the email list. We
> have just recently sent our letter of intent to the school district in NJ
> and I know that we will need to submit a curriculum (not for their
approval,
> just to show what we are doing). I think that is going to be the
trickiest
> part as who knows where our interests will take us in the next year...
>
> We decided on unschooling because when we really thought about it, we were
> already pros! My son (5) became interested in trains when he was about 18
> months old. Since then, we have visited many railroads, train museums and
> have read countless books (some coffee table books even, if it was about
> trains, he'd listen). Now he has moved on to skyscrapers and bridges. My
> husband recently took him to the Empire State Building and he picked on
the
> Iron Works Building (one of the first skyscrapers) all by himself. My dh
> said he never would have known that...
>
> Anyway, I won't keep draggin on. My daughter who is 3 really hasn't come
> out with any one strong interest yet, so she mainly tags along with
brother
> and she also likes to play on the computer (we have tons of software).
>
> One of ds project's with Dad was to put together a website. If you would
> like to take a look, his address is
www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/8284
>
> They are working on updating it now and are adding skyscrapers to it in
it's
> next incarnation.
>
> Welcome to the list,
>
> Bonnie
>
Bonnie Painter
My ds was so excited to hear about all of your railroaders, and, no, he
didn't know what a hog-head was..
He would also like to know if any of them had the privilege of driving a
"Big Boy". If so, he'd be really interested in asking them some
questions...
Thanks,
Bonnie
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didn't know what a hog-head was..
He would also like to know if any of them had the privilege of driving a
"Big Boy". If so, he'd be really interested in asking them some
questions...
Thanks,
Bonnie
>From: "Pris" <x_t_sipr@...>________________________________________________________________________
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Need unschooling input!
>Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 17:49:09 -0500
>
>great website Bonnie ... we're a railroading family ... dh has been an
>engineer w/ UPRR for 27 yrs), my dad was an official w/ the SPRR (Southern
>Pacific) for 42 yrs, dh's grandfather and uncle were engineers w/ UPRR for
>40+ yrs, as well, so our fm is full of *hog~heads* ... ask ds if he knows
>what a hog~head is??? (rr lingo for an engineer) ... ohhhhhhhh there'z
>nothing like hearing an ole train whistle <VBG> :)
>
>hi~hi Becky, ... we're new to the world of (un)schooling, so I really don't
>have any input except to say my fellas (11/9) and I love going to our
>downtown library to HANG OUT together ...
>
>welcome aboard and keep right on asking those ???'s b/c I'm sure I'm
>sitting
>here wondering about the same things, too :)
>Pris
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Bonnie Painter <bonniepainter@...>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 9:33 AM
>Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Need unschooling input!
>
>
> > Hi Becky!
> >
> > My children are 5 and 3 and I too have recently joined the email list.
>We
> > have just recently sent our letter of intent to the school district in
>NJ
> > and I know that we will need to submit a curriculum (not for their
>approval,
> > just to show what we are doing). I think that is going to be the
>trickiest
> > part as who knows where our interests will take us in the next year...
> >
> > We decided on unschooling because when we really thought about it, we
>were
> > already pros! My son (5) became interested in trains when he was about
>18
> > months old. Since then, we have visited many railroads, train museums
>and
> > have read countless books (some coffee table books even, if it was about
> > trains, he'd listen). Now he has moved on to skyscrapers and bridges.
>My
> > husband recently took him to the Empire State Building and he picked on
>the
> > Iron Works Building (one of the first skyscrapers) all by himself. My
>dh
> > said he never would have known that...
> >
> > Anyway, I won't keep draggin on. My daughter who is 3 really hasn't
>come
> > out with any one strong interest yet, so she mainly tags along with
>brother
> > and she also likes to play on the computer (we have tons of software).
> >
> > One of ds project's with Dad was to put together a website. If you
>would
> > like to take a look, his address is
>www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/8284
> >
> > They are working on updating it now and are adding skyscrapers to it in
>it's
> > next incarnation.
> >
> > Welcome to the list,
> >
> > Bonnie
> >
>
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Debra Caruso
My oldest son is a Railroad fanatic,and is in the Air force in Okinawa
if any body wants to write him.He was homeschooled very relaxed for 7
years...Deb in Va
Tom has a best buddy who is an engineer,and he went on many trips with
him.
Bonnie Painter wrote:
if any body wants to write him.He was homeschooled very relaxed for 7
years...Deb in Va
Tom has a best buddy who is an engineer,and he went on many trips with
him.
Bonnie Painter wrote:
>
> My ds was so excited to hear about all of your railroaders, and, no, he
> didn't know what a hog-head was..
>
> He would also like to know if any of them had the privilege of driving a
> "Big Boy". If so, he'd be really interested in asking them some
> questions...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bonnie
>
> >From: "Pris" <x_t_sipr@...>
> >Reply-To: [email protected]
> >To: <[email protected]>
> >Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Need unschooling input!
> >Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 17:49:09 -0500
> >
> >great website Bonnie ... we're a railroading family ... dh has been an
> >engineer w/ UPRR for 27 yrs), my dad was an official w/ the SPRR (Southern
> >Pacific) for 42 yrs, dh's grandfather and uncle were engineers w/ UPRR for
> >40+ yrs, as well, so our fm is full of *hog~heads* ... ask ds if he knows
> >what a hog~head is??? (rr lingo for an engineer) ... ohhhhhhhh there'z
> >nothing like hearing an ole train whistle <VBG> :)
> >
> >hi~hi Becky, ... we're new to the world of (un)schooling, so I really don't
> >have any input except to say my fellas (11/9) and I love going to our
> >downtown library to HANG OUT together ...
> >
> >welcome aboard and keep right on asking those ???'s b/c I'm sure I'm
> >sitting
> >here wondering about the same things, too :)
> >Pris
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Bonnie Painter <bonniepainter@...>
> >To: <[email protected]>
> >Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 9:33 AM
> >Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Need unschooling input!
> >
> >
> > > Hi Becky!
> > >
> > > My children are 5 and 3 and I too have recently joined the email list.
> >We
> > > have just recently sent our letter of intent to the school district in
> >NJ
> > > and I know that we will need to submit a curriculum (not for their
> >approval,
> > > just to show what we are doing). I think that is going to be the
> >trickiest
> > > part as who knows where our interests will take us in the next year...
> > >
> > > We decided on unschooling because when we really thought about it, we
> >were
> > > already pros! My son (5) became interested in trains when he was about
> >18
> > > months old. Since then, we have visited many railroads, train museums
> >and
> > > have read countless books (some coffee table books even, if it was about
> > > trains, he'd listen). Now he has moved on to skyscrapers and bridges.
> >My
> > > husband recently took him to the Empire State Building and he picked on
> >the
> > > Iron Works Building (one of the first skyscrapers) all by himself. My
> >dh
> > > said he never would have known that...
> > >
> > > Anyway, I won't keep draggin on. My daughter who is 3 really hasn't
> >come
> > > out with any one strong interest yet, so she mainly tags along with
> >brother
> > > and she also likes to play on the computer (we have tons of software).
> > >
> > > One of ds project's with Dad was to put together a website. If you
> >would
> > > like to take a look, his address is
> >www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/8284
> > >
> > > They are working on updating it now and are adding skyscrapers to it in
> >it's
> > > next incarnation.
> > >
> > > Welcome to the list,
> > >
> > > Bonnie
> > >
> >
>
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Pris
Hi Bonnie ...
*ack*, dh just got out this eve (his run won't be back until late c. Fri???
that is, if he's ontime!!! you know those trains NEVER run on schedule,
haha), but I'll ask as soon as he returns ... dh'd get a kick out of
answering ds's
???'s, I'm sure, but, as for asking the others, well, lets just say they're
running their trains around that big rr track in heaven; sniff :::::::::
Pris :)
*ack*, dh just got out this eve (his run won't be back until late c. Fri???
that is, if he's ontime!!! you know those trains NEVER run on schedule,
haha), but I'll ask as soon as he returns ... dh'd get a kick out of
answering ds's
???'s, I'm sure, but, as for asking the others, well, lets just say they're
running their trains around that big rr track in heaven; sniff :::::::::
Pris :)
----- Original Message -----
From: Bonnie Painter <bonniepainter@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 6:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Need unschooling input!
> My ds was so excited to hear about all of your railroaders, and, no, he
didn't know what a hog-head was..
>
> He would also like to know if any of them had the privilege of driving a
"Big Boy". If so, he'd be really
> interested in asking them some questions...
>
> Thanks,
> Bonnie
>
>
> >From: "Pris" <x_t_sipr@...>
> >Reply-To: [email protected]
> >To: <[email protected]>
> >Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Need unschooling input!
> >Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 17:49:09 -0500
> >
> >great website Bonnie ... we're a railroading family ... dh has been an
> >engineer w/ UPRR for 27 yrs), my dad was an official w/ the SPRR
(Southern
> >Pacific) for 42 yrs, dh's grandfather and uncle were engineers w/ UPRR
for
> >40+ yrs, as well, so our fm is full of *hog~heads* ... ask ds if he knows
> >what a hog~head is??? (rr lingo for an engineer) ... ohhhhhhhh there'z
> >nothing like hearing an ole train whistle <VBG> :)
> >Pris
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In a message dated 6/6/00 2:25:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
LisaBugg@... writes:
<< I told my 10 year old toady that mom was just staying home.. not
going to go ANYWHERE today. He as aghast that I could choose to do such a
thing! :) >>
ROFL! I have an 11 year old who wants to be out doing something all the
time, and a 6 year old couch potato who likes to stay on her bed and read all
day. Such fun!
Marcie
LisaBugg@... writes:
<< I told my 10 year old toady that mom was just staying home.. not
going to go ANYWHERE today. He as aghast that I could choose to do such a
thing! :) >>
ROFL! I have an 11 year old who wants to be out doing something all the
time, and a 6 year old couch potato who likes to stay on her bed and read all
day. Such fun!
Marcie
D Klement
Amy wrote:
5 pin bowling which is the kind Sam and Nathan bowl.
5 pin bowling was developed here in Canada so workers could have a
shorter game that they could play over their lunch hour.
Sam just had her *moving up* ceremony in Brownies. She goes to Girl
Guides next fall.
Sam was one of those clinging vine children. After a year in Sparks ( 5
& 6 y olds) with me attending with her <g>, she told me the first night
of Brownies to *go!* that she'd be ok.
So for anyone else with shy, cautious children see to their need for
your presence first, encourage their involvement ( I didn't participate
with the leaders I made a point of sitting off to the side with a book
only involving myself when other mother volunteers were active) and the
shyness eventually evolves into independence.
Buzz
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
e-mail- klement@...
Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Our Sam is 8 turning 9 in September. Up here in Canada we bowl a lot of
> Buzz,
> I too have a Samantha that bowls and is in Brownies. She's 7 1/2. How old is
> your Sam?
> Amy
5 pin bowling which is the kind Sam and Nathan bowl.
5 pin bowling was developed here in Canada so workers could have a
shorter game that they could play over their lunch hour.
Sam just had her *moving up* ceremony in Brownies. She goes to Girl
Guides next fall.
Sam was one of those clinging vine children. After a year in Sparks ( 5
& 6 y olds) with me attending with her <g>, she told me the first night
of Brownies to *go!* that she'd be ok.
So for anyone else with shy, cautious children see to their need for
your presence first, encourage their involvement ( I didn't participate
with the leaders I made a point of sitting off to the side with a book
only involving myself when other mother volunteers were active) and the
shyness eventually evolves into independence.
Buzz
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
e-mail- klement@...
Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
D Klement
dwbtrhalf@... wrote:
shifts lots of days off mid week) *are we going anywhere today*.
He doesn't understand that lawns need to be cut etc.
buzz
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
e-mail- klement@...
Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>I have a ten yr old who asks every day that his dad is off work ( 12 hr
> In a message dated 6/6/00 2:25:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> LisaBugg@... writes:
>
> << I told my 10 year old toady that mom was just staying home.. not
> going to go ANYWHERE today. He as aghast that I could choose to do such a
> thing! :) >>
>
> ROFL! I have an 11 year old who wants to be out doing something all the
> time, and a 6 year old couch potato who likes to stay on her bed and read all
> day. Such fun!
>
> Marcie
shifts lots of days off mid week) *are we going anywhere today*.
He doesn't understand that lawns need to be cut etc.
buzz
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
e-mail- klement@...
Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Debra Caruso
I have a 12 year old son who always wants us to drive him somewhere,or
have someone over,or go out with dad.I have done that before.Today I am
not going anywhere...:)deb in Va
D Klement wrote:
have someone over,or go out with dad.I have done that before.Today I am
not going anywhere...:)deb in Va
D Klement wrote:
>
> dwbtrhalf@... wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 6/6/00 2:25:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > LisaBugg@... writes:
> >
> > << I told my 10 year old toady that mom was just staying home.. not
> > going to go ANYWHERE today. He as aghast that I could choose to do such a
> > thing! :) >>
> >
> > ROFL! I have an 11 year old who wants to be out doing something all the
> > time, and a 6 year old couch potato who likes to stay on her bed and read all
> > day. Such fun!
> >
> > Marcie
> I have a ten yr old who asks every day that his dad is off work ( 12 hr
> shifts lots of days off mid week) *are we going anywhere today*.
> He doesn't understand that lawns need to be cut etc.
>
> buzz
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
> Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
> Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
> Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
> e-mail- klement@...
> Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
> Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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In a message dated 6/5/00 8:56:20 PM Central Daylight Time,
tn-k4of5@... writes:
<< Lisa, you've been peeping in my windows haven't you? LOL That's what my
days look like with my 2 and 3 year olds. Except you left out the part about
dirt, brushing dirt off them, wiping dirt off them, shaking dirt out of their
clothes, brushing dirt off me, washing dirt off everyone with the hose,
pounding dirt out of shoes, etc. Maybe that is just a circumstance of having
boys though. LOL
into dirt, rocks, mud, sand, and bugs! LOL! ~Karen
tn-k4of5@... writes:
<< Lisa, you've been peeping in my windows haven't you? LOL That's what my
days look like with my 2 and 3 year olds. Except you left out the part about
dirt, brushing dirt off them, wiping dirt off them, shaking dirt out of their
clothes, brushing dirt off me, washing dirt off everyone with the hose,
pounding dirt out of shoes, etc. Maybe that is just a circumstance of having
boys though. LOL
>>LOL!! This sounds just like us, too! My boys are 5 1/2, and 3 1/2, and are
into dirt, rocks, mud, sand, and bugs! LOL! ~Karen
Pris
Hi Bonnie ...
ok, dh just got in and I asked ds's ??? ... *Big Boys* are steam locomotives
and the rrs stopped running those yrs ago (c. 45~ish) ... and yes, my dad
and dh's grandfather ran the Big Boys but like I said, neither are around
anymore, so they can't answer ds's questions, sorry but they would've gotten
a kick out of it if they were still alive <g> ...
hth ...
Pris
ok, dh just got in and I asked ds's ??? ... *Big Boys* are steam locomotives
and the rrs stopped running those yrs ago (c. 45~ish) ... and yes, my dad
and dh's grandfather ran the Big Boys but like I said, neither are around
anymore, so they can't answer ds's questions, sorry but they would've gotten
a kick out of it if they were still alive <g> ...
hth ...
Pris
----- Original Message -----
From: Pris <x_t_sipr@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Need unschooling input!
> Hi Bonnie ...
>
> *ack*, dh just got out this eve (his run won't be back until late c.
Fri???
> that is, if he's ontime!!! you know those trains NEVER run on schedule,
> haha), but I'll ask as soon as he returns ... dh'd get a kick out of
> answering ds's
> ???'s, I'm sure, but, as for asking the others, well, lets just say
they're
> running their trains around that big rr track in heaven; sniff :::::::::
>
> Pris :)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bonnie Painter <bonniepainter@...>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 6:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Need unschooling input!
>
>
> > My ds was so excited to hear about all of your railroaders, and, no, he
> didn't know what a hog-head was..
> >
> > He would also like to know if any of them had the privilege of driving a
> "Big Boy". If so, he'd be really
> > interested in asking them some questions...
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bonnie
> >
> >
> > >From: "Pris" <x_t_sipr@...>
> > >Reply-To: [email protected]
> > >To: <[email protected]>
> > >Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Need unschooling input!
> > >Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 17:49:09 -0500
> > >
> > >great website Bonnie ... we're a railroading family ... dh has been an
> > >engineer w/ UPRR for 27 yrs), my dad was an official w/ the SPRR
> (Southern
> > >Pacific) for 42 yrs, dh's grandfather and uncle were engineers w/ UPRR
> for
> > >40+ yrs, as well, so our fm is full of *hog~heads* ... ask ds if he
knows
> > >what a hog~head is??? (rr lingo for an engineer) ... ohhhhhhhh there'z
> > >nothing like hearing an ole train whistle <VBG> :)
> > >Pris
>
>
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Thank you so much Pris. Mac actually got to stand in the cab on a "Big
Boy". There is one of the few remaining in Scranton, PA and we went there
during Labor Day weekend so that he could climb in the cab. He was excited
when I told him that your dad had actually driven one! Did you show your dh
mac's website? Hopefully, they will have it updated by July. My dh was
going to use the picture of the kids standing in front of the Big Boy as the
background.
Thanks again and if Mac has any other questions, I'll write again...
Bonnie
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Boy". There is one of the few remaining in Scranton, PA and we went there
during Labor Day weekend so that he could climb in the cab. He was excited
when I told him that your dad had actually driven one! Did you show your dh
mac's website? Hopefully, they will have it updated by July. My dh was
going to use the picture of the kids standing in front of the Big Boy as the
background.
Thanks again and if Mac has any other questions, I'll write again...
Bonnie
>From: "Pris" <x_t_sipr@...>________________________________________________________________________
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: <[email protected]>
>Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Need unschooling input!
>Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 12:23:55 -0500
>
>Hi Bonnie ...
>
>ok, dh just got in and I asked ds's ??? ... *Big Boys* are steam
>locomotives
>and the rrs stopped running those yrs ago (c. 45~ish) ... and yes, my dad
>and dh's grandfather ran the Big Boys but like I said, neither are around
>anymore, so they can't answer ds's questions, sorry but they would've
>gotten
>a kick out of it if they were still alive <g> ...
>
>hth ...
>Pris
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Pris <x_t_sipr@...>
>To: <[email protected]>
>Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 7:23 PM
>Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Need unschooling input!
>
>
> > Hi Bonnie ...
> >
> > *ack*, dh just got out this eve (his run won't be back until late c.
>Fri???
> > that is, if he's ontime!!! you know those trains NEVER run on schedule,
> > haha), but I'll ask as soon as he returns ... dh'd get a kick out of
> > answering ds's
> > ???'s, I'm sure, but, as for asking the others, well, lets just say
>they're
> > running their trains around that big rr track in heaven; sniff :::::::::
> >
> > Pris :)
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Bonnie Painter <bonniepainter@...>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 6:31 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Need unschooling input!
> >
> >
> > > My ds was so excited to hear about all of your railroaders, and, no,
>he
> > didn't know what a hog-head was..
> > >
> > > He would also like to know if any of them had the privilege of driving
>a
> > "Big Boy". If so, he'd be really
> > > interested in asking them some questions...
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Bonnie
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: "Pris" <x_t_sipr@...>
> > > >Reply-To: [email protected]
> > > >To: <[email protected]>
> > > >Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Need unschooling input!
> > > >Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 17:49:09 -0500
> > > >
> > > >great website Bonnie ... we're a railroading family ... dh has been
>an
> > > >engineer w/ UPRR for 27 yrs), my dad was an official w/ the SPRR
> > (Southern
> > > >Pacific) for 42 yrs, dh's grandfather and uncle were engineers w/
>UPRR
> > for
> > > >40+ yrs, as well, so our fm is full of *hog~heads* ... ask ds if he
>knows
> > > >what a hog~head is??? (rr lingo for an engineer) ... ohhhhhhhh
>there'z
> > > >nothing like hearing an ole train whistle <VBG> :)
> > > >Pris
> >
> >
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Sonia Ulan
Hi Lisa!
Sorry, I'm catching up very belatedly with my email and just giggled
when I read how life is not a whole lot different with older children
than it is with babies...eat, drink, dance, sing, eat, videos, eat,
maybe wash dishes, take a walk, eat, SLEEP???
That was so cute!
Lisa Bugg wrote:
Sorry, I'm catching up very belatedly with my email and just giggled
when I read how life is not a whole lot different with older children
than it is with babies...eat, drink, dance, sing, eat, videos, eat,
maybe wash dishes, take a walk, eat, SLEEP???
That was so cute!
Lisa Bugg wrote:
>
> Hi Becky,
> You pretty much caught us doing what we do best, going down tangents.
> ;) The weather has been so pretty and folks are out gardening and planting
> vegetables. Also, unschooling pretty much encompasses our lives, so all
> topics touch on learning lives in some way.
>
> When my children were the ages of yours our lives looked like this.
> Fix food, fix juice, play, fix food, watch videos, sing, dance, fix food...
> collapse in bed at night. :) Now that mine are older it still looks like
> that, but I don't fix all the food. Thank goodness!!
>
> Why don't you ask us some questions about unschooling, give us a hint.
> Where are you by the way? Maybe someone here is close to you.
>
> Welcome!
> LisaKK
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: bjackson <beckyjackson@...>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2000 10:39 PM
> Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Need unschooling input!
>
> > Hello! This is my first day of being on this unschooling e-mail list. I'm
> > not familiar with e-mail lists and I know I'm behind on discussions, but I
> > have received 14 e-mails today and none of them were related to
> > unschooling. Is that a typical day? I can talk about other stuff with all
> > the people I see in person, but I can't talk about unschooling with them.
> > I'd love to hear what your children are doing and learning so I might not
> > feel all alone in this lifestyle and so that I might get some new ideas
> and
> > perspectives--especially from those of you with young children. Mine are
> 5,
> > 4, and 3. Thank you! --Becky
> >
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Sonia Ulan
Hi!
I wasn't aware you are Canadian...where are you?
Sonia
D Klement wrote:
I wasn't aware you are Canadian...where are you?
Sonia
D Klement wrote:
>
> Amy wrote:
> >
> > Buzz,
> > I too have a Samantha that bowls and is in Brownies. She's 7 1/2. How old is
> > your Sam?
> > Amy
>
> Our Sam is 8 turning 9 in September. Up here in Canada we bowl a lot of
> 5 pin bowling which is the kind Sam and Nathan bowl.
> 5 pin bowling was developed here in Canada so workers could have a
> shorter game that they could play over their lunch hour.
>
> Sam just had her *moving up* ceremony in Brownies. She goes to Girl
> Guides next fall.
> Sam was one of those clinging vine children. After a year in Sparks ( 5
> & 6 y olds) with me attending with her <g>, she told me the first night
> of Brownies to *go!* that she'd be ok.
> So for anyone else with shy, cautious children see to their need for
> your presence first, encourage their involvement ( I didn't participate
> with the leaders I made a point of sitting off to the side with a book
> only involving myself when other mother volunteers were active) and the
> shyness eventually evolves into independence.
>
> Buzz
>
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> Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
> Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
> Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
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Sonia Ulan
Hey! I was born in Toronto and have been to Hamilton and Niagra Falls a
few times. I'm in Saskatoon now but may have to face a move again east
if getting a job so warrants...we hear things are really humming
economically-speaking in S. Ont. right now. I fear we couldn't afford
the standard of living though; real estate is so very reasonable here on
the prairies.
D Klement wrote:
few times. I'm in Saskatoon now but may have to face a move again east
if getting a job so warrants...we hear things are really humming
economically-speaking in S. Ont. right now. I fear we couldn't afford
the standard of living though; real estate is so very reasonable here on
the prairies.
D Klement wrote:
>
> Sonia Ulan wrote:
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > I wasn't aware you are Canadian...where are you?
> >
> > Sonia
>
> Yup! We're in southern Ontario, Hamilton to be exact.
> 1 hour from Toronto, 45 min from Niagara Falls.
>
> Buzz
> --
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> The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
> Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
> Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
> Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
> e-mail- klement@...
> Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
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Sonia Ulan wrote:
1 hour from Toronto, 45 min from Niagara Falls.
Buzz
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The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
e-mail- klement@...
Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
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>Yup! We're in southern Ontario, Hamilton to be exact.
> Hi!
>
> I wasn't aware you are Canadian...where are you?
>
> Sonia
1 hour from Toronto, 45 min from Niagara Falls.
Buzz
--
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The Klement Family "Education is what survives when
Darryl, Debbie, what has been learned has been
Kathleen, Nathan & forgotten"
Samantha B.F. Skinner in "New Scientist".
e-mail- klement@...
Canadian homeschool page: http:\\www.flora.org/homeschool-ca/
Ont. Federation of Teaching Parents: http:\\www.flora.org/oftp/
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