ethomp

Hi Becky!

I am new to homeschooling as well. I am still struggling with what
curriculum I should use. I thought it was interesting that we both live in
Arkansas. If we have any questions concerning Arkansas "laws" or
guidelines, now we know someone else who can help. Welcome aboard!

Liz
----- Original Message -----
From: bjackson <beckyjackson@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 10:03 AM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] rephrased question and introduction


> Okay, let me rephrase the question more intelligently: Tell me some of the
> wonderful ways you are observing your children's natural love of learning
> and self-directed activities and facilitating their learning by answering
> questions, providing resources, etc. Your responses have been so
> encouraging and reassuring to me as I only know public school moms and
they
> are interested in totally different aspects of their children's lives.
> I have been home with my children and unschooling all their lives (almost
6
> years). My oldest e-mails with her grandma (using "kid spelling"). I read
> to them a ton of children's books and are halfway through the Little House
> series. They play outside a lot and have taken to frog and worm hunting a
> lot lately and observing frogs swim in our bathtub: ) My five-year-old has
> her own little business selling eggs and my four-year-old sells fruit and
> jam that she helps me make. My three-year-old son is a dinosaur fanatic
and
> asks a lot of questions about them. Yesterday, he announced "Mama, when I
> grow up, I'm going to be a pro bull rider." Yikes! The girls and I are
> experimenting with sewing, cross stitch, latch hook, and crochet. We live
> on 11 acres in Arkansas with a catfish pond, a hay meadow, and lots of
> fruit trees. My kids have learned things about animals, farming, and
> gardening that I didn't know at age 20.
> We have a setting hen and I could swear she's been setting for 3 weeks.
> Isn't that the incubation period? Now I'm off on a tangent : ) Sue, your
> lives on your farm sounds awesome! ---Becky
>
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Lisa Bugg

Arkansas has seen some changes in their laws. The updated laws can be found
at www.nhen.org.. and here at unschooling.com, if I ever get back online.
AOL will not connect tonight!

LisaKK
----- Original Message -----
From: ethomp <ethomp@...>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] rephrased question and introduction


> Hi Becky!
>
> I am new to homeschooling as well. I am still struggling with what
> curriculum I should use. I thought it was interesting that we both live
in
> Arkansas. If we have any questions concerning Arkansas "laws" or
> guidelines, now we know someone else who can help. Welcome aboard!
>
> Liz
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: bjackson <beckyjackson@...>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 10:03 AM
> Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] rephrased question and introduction
>
>
> > Okay, let me rephrase the question more intelligently: Tell me some of
the
> > wonderful ways you are observing your children's natural love of
learning
> > and self-directed activities and facilitating their learning by
answering
> > questions, providing resources, etc. Your responses have been so
> > encouraging and reassuring to me as I only know public school moms and
> they
> > are interested in totally different aspects of their children's lives.
> > I have been home with my children and unschooling all their lives
(almost
> 6
> > years). My oldest e-mails with her grandma (using "kid spelling"). I
read
> > to them a ton of children's books and are halfway through the Little
House
> > series. They play outside a lot and have taken to frog and worm hunting
a
> > lot lately and observing frogs swim in our bathtub: ) My five-year-old
has
> > her own little business selling eggs and my four-year-old sells fruit
and
> > jam that she helps me make. My three-year-old son is a dinosaur fanatic
> and
> > asks a lot of questions about them. Yesterday, he announced "Mama, when
I
> > grow up, I'm going to be a pro bull rider." Yikes! The girls and I are
> > experimenting with sewing, cross stitch, latch hook, and crochet. We
live
> > on 11 acres in Arkansas with a catfish pond, a hay meadow, and lots of
> > fruit trees. My kids have learned things about animals, farming, and
> > gardening that I didn't know at age 20.
> > We have a setting hen and I could swear she's been setting for 3 weeks.
> > Isn't that the incubation period? Now I'm off on a tangent : ) Sue, your
> > lives on your farm sounds awesome! ---Becky
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Porsche Boxter. You and a friend. Nine dream days from
> > Napa Valley to Beverly Hills. Provided by CarsDirect.com.
> > Click to enter.
> > http://click.egroups.com/1/4882/7/_/448294/_/960218766/
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Message boards, timely articles, a free newsletter and more!
> > Check it all out at: http://www.unschooling.com
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