Wednesday, October 26, 2011
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Okay, lets try this again without the help of my toddlers and typos! I have learned that I am not good at multi-tasking!
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I am not an unschooler but am looking into it. I don't know any unschoolers. Where I'm from most people just use Abeka or some other boxed curriculum.
I am curious as to how you handle unschooling high schoolers. I live in a state that requires notification to the local school board, as well as standardized testing each year. In my notification I have to submit our outline of what will be taught and a list of the books we will be using. I'm not sure how that would work with unschooling. What do you do? Does your state require any type of notification?
Also, I would love to know how you teach your children to follow through even if it's hard. For example say your teenager whats to learn British Lit. and then reads half of a book, says it's too hard to read and wants to switch to something else. I'd want my kids to learn to persevere. I think I would have a hard time with that if it was happening over and over. Have you ever experienced this with any of your children and how do you handle it?
Thanks so much for your time.Hi Anna!
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Nice to meet you:)
I live in Nebraska and we have to notify the state each year as well with a detailed listing of books and curriculum using in all subjects.
In terms of testing, unschoolers do very well on these and are usually tested above average. *taken from the unschooling handbook*
And knowing your teen will be tested each year, he or she can study what needs to be done to score well.
One of my daughters went to a community college when she was 16 and needed to test into English. She'd never taken a test in her life and scored above average. That was fun!
In terms of follow-through...if my kids are interested and then lose interest, then we talk. I listen to the "whys" and possible consequences and work it out. Sometimes we need to give them a push, but other times it will seem useless to if they aren't learning a thing. Each situation will depend, and several of my children have done that, and I'm expecting more of mine to, too.:)
I have a couple of great books to recommend...
The Unschooling Handbook
Punished by Rewards
The Teenage Liberation Handbook
Check these out and give them a read. They are wonderful! Let me know what you think and I hope I've been able to answer some of your questions!
Let me know how else I can help!
Jenny
Hi Carrie,
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You'll find that children won't want to misspell words. If yours do now, they won't for long! Mine are always finding out for themselves how to spell words when they are in the need to know, such as computer work, email, texting, etc...
My daughter, Bella, has the Planner Perfect, planner, for girls, and she loves it! She writes and plans all of her days and sets personal and learning goals for herself every month. She works on her spelling and her writing by learning how to life plan (following her dreams and goals, vs. her activities). This has been a fun and she's been learning a lot!
Encourage reading, book clubs, writing to friends,and if they ask me quite a few times how to spell, I'll encourage her to figure it out on her own, by Googling it, or sounding it out and trying it out on her own first.
To help with their spelling, too, is reading. I encourage reading, we make regular trips to the library and book stores where we read, pick out books together and/or read aloud. Reading always opens up so many doors to learning!
Children, when in a free environment, will embrace learning to spell as the situation(s) present itself.
Let me know how else I can help!
jenny
love it!!! you go girl! xoxoxo
ReplyDeletethank you, bette anne!
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ReplyDeleteOkay, lets try this again without the help of my toddlers and typos! I have learned that I am not good at multi-tasking!
ReplyDeleteI am not an unschooler but am looking into it. I don't know any unschoolers. Where I'm from most people just use Abeka or some other boxed curriculum.
I am curious as to how you handle unschooling high schoolers. I live in a state that requires notification to the local school board, as well as standardized testing each year. In my notification I have to submit our outline of what will be taught and a list of the books we will be using. I'm not sure how that would work with unschooling. What do you do? Does your state require any type of notification?
Also, I would love to know how you teach your children to follow through even if it's hard. For example say your teenager whats to learn British Lit. and then reads half of a book, says it's too hard to read and wants to switch to something else. I'd want my kids to learn to persevere. I think I would have a hard time with that if it was happening over and over. Have you ever experienced this with any of your children and how do you handle it?
Thanks so much for your time.
Hi Anna!
ReplyDeleteNice to meet you:)
I live in Nebraska and we have to notify the state each year as well with a detailed listing of books and curriculum using in all subjects.
In terms of testing, unschoolers do very well on these and are usually tested above average. *taken from the unschooling handbook*
And knowing your teen will be tested each year, he or she can study what needs to be done to score well.
One of my daughters went to a community college when she was 16 and needed to test into English. She'd never taken a test in her life and scored above average. That was fun!
In terms of follow-through...if my kids are interested and then lose interest, then we talk. I listen to the "whys" and possible consequences and work it out. Sometimes we need to give them a push, but other times it will seem useless to if they aren't learning a thing. Each situation will depend, and several of my children have done that, and I'm expecting more of mine to, too.:)
I have a couple of great books to recommend...
The Unschooling Handbook
Punished by Rewards
The Teenage Liberation Handbook
Check these out and give them a read. They are wonderful! Let me know what you think and I hope I've been able to answer some of your questions!
Let me know how else I can help!
Jenny
Hi i’m Heather! I have a question for you! Please email me :)
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Tag! You're It! http://homeschoolinggirls.blogspot.com/2012/02/tag-youre-it.html
ReplyDeleteI love and agree with this perspective!! I was wondering, and looking for encouragement, about the subject of spelling. For kids that don't enjoy writing... How do you encourage and expose them to learning how to spell. It's the one thing I seem to get hung up on.
ReplyDeleteHi Carrie,
ReplyDeleteYou'll find that children won't want to misspell words. If yours do now, they won't for long! Mine are always finding out for themselves how to spell words when they are in the need to know, such as computer work, email, texting, etc...
My daughter, Bella, has the Planner Perfect, planner, for girls, and she loves it! She writes and plans all of her days and sets personal and learning goals for herself every month. She works on her spelling and her writing by learning how to life plan (following her dreams and goals, vs. her activities). This has been a fun and she's been learning a lot!
Encourage reading, book clubs, writing to friends,and if they ask me quite a few times how to spell, I'll encourage her to figure it out on her own, by Googling it, or sounding it out and trying it out on her own first.
To help with their spelling, too, is reading. I encourage reading, we make regular trips to the library and book stores where we read, pick out books together and/or read aloud. Reading always opens up so many doors to learning!
Children, when in a free environment, will embrace learning to spell as the situation(s) present itself.
Let me know how else I can help!
jenny