Comments on: An Unschooling Meme http://phatmommy.com/2006/08/30/an-unschooling-meme/ Parenting, Homeschooling and Technology Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:57:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Kristi http://phatmommy.com/2006/08/30/an-unschooling-meme/#comment-4155 Kristi Fri, 08 Sep 2006 18:48:10 +0000 http://phatmommy.com/2006/08/30/an-unschooling-meme/#comment-4155 We're not unschoolers but I like the meme. I don't even know how I'd begin to answer those questions. I like keeping up with how other parents are making things work. :) We’re not unschoolers but I like the meme. I don’t even know how I’d begin to answer those questions. I like keeping up with how other parents are making things work. :)

]]> By: Jo http://phatmommy.com/2006/08/30/an-unschooling-meme/#comment-3889 Jo Mon, 04 Sep 2006 22:22:01 +0000 http://phatmommy.com/2006/08/30/an-unschooling-meme/#comment-3889 I haven't been able to do the homeschooling ones that have been going around but your unschooling one is great and I couldn't help but do it on my homeschool blog! :) I haven’t been able to do the homeschooling ones that have been going around but your unschooling one is great and I couldn’t help but do it on my homeschool blog! :)

]]> By: Trixie http://phatmommy.com/2006/08/30/an-unschooling-meme/#comment-3854 Trixie Mon, 04 Sep 2006 03:47:53 +0000 http://phatmommy.com/2006/08/30/an-unschooling-meme/#comment-3854 1) ONE FIELD TRIP YOUR CHILD LEARNED A LOT FROM I'd like to say our tour of Cold Stone Creamery (since I organized it, learned a lot from it, and had such fun!), but I think my kids usually learn the most from tagging along on everyday ordinary errands. Going to the bank with Pop-Pop is an experience which seems to raise lots of questions and has piqued my 5-year-old's interest in money, earning, and savings. 2) THE GAME/TOY THAT’S GIVEN YOU THE MOST EDUCATION MILEAGE Right now, Yahtzee. We're all addicted to this game in our house and it's taught my 5-year-old a ton of math. I only wish there were a version of this game with 12-sided dice. My kid's now a whiz at multiplication through 6X6, but provides no motivation for him to learn more! At just $0.25 (I bought it at a garage sale), this game was quite a bargain! 3) ORDINARY HOUSEHOLD ITEM THAT’S GIVEN YOU THE MOST EDUCATION MILEAGE The computer, hands down. If you're looking for a low-tech item, I'd have to say a deck of cards. Cards have been used in our house in so many different ways. My kids have learned math (counting, sorting, matching, adding), developed manual dexterity (dealing, shuffling, building card houses, slap-jack), practiced perspective-taking (card game strategy, reading opponents' moves), and exercised their creativity (making up card games, designing card houses). 4) NAME THREE MAGAZINES/BOOKS ON YOUR COFFEE TABLE What coffee table? We do have the recent issue of My Big Backyard on our over-sized ottoman, though. 5) ONE SKILL YOUR CHILD LEARNED FROM GROCERY SHOPPING Oh, so many... swiping credit cards, reading (have to know what those labels say), and negotiation! 6) ONE RESOURCE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT BUYING, BUT THEN REALIZED YOUR CHILD COULD LEARN THAT INFORMATION JUST BY LIVING LIFE Hmmm... I can't think of anything right now. Somebody got my kids a talking teaching clock a couple years ago. They like it okay, but didn't seem to use it to learn to tell time at all. Instead, my 5-year-old is learning to read an analog clock by wearing a watch (something he really was interested in wearing) with both digital and analog clocks on it. 7) AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU’VE SAVED BY NOT PURCHASING CURRICULUM I have no idea. 1) ONE FIELD TRIP YOUR CHILD LEARNED A LOT FROM
I’d like to say our tour of Cold Stone Creamery (since I organized it, learned a lot from it, and had such fun!), but I think my kids usually learn the most from tagging along on everyday ordinary errands. Going to the bank with Pop-Pop is an experience which seems to raise lots of questions and has piqued my 5-year-old’s interest in money, earning, and savings.

2) THE GAME/TOY THAT’S GIVEN YOU THE MOST EDUCATION MILEAGE
Right now, Yahtzee. We’re all addicted to this game in our house and it’s taught my 5-year-old a ton of math. I only wish there were a version of this game with 12-sided dice. My kid’s now a whiz at multiplication through 6X6, but provides no motivation for him to learn more! At just $0.25 (I bought it at a garage sale), this game was quite a bargain!

3) ORDINARY HOUSEHOLD ITEM THAT’S GIVEN YOU THE MOST EDUCATION MILEAGE
The computer, hands down. If you’re looking for a low-tech item, I’d have to say a deck of cards. Cards have been used in our house in so many different ways. My kids have learned math (counting, sorting, matching, adding), developed manual dexterity (dealing, shuffling, building card houses, slap-jack), practiced perspective-taking (card game strategy, reading opponents’ moves), and exercised their creativity (making up card games, designing card houses).

4) NAME THREE MAGAZINES/BOOKS ON YOUR COFFEE TABLE
What coffee table? We do have the recent issue of My Big Backyard on our over-sized ottoman, though.

5) ONE SKILL YOUR CHILD LEARNED FROM GROCERY SHOPPING
Oh, so many… swiping credit cards, reading (have to know what those labels say), and negotiation!

6) ONE RESOURCE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT BUYING, BUT THEN REALIZED YOUR CHILD COULD LEARN THAT INFORMATION JUST BY LIVING LIFE
Hmmm… I can’t think of anything right now. Somebody got my kids a talking teaching clock a couple years ago. They like it okay, but didn’t seem to use it to learn to tell time at all. Instead, my 5-year-old is learning to read an analog clock by wearing a watch (something he really was interested in wearing) with both digital and analog clocks on it.

7) AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU’VE SAVED BY NOT PURCHASING CURRICULUM
I have no idea.

]]> By: Alasandra http://phatmommy.com/2006/08/30/an-unschooling-meme/#comment-3842 Alasandra Sun, 03 Sep 2006 21:57:41 +0000 http://phatmommy.com/2006/08/30/an-unschooling-meme/#comment-3842 I am so glad I am not the only one who doesn't use homeschooling catalogs. Petite Mommy, when my kids were little they enjoyed Reader Rabit http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000068NNK?v=glance There was also some other software for the computer that read books aloud and highlighted the words as the computer program said them. And we had a neat program with Dinosaurs. It was Knowledge Adventure I think. You had to go to Dos and type in this long name to get to it. Imagine my shock when my 3 year old did it while I was in the shower. Apparently he paid lots of attention to how Mommy got it to work. I am so glad I am not the only one who doesn’t use homeschooling catalogs.

Petite Mommy, when my kids were little they enjoyed Reader Rabit http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000068NNK?v=glance

There was also some other software for the computer that read books aloud and highlighted the words as the computer program said them.

And we had a neat program with Dinosaurs. It was Knowledge Adventure I think.

You had to go to Dos and type in this long name to get to it. Imagine my shock when my 3 year old did it while I was in the shower. Apparently he paid lots of attention to how Mommy got it to work.

]]> By: Shauna http://phatmommy.com/2006/08/30/an-unschooling-meme/#comment-3294 Shauna Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:36:25 +0000 http://phatmommy.com/2006/08/30/an-unschooling-meme/#comment-3294 Fun! I answered this meme on my blog. For #5, my first impulse was to say whining... Fun! I answered this meme on my blog. For #5, my first impulse was to say whining…

]]> By: PHAT Mommy http://phatmommy.com/2006/08/30/an-unschooling-meme/#comment-3287 PHAT Mommy Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:47:31 +0000 http://phatmommy.com/2006/08/30/an-unschooling-meme/#comment-3287 Just reading to them. Read, read, read. And if you find something that motivates them, try to work reading into it somehow. I wish I could be more helpful with this - but guess what? I'm starting a new web site chock full of homeschooling resources and ideas from other homeschooling parents. So when it goes live, hopefully we'll have some more suggestions for you! BTW, Petite Mommy - I love your blog. I think you look a little like Rachael Ray in your photo. Just reading to them. Read, read, read. And if you find something that motivates them, try to work reading into it somehow. I wish I could be more helpful with this - but guess what? I’m starting a new web site chock full of homeschooling resources and ideas from other homeschooling parents. So when it goes live, hopefully we’ll have some more suggestions for you!

BTW, Petite Mommy - I love your blog. I think you look a little like Rachael Ray in your photo.

]]> By: Petite Mommy http://phatmommy.com/2006/08/30/an-unschooling-meme/#comment-3277 Petite Mommy Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:45:49 +0000 http://phatmommy.com/2006/08/30/an-unschooling-meme/#comment-3277 I'm glad I'm finding more and more homeschooling moms on the Internet. I need all the support I can get. Are there any resources that you do recommend for teaching your child to read? I’m glad I’m finding more and more homeschooling moms on the Internet. I need all the support I can get. Are there any resources that you do recommend for teaching your child to read?

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