tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post351710492091285007..comments2023-10-22T02:31:42.812-07:00Comments on grit's day: Why home educate? (1) Attention spanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-20119461452506091522008-11-25T21:20:00.000-08:002008-11-25T21:20:00.000-08:00i have been reading your blog since discovering it...i have been reading your blog since discovering it yesterday and i am crying with laughter. you strick it so perfectly. this, in particular, this whole attention span and ''how do you spell'' struck a particular chord. keep writing.A Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03933820566793650208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-66199669778117221852008-10-14T15:27:00.000-07:002008-10-14T15:27:00.000-07:00hi kitty, i haven't been in a school yet where som...hi kitty, i haven't been in a school yet where someone didn't holler that across a room of kids! if there was such a school near us, we might have sent shark, squirrel and tiger!<BR/><BR/>hi adventure mother! i think lots of people are capable of home ed, but many reasons probably come into play against it.<BR/><BR/>yes indeed sharon! the laptop solution was mentioned!<BR/><BR/>do you know, ovagirl, i have never seen that film. i am so very glad, if only to be spared more unicorns.<BR/><BR/>that swamp creation sounds wonderful, allie. ours made mud channels with bridges so the beetles could cross safely without getting their feet wet when the hose came out. aah.<BR/><BR/>thank you, gill!Grithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14022216340604423686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-71189097420700917342008-10-14T04:01:00.000-07:002008-10-14T04:01:00.000-07:00Fabulous post, Grit. I love it!Fabulous post, Grit. I love it!Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09707661738889563273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-85641133417620938742008-10-14T03:37:00.000-07:002008-10-14T03:37:00.000-07:00That's a good example. Lovely that they have each...That's a good example. Lovely that they have each other to do this stuff with.<BR/>At one of our home ed groups, recently, the children have been working together on 'swamp creation'. This involves digging a network of channels, adding appropriate characters (some plastic toys and some home-made) and then pouring water through the channels and developing storylines. Kids range from about six to about eleven and would probably do this for days and days if they could. I love to see them working out theories, testing them, sharing knowledge and working together. Adults are only involved as and when asked.Alliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07432518528835330361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-5832347695164455512008-10-14T03:00:00.000-07:002008-10-14T03:00:00.000-07:00oh dear this made me laugh. I'm sorry I have nothi...oh dear this made me laugh. I'm sorry I have nothing helpful to add. Except I do remember when unicorns took on a life of their own and caused a huge craze at my school and no one was clever enough to set up unicorn post so i think there's something in that. Also...(and this is probably quite silly) the movie Legend (starring a boyish still crooked-teethed Tom Cruise) had some really beautiful unicorn scenes...(Ridley Scott direction I think...)OvaGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12150362175853549015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-59254745266742050662008-10-13T20:13:00.000-07:002008-10-13T20:13:00.000-07:00No,I couldn't do what you do either Grit. I admire...No,I couldn't do what you do either Grit. I admire your determination enormously though. Fortunately the schools my boys went to were not so draconian in the approach they took to learning/teaching as those you have experienced. Not sure how I would have dealt with the whole school thing otherwise.<BR/><BR/>In the interests of saving paper, have you considered little blackboards and chalks? Or, and this takes me back a long way, those 'magic' writing pads that we used to put in Christmas stockings would be ideal. Less to clear up afterwards too ;-) I suppose the modern answer would be a laptop for each of the girls so they could e-mail each other....sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03247276433803886670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-16753027709761809142008-10-13T14:50:00.000-07:002008-10-13T14:50:00.000-07:00I do admire your patience. I'm sure your children ...I do admire your patience. I'm sure your children are having the most wonderful education - I know I couldn't do it!Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02055675561988538475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-80259612977994667822008-10-13T13:45:00.000-07:002008-10-13T13:45:00.000-07:00Maybe not at all schools would they have been told...Maybe not at all schools would they have been told to sit down, be quiet and pay attention. But your 'school' is fabulous. I admire what you're doing enormously - not just because it's a great thing to do, but because you are standing up and saying 'this is who I am, this is what I believe, and I'm bloody well doing it ... so there'.<BR/><BR/>More power to your elbow. xKittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16259837826944310404noreply@blogger.com