tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post5164863472712035185..comments2023-10-22T02:31:42.812-07:00Comments on grit's day: Seven days with three four-year olds passed like thatUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-91456820174017330912010-01-10T18:42:59.633-08:002010-01-10T18:42:59.633-08:00Wow - you busy thing!
When we 'started'...Wow - you busy thing! <br /><br />When we 'started' (pistol shot - now!) I used to lay out on our big table paper and charcoal, or clay and tools or collage bits and glue etc each night. Then I decided that what was better to wake up with than a laid out table each morning was a CLEAR table each morning (oh so clever - child-led autonomy I could call it - much less arsing about to be nearer the truth - extreme smugness the reality). <br /><br />Now if I wake up at all before noon I'd be hugely surprised if I could even find the bloody table.MadameSmokinGunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00369302102195138989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-8939086475555921022010-01-10T13:28:08.561-08:002010-01-10T13:28:08.561-08:00I think there is a market for a home ed project id...I think there is a market for a home ed project ideas type of book. <br /><br />Your ideas are genius, and as I sit here, half terrified about what I will fill the next week with now they are bored of snow, I am grateful to read your blog (may be you should have another "ideas" blog - please?)kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708429699005394771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-48980143746911694222010-01-10T11:08:33.688-08:002010-01-10T11:08:33.688-08:00i think it does help the kids to look for connecti...i think it does help the kids to look for connections, sarah, and i think it is a good way to start because it makes the grown up feel *useful*. it certainly gave me a reason to get out of bed. that is not to be underestimated imho!<br /><br />they are more free range now sharon; i still do projects with them, partly because i feel i need to keep one eye on approaches should circumstances change round here and they need to enter the school system, also because i want to introduce new things and they are fairly used to a project approach; it sometimes now feels like a brainstorming session in a project management team.<br /><br />rachel, that would be lovely, and i think something ideas-based would help; although home ed is going to be different in every family, and for every child, i would have appreciated not having to reinvent the wheel in terms of ideas on starting out. <br /><br />sam, i bet you are disguising your talents.Grithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14022216340604423686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-67703949996599167792010-01-10T02:20:53.203-08:002010-01-10T02:20:53.203-08:00Love the funky glasses :-)
I tried to be that org...Love the funky glasses :-)<br /><br />I tried to be that organised at the beginning, but quickly discovered that it wasn't working *shriek*<br /><br />No..wait..I was never that organised *sigh*Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16127623000367674910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-80834806413934156512010-01-09T17:35:05.142-08:002010-01-09T17:35:05.142-08:00Sounds like you have enough material to publish a ...Sounds like you have enough material to publish a book! Go for it!!!R. Molderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18119986754283927453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-21495071173159615322010-01-09T17:19:13.711-08:002010-01-09T17:19:13.711-08:00But all of those projects helped the Gritlets lear...But all of those projects helped the Gritlets learn how to think and question. Good training (if that word is not an obscenity)for the free range variety of education.sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03247276433803886670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686467686335484826.post-70793736098796845662010-01-09T17:03:14.422-08:002010-01-09T17:03:14.422-08:00We were "unit study" learners too in the...We were "unit study" learners too in the early years. Oh the enthusiasm I could muster for planning a wonderful unit! Now we're mainly unschoolers, which is what seems to happen to so many long-term homeschoolers, probably because it works best (but possibly because mama gets sick of teaching when not teaching does just as well) but all that unit study practice really taught my dd to see connections and to go deep with a subject.sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03818420999930644450noreply@blogger.com