Posts by midnightwriter

I thought it sounded like fun and signed up two years ago. Then my first assigned person had a three paragraph list of specifications--no humour, no touristy, no animals; nothing home made; art, but not just any art--it was some...

For a Saturday Evening comparison:   The ENTIRE mothering boards, of which unschooling is a tiny section: 1917 users (229 members, 1688 guests) The WTM boards, in their entirety devoted to classical homeschooling: 916 users...

Does the board answer your needs? Would you like things to be different? What would you like others to do to achieve this? What would you be able to do yourself to achieve this? Anything else that I didn't mention? Please elaborate.

Note: ***When I say 'gifted', I also mean 'highly motivated, enaged, passionate'.   Note #2: I meant to have the option of answering more than one question on the poll, obviously, as many here have more than one child. I don't...

I'm curious about the numbers and intentions.

  Quote: Originally Posted by SweetSilver  Go for it and see what happens.       50 views in 20 hours. Granted, it's weekend, but still.     I recently I...

Is there a more active unschooling discussion board somewhere? I remember some time ago a new one came up, but I can't even find it anymore, and when I did check it out it was even deader than here. I'd like to see more discussions,...

      I would pull a 6-year-old like your ds out of school in a heartbeat, and focus instead on finding opportunities for him to gradually stretch himself socially. Look for ways to entice him...

When my 9yo was 6-7, she wrote a long story about unicorns, in print letters. She worked on it a little bit every day for several weeks, if not months. Then she stopped, and haven't showed any interest until very recently. The ideas...

  Quote: Originally Posted by 1littlebit  . when your inlaws come pretend the kids are only sleeping in their while they are at your house or something. aside from that though i doubt the kids will say anything.....