Posts by Delicateflower

Quote: Originally Posted by moominmamma  Here is a description of how I showed it to my youngest. It's important that kids have a pretty good understanding of place value first, of course. And it would also be good...

If you're interested in this, then simply giving your children tap water to drink will have the same effect (or more powerful, since it's possibly more dilute).   [quote]remember that homeopathy so distills down things as to...

Quote: Originally Posted by Fillyjonk Bascially, reading, once you are fluent, is not something that you get much better at, and so IMO there isn't much advantage in reading at 4 over reading at 13. A lot of reading ability...

  Quote: Originally Posted by Mamato3wild ponnie  LuckiestGirl......thank you so much. I have read John Holt and loved it! I refuse to back up why we unschool. My 17 yo.....someone has been reading my very old...

  Quote: Originally Posted by Luckiestgirl  Certainly there are reasons why some children may have difficulty reading, and I think any responsible parent should be on the lookout for these.  And if the...

Quote: Originally Posted by kathymuggle  eh - but so what?  Not everything has to be educational.   It depends how much of the day you're spending doing it, doesn't it? If they're spending two...

  Quote: But to answer the question, I think one reason homeschooler often do allow*** unlimited computer use, even when there is no reading, is that computers and reading are not, in all people's mind,...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mamato3wild ponnie  i even started Teach Your child to read in 100 easy lessons, he wants to "get it" but he gets frustrated and needs to get up and move.   I go from feeling...

Quote: Originally Posted by Luckiestgirl  Sitting a child down for forced reading sessions, and for work with flashcards and workbooks he's not interested in, doesn't sound very unschoolish to...

Quote: Originally Posted by rumi  I am trying to use real-world and less internet at this point.  Though of course she reads books.  The workbooks come in mostly so that we have something to show the county...