Posts by moominmamma

SundayCrepes is right about this forum being about home-based learning for children. However, my teens have done on-line course work from home and their experience may be similar to the style of learning that interests you. From my...

And just a word of encouragement about cabin fever: it's almost over! Don't panic yet!   We live in the mountains in Canada. In many ways we may be luckier than you. We are still getting temperatures down to freezing at this...

Hi, I'm not sure what a PPP is, but from your description it sounds like you're part-time homeschooling. I've done it and I understand that there are good reasons for it sometimes, and it does give a parent a certain sense of security...

Quote: Originally Posted by moominmamma  What about the debit card thing? Are kids usually well into their teens before getting one?   Just thought I'd follow up on my own questions, as I recently spent a week...

We unschooled from the beginning, but my kids began to desire more structure and accountability as they headed towards adolescence. What we did was start with one or two areas where they felt they particularly wanted that structure,...

I don't have any experience with blended families, but I have four kids 10 and up, so I know the age-group!   One thing about unschooling is that when kids change over to a more autonomous way of life from a mainstream one,...

Quote:Originally Posted by rumi This is not a how-to but it is still one of my favorite books about homeschooling - My Year of Learning Dangerously by Quinn Cummings.  I had never come across this one until you mentioned it....

If you thought I was saying respect flows one way in a teaching relationship, you very much misunderstood what I was saying. I apologize for not being clear enough. I believe very strongly that respect should flow both ways. When I...

I disagree with you, pek, and I'm speaking as someone who has fallen asleep in class. I don't think the directionality of any financial relationship precludes common human decency. I teach violin, and if kids show up for lessons that...

Quote: Originally Posted by beanma  Yeah, I gotta say it's pretty rude to fall asleep in class unless something else is going on at home.    In a stuffy university lecture hall with 100 other...