Public School to Unschool

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mirlow

Discussion Starter · Apr 7, 2006

My 10 yr old dd was in school for 5 yrs before we started homeschooling. We started at home in Aug. 04 and gave unschooling a try in Dec of that yr. In March of 2005 we moved and to make a long story short, up until a month ago because of our family situation we were just trying to "make it through". Now we are in our own house and getting settled into some routines.
I'm finding that when we are home she is having a hard time figuring out what to do with her time. My other two (7,5) just go about doing, while she seems lost without someone telling her what to do. I'm wondering if it will click with her or if she will just work better with a schedule at home?
Any suggestions?

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Citymomx3

· #2 · Apr 7, 2006

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while she seems lost without someone telling her what to do. I'm wondering if it will click with her or if she will just work better with a schedule at home?

It doesn't have to be either or. My dd (who spent 4.5 years in public school) also had a hard time at first with unschooling. I just thought it wasn't working because she didn't know how to just "be" and needed me to constantly find things for her to do. Finally one day we decided to make a list together of all her favorite things to do. This included arts and crafts, readalouds, fun and educational websites, workbooks, nature walks, going to the library, CD Roms, etc. Most of these, she wanted to do together with me, which was fine. But eventually, she referred to the list on her own and was able to not be so "bored". We still do many things together, and I still offer plenty of suggestions and ideas, but the list thing worked very well.

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bhawkins

· #3 · Apr 7, 2006

We are going through the exact same situation right now. My DS also seems very "lost" large parts of the day. I'm a member of an unschooling group and they swear to me that it takes a while for them to "unschool" and deprogram themselves from having someone tell them what the do for the majority of the day. They say it takes about 1 mth per year of school they attended, so approx 4-5 mths to start gettting the hang of unschooling.

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