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"The Land of Nod" poem
Laughingmommy replied to Laughingmommy's topic in General Education Discussion Board
You know, I read in a poem later in the collection ("System") end rhymes "good" and "food" ("And every day that I've been good,/I get an orange after food."). I think it's the Scottish accent! Because these two words do rhyme in a Scottish accent where "good" is pronounced with the oo sound. I just wish I could listen to a recording of these poems read with Stevenson's accent (Scottish). Pei -
"The Land of Nod" poem
Laughingmommy replied to Laughingmommy's topic in General Education Discussion Board
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Do "go" and "do" rhyme? Like maybe if you recite a poem in a Scottish accent? The second stanza: All by myself I have to go, With none to tell me what to do-- All alone beside the streams And up the mountainsides of dreams. Thanks, Pei
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"Windy Nights" by Robert Louis Stevenson
Laughingmommy replied to Laughingmommy's topic in General Education Discussion Board
VaKim, Thank you, thank you, thank you!! Pei -
What curricula changes did YOU make while the forum was down?
Laughingmommy replied to Hunter's topic in K-8 Curriculum Board
What's CWH? Pei -
What curricula changes did YOU make while the forum was down?
Laughingmommy replied to Hunter's topic in K-8 Curriculum Board
The Big Outage happened during my most intense bout of homeschool planning ever. Fortunately, there were cached threads I found just by googling. And the inability to procrastinate reading the K-8 Curriculum board allowed me to spend a couple of sleepless nights searching the depths of my homeschooling soul and facing the most tedious parts of curriculum planning. If this forum was down for an extra day, I maybe would've even photocopied and typed up assignment sheets! Pei -
YAY!!! Great job! for organizing before, and for finding the organized lists! Hooray!!
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What's a good place to look for these? I see they're not at Rainbow Resources. I see they ARE at Amazon... anywhere else? Thanks, Pei
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My 4-year-old is fascinated with her big sister's PLATO Science curriculum. Is there anything more suitable for younger kids? Even late elementary would be alright. Thanks! Pei
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Such a GREAT idea! Thank you!!! Pei
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I think we homeschooling Moms (and non-homeschooling or non-Mom people) are often so hard on ourselves. I have a feeling that in the long run, this decision won't matter much. So, for now, why not just do whatever feels righter to you. ;) I feel for ya, Pei
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I'm not sure anymore about homeschooling labels. Your experience sounds similar to mine, though. I just call it life. FWIW, I have learned that with my kids, it's been very useful to read curricula and learn them myself. So much "teaching" has to happen on the fly for me. Sort of a follow-the-flow-of-learning kind of thing. We own so many curricula, and I love them all. None works very well for my kids, but they work wonders for my pedagogical thinking. Just something to keep in mind.
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So, I looked up "play" in the dictionary, and true enough, nothing about fun or pleasure. Some about sexual innuendos, though. Interesting.... And nothing about amusing, either, though lots about amusement, as in recreation or sports. (though "playful" seems different) I might have to change my casual usage of "play." How could I ever say now casually, "oh, they're playing outside"?
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Ahhh.... I see. Thanks for explaining this. I knew there was something I wasn't quite getting. So this is like a technical definition of "play," as in "play" in child development terms. Gosh, then I guess my kids "play" very little after a certain age! I can see how "play" learning would be incredibly labor-intensive. So, probably I wouldn't say we do play-based learning since we don't use games to learn anything. We sort of learn as a consequence of living. "Life-based learning"? And I don't know that it's accurate to say we into "child-led" 'cause I still supply limits and resources and guidance, so it's like "co-directed." Perhaps rather than call ourselves radical unschoolers, I can start to say we are "life-based, parent-and-child-co-directed, academic-resource-rich, interest-driven learners"... something like that? ;) My kids hate that kind of "play learning" - they always find it patronizing and condescending. They like their academics deeply-meaningful and non-nonsense. "Play learning" always seems so weird to me, but maybe because I find academics inherently satisfying and pleasurable.