Caribbean Unschoolers

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Comment by Nicole on October 31, 2011 at 7:38am

hi girlies. how r u all? luvvvvv that blurb from the site. i heard dat!!!!!!!

terri, how bout talkin to other vegans in  dom. about how to do things. do u all have a garden? if not u may really wanna start one...to keep costs ow n for variety. ya children will prob luv it too.

haha bout the eggs.

Comment by Terri Henry on October 30, 2011 at 11:24pm

I LOVED this post - 'I've stopped telling people we are Homeschoolers.' http://angelbabyjazzymama.blogspot.com/2011/10/ive-stopped-telling-...

For real!

Comment by Terri Henry on October 30, 2011 at 11:15pm

Hey Catrina - great to hear from you! I did try the eggs but they were a stunning failure!! I thought I could try them but was totally put off by the smell and the kids tried scrambled eggs once because it looked like tofu and rejected all the other ways I prepared them and wouldn't eat the scramble again either. I am glad I tried and am now even more sure on our vegan path. We are trying new things too but it's a challenge with limited items available here and high prices. Send any good recipes you try if you have the time!

Comment by Catrina Dugue on October 30, 2011 at 7:01am

hi ladies, i've been a bit busy these day so i haven't been on here as much as i would like. Hope all is well! 

Terr: Sorry i didn't get a chance to answer your msg. The vegan diet has been going well with us, and i haven't added the eggs. I am trying to mix things up since we were getting pretty bored with the same thing every.single.day. :)

 

take care,

Cat 

 

Comment by Nicole on October 11, 2011 at 10:45am

www.childrenofthesun.wikispaces.com this is from a guyanese friend of mine who homeschoolers her 7 yr old daughter....in jamaica. pls tell other carib. un/homeschoolers about it.

Comment by Nicole on September 30, 2011 at 9:08am

got u terri. do what works for ya fam sis.

now johnny b truant seems crazy reactionary to me. hope that doesnt backfire someday. the vibe doesnt appeal to me.

he seems to be paying far too much attn to schooling. n having fun is cool altho i'm one for being purposeful (i own my judgement here) in life. to just sit off and play with your child all day isnt my idea of being balanced. not at all.

Comment by Terri Henry on September 29, 2011 at 10:11pm

Loved this piece on unschooling from a radical father http://johnnybtruant.com/disobey/

Comment by Terri Henry on September 29, 2011 at 10:10pm

Hey Nicole, just now getting to your response...we've been without power for a few days with the storm. Yeah I agree with your point about overstimulation...I want to tune in to the needs of each child and move from there. It's REALLY difficult to have play dates in Dominica! I have no vehicle, all my friends with kids live scattered over the country and we are very weather dependent as we have to cancel get-togethers when there is rain ( a lot of the time here!) That's why the Montessori school would be a fun way of moving out from our house and into a different environment with people I respect and a couple of other kids. No budget to buy anything new right now for home :-)

Comment by Nicole on September 23, 2011 at 7:16am

yeah i hear u on providing what u mentioned for them. i'm just mindful of overstimulation. lots of children get so used to other folks providin stuff for them to do that they dont know how to just sit, reflect, be quiet or simply find enjoyment in simple things. for me that is a pattern that starts for many in their baby yrs...when new "stimulating" stuff is always being thrown at em. many children have very little down town to just be. theyre even bombarded with classes early these days. instead of takin ya kids to the school (espec since it's so far away) why not have one or two play dates a week....with 1-3 other children. or get a few more Montessori/Waldorf toys for ya place. just an idea. of course do what works 4 ya fam.  

Comment by Terri Henry on September 22, 2011 at 8:51pm

Hi Nicole, interesting your view on the article. What resonated with me was her thought that 'You can’t follow your child’s interests if you don’t offer anything interesting' I feel that especially in these early years I do want a lot of different experiences/activities/things available for my kids to pick and choose from. Nature is of course a great wonderland for us but also important are cultural activities, books, and home based play/learning activities such as those she mentioned - drawing, beading, painting, sensory tubs, sign language, cutting etc are favourites in our house. I also really love the Montessori approach and am trying to work out ways for my kids to attend a Montessori Home-school in D/a (but very far from us!) as I saw how much they enjoyed the exposure to new activities and I think that, especially in these early years it's child-led approach is compatible with unschooling. Keeyah has just started ballet lessons and even after just one class enjoyed her experience (I would never want her to continue if she did not like it) Similarly we will offer her and Amarii the opportunity to have music classes, go to karate classes, visit farms, go to music festivals, attend workshops and anything else that are available to children. I see us learning from everything that happens in our day but do feel that it's important to for us all to be 'stimulated' with new ideas and interests....this is just my perspective...may not be 'real' unschooling :-) But working for us in vision and reality at this time

 

I'll be sooooo very excited when it's your turn too. The kind of super conscious sistah you are, even before conception your children are going to be amazing!

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