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Greetings!

Started this discussion. Last reply by laura bowman Oct 11, 2011. 1 Reply 0 Likes

I trust my child's ability, but she does not

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Aug 13, 2012

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Kerry M. commented on Laura Zarbock's photo

My baby wearing her baby.

"That is a great photo:))"

Mar 1, 2012

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Dec 9, 2011

Laura Zarbock posted a status

"I've been outed as an unschooler. My sister (a public school teacher) googled me out of boredom and found a post I made here."

Oct 18, 2011

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Meredith commented on Laura Zarbock's blog post A journey begins. Well, sorta....

"Transitioning away from naps can take awhile and be frustrating for parents in the meantime. It may help to consider that your kids' bodies are "learning" how to get more energy from food rather than sleep - be sure to offer plenty of…"

Oct 14, 2011

Laura Zarbock commented on Silvia's group Virginia RUNners

"I see it has been quite a while since this group page has been active, but I thought I'd give it a go anyway. We will be moving to Virginia Beach the first week of November and I was hoping to find a group to plug into. Does anyone know of any…"

Oct 11, 2011

laura bowman replied to Laura Zarbock's discussion Greetings!

"Welcome to RUN, I hope you find community here and what you are looking for. There are a lot of great discussions in the forum section to get you started as well as a groups section for specific interests and areas that people live."

Oct 11, 2011

Laura Zarbock posted a discussion

Greetings!

Hello All! My name is Laura. I have 2 daughters- Savannah, my outgoing talker, who is 5 and Marley, my shy observer, who will be 3 in 2 weeks. When I'm not being Mommy, I am a musician and an artist. My husband is an airman in the Navy. We are an interesting pair- military man and hippie- and sometimes we make it work. We will be moving from Jacksonville, FL to Virginia Beach, Va in less than a month. Before that we were in Chicago. I am looking forward to finding a support system here (online)…See More

Oct 10, 2011

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"Setting a few new goals for myself: make more time to read/write during the day, ignore previously made academic goals, say yes more."

Oct 10, 2011

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Nance Confer replied to Laura Zarbock's discussion I trust my child's ability, but she does not

"What does she want to do? Does she want to wander around the library and pick out books that she might like and get you to help her with words she doesn't know? Does she want to do a sort-of-standard workbook like "100 easy…"

Oct 8, 2011

Meredith replied to Laura Zarbock's discussion I trust my child's ability, but she does not

"Chiming in on what Sandra and Donna have said - I'm something of a perfectionist, myself, and my daughter can be, too, at times. Backing off and doing other things does wonders! Especially with something like reading where a certain amount of…"

Oct 7, 2011

Sandra Dodd replied to Laura Zarbock's discussion I trust my child's ability, but she does not

"I would do lots of things that have nothing whatsoever to do with reading for a while. Avoidance and distraction. Let her paint, watch movies, listen to music, listen to books in audio-file form, ride bikes (tricycles, scooters--whatever…"

Oct 6, 2011

Laura Zarbock posted a discussion

I trust my child's ability, but she does not

(Forgive me if this is rambling or disjointed. I pulled an all-nighter last night for the first time since high school, and my 3 year old is "styling" my hair as I type. Oy.)My (then almost 5 year old) was just on the precipice of having that "Ah ha!" moment in reading when she was thrown off track by doubt. She spent some time with a cousin who was "reading" more, though in a different manner (the cousin goes to daycare full time where they use a memorization method, rather than phonics). My…See More

Oct 6, 2011

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what does "radical unschooling" mean to you?: To me, "radical unschooling" means fully trusting each child's curiosity and ability to make discoveries encouraged by those curiosities.

how long have you been unschooling or homeschooling?: My children are 5 and (nearly) 3, so this is our first "official" year.

first names of children: Savannah, age 5
Marley, age 3 as of Oct 23

a little about me: I am a stay at home mom, Navy wife, and occasionally I get to be a musician and an artist. I am still wondering down my own academic, and spiritual path and I am excited to witness my children begin down their own.

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A journey begins. Well, sorta....

Posted on October 10, 2011 at 2:18pm 1 Comment 1 Like

I am new to this site and new to unschooling in an official sense. I say that because my kids are young-5 and 3- so although we have largely unschooled up until now, this is the first year it matters in any official (legal) sense.

Although I have always known (even prior to having children) that I would homeschool, I wasn't completely sure what route I would take. It took getting over some personal insecurities and facing some unhelpful, generalized social opinions and "norms" for me… Continue