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http://rainbowrivers.wordpress.com/ This is a new blog I have just set up on wordpress that will be specifically on Unschooling topics and our journey in it.

Started this discussion. Last reply by Tracy Oct 30.

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http://rainbowriversjourney.blogspot.com/ This is my general blog where I blog about most anything depending on my days. Covers anything from homeschooling to unschooling, homesteading and recipes.

Started Oct 25

Where are you rock-solid confident?

I think this is a great topic as over the past months I have bounced back and forth with doubts yet do not focus so much on the areas I am confident. I am confident in reading with my son, yet wob...

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Meredith commented on Rainbow Rivers's blog post 'How do you handle something like dyslexia?'
Its important to know that "interest" is not a sign of reading readiness - teachers will tell you otherwise bc in a teaching situation, "interest" is hard to come by! But unschoolers are interested in so many things, some of them well before they ...
November 14
John Hayes commented on Rainbow Rivers's blog post 'How do you handle something like dyslexia?'
I collect links to free dyslexia help products,programs and services and post the collection of links at http://www.dyslexiaglasses.com/links.html . One unusual link is to to a program to teach dyslexics K-3 how to read. The program is a series o...
November 8
Charissa Vaunderbroad commented on Rainbow Rivers's blog post 'How do you handle something like dyslexia?'
I am so sorry that people have been cruel to your daughter for her learning difference. I would probably point out that writing backwards is a gift. I have been diagnosed with dyslexia and math dyslexia, I can score high enough on tests but I ha...
November 7
Tracy replied to Rainbow Rivers's discussion 'Unschooling We Stand'
Love the name Rainbow Rivers. It's very pretty! :)
October 29
Sandra Dodd commented on Rainbow Rivers's blog post 'How do you handle something like dyslexia?'
Each child learns to read (words or numbers) in his or her own way, so there's no reason to "handle" suspected dyslexia except not to make a deal about it, keep helping the child do things, read to her, play games, live a rich life, and at some po...
October 27
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October 25
Rainbow Rivers commented on Rainbow Rivers's blog post 'How do you handle something like dyslexia?'
LOL actually I have never heard of it before either and this was a fairly recent conversation I had with her where she said she was tested as there are different types of dyslexia. It is not so much as writing numbers backwards but simple things s...
October 23
Jamie Jetson commented on Rainbow Rivers's blog post 'How do you handle something like dyslexia?'
Oh my goodness!!! Math dyslexia??? I think my daughter has that and we've been dealing with it. ( I've never heard of it and don't get on computers often. I will research it now.) She's also very smart and I think she worked through it. But so ver...
October 23
Rainbow Rivers commented on Rainbow Rivers's blog post 'How do you handle something like dyslexia?'
Thankyou for the tips, I will definatly try these with her to see if it helps!
October 23
Slinky commented on Rainbow Rivers's blog post 'How do you handle something like dyslexia?'
There are these alphabet cards where the letters have a rough texture to them. A friend of mine who did school at home used them for her daughter who was dyslexic. the idea is you trace the letters with your finger as you say it and look at it and...
October 23
Rainbow Rivers replied to Sarah Dickinson's discussion 'Where are you rock-solid confident?'
I think this is a great topic as over the past months I have bounced back and forth with doubts yet do not focus so much on the areas I am confident. I am confident in reading with my son, yet wobbly with my daughter as we suspect she may be dysl...
October 22
Rainbow Rivers commented on Sally Lopez's group 'Cackalacky'
Just wanted to say hello for Richfield, Denton NC area! We are new to North Carolina, moving here 2 months ago from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan! Look forward to meeting others near me.
October 22
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Unschoolers in North Carolina and South Carolina and surrounding areas. Welcome!
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October 21
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My daughter is 8, she has been ready and very interested in learning to read since age 4. I suspect dyslexia though as her fathers brother and sister are both extremly dyslexic and my sister is even math dyslexic so it runs in the family. She love...
October 21
Rainbow Rivers commented on Rachel S.'s blog post 'Family Bed - Not For Everyone'
That was a very touching and sweet story. Although death is a very natural process of life, it is not always easy for children especially to deal with. My daughter when she was around 4 kept telling me how ugly I was with all my gray hair ( I went...
October 21

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what does "radical unschooling" mean to you?
encompassing unschooling as a whole life philosophy, not just towards learning opportunities and applied strictly as a method of education but rather the way you live your whole life with a natural way of raising children.
how long have you been unschooling or homeschooling?
4 years of homeschooling
1 year of unschooling
names and ages of children
Flaming Wizard (Son)-11
African Spirit wild and free(daughter)-8
a little about me
Although still trying to fully understand and implement the philosophies of unschooling, we are shifting our perspectives and way of life daily. We recently moved from the UP of Michigan to North Carolina. I am a freelance writer, with a love towards homesteading and self suffiency, nature and earth based spirituality. I love to cook, garden, write,work hard, play hard and drink too much caffeine.
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http://rainbowriversjourney.blogspot.com/

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How do you handle something like dyslexia?

My daughter is 8, she has been ready and very interested in learning to read since age 4. I suspect dyslexia though as her fathers brother and sister are both extremly dyslexic and my sister is even math dyslexic so it runs in the family. She loves trying to learn to read but gets frustrated quickly and is very difficult for her. When she writes it is perfect.........if you hold it up in a mirror. I have gone through checklists for dyslexia and it looks very promising that she may be struggling… Continue

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