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Ideas for distracting activities for sick bored kids..?

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Ideas for distracting activities for sick bored kids..?

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Ideas for distracting activities for sick bored kids..?
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Sarah Dickinson added a discussion to the group UK Unschoolers
Is all this horrible Badman stuff affecting your lives...?
I'm a bit freaked out by all this - my boys are so young, I know that I'll be living our whole lives under the new regime, whatever it turns out to be. And I'm finding that the things I suggest are more and more often the things which look 'schoo...
November 20
Sarah Dickinson replied to Sarah Dickinson's discussion 'Ideas for distracting activities for sick bored kids..?'
I read this out to the boys because they were wondering what I was doing (sneaky iphone while they watched telly) and they reminded me that we also: - played 'tut tut it looks like rain' - wrote a story - pretended to be caterpillars (in pillow ca...
October 22
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
Sarah Dickinson replied to Sarah Dickinson's discussion 'Ideas for distracting activities for sick bored kids..?'
I shall be making tents tomorrow I think, I enjoyed your list, loads of great ideas. In the end today we: - tied string to things to make big spiders webs across the room - hole-punched stuff - printed out diggers diggers and dinosaurs to colour ...
October 22
Sandra Dodd replied to Sarah Dickinson's discussion 'Ideas for distracting activities for sick bored kids..?'
Tents! Make tents out of sheets and tables and chairs. Put pilllows and blankets in them. Maybe they'll fall asleep in one of those. http://sandradodd.com/youngchildren photos and ideas and other suggestions, too
October 22
Sarah Dickinson added a discussion
Ideas for distracting activities for sick bored kids..?
The title says it all really. Husband is snowed under with work and can't help much, and the rest of us have horrible colds- me and two boys; 2 and 4. The 2yo has a high temperature and is completely loopy with it: one minute manic, next minute c...
October 22
Miriam Skipworth replied to Sarah Dickinson's discussion 'Where are you rock-solid confident?'
Hi this is a great idea(-: We are confident with vocabulary, verbal communication, dispute resolution and compromise..(give or take a bit) We are also confident with computer skills and technology and art/design. Also we are all nature lovers a...
October 19
Sarah Dickinson replied to Karen N's discussion 'book ideas for 4 yr old boy?'
Fantastic Mr Fox The Magic Finger Georges Marvellous Medicine and if you can get it (out of print so try alibris)... The Great Piratical Rumbustification - brilliant.
October 10
Sarah Dickinson replied to Sylvia Toyama's discussion 'Boundaries and Unschooling as a lifestyle'
When my little boy (4) gets worked up, as he sometimes does, I find that humour is useful. He finds it difficult to see anything outside himself and starts spiralling into a bit of a state. But he will respond well if I ask him to take a deep brea...
September 23
Sarah Dickinson replied to Hema A Bharadwaj's discussion 'Things to do during London trip'
A river trip from just over the millenium bridge (near St pauls) will take you down to grenwich, the curry sark (ship) and past the backs of some amazing old warehouses etc. Hampsted Heath is lovely for a bit of green- kenwood house is nice to lo...
September 8
Monica Manzano replied to Sarah Dickinson's discussion 'Where are you rock-solid confident?'
Ditto, I'm confident with: Computer skills, reading, logic, civics, and cooking I can pretty much mark as accomplished. We are now on our 9th year unschooling. What I really need to do is send them to work! They drink a gallon of milk every other...
August 31
Sarah Dickinson added a discussion
Where are you rock-solid confident?
Everyone has wobbles I guess- TV, maths, food maybe... But I was thinking the other day that while there are places I'm wobbly there are also areas I've never had a moments worry about... And maybe if we swap then we'll be able to see that the ar...
August 31
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August 31
Sarah Dickinson replied to Bea Mantovani's discussion 'Books for young kids that "advertise" homeschooling'
I wrote this for my boys - I wanted something about self-directed learning and it had to have dragons and mice (I didn't quite manage to get guinea pigs in too!). http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/dragons-dont-go-to-school/7596785 To be...
August 30
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August 7
Sarah Dickinson commented on Schuyler Waynforth's group 'UK Unschoolers'
Would love to attend an unschoolers camp! My eldest is also just four, and I suspect would have felt much the same as yours about hesfes!
July 23

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what does "radical unschooling" mean to you?
Being there as a resource for them, supporting the development of their own world-view rather than imposing my own. Being their parent rather than their teacher.
how long have you been unschooling or homeschooling?
since the birth of my eldest? - 4 years
or since I left university and started deschooling myself? - 9 years
or from when Jack would have started school? - now - Jack would just have started school last week.
names and ages of children
Charlie 2
Jack 4
a little about me
I live in London (UK) and N. Ireland, I design bags and do some web-based programming too. My husband and I both work from home.

I run the site www.homeschooler.org.uk - to help people keep up to date with developments following the Badman Report into Elective Home Education

I wrote a small book for my children called 'Dragons Don't Go To School' (http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/dragons-dont-go-to-schoo...)

I do have a blog, but it is not open to the public - for friends and family. But if that is you then just ask for a login! I'm not being secretive, I just want to know who is looking so I can be relaxed about what I put up there!
blog
http://www.saralexis.com
link 1
http://www.homeschooler.org.uk
link 2
http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/dragons-dont-go-to-schoo...

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