tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13993857.post112352995869012634..comments2023-10-31T04:39:27.712-07:00Comments on We Have Always Lived in a Homeschool: Our Journey to Homeschooling Part 3: The Unschooling ExperimentLionesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08248105912379321811noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13993857.post-1127405381119376432005-09-22T09:09:00.000-07:002005-09-22T09:09:00.000-07:00Schedule, schmedule. There is a difference betwee...Schedule, schmedule. There is a difference between being flexible about what gets learned during a particular hour (or on a particular day), and letting the kids dictate the way you run your day. You, being the parent, are still in charge around there. <BR/><BR/>Sure, there is a balance to be struck. If it's not convenient for you to have a table filled with glue and confetti right before lunch, so be it: "art time will be at 2, not now." On the other hand, if someone is having an off day (or an off hour), maybe forgoing math lessons in favor of extended P.E. is a good idea today. On the other hand (there are always more sides to an issue than there are hands to hold them), there is a certain amount of value in at least occasionally enforcing certain aspects of schedule, whether it's brushing-teeth-time or insisting on tackling that history lesson which has been pending for two days now.<BR/><BR/>Congratulations on having developed (okay, lucked into) a voracious learner, who actually wants to hear what you have to offer as a teacher. I think that the one thing that unschooling offers, pretty much universally, is that it tends to leave the child wanting more, rather than wanting recess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com