Hi all. I am wondering if you would mind sharing some of your favourite videos & books that look at *natural learing* as the subject matter (or children being...
Hi Adele, ... I'm happy to work with stuff set by someone else - have been and have done for years. I am working out what I don't like about the course (not...
... [Who'd written: `Unfortunately the University of Life offers no *certificates* of achievement and if you quit 'school' and continue with your 'real' ...
Hi Beverley, Thanks for the movie suggestions. Do you know what wilderness the boys were heading off in to? Was it an Australian film? I think I know the film...
Storm Boy is homeschooled (unschooled) for much of the story but it is looked upon somewhat negatively and in the end he goes to school. Some of the early...
Thanks for letting me know about Storm Boy, Di. I haven't heard about it so will make sure I watch it. Thanks for the suggestion of The Little House series. I...
... It was American. I think it had Leonardo DeCaprio in it - as a kid. They were making a film about the wilderness... The seal one is also either American or...
Hi Pookie, 'Marmaduke and Margaret' by Pixie O'Harris is a book which I really enjoyed as a child. Of course it's a loooooong time since I've read it LOL but...
Hi Adele, It is funny that you should mention the Pookie series because I loved them too:> And when I read The Animal School by George H. Reavis (if you...
Hi Everyone, Anne and Adele - Thanks for the kind words. :)) I havent tried to cover my mistakes up. We come from a long line of hitters and yellers. We all...
Hi Kel, I too come from a long line of hitters & screamers. My mother used the wooden spoon on my sister & I regularly. She would always say that it never did...
... Hi Pookie! My dh loves to tell about his Mum chasing one or all of her 3 kids around the yard with the wooden spoon. She insists she never caught & hit...
Hello all ... Lucas & although he doesn't homeschool his whole life & work schedule revolves around his children. They come first completely & every time. Then...
Hello Pookie ... I spent several years fuming about this... poor Robin, he really got the worst of it! But he grew to understand my frustration and is now a...
Hi Pookie, I struggle with Raising my voice as well. My Second Youngest Son Is very hyper.Around meal times and especially in the bath (because it echoes) I...
We took a poll in our parents group that around 30 people answered. We all disagree with smacking but all of us admitted we sometimes get the urge to - except...
Hi Pookie, `Digit Dick on the Barrier Reef' was another one I enjoyed and one of the many videos my children loved as littlies was Jack and the Beanstalk with...
Hi Kel, I was just beginning to type this when shouting voices from seeming new neighbours a few doors away have just blasted through the window: Parent: "You...
Hi Sam, Great to hear from you. Love, Adele. ... <no_reply@y...> wrote: We took a poll in our parents group that around 30 people answered. We all disagree...
Hi Bob, Welcome to our group. I've just had a quick peek at Topica: http://www.topica.com/lists/pintel ROTFL at Guest Article in Parental Intelligence Issue...
Hello Adele and Evan, I was wondering where this article had gotten to, but in the upgrading of the site, I came to it as "Orchid" and though the file name is...
Hi Bel, It is interesting how many women choose the wooden spoon as a *tool* for *punishment*. I wonder where it's use originated from? Seems that a favourite...
Hello Adele, What did you make of John Howard's proposal on the weekend at the Liberal Conference to review school hours? Sounds to me like a way of moulding ...
Hi Kent, Thank you for this but waaaaah! I can't find the link to it. Was woken just before five this morning and am not 'with it' yet LOL. So will try again...
Hi Beverley, Have been in bed on and off since last Thursday; so missed it. Haven't even looked at yesterday's papers as yet but will do so now on the...
Hi there, Here are relevant extracts from the transcript of the interview re. this. From The World Today site. Reporter Catherine McGrath, Adelaide (have left...
Hi Sam, It is sad that only 2 out of 30 people in your parenting group were not smacked as a child. It is still so common! It is so hard to break that cycle...
Hi Adele, Thanks for the video suggestions. I know nothing of Jack & the Beanstalk with Gene Kelly but would love to get that for my son who LOVES musicals &...
Hi Beverley & Adele, How terrible at the thought of having school hours extended!!! What child would like to see hours extended????!!!! (no matter how much you...
