Saturday, March 13, 2010

Re: the unknown

Dear Mom,

Yes, We've finished the consonants, except for the review.  I will post this lesson plan all at once on the blog, soon enough. And so now the vowels...  
"The Unknown Land," was actually Ariston's last story for letter 'U'.. a special one I included because I realized the Unknown terrain and power of these vowel lessons we are creating and the respective emotions that we are exploring.. 
The first two stories were "The biggest house in the world," a story about 'acceptance,' the primary emotion of the root chakra and story I made up improv about the monkey trap parable, a lesson to illustrate the pitfalls of 'rigidity,' the shadow emotion of our root chakra.  We had research these ourselves and create these lessons as we go coordinating stories with the emotions as they are connected ... 
Phonically 'U' or uh resonates with the root chakra, low c, and the color red.. planet saturn - this is our first vowel.. we are beginning from the lower and working upwards.  We're also connecting these visually, depicted as the chakra's and a rainbow as well as the musical notes... 
Associative learning is insprational and it matters not if our associations are perfectly correct or conflictual. Our job is to create associations, point at things and inspire... I am enjoying this... Ariston tends towards perfectionism and the monkey trap parable was a fantastic lesson in learning the importance of letting go. (look it up and you'll know what I mean)..

Love always,
Jim 

On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 6:45 AM, <Ladyollady@aol.com> wrote:
Is this a story that you are reading to Ariston and Merrilee?  It's a wonderful story.

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We cannot tell you what unschooling is when the point of unschooling is to unleash the individual. Because to nurture self-expression and inspiration and find the unique individual purpose within, is different for everyone. This is the point.

We cannot tell you what unschooling is going to be for you and your children because unschooling is an individual experience. We can only refer to what unschooling is not. Each individual has a multitude of possibilities and inspirations. It is our role as parents to lend support and guidance so our children can realize their purpose as it comes to them.

This unfolding process can appear through examples and experiences, mentors. As long as you're there in support and as facilitator you offer opportunity to learn via freewill according to inner directive. That 'stewardship,' of our children, is the role as we see it, as parents. We learn as much from our children as we expect them to learn from us.

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