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  • From: Cathy <goosecreekfarm AT gmail.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Teaching young children homesteading skills
  • Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:56:50 -0400

What about 4-H materials? I was able to get them for any/all areas--even
the ones we weren't actually participating in.

Cathy

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 3:02 PM, wixlet AT gmail.com <wixlet AT gmail.com> wrote:

> On 7/22/09, Lynda <lurine AT com-pair.net> wrote:
> > Wellll, at least two of the "homeschooling" folks are unschooling and
> don't
> > really set out to use books, curriculum, etc. Life happens and children
> > learn from life. Sooo, the skills they would need/learn they would learn
> > from doing. The kidlets didn't learn how to garden or cook or bake or
> can
> > or, or, or from books. They learned by watching adults and then helping
> > adults and asking questions.
>
> Right, but the unschooling model doesn't really apply here (otherwise
> I wouldn't have asked about books). Steve's suggestion of the LHOTP
> series is a good one, but it doesn't quite fit, either. I suspect
> that what I'm looking for doesn't currently exist, which isn't a big
> deal, it just means that we will need to improvise. I appreciate the
> feedback all the same.
>
> wen
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