Subject: Re: [Homestead] Teaching young children homesteading skills
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:02:26 -0500
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.