tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500704124250465892.post3141163644621397783..comments2023-03-23T05:04:58.758-06:00Comments on Rebel Kids Homeschool: The Seasons, Playing, & Nature Deficiency Disorderjerritthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660476354992546227noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500704124250465892.post-60540025754000823612011-01-06T11:19:42.876-07:002011-01-06T11:19:42.876-07:00I love this!
(And I didn't know you had a blog...I love this!<br />(And I didn't know you had a blog! :) )<br /><br />I can relate to these thoughts in a few different ways - children being close to the earth... I've often thought that so much of our learning and exploring has to do with the seasons and weather and just natural opportunity.<br />Play - of course!! :)<br />And regarding the styrofoam cups on the windowsill - I've often said and thought that school tries to imitate life - that it tries to structure things that can (and should) be discovered trough joyful curiosity. Totally synthesized and then put into a frame that it no longer looks anything like itself.<br /><br />One thing I hadn't considered is your interpreting NDD as being less to do with children, and more to do with the parents and family life.<br />Of course!! <br />NDD isn't something I worry about (as I don't feel it applies to us), but I believe you're right that it's because we've taken children out of so many of their natural-learning environments. Family, woods, free time, play with all the kids in the neighborhood (who are very busy with homework and karate and gymnastics)... living in school and at the kitchen table is cutting them off from their best resources. :(<br />So we'll shout a different way from the rooftops, and they can come when they're ready. :)Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06646398396834008698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500704124250465892.post-80772414806528895862010-09-22T12:07:56.687-06:002010-09-22T12:07:56.687-06:00Thanks for a great post! I noticed this when my k...Thanks for a great post! I noticed this when my kids were preschoolers, and we eschewed beeping plastic in favor of simpler toys made from natural materials. Things moved at a slower pace, indoor and outdoor play flowed seamlessly together, and everything was multipurpose. I noticed it next when I began to realize how many people self-medicate with shopping/possessions. When my husband and I both worked full time, we slid that way ourselves. The income sacrifices we made in order to homeschool have been enormously beneficial, because they have reminded us how much pleasure can be derived from simple things, and how little we really "need". Both open-ended play and simplicity seem to me to be linked with unfettered outdoor play. There is a calm, focused interest I see in children who are frequently outdoors and accustomed to amusing themselves. I've often thought, even before reading Last Child in the Woods, that many diagnosed attention problems might be the natural result of subverting hunter/gatherer instincts by placing children in an artificial and institutional environment with very limited exposure to the outdoors.Saillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03832685454255196706noreply@blogger.com