tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248960025880732886.post394020479577266835..comments2023-04-14T09:00:44.879-06:00Comments on Happy and Free: banishing the doubtStephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06646398396834008698noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248960025880732886.post-2576364974198251652007-10-29T20:50:00.000-06:002007-10-29T20:50:00.000-06:00Laura and Evie -what you say is true.I guess I jus...Laura and Evie -<BR/>what you say is true.<BR/>I guess I just am worrying at this particular moment about the need to "enrich their environment" - wondering if I'm at fault for letting them be.<BR/>I'm past the point (usually) of them performing for my sake.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06646398396834008698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248960025880732886.post-13620937642804409122007-10-29T19:54:00.000-06:002007-10-29T19:54:00.000-06:00Steph,What you said at the end is key. Offer up a...Steph,<BR/><BR/>What you said at the end is key. Offer up a million things just don't take it personally if they say they're not interested. We're working on that as well.<BR/><BR/>undoubtedly they will surprise you with a desire to do something that you hadn't even considered and then you'll be wondering why you questioned yourself in the first place. LOL That's what usually happens around EChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15920761083891173236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248960025880732886.post-31200490977420165872007-10-29T19:34:00.000-06:002007-10-29T19:34:00.000-06:00Seems to me you can do that if'n you want, but don...Seems to me you can do that if'n you want, but don't forget that there's a whole lotta stuff going on in those kids' heads, and a whole lotta stuff that they're aware of that you haven't seen yet, so get conscious of it if you want, but don't worry about beatin' it to death. LOL (Not that I think you would!) <BR/><BR/>Story... took Jonathan to preschool screening (ya, eons ago, shows where wepiscesgrrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12279344142538980436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248960025880732886.post-83378067700720229362007-10-29T14:56:00.000-06:002007-10-29T14:56:00.000-06:00PS again - the salt thing sounds fun. I'd probabl...PS again - the salt thing sounds fun. I'd probably wanna do sugar, as we always have more of that! :)<BR/>I think making designs out of colored sugar might be a fun project.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06646398396834008698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248960025880732886.post-35961854733612841822007-10-29T14:54:00.000-06:002007-10-29T14:54:00.000-06:00By the way - my children had a DIS interest in boo...By the way - my children had a DIS interest in books for about a year - maybe even longer.<BR/>:/<BR/>Trev even said to me once (during his Cartoon Network stint for several weeks, even) "Books are SO BORING! Cartoons are much more exciting, and have moving pictures!"<BR/>Or some such great heresy.<BR/>:)<BR/>Bout killed me, but I held on.<BR/>Now books are our friends. I must admit I like the Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06646398396834008698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248960025880732886.post-75291010509621559242007-10-29T14:49:00.000-06:002007-10-29T14:49:00.000-06:00I do.I realize it's not as if he has never been ex...I do.<BR/>I realize it's not as if he has never been exposed to the written word, or penmanship. I certainly haven't hidden anything from him, and it's not as if it's some Great Magical Secret that I'm determined to now shine a light upon.<BR/>I don't really mean that, I don't think.<BR/><BR/>And it's not as if I'm doubting our lifestyle at all, or that I doubt my children's ability to know whenStephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06646398396834008698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248960025880732886.post-58029103802517685772007-10-29T14:26:00.000-06:002007-10-29T14:26:00.000-06:00I was having similiar doubts because Ari will neve...I was having similiar doubts because Ari will never let me read her stories. I went out and did some research on how kids learn to read and write. It talked a lot about labeling their pictures when they draw. They see the words and the context, I bet it works very much the same for learning to write. We also get out cookie sheets and pour salt on them and I will doodle, write Ari's name and Melissiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14289192840460894387noreply@blogger.com