tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402465881767446501.post7594203849612697458..comments2024-02-09T18:05:09.362+11:00Comments on owlet: unschool monday :: back to co-opAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18038992332864003462noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402465881767446501.post-75724412427979608662013-12-03T11:58:31.534+11:002013-12-03T11:58:31.534+11:00Just happened by your blog because of a sewing tut...Just happened by your blog because of a sewing tutorial, and soon discovered that you are an unschooling mum like me! Reading this post reminds me so much of what I'm living right now--get-togethers with a couple other unschooling families on a weekly basis, a set-up that slowly evolved from occasional potlucks with friends to summer picnics at the park to rotating houses in the cold weather. We share meals and bring crafts and chat and let the kids run, and once a month we come up with some form of field trip to embark on. And now, with a larger community of homeschoolers that I happened upon (by talking to a stranger at the library!), I book physical activity-based events bi-weekly. We were going to do a weekly gathering including other things, but when I realized just how many families might be joining, I backed off and simplified. You're right--people are more likely to come when you can give an itinerary. But it's difficult to plan activities for a large group of an undetermined amount of participants. Better to, say, book a gym for a couple hours and have a couple moms run a program for part of it. Or the local pool, or rink, or plan a hike, or sledding, or whatever. It is a bit of pressure always being the one to coordinate, but I willingly put that onto myself, because I've learned over time that usually if you want to see something happen, you have to make it happen yourself! Mostly it's exciting. All these things have come together in just the past couple months, and instead of worrying about my children feeling isolated without much of a homeschooling community around them, I (and my children) look forward to the adventures that each week brings! I love our ebbing and flowing pattern of living.Jacquihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14629368235203325115noreply@blogger.com