Comments on: Unschooling Language

By: Lauren @ Hobo Mama

Lauren @ Hobo Mama — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:59:37 +0000

I agree with you. When I lived in Berlin, I had friends who were thrown into the deep end of a German school and had to sink or swim. I was able to transition gradually from an American school into a German-American school. It was at that point I wish someone had gently nudged me a little further along the path to language immersion, because I think I just needed some encouragement to be a little uncomfortable and put myself into more German-speaking situations. I was somewhat older than your kids and could have handled it at that point. But I guess parents/friends/teachers can’t be all-knowing and all-seeing and I wasn’t willing to articulate what I needed/wanted. Oh, well! At least learning doesn’t end with childhood, and I still have a chance to keep progressing even now. I’m glad you’re all finding your own pace.
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By: Roblynn

Roblynn — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:28:43 +0000

Hola, I just stumbled on your blog from the expat blog site. We moved to CR about three and a half years ago. We have been un/homeschooling for 30 years and I love to see other people getting into it. We still have two daughters at home and they are very bilingual now. The oldest chose to attend a private school here in Heredia for the first three months we were here, bad idea.She hated it and we all went back to homeschooling pretty quickly. The baby really wanted to attend school, much to my chagrin. We put her in the public kinder last year and she had a blast.The younger grades here do nothing but play all day, and of course cut and glue, she was in heaven. She is in first grade this year and will be going for a few months until we go on vacation. I am actually trying to talk her into staying home, and I think she is getting there. Like you said it should be their choice and be something they are comfortable with. Thanks for sharing.

By: Arp

Arp — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:42:06 +0000

I just noticed that J sometimes babbles and makes up songs with Spanish words. She's creative and really cute too

By: Mary Green

Mary Green — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:38:43 +0000

Another great post. I love hearing about your life, moving around the world is amazing and so adventurous. I remember a couple months back, I thought you said you were going to leave costa rica, and maybe head to florida. Well, no matter where you end up I hope you keep writing. I love following along.

By: hippytrish

hippytrish — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:58:13 +0000

I think our kids were glad, too!