Comments for An Unschooling Life http://anunschoolinglife.com ~ learning ~ exploring ~ creating ~ Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:56:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Sleep Freedom: Letting Kids Find Their Own Sleep Pattern by Lauren http://anunschoolinglife.com/sleep-freedom-letting-kids-find-their-own-sleep-pattern/comment-page-1/#comment-41763 Lauren Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:56:40 +0000 http://anunschoolinglife.com/?p=1352#comment-41763 We have four quite young children (the oldest is 6), and we've discovered that free bedtimes really do work for us too. We talk freely to our children about reading the signs of tiredness, and they put themselves to bed! I wrote about it here: http://www.sparklingadventures.com/index.php?id=1381 We have four quite young children (the oldest is 6), and we’ve discovered that free bedtimes really do work for us too. We talk freely to our children about reading the signs of tiredness, and they put themselves to bed!
I wrote about it here: http://www.sparklingadventures.com/index.php?id=1381

]]> Comment on Sleep Freedom: Letting Kids Find Their Own Sleep Pattern by Robin http://anunschoolinglife.com/sleep-freedom-letting-kids-find-their-own-sleep-pattern/comment-page-1/#comment-40958 Robin Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:46:26 +0000 http://anunschoolinglife.com/?p=1352#comment-40958 My unschooled kids 15 & 11 dont have a bedtime. But the 15 dd says up so late (4am)and has to get up a few days a week for activities that she has chosen to go to. She is able to get up but I dont believe she functions as well as she could on a good nights sleep and she naps again when its over. Drives me nuts. - Robin My unschooled kids 15 & 11 dont have a bedtime. But the 15 dd says up so late (4am)and has to get up a few days a week for activities that she has chosen to go to. She is able to get up but I dont believe she functions as well as she could on a good nights sleep and she naps again when its over. Drives me nuts. – Robin

]]> Comment on Sleep Freedom: Letting Kids Find Their Own Sleep Pattern by Tara http://anunschoolinglife.com/sleep-freedom-letting-kids-find-their-own-sleep-pattern/comment-page-1/#comment-40593 Tara Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:53:04 +0000 http://anunschoolinglife.com/?p=1352#comment-40593 I very much enjoyed this article. We have a 2 year old and 8 month old and are just begining to make decisions that will affect their learning methods in the future. Just this week my daughter stayed up past her "bedtime" to finish watching a movie with us, at the end of movies we always get up and dance to the music. The three of us, the baby was sleeping, danced for 30 minutes at the end of the movie and I am so glad not to have missed that! It was simply fabulous and she was glowing. Sure we can dance during the day but I can't help but think this was a special time somehow. I think we all felt that way! I very much enjoyed this article. We have a 2 year old and 8 month old and are just begining to make decisions that will affect their learning methods in the future. Just this week my daughter stayed up past her “bedtime” to finish watching a movie with us, at the end of movies we always get up and dance to the music. The three of us, the baby was sleeping, danced for 30 minutes at the end of the movie and I am so glad not to have missed that! It was simply fabulous and she was glowing. Sure we can dance during the day but I can’t help but think this was a special time somehow. I think we all felt that way!

]]> Comment on My Daughter, The Artist by Kim Karko http://anunschoolinglife.com/my-daughter-the-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-40518 Kim Karko Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:59:36 +0000 http://anunschoolinglife.com/?p=1326#comment-40518 What a beautiful drawing. I love the wing tips! It's amazing how proportioned the arms and body are. Tell your little girl that we love her drawing! What a beautiful drawing. I love the wing tips! It’s amazing how proportioned the arms and body are. Tell your little girl that we love her drawing!

]]> Comment on Sleep Freedom: Letting Kids Find Their Own Sleep Pattern by Kim Karko http://anunschoolinglife.com/sleep-freedom-letting-kids-find-their-own-sleep-pattern/comment-page-1/#comment-40516 Kim Karko Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:53:19 +0000 http://anunschoolinglife.com/?p=1352#comment-40516 We are the odd balls! All of us are early risers, naturally. The 3.5 year old still takes a nap with the 2 year old, but that's because we spend so much time outside playing. We are the odd balls! All of us are early risers, naturally. The 3.5 year old still takes a nap with the 2 year old, but that’s because we spend so much time outside playing.

]]> Comment on Unschooling Blogs & Websites by Melodye http://anunschoolinglife.com/unschooling-blogs-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-39672 Melodye Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:06:44 +0000 http://anunschoolinglife.com/?p=1250#comment-39672 Could you change the link to my blog. I renamed the url. Thanks! Could you change the link to my blog. I renamed the url. Thanks!

]]> Comment on Sleep Freedom: Letting Kids Find Their Own Sleep Pattern by Stacey http://anunschoolinglife.com/sleep-freedom-letting-kids-find-their-own-sleep-pattern/comment-page-1/#comment-38117 Stacey Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:31:32 +0000 http://anunschoolinglife.com/?p=1352#comment-38117 While I can definitely respect your view, (my husband is a night owl, and the boys seem to be the same) I also struggle a little. I think kids ARE people...but they're smaller/untrained people...I believe they do require guidance from us. I am new to this world of Homeschooling/Unschooling...We have 5 boys (9,12,16,17,and 18) and I am homeschooling (for the 1st time)only our 7th grader this year.... Unfortunately, if the kids never go to bed at night, then neither do I...and I also work. I struggle with bedtime routines though...because I consider that to be the only time I can enjoy some quiet/ME time This is alot for me to ponder on.... Thanks for the great post!! While I can definitely respect your view, (my husband is a night owl, and the boys seem to be the same) I also struggle a little. I think kids ARE people…but they’re smaller/untrained people…I believe they do require guidance from us. I am new to this world of Homeschooling/Unschooling…We have 5 boys (9,12,16,17,and 18) and I am homeschooling (for the 1st time)only our 7th grader this year….
Unfortunately, if the kids never go to bed at night, then neither do I…and I also work. I struggle with bedtime routines though…because I consider that to be the only time I can enjoy some quiet/ME time
This is alot for me to ponder on…. Thanks for the great post!!
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]]> Comment on Sleep Freedom: Letting Kids Find Their Own Sleep Pattern by Alicia C. http://anunschoolinglife.com/sleep-freedom-letting-kids-find-their-own-sleep-pattern/comment-page-1/#comment-38086 Alicia C. Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:42:34 +0000 http://anunschoolinglife.com/?p=1352#comment-38086 My oldest chose school. He's 13 and a high school freshman. I can see just how much trouble his body's sleep patterns are causing him - especially at his age and all of the growth spurts and hormonal changes that are taking place. The best I can do for him right now is let him regulate his sleep when he's not at school. I also have a little one who is nearly 3. I was really struggling with his sleep for a few weeks - until I just gave up trying to control it. For the past week, he's skipped his nap and he's been deciding when to go to bed on his own. Amazingly enough, he's going to bed around 10pm and waking at 9am - pretty "normal"! My oldest chose school. He’s 13 and a high school freshman. I can see just how much trouble his body’s sleep patterns are causing him – especially at his age and all of the growth spurts and hormonal changes that are taking place. The best I can do for him right now is let him regulate his sleep when he’s not at school.

I also have a little one who is nearly 3. I was really struggling with his sleep for a few weeks – until I just gave up trying to control it. For the past week, he’s skipped his nap and he’s been deciding when to go to bed on his own. Amazingly enough, he’s going to bed around 10pm and waking at 9am – pretty “normal”!
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]]> Comment on Sleep Freedom: Letting Kids Find Their Own Sleep Pattern by Flo http://anunschoolinglife.com/sleep-freedom-letting-kids-find-their-own-sleep-pattern/comment-page-1/#comment-37969 Flo Fri, 16 Sep 2011 02:45:43 +0000 http://anunschoolinglife.com/?p=1352#comment-37969 I love this article, and I love the way you think about your children! I do NOT believe in giving babies an type of eating/sleep training, but I've always just assumed that setting bedtimes is natural when they're older. I am going to give this a LOT of thought. I also homeschool so it wouldn't be a problem if she feels she needs to sleep longer in the morning, she's not a morning person and she also gets headaches. I'm glad I read this. I love this article, and I love the way you think about your children! I do NOT believe in giving babies an type of eating/sleep training, but I’ve always just assumed that setting bedtimes is natural when they’re older. I am going to give this a LOT of thought. I also homeschool so it wouldn’t be a problem if she feels she needs to sleep longer in the morning, she’s not a morning person and she also gets headaches. I’m glad I read this.

]]> Comment on Sleep Freedom: Letting Kids Find Their Own Sleep Pattern by Colleen http://anunschoolinglife.com/sleep-freedom-letting-kids-find-their-own-sleep-pattern/comment-page-1/#comment-37916 Colleen Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:57:10 +0000 http://anunschoolinglife.com/?p=1352#comment-37916 Love it Stephanie! We have always followed the natural sleep pattern for our family too. My 11yo too, got himself turned around in sleep and now that I think about it, he grew a few inches these past months. Yet when there was a week long activity that required him to be up at a certain hour he was able to do it. My oldest used to like to stay up all night and sleep all day. Then he joined the military and had no problems adjusting to their rigorous schedules. It's a crock to say that if we don't force proper sleep patterns on our children that it will interfere with their ability to get a job. Love it Stephanie! We have always followed the natural sleep pattern for our family too. My 11yo too, got himself turned around in sleep and now that I think about it, he grew a few inches these past months. Yet when there was a week long activity that required him to be up at a certain hour he was able to do it. My oldest used to like to stay up all night and sleep all day. Then he joined the military and had no problems adjusting to their rigorous schedules. It’s a crock to say that if we don’t force proper sleep patterns on our children that it will interfere with their ability to get a job.
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