Unschooling4Life.com: Information about unschooling

I’m curious about what people’s fears are/were about starting to
unschool. My top one is I’m afraid I don’t have the energy to provide
enough activities, social life, opportunities, whatever for my kids.

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I’d say that is mine, still a year later. We do ok, and it’s WAY BETTER
than any other way we’ve lived. But I know that I am just not doing enough
strewing, interacting, etc. I’m hoping that when the kids are older (they
are 8, 3 and 10 mos) it will get easier. Hard to do anything which requires
much set up/length for the big one when the little ones are around.

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Sandra Dodd’s article seems focused on small children. Does anybody have
examples of ways they strew for older kids?

Here is one I did recently. We live in a small house and Ds was in the
bathroom with the door closed. The bathroom is located just across the hall
from my bedroom where my computer is located. I was checking out free sheet
music websites and came across some with Midi files so you could listen to
the piece. I clicked on *The Enterainer*. As soon as he heard it, the
bathroom door flew open and Ds was very interested in printing off a variety
of music to practice his clarinet and propose a duet with a friend of his
that plays the piano.

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I rent movies I think they’ll like and learn from and leave them around
and the kids often watch them. I take dvd’s and cd’s along in the car.

So I guess that is a form of strewing for my teenagers.

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Whenever I come across a website that I think one of my kids will enjoy I email
the link to them. Sometimes I surf a lot so I can send quite a few.

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There’s more there too if you leave off the last part of the link. :)
http://sandradodd.com/strewing

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There are two sides to strewing.

One is putting stuff that is likely to be, or even merely possibly,
interesting into the visual, auditory or philosophical radar/proximity of
our kids.

The other is to remain detached from the outcome. Don’t get bent out of
shape if the answer is a resounding disinterest (might be temporary). Don’t
become invested in the idea that some stuff you dig is more valuable than
other stuff.

Strewing is in addition to the interests that the kids discover on their
own.

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Is there anyone willing to elaborate more on strewing? This has
always been a difficult concept for me to wrap my brain around. And,
after reading the latest strings of posts, I’m really interested in
getting to the “next level” on this one.

Up to this point my understanding of stewing is *leaving books and
other reading material that may be of interest in various locations
around the house*. After paying more attention, as I’ve always
suspected, it seems there is much more than this to it.

What does *strewing* mean to you? What do you strew around your
home? What wisdom can you share on this concept? What do you stew to
entice those that don’t enjoy reading? Where do you get your ideas,
not topics, but WHAT you actually stew?

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Zach (14) reads voraciously and I have a hard time keeping him in
books. He likes to explore other cultures, history, current events/
politics. Zoe (7) doesn’t read yet. She’s an artist and performer
mostly. She draws a lot of fashion and Manga influenced artwork.

I’m fairly new to this but here’s what I’ve done lately:

I bought some of those Dover http://store.doverpublications.com/ Art
Postcard books, tore out the cards and left them sitting in my living
room.

I bought a miniature Zen Garden (from Scholastic books) with the
little rocks and a tiny little rake and left that with the
informational book that came with it on my bookshelf — makes a nice
decoration.

I bought a physics toy from Target (under $7) and put it in my living
room. It’s one of those “Executive Toys” with the metal balls that
are suspended from two parallel bars and when you pull one or more
back and let go, they hit the other balls and send the same number of
balls flying back on the other side.

I leave magazines like: Newsweek, Highlights, Muse, Better Homes &
Gardens, Live Free Learn Free etc. on my coffee table.

I bought several Paper Doll Fashion books, again from Dover, and
leave them under my coffee table.

I order movies from Netflix: documentaries like “The Life of ….
(Mammals, Birds, etc.)” and Penne and Teller’s Bullshit, as well as
dramas, comedies etc. I usually ask if anyone wants to watch them
with me, if they don’t, I watch them myself.

I have a bird identification book laying out most days, along with my
binoculars. I like to look at the birds that come to my birdfeeders
and birdbath.

That’s just a few things that I’ve done lately.

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Strewing…hmm first thing that comes to mind is it’s a little
maybe “Zen”like. If you are consciously thinking “I’m strewing” then
you’re still learning to ‘strew’. Over time it becomes part of your
life rather than a conscious thought of “I need to strew something”.
I went to the bookstore and saw a Fantastic Four comic book. I
didn’t think “Oh I’ll strew this for DS – reading, art/graphics,
yadda yadda” but rather “Hey DS would like this” so I got it.
Likewise, DH built a mini-motor yesterday – some wire coils and a 9
volt battery. As he worked, he and DS talked about the parts – the
field coil, the armature coil (see I learned stuff too! lol), etc.
It wasn’t a ‘science lesson’ or anything – it was something *DH*
chose to do and enjoys playing with and for as long as DS was
interested, they talked about it. It’s totally DH’s interest but he
invites DS along for as long as he chooses to hang out and see what
happens. So part of strewing is also being curious and interested in
things for your own self. DS has come to really like smooth jazz.
Not from ‘music appreciation’ anything but because we like it and
it’s around us. In a ‘strewing’ vein, when DS seemed to enjoy
certain classical pieces, we picked up the Beethoven’s Wig CDs -
note the interest came first in this case (sometimes interest comes
first, other times we bring something that generates interest).

Didja ever see Coming to America with Eddie Murphy? Strewing is like
the rose petals the young ladies are tasked with tossing before the
Prince. They don’t know where he will go next specifically. They
know his usual routines and patterns, where he generally goes. They
keep a close eye on his non-verbal communication as well as
listening to his conversations (discretely of course lol). All this
together gives them some idea of where to toss the next handful of
petals – unless he changes direction suddenly, in which case they
regroup and get back in strewing position again. So, we watch DS
(not hawklike but living together like), we listen, we talk, we
explore together. The other day I noted to DH that DS seems to
currently be interested in how things are spelled (he was asking me
how to spell lots of things) and also seems to be ‘consolidating’
numbers (adding, subtracting) because he’s been telling me number
related things that he’s figured or noticed (he had 2 of something
in a game and needed 8 so he told me he needed 6 more). By
communicating my observations to DH and he to me, we can keep both
sets of eyes out for things that might interest DS and then we can
bring those things into his orbit – some might fly right by and
others will be captured in his gravitational sphere.

Another way to think about it, perhaps, is similar to when you are
dating and newlywed – you keep your eyes out for things you know
your partner would like – a favorite author, a musician, a
particular food or type of food (DH bookmarked the Godiva website!),
etc. and when you find something you think might be of interest, you
bring it home or bring your partner to it (depending on what it is).
That particular item might be wonderful, it might not be (your Tex-
Mex spice loving partner might find Thai cuisine a bit too
differently spiced for instance). You don’t keep going back there
until your partner “learns to like it” – you drop it and move on.
And maybe in a couple of years your partner will say Hey what was
that Thai place? I think I’d like to try that again. Or maybe not.

Strewing has no strings attached. Kind of like those cartoon
rabbit/roadrunner/whatever traps with the box and string, some
people think strewing is putting out some tempting ‘bait’ to “get”
their kids to learn something. The problem with that is it takes
almost no time for the kids to become suspicious of all ‘bait’, even
things they might like, because of the string attached. Strewing is
stringless – bringing in things you think might bring joy into the
household and then letting them take on their own life, wherever
that leads. DH’s current playing with wires and batteries and
magnets? That started when he began building his own light saber out
of copper pipe, wiring, flashlight innards, etc. His interests and
curiousity have brought things into our home that I wouldn’t have
considered but now think nothing of having – they’re just part of
us. Likewise, there are probably things I bring to the table. And DS
brings his own things as well (it goes in all directions, not just
adults to kids).

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To me strewing is just bringing home anything that I think my family will
enjoy. It has nothing to do with reading or not reading. It’s the same
thing I do for my mother or husband. If I see something he/she’d like, I’ll
either tell him/her about it or show it to him/her and let him/her decide if
it merits further consideration.

I have two girls who are not *big into reading. My ten year old is VERY
capable but still prefers that I read to her when it comes to fiction. She
does love to read maps and the Uncle Henry’s magazine (lists things people
have for sale) and a few horse magazines. I provide these things for her,
as her interests dictate.

My 9 yo is just starting to read to herself (also very capable) but I no
longer worry about whether or not they will ever *want to read. Both dh and
I are avid readers and I expected at one point my kids would naturally be
that way but I have come to terms with the fact that they may never like
reading like I do and that is o.k. They have both learned to read because
they wanted to and without my interference. They will use reading like any
other tool in life, as they need it, to get what they want out of it.

For me, strewing is bringing things into the house that they might not think
to bring in. Things like games that I come across that I think they’ll like
(we all love to play games) , or movies, or just ideas to talk about. I’ll
send them emails that have been forwarded to me if I think they’ll get a
laugh out of them. Not just so they’ll read or learn something but because
I think they’ll like them.

This year I strewed a pool in our yard. No one wanted it except me but I
knew if we got it that it would get a lot of use. I was right. It wasn’t a
costly chance because it’s one of those soft sided jobbies that you can get
at Wal-Mart for $100, everything included, and I knew I’d get $100 worth of
use out of it myself.

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My dd doesn’t enjoy reading for pleasure. I, like you, am an avid
reader. I love reading many types of books for pleasure. dh doesn’t
enjoy reading for pleasure either. But also expected that my dd
would like to read because she saw me reading so much. I learned
long ago it doesn’t always work that way (the schools expect them to
always be reading, encouraging them to do so, summer reading lists
etc etc. If you love to read, this is fine, but didn’t work for my
child and it’s ok with me!). Right now she’s playing an online
interactive computer game (alot) that has an instruction book with
it. It’s on her desk and she refers to it quite often. She reads
what others have typed on the screen and types back. She enjoys
listening to books on tape during car trips (on the way to camping
spots). She also enjoys being read to (still, she’s going to be 13
next month).

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Many have mentioned being avid readers themselves and having
children that are NOT avid readers. I, myself, am an avid reader
and lover of books. I believe this to be where my “confusion” on
strewing began.

I always interpreted strewing as placing interesting printed
material around the house. “Live Free, Learn Free” and “Life
Learning” are always in my bathroom with the motorcycle parts
catalog. I keep books on the coffee table that seem interesting. I
check out books from the library if I think someone may be
interested. The kids have books in their rooms that may be
interesting to them.

As unschoolers we understand that everyone learns differently, and
not everything *looks* like learning. I guess what I would like to
know is HOW do those of us that DO NOT ENJOY reading learn. What IS
learning for those that do not read. By this I mean, how does
someone that is interested in varieties of strawberries, for
example, learn about varieties of strawberries and how to grow them
successfully and how to can them or make jam without reading? How
is knowledge sought outside of reading?

I am not saying that it is not possible to learn without reading. I
*know* it is. BUT, I am admitting that I do not understand *how* it
is. What resources does a person use to learn something outside of
a book? Please enlighten this bookworm…

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I don’t necessarily think that just because an 8 or 10 yo does not enjoy
reading now that they will never enjoy reading. One thing I can say about
my own kids however is that they are more than willing to look up something
they want to know, they just, at this point, don’t enjoy reading fiction for
pleasure. They do however both have very active imaginations and enjoy
having me read to them, books on tape, telling stories, and movies and TV.

That said, it would be fairly easy to surround yourself with other people
who enjoy the same things that you do and ask them questions. Most people
who have a passion for something enjoy sharing about it.

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I understand strewing to mean not just reading material – ANYTHING
(games, interesting “toys” or things of any type that invite
investigation, movies, video games, something you found outside
etc). Here’s a couple of things I found by googling “strewing”
(there’s also a lot about strewing herbs…..?! I’ll have to check
that out later).

http://sandradodd.com/strew/sandra

http://melissawiley.typepad.com/bonnyglen/2005/01/strategic_strew.html

>I guess what I would like to know is HOW do those of us that DO NOT
ENJOY reading learn. What IS learning for those that do not
read….What resources does a person use to learn something outside
of a book?>>>>

It sounds like you’re saying this “person(s)” don’t read AT ALL. (?)
Learning can take place by watching others, asking questions of
someone knowledgable about the subject, doing something along side
someone who knows about the topic of interest, looking up something
on the internet (a “demo” or pictures etc), trying something until
they figure it out themselves (and learning a lot of different things
along the way)……

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I learned how to garden by helping my mother-in-law and listening to her
experiences. I learned how to can fruits and vegetables by doing so with my
grandmother. I learned how to cook and bake by hanging out with my
grandmother, too. I learned how to do quilting stitches by hanging out with
my aunt. I learned how to do laundry from my mom showing me how to do it.
Most of the practical things I learned after high school, I learned by
hanging out with people. I learned how to swim by taking a class, but it
didn’t involve any reading.

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I was an English professor in a former life, so when
my son didn’t love reading, I couldn’t understand it.
He is a visual learner primarily, so he watches how
people do things or how something works. I look at it
this way, if I have to install a faucet, I want
written step-by-step directions, whereas he wants a
picture diagram. He does read when he needs to know
something, like a video game guide, for example. He
doesn’t always comprehend what he’s reading really
well, but he works through it with trial and error or
asks someone for help. He watches movies and tv. I
just read an article the other day that talked about
how general IQ is rising because we are becoming
better problem-solvers. Most of us don’t read the
instruction manual that comes with our cell phone, but
we figure it out. In the end, pictures can be worth a
thousand words, and so can endless curiosity.

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I think perhaps you are missing a distinction between reading for
pleasure/recreation and reading for information. I love to read -
books, magazines, cereal boxes (lol), whatever. Our veterinarian
rarely reads fiction – he’ll read an occasional biography or history
if the subject is something of interest to him but that’s all – he
doesn’t read fiction at all. DS will sometimes read for fun (last
night he sat and giggled over a Captain Underpants book for a while)
but mostly he is looking for information – game hints, info on
dinosaurs, jokes/riddles, how to put together his Bionicles,
whatever. So, strewing might include ‘how to’ short articles (not
whole books or magazines) and links to useful websites. It also
might include videos, audiotapes, TV programs, etc. It might include
finding a farm and talking to the farmer about what kind of
strawberries grow best in our area – real, live resources. It might
involve calling grandpa and asking about something that happened “a
long time ago”. It might include going to a garden shop and
exploring things there. It might be simply reading a recipe to make
jam (information reading, not pleasure reading). I know someone
who’s pre-teen DD is just beginning to read fluently. She doesn’t
read a lot for pleasure at all. However, she loves to pore over seed
catalogs and browse the garden shop. She can read (interpret the
symbols) enough to have a lovely garden going this summer. Her mom
helps out with words or phrases that are new or difficult.

Printed materials are just ONE venue in strewing, not the only one.

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Videos.
Books on CD.
Mentor.
Trial and error/practical experience.

And just because someone doesn’t care to read doesn’t mean he won’t
read for information.

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As the mother of an almost 13 yo who doesn’t enjoy
reading for pleasure like I do (and dh is like her), she does KNOW how
to read, and does so all the time “for information”. If she doesn’t
recognize a word or can’t say it (because she’s a visual/spatial
learner, phonics don’t work for her) she’ll ask me what it means,
or, “how do you spell “xyz”?”.

She’s learning all the time. I can really see it now that I’m home
with her 24/7 (only since this past June)! I also am seeing some
signs of healing. It’s wonderful.

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of course you mean some form of Advanced topic – not everything your
child learned before he or she learns to read. Actually – I’ve often
been really suprised by how much my children seem to pick up without
going to a book to get the information.

Of course, my wife and I are big resources at this point – simple
questions and answers are how my son learned about dinosaurs,
sharks,whales, sea animals in general, spiders, other various insects
and airplanes. Other things can be learned by trial and error or
example.

Granted, reading makes your child’s learning much more independant,
but a lack of reading does not necessarily cripple him. If that were
the case, how would you explain the plethora of children who graduate
high school without their teachers even knowing they are functionally
illiterate. I’m not talking about the poor students either – People
with solid grade point averages who, because of an undiagnosed
learning difference, never actually learned to read, but were still
able to get around the system?

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Strewing can be anything from a game to some nice pens. I have even strewed
food. ( my son is a history buff and I strewed chocolate from a shop that made
it during Victorian times). Children learn from everything -playing, c.ds.
videos music, craft, bouncing on their trampoline. Toys, baking, cooking,
science experiments, days out to places, shopping, bathtime – I could go on
forever. Books are only part of it for us.

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Our lives are strewn with interesting activities and people. We raise goats,
rabbits and sheep. I have a daughter who is huge into gymnastics, a son who is
huge into shooting skeet, another daughter who is huge into English riding and 2
more kids still trying to find thier “thing”. We watch movies, read the
newspaper, watch and discuss “Degrassi” which brings up all kinds of topics. We
have a garden, several of us crochet, we have exchange students stay with us.
When I have meetings of various groups that need a place to meet, I offer my
house so cool, active, interesting people are often floating around the house.
We travel, make wine, and are looking into getting bees. We have a ranch (OK
200 acres of raw wilderness) where we go play, explore and try to identify
things.

Basically, I am always showing the kids things, if they want to do it I try to
make it happen.

Example: My 14yo is flying out Friday to Houston to go to a concert with
friends and fly back in the next day. Friends complain that I am spoiling
her….but I had a free ticket, I love her friend, I trust my kid…If I had
said “no”, it would have been just an arbitrary no.

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Have you read the Book of Learning and Forgetting by Frank Smith? He
believes that one of the ways we learn is by hanging out with people of similar
interests. I think of my brother who loved skateboarding. He didn’t learn how
to board by himself from a book, he hung out and boarded with his friends.
They challenged each other and created new tricks based on what the other guys
were doing.

Think about all the yahoo groups. People have an interest, something at
which they may or not be proficient, and they join the group to discuss it and
learn from others that are doing it. Many times they meet their group
friends in real life. Why? To learn from each other! Unschooling is a great
example, you don’t have to go learn how to be a great unschooler first, then
join
a list or read a discussion board. You jump right in. You seek unschoolers
in real life, hang out with them and their kids, observe them in action and
ask questions.

La Leche League is another great example of how people learn. The womanly
art of breastfeeding was getting lost because nursing is not something people
were doing anymore and therefore not passing on to their daughters. The
woman that formed the League knew that the only way to promote breastfeeding
was
to create a real life community of breastfeeding.

TV has created another sort of community. So much of the programming is how
to cook or decorate or fix a squeaky door or documentaries of everything
from WWII to popculture of the 70′s. Then we talk about our favorite shows
with
our friends. Then we try out a new recipe or get around to fixing that door.

We instinctively gather with people that have similar interests, goals and
ideas. We learn from people that do what we want to do and mentor others in
our turn. School forced us to believe that learning only happens by certain
methods, but anyone with hobbies proves that it isn’t true.

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very awesome and very true…. my now 16 yr old son,,, is not what you would
call a real big reader,,,but,, he has gotten more envolved in gamming and
ofcourse ,,, there is ,, along the way reading to be done,, he is most capable
when it is of interest to him as is anyone else,,,,

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Strewing for us… Ashton watches a ballet on tv, expresses an
interest. I have tables around my house to plop things on and I
pick up a ballet book for plopping. I order a dvd from Amazon on
ballet. We buy old dance shoes at a rummage sale and dance around
together.

We have a conversation about wildflowers that are starting to bloom
on our land. I dig through my bookshelf and find a dover color book
on wildflowers. I put it out on the table by the markers. Tycen
picks it up and starts discussing what flowers we have. He and I go
through the book together and color and take a walk and identify how
many of the flowers grow on our land.

Sometimes strewing goes along untouched. The stuff I thought might
be of interest is not, and that is okay. It is just out there for
them to pursue their interests and explorations more fully. If the
interest was simply satisfied with whatever conversation about the
subject that is okay. The stuff gets rotated out, off the tables.
Therefore making room for whatever new stuff we can think of.

This week on our table is a new puzzle. No one has to do the puzzle,
but amazingly everyone has. I did it first. I also have several
kinds of puzzle books on the table, along with riddles.

I have a son interested in construction. He helped us build our deck
in the last several weeks. During this time I strewed with
tinkertoys, legos, magazines on building, tool catalogues, He has
all kinds of ideas for what is next in his building plans because he
has multiple ideas to pull from.

That is how strewing works for us. Sandra Dodd has great strewing
ideas, you may try her site.

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I think just answering his questions lovingly and
quickly and letting him (trusting him) to connect
the dots and get that process happening in his
head. I think I would ask him if he would like
things labeled, since that kind of stuff can
definitely irritate my son. He might like it,
but I think it’s better (more respectful) to
ask. We can force our kids to learn stuff, but
it’s way better to allow reading (and everything)
to unfold for them when they’re ready, and then they’ll do it!

I just thought of this analogy: In the
wintertime, you can go outside and clip off a
piece of your forsythia bush. You can bring it
in the house, stick it in water, and you can
force it to bloom. But, it’s not really ready
to, and eventually the flowers will drop
off. And, you had to chop off that piece of the
foliage, which would have bloomed in its own time
anyway when the time was right if you had only just left it alone.

Marji, who just witnessed this amazing phenomenon
first-hand with my 11½-year-old son who just this
year connected the dots and can now read stuff. Truly magical!!

P.S. I’m not saying that you, yourself, are
forcing your son or pushing him in anyway. I’m
just expanding on the question a little.

P.P.S. We got this cool set of magnetized words
a long time ago, and put them on the front of the
refrigerator. We have a lot of fun rearranging
them in crazy ways (“Don’t sit on my cheesy
moose”). That could be an example, I suppose, of
strewing for reading, but we just do it ’cause
it’s fun. I also suppose if you pick up things
that you think he might be interested in reading,
that would be cool, too, as long as you
understood that he might not be interested in it at all and that would be okay.

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We got paint chips and cut them into the squares and rectangles—the
best ones are the ones with *names* of the colors, not the
numbers—sometimes the color names are inspirational all by
themselves. We used plain and decorative scissors to cut them. We each
added words we loved—FUN words—and different parts of speech. We
added glitter around some of them and beads and wire on a few. Some
have been painted just a bit. Tiny feathers. Some don’t have words at
all: one has a picture of a bee! <G> We have cards with tiny photos of
us and our guide dog pup, Ryan. All sorts of different decorative
things. We then glued a tiny magnet to the back of each one. Now we
have our *own* poetry magnets!

I was inspired by Joyce’s word thingy (sorry, Joyce! I can’t remember
what it’s called!), but Ben was wondering what we could do for his mom
for her big birthday. I thought 70 little things would be neat. We
tried a few for ourselves—TOO MUCH FUN! So we’re going to do this for
my Mother-in-law—70 magnets—some with words, others with images,
many decorated. We’ll give her a large package of 70 tiny little words
for her to arrange on her own refrigerator. A GREAT gift for the person
who has everything AND very little space to put more junk! <G>

I think a child just starting to read would *easily* pick out his own
words or some of his favorites if you did this!

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Here’s what strewing means to me.

1) Helping them find resources that promote their interests.
For example, my youngest is extremely interested in space. We’re
planning a day trip to the Kennedy Space Center this summer. She didn’t
ask to go but I know that she would enjoy it.

2) Helping them to find resources on their own. (This was also a tool
we used to help them build their self esteem after the adoption)
My middle daughter is passionate about horses. We live in “The Horse
Capitol of the World” (Ocala, Fl) and there are always fairs, shows,
trades, etc going on. I showed her where to get the community paper
every week (online and offline) so she can check to see what’s going
on. She checks it often, lets me know what is close by and inexpensive
and we go.

3) Being interested in things myself and sharing that with them.
I share my love of heavy metal/hard rock music, my new interest of
gardening, the fun I have shopping in thrift stores, etc.

4) Buying things and going places that I think they would enjoy.
I just bought a gigantic world map for our family room. Nobody asked
for it. I just thought it would be interesting to have. When they go
tot he library, I roam around the kids section and pick out books on a
variety of topics. When we get home, I put the on the coffee table in
our family room and let them know their there.

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You can strew things, places, ideas, music, food, nature, games,
activities,…even other people!

Strew things they are interested in. Things *you* are interested in.
Things any of you *might* be interested in. Things that are
related/connected in some way to current interests. Things you didn’t
even *know* you’re interested in! <G>

The idea is to connect new things to old things and to open up their
world—make it bigger and better!

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Give him the answers he is looking for! :o) Bring home as much printed material
as he is interested in and drop it when he’s had enough. Strewing word magnets
and letters and books and stampers and blocks are all great ideas. If he likes
the idea of labelling the house go for it. My dd Qacei did this once. (We still
have some of our electronics labelled.) But only do it if it’s fun and welcomed.
Otherwise it’s a waste of your time and potentially off putting for your son.

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My dd is 13 and still asks these types of questions (“how do you spell
XXX” and instead of “what does that say?” it’s “what does XXX
mean”?). I have always gladly given her the info (if I wasn’t sure, I
looked it up, on-line is great!). She can’t spell phonetically, but
is a visual/spatial learner, so she needs to form a picture of the
whole word in her mind in order to know it. She doesn’t read for
pleasure, yet she have an amazing vocabulary (doesn’t have to come
from books, conversation works just as well!).

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Leaving things around for your kids to discover.

http://sandradodd.com/strew/sandra

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