tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post3428510994699935071..comments2024-03-25T02:43:49.115-05:00Comments on Karen Edmisten: School and Unschool and Everything In Between Karen Edmisten http://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-60412428362017558202013-03-13T18:21:23.038-05:002013-03-13T18:21:23.038-05:00Hi, Ellie and Beth -- I'd love to put this int...Hi, Ellie and Beth -- I'd love to put this into a blog post, rather than a comment. Stand by! :) <br /><br />Karen Edmisten https://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-24543409689378435652013-03-13T16:58:00.446-05:002013-03-13T16:58:00.446-05:00I had to jump on the "how you're handling...I had to jump on the "how you're handling Harry" bandwagon. I've held off introducing our sensitive reader yet, though I love the books and suspect she will one day too. She's 10 going on 11, and I am thinking it would be way fun to give her Sorcerer's Stone for her 11th birthday and start our first read-aloud of HP then. (Too bad Hagrid can't deliver it with a squashed cake.) <br /><br />I wanted to lay a good, solid fantasy groundwork for her first. She's heard Narnia all the way through twice, and we've also read the Hobbit and all the Prydain Chronicles. Those got a little "old" for her toward the end, but we soldiered on and they ended up working beautifully.<br /><br />I'd love to hear how you edit as you read. Do you decide beforehand what to cut, or do it on the fly? And does Ramona know it's being edited? <br /><br />Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08589856495993730380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-35877559683831875402013-03-07T11:46:36.596-06:002013-03-07T11:46:36.596-06:00Ok, so, now I am really curious about HP and editi...Ok, so, now I am really curious about HP and editing icky parts and how that will work out going forward.<br /><br />Now, we love Harry Potter 'round these parts. My eldest (now very grown up) was just the right ages as the books were published to read as they came out. Easy.<br /><br />With my daughter (now 13.5) we began with the first book when she was ten, the second two when she was 11, the fourth when she turned 12, and then I assessed based on her maturity level: we read together through to the end at that point. <br /><br />With my son now turning 11, we've done the first two books this past year. I've promised him we'll do book three beginning on his birthday next month. I'm sticking with holding off on book 4 until he turns 12 and then we'll see. He's super sensitive, and I am pretty sure book 5 will have to wait until he turns 13.<br /><br />Anyway, i'm not saying everyone should do it my way! Only wondering about the editing, and how that works.<br /><br />Ok, will stop rambling now? :-) ellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16405706347896531257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-52026731145430499522013-03-06T16:16:27.294-06:002013-03-06T16:16:27.294-06:00I need to look into National Geographic. We are u...I need to look into National Geographic. We are unschooling science this year. Apparently. <br />I tried to get that Dragon math thing but I think my OS is too out of date. I can't figure it out. <br />And well, I love the pen pal idea. Such a thrill for little girls to get sweet letters in the mail! :)Jenniferhttp://www.ascozyasspring.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-22357610676235969842013-03-06T05:22:24.961-06:002013-03-06T05:22:24.961-06:00Thanks, Sarah. :) Thanks, Sarah. :) Karen Edmisten https://www.blogger.com/profile/04446214835142625161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17019672.post-65531104584233077162013-03-05T22:44:57.372-06:002013-03-05T22:44:57.372-06:00it all sounds wonderful. :-)it all sounds wonderful. :-)sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03818420999930644450noreply@blogger.com