tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post7559956898907241054..comments2023-06-11T03:51:05.671-05:00Comments on Susan's Pendulum: Walking to SchoolSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16152213210269075304noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post-78225878034998812152011-09-02T08:44:53.882-05:002011-09-02T08:44:53.882-05:00They prevent children from climbing, swinging and ...They prevent children from climbing, swinging and testing their mettle, and then they wonder why the kiddos don't have the sitzenpantzen to sit for classes in the classroom. BAH.Elephantschildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610471467736150461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post-5631974388407909852011-09-01T23:20:44.764-05:002011-09-01T23:20:44.764-05:00Pam, here I was thinking that "mo jan" w...Pam, here I was thinking that "mo jan" was some slang I'd never heard. Now, misspellings on tiny keyboards, THAT I understand! :-)Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16307213773466556564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post-3482223124440266092011-09-01T23:17:17.357-05:002011-09-01T23:17:17.357-05:00And I can spell. . .silly mobile devices! Gasp. Ne...And I can spell. . .silly mobile devices! Gasp. Neighborhood!, more than!Dakotapamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14600901961685207952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post-73773701416730958622011-09-01T23:15:39.537-05:002011-09-01T23:15:39.537-05:00Our 20 month old twin girls can and will use any a...Our 20 month old twin girls can and will use any and every piece of playground equipment. Of course I let them. They love and need to climb. Other mothers gap and cross themselves. I'm sure it does look funny and/or scary. The girls are small, just over 20 pounds.<br /><br />As for the boys, just transferred them from our Lutheran School to our neiborhood public school for various reasons. One of the main reasons was that they (at 7 and 9) can walk to and from school, and they offer more outdoor recess. Outdoor play is super important. Their new favorite class is gym. Since we are a clergy family, and I don't fear for my children's religious education, we are mo jan happy to have family devotions and send them off to school with several recesses and gym class.Dakotapamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14600901961685207952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post-69957307100480177982011-09-01T18:05:43.711-05:002011-09-01T18:05:43.711-05:00I find this article interesting both in terms of 1...I find this article interesting both in terms of 1979 and what I allow my children to do/not do because they are homeschooled.<br />My 7 year old second grader still doesn't have any permanent teeth and the first time we left him all day with grandma was recently-I honestly don't think he could have even handled that last school year. He just barely turned 6 and half at the beginning of last school year. But he was definitely ready for first grade school work last school year.<br />Also, I was almost 6 and in kindergarten in 1979!Ewehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09049392222474704158noreply@blogger.com