Every once in a while we have a day that can be described as nothing short of educational, which we usually call “edumactational” to make it more fun. These are the sorts of days that I dreamed of when my children were still babies and I thought about homeschooling them as they were older; fun [...]
The Arrival is a beautifully illustrated, wordless, allegorical, graphic novel. It is the story of an immigrant who leaves his family to find a better place for a new world. Shaun Tan uses timing and amazing images to demonstrate to the reader/onlooker what it felt like for various people coming to a new country [...]
A pair of researchers, Harriet Pattison and Alan Thomas, are conducting a survey on how children learn to read at home. From the site: ‘In “How Children Learn at Home” we concentrated on how children learn school subjects informally at home. Our aim was to build up a general picture of learning at home. This [...]
I just discovered a new Zine that may appeal to other interest-led home schoolers–it certainly appeals to me–I mean who could pass up their tag line: “There are many practical and scholarly homeschooling resources… Around Zine is not one of them.” I haven’t managed to get a hold of a copy yet but will as [...]
I wanted to pop in and share a great article I ran into today on raising kids to really be successful and not just follow others: Raising Kids with a Wild Streak. Definitely a great read.
December 19, 2008 – 11:38 pm
First, for those who don’t know the above is an xkcd comic. Perl is a programming language with many uses. The comic reminded me of my husband and got me thinking about the really important things and the things that are not so important. As most of you know my husband is a self taught [...]
November 3, 2008 – 3:50 pm
We don’t have cable and haven’t found it necessary to our home schooling. However, we do have a Wii with wireless internet, meaning we get and can watch Youtube on our tv. (We also get Netflix–we find that to be an excellent educational investment but that is another whole post.) As willing as my children [...]
October 9, 2008 – 4:16 pm
The other day the antique appraiser I help out, remembering how in the past I have needed to work less in order to spend time teaching the kids, asked when I needed to change my schedule and be less available. It caught me off guard because I have gotten so used to our lifestyle of [...]
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October 8, 2008 – 1:13 pm
This Baby Blues applies to me as well. Though the more unschooling we do the less they differentiate play from work. My youngest two spent all day helping me pull up carpet, staples, and nails, and take the trim off the walls. We had fun. We played. We enjoyed our work. Work is a gift [...]
October 7, 2008 – 1:16 pm
Click here to read the comic first then come back. My kids used to always complain about how serious I was and how Daddy was more fun. I would forget to spend time playing with the kids because I get caught up in other projects. I didn’t spend much time just being with them, playing. [...]
