One of the most difficult aspects of our natural learning adventure has been deschooling.
Deschooling is the process of changing the way you think about learning and education. It’s moving away from the idea that learning only takes place “in school” and/or by the methods traditionally used by schools.
I didn’t initially set out with a [...]
It’s been 16 full weeks since I’ve “forced” my kids to “do school”.
Saying something like that out loud or typing it up and publishing it for the world to see would have scared me to death a year ago. However, much has changed here at Life and Love Learning Center and now I am able [...]
My little J has been quite interested in math lately. Unlike W he has not had to endure me shoving worksheet after worksheet in front of him daily and so has been able to develop a natural curiosity about the world of numbers.
For the last several months he has been focusing his energy on learning [...]
February 14, 2009 – 6:16 pm
Yesterday the boys and I did our weekly grocery shopping together. They usually go with me and we talk about the choices I make. This week was different because I had them make all the choices themselves, consulting with me as needed. I documented the whole trip on the digital camera and thought I’d share [...]
December 5, 2008 – 11:40 pm
Made on the lid of a storage bin out of stuff W found around the house. To play you prop up the lid so it sits at a slight angle, use a marble for the ball and your thumbs as the flippers.
I’ve heard that Thomas Edison said that all you need to invent is a [...]
November 17, 2008 – 9:34 pm
When I began to homeschool I tried the classical Christian approach and thought that every single day I needed to teach my Kindergartner
Bible
Math
Reading and
Art
That didn’t seem too bad and I actually really enjoyed it! (Except for the fact that W wasn’t anywhere near ready for reading at age 5!)
But I gave up the classical method [...]
