January 26, 2009 – 4:43 pm
A few people have asked me about dealing with resistance from kids. We all face it, and it’s not fun. Dealing with a bad attitude or a straight out “NO!” is really a relationship issue. What do you expect from your kids and how much do you respect their opinions? How much do they respect [...]
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 [...]
December 12, 2008 – 2:43 am
This is all you need to know: WRITING IS NOT HARD. Writing is communicating. If you can think, you can write. So why do home schoolers spend so much money on writing curriculum and give writing assignments starting in first grade and worry that their kids don’t write enough? Probably because the home schooling parent [...]
November 18, 2008 – 10:20 pm
Something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately is the facilitating of that passion to learn, to build and to creatively express ones self; that desire to grow and to become something great that’s within us all, my own children specifically, manifesting itself in so many various talents. As a parent and my children’s primary [...]
By Beth
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Also posted in Day in the Life, Encouragement, Personality, Struggles, Testimonies, Thoughts, Unschooled Kids
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Tagged delight-directed learning, eclectic homeschooling, education, inspiration, Unschooling
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November 12, 2008 – 6:31 pm
My son Peter graduated from our home school last Spring. This post was originally written in early October 2008: Peter has completed one week of college classes. I’m very interested in his observations and experiences as a teenager who was allowed to follow his interests at his own pace in highschool. How does he adjust [...]
November 10, 2008 – 10:45 am
Recently at our monthly home school meeting there was a discussion panel on styles of home schooling and different curriculum used. There were 4 mom’s on the panel. One (L) was to talk about being fully aligned with the Province, one (J) was to talk about using a specific curriculum, another (C) about traditional home [...]
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 [...]
By Heather
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Also posted in Application, Character development, Encouragement, Learning Styles, Personality, Testimonies, Thoughts, Unschooled Kids, Unschooling
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Tagged children, Christian, education, interest led learning, learning, life, Unschooling
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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 [...]
September 30, 2008 – 4:39 pm
Thank you Cathy, for introducing me to edutopia.org and this video. Here James Paul Gee, a professor at Arizona State University talks about video games and their learning potential, online communities, and the future of education in general. Fascinating stuff. Dr. Gee has written a book called What Video Games can Teach Us About Literacy [...]
September 24, 2008 – 11:34 pm
The first time my husband kissed me, he slowly leaned in met my lips with a gentleness which begged a soft response. Over and again God kisses us our home schooling family tenderly, and all we have to do is respond. Today He kissed us twice: Next week we begin our Eyes and Seeing KONOS [...]
