September 10, 2008 – 1:19 pm
This was written a year ago. It is rather rambling and the pictures I originally had here are gone with my old blog so these photos are from the last year. I had always considered myself an eclectic/relaxed home schoolers–especially compared to my friends who were all very structured, curriculum bound home schoolers. We [...]
By Heather
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Also posted in Application, Character development, Day in the Life, Encouragement, How They Learn, Personality, Special Needs, Struggles, Testimonies, Thoughts, Unschooling
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Tagged home education, how I got here, interest led learning, learning, Unschooling
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August 22, 2008 – 9:36 pm
Peter and I had an interesting conversation yesterday after a friend told him why she didn’t like homeschooling (at least the way we do it). She said she thought homeschoolers aren’t challenged enough, that if something is hard, they just don’t do it. He wondered what I thought. We had a great conversation, and I [...]
By Jena
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Also posted in Application, Encouragement, How They Learn, Personality, Testimonies, Thoughts, Unschooled Kids, Unschooling
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Tagged definiteions, education, interest led learning, Unschooling
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August 15, 2008 – 12:55 pm
This is the only time of year that I get antsy and start worrying about unschooling. I’d be so interested in hearing about how you encouraged learning with younger kids. Or did you just let them play until they came and asked? I find mine haven’t been asking much lately and I worry it’s something [...]
By Jena
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Also posted in Application, Books, Character development, Encouragement, Favorite Resources, How They Learn, Struggles, Testimonies, Thoughts, Unschooling
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Tagged interest led learning, learning, Unschooling
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August 13, 2008 – 12:13 pm
God is everywhere working all around us, just as learning is everywhere, and with both all we have to do is open our eyes to see so we can join in. Photo: Trees in bloom. When God really wants us to learn something He speaks to us through our circumstances exactly where we are. Photo: [...]
By Heather
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Also posted in Application, Character development, Encouragement, How They Learn, Testimonies, Thoughts, Unschooled Kids, Unschooling
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Tagged child, Christian, education, God, interest
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