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, Learning Styles, 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, Learning Styles, Testimonies, Thoughts, Unschooled Kids, Unschooling
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Tagged definiteions, education, interest led learning, Unschooling
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August 19, 2008 – 1:55 pm
Well, I’m half-way through the book! Would be farther, but it didn’t arrive until almost dinner yesterday. Needless to say I didn’t end up cooking. And now UberDad wants a turn, so I thought I’d finish a reply to a little comment about unschooling posted the other day. I rarely get questions from random visitors, [...]
August 16, 2008 – 1:22 pm
At three thirty every afternoon a dingy yellow school bus rambles past our house. My oldest and I are invariably working on math lessons while the little ones sleep, or, at least, are in their room supposed to be asleep. My son gazes wistfully out of the window wishing he could be finished. Then I [...]
