August 20, 2009 – 10:20 pm
Rainbow Sticks: About siblings and how they grow.
A New School Year: About, surprisingly, a new school year as unschoolers.
I know there are some others out there that I missed–if you see a great one post it in the comments please (including if it is your own).
After four months of avoiding our late fees at the library, we finally headed back to the land of abundant knowledge two weeks ago. I love, love, love that I can check out our library system’s offerings online, request the books I want, and have them waiting for me at the front desk.
I realized after [...]
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 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 went [...]
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, How They Learn, Personality, Struggles, Testimonies, Thoughts
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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 to [...]
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, How They Learn, Learning Styles, Personality, Testimonies, Thoughts, Unschooling
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Tagged children, Christian, education, interest led learning, learning, life, Unschooling
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September 18, 2008 – 2:53 pm
(a repost of a blog entry from February)
After weeks of freezing cold temps and above average snow and ice, this week feels like spring. It’s been really beautiful – high around 60, sunny, not too much wind – just my all-time perfect favorite weather. So, since the kids and I have been stuck inside, sick, [...]
September 17, 2008 – 3:44 pm
I run into this question often from friends, family members, forums, and even unschooling friends. Many are fearful enough that their children won’t naturally attempt to learn things they deem boring or important (often both) that they specifically purchase a curriculum for just that subject–regardless of whether the child has shown interest in it.
Issac waiting [...]
By Heather
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Also posted in Application, Character development, Day in the Life, Encouragement, How They Learn, Learning Styles, Personality, Struggles, Testimonies, Thoughts, Unschooling
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Tagged curriculum, education, family, interest led learning, kids, learning, math, questions and answers, 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, Personality, Testimonies, Thoughts, Unschooling
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Tagged definiteions, education, interest led learning, Unschooling
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