Lately, I have gotten some very thought provoking questions and I wanted to share them and my response and give you an opportunity to respond as well. Matthew asks: I’m curious: What is the attitude of Christian unschoolers to religious education? Do you think it is important for children to be taught about religion, or [...]
December 11, 2009 – 8:00 pm
A few weeks ago, I’d posted an interview with a 13yo homeschooler (my son), who is now an avid reader, on my blog. I received this comment from a reader, Lindy: WOW, what a great kid you have there. And you know great kids come from great parents. Good job!!! I am trying really hard [...]
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Tagged books, delight-directed learning, homeschooling, reading
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October 19, 2009 – 12:12 am
First-year college performance: A study of home school graduates and traditional school graduates Okay Kids, Time For Bedlam unstructured structure
September 22, 2009 – 1:50 pm
A typical day in the life over at All About (My) Boys: tossing a few things A lovely photo journal of what looks like an incredible educational trip over at Growing Urban Wildflowers: “…or, there and back again” A great post about a duck and a boy over at Life-Led-Learning: Wild Duck Rescue A review [...]
September 9, 2009 – 3:02 am
Ok, so we’re Christian unschoolers, living and learning, following our children’s lead and then we go to church. We all walk to the building happily awaiting what Word God has given our Pastor for us today. Then instead of going in the sanctuary to be seated, we turn the corridor and Jaiela turns to me [...]
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).
August 13, 2009 – 3:30 am
Now that everyone else is gearing up for the school year those of us who unschool are finally starting to slow down. I know that we personally have had a busy summer full of all sorts of educational opportunities which have kept me from blogging, and I am sure many others are finding the same [...]
August 11, 2009 – 1:09 pm
This post I found over at Peace on Dark Nights is one of the best posts I have seen in a while on the difference between unit studies (and traditional homeschooling) and unschooling. And my kids find it just as frustrating as I do that all the 5 year old and up kids in books [...]
It’s nice to have children’s books, but far too many of them have too much in the way of pictures. When children see books, as they do in the family where the adults read, with pages and pages and pages of print, it becomes pretty clear that if you’re going to find out what’s in [...]
