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 to [...]
By Beth
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Also posted in Books, Character development, Encouragement, Favorite Resources, Testimonies, Thoughts, Uncategorized, Video Games
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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 of a book [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Every once in a while we have a day that can be described as nothing short of educational, which we usually call “edumactational” to make it more fun. These are the sorts of days that I dreamed of when my children were still babies and I thought about homeschooling them as they were older; [...]
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 Encouragement, How They Learn, Personality, Struggles, Testimonies, Thoughts, Unschooled Kids
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Tagged delight-directed learning, eclectic homeschooling, education, inspiration, Unschooling
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November 15, 2008 – 9:07 pm
Collecting seeds in the woods resulted in imaginative creations.
My son designed a pine cone bird with a sweetgum head.
My daughters made acorn dolls with green hair and silk flower dresses.
On our next adventure, we hope to gather leaves. Last year the leaves rotted brown. If the rusty patinas are missing again, we will make our [...]
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 unit. Brad [...]
September 19, 2008 – 9:27 pm
I stepped into a crowded but quiet library on a weekday morning with two antsy boys, one sweet girl and one ornery two year old who wants to walk “myself!” bypassed the computer directory (to save time) and headed straight to the librarian to help me find a book on the Atkins diet. What I ended up with [...]
