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 [...]
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 [...]
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, Testimonies, Thoughts, Unschooled Kids
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Tagged delight-directed learning, eclectic homeschooling, education, inspiration, Unschooling
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November 17, 2008 – 9:34 pm
When I began to homeschool I tried the classical Christian approach and thought that every single day I needed to teach my Kindergartner
Bible
Math
Reading and
Art
That didn’t seem too bad and I actually really enjoyed it! (Except for the fact that W wasn’t anywhere near ready for reading at age 5!)
But I gave up the classical method [...]
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, Testimonies, Thoughts, Unschooled Kids, Unschooling
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Tagged curriculum, education, family, interest led learning, kids, learning, math, questions and answers, Unschooling
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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, Personality, Special Needs, Testimonies, Thoughts, Unschooling
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Tagged home education, how I got here, interest led learning, 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 [...]
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, Learning Styles, Testimonies, Thoughts, Unschooling
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Tagged interest led learning, learning, Unschooling
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