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 Character development, Day in the Life, Encouragement, Favorite Resources, Testimonies, Thoughts, Uncategorized, Video Games
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Tagged books, delight-directed learning, homeschooling, reading
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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 [...]
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 [...]
The Arrival is a beautifully illustrated, wordless, allegorical, graphic novel. It is the story of an immigrant who leaves his family to find a better place for a new world. Shaun Tan uses timing and amazing images to demonstrate to the reader/onlooker what it felt like for various people coming to a new country [...]
I just discovered a new Zine that may appeal to other interest-led home schoolers–it certainly appeals to me–I mean who could pass up their tag line:
“There are many practical and scholarly homeschooling resources…
Around Zine is not one of them.”
I haven’t managed to get a hold of a copy yet but will as soon as possible [...]
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 [...]
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, Character development, Encouragement, Favorite Resources, How They Learn, Learning Styles, Struggles, Testimonies, Thoughts, Unschooling
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Tagged interest led learning, learning, Unschooling
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