January 12, 2009 – 7:32 pm
Last winter my kids listened to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe on Focus on the Family’s Radio Theater. This year, they are listening to Prince Caspian. After they’re finished listening, we’ll rent the recent movie theater version and pop some corn! I bought the 18 CD Narnia series for a mere $14.99 at Library [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
November 3, 2008 – 3:50 pm
We don’t have cable and haven’t found it necessary to our home schooling. However, we do have a Wii with wireless internet, meaning we get and can watch Youtube on our tv. (We also get Netflix–we find that to be an excellent educational investment but that is another whole post.) As willing as my children [...]
October 2, 2008 – 12:15 am
I’m a missions junky. I’ve wanted to be missionary since I was a teenager. When it was time to decide what to study in college, I figured teaching or nursing would be the most useful on the mission field, and I didn’t like blood, so it had to be teaching. We have never actually moved [...]
September 30, 2008 – 4:39 pm
Thank you Cathy, for introducing me to edutopia.org and this video. Here James Paul Gee, a professor at Arizona State University talks about video games and their learning potential, online communities, and the future of education in general. Fascinating stuff. Dr. Gee has written a book called What Video Games can Teach Us About Literacy [...]
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, [...]
September 7, 2008 – 12:37 am
The above video is long but well worth the watch. I recommend taking it in small chunks because it is full of very interesting information. My husband described it as running through an art museum trying to see everything. What does a video by an anthropologist about media literacy have to do with unschooling? Mike [...]
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 [...]
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Also posted in Application, Books, Character development, Encouragement, How They Learn, Learning Styles, Struggles, Testimonies, Thoughts, Unschooling
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