August 22, 2008 – 9:36 pm
Peter and I had an interesting conversation yesterday after a friend told him why she didn’t like homeschooling (at least the way we do it). She said she thought homeschoolers aren’t challenged enough, that if something is hard, they just don’t do it. He wondered what I thought. We had a great conversation, and I [...]
By Jena
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Also posted in Application, Encouragement, How They Learn, Learning Styles, Personality, Testimonies, Unschooled Kids, Unschooling
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Tagged definiteions, education, interest led 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 18, 2008 – 12:30 pm
Someone posted this fabulous definition on the Radical Christian Unschooling yahoo group I belong to, and I thought I’d share since not everyone who reads this blog is familiar with the idea. “Radical Unschooling is the Trust that a child will seek out and learn what he needs to know, when he needs to know [...]
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, Struggles, Testimonies, Unschooling
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Tagged interest led learning, learning, Unschooling
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August 13, 2008 – 1:17 pm
Last week, the Heart of the Matter Homeschool Conference became my talk radio. Fellow homeschoolers encouraged while I taught lessons, dressed dolls, washed dishes, folded laundry, and skipped around the internet. There were so many helpful ideas. So many passionate speakers. So many foundational truths. How do I sort it all? Even encouragement becomes cacophony [...]
August 13, 2008 – 12:13 pm
God is everywhere working all around us, just as learning is everywhere, and with both all we have to do is open our eyes to see so we can join in. Photo: Trees in bloom. When God really wants us to learn something He speaks to us through our circumstances exactly where we are. Photo: [...]
By Heather
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Also posted in Application, Character development, Encouragement, How They Learn, Learning Styles, Testimonies, Unschooled Kids, Unschooling
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Tagged child, Christian, education, God, interest
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August 11, 2008 – 1:15 pm
In The Madness of Multiple-Choice Andrew Pudewa discusses why multiple-choice questions do not encourage reasoning. He states, There is no room for different answers, unique responses, or independent views. The emphasis is always on what the child does not know, not on helping him clarify and express what he does know. Do we really want [...]
