A pair of researchers, Harriet Pattison and Alan Thomas, are conducting a survey on how children learn to read at home. From the site: ‘In “How Children Learn at Home” we concentrated on how children learn school subjects informally at home. Our aim was to build up a general picture of learning at home. This [...]
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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Posted in Day in the Life, Encouragement, How They Learn, Personality, Struggles, Testimonies, Thoughts, Unschooled Kids
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Also tagged delight-directed learning, eclectic homeschooling, inspiration, Unschooling
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October 9, 2008 – 4:16 pm
The other day the antique appraiser I help out, remembering how in the past I have needed to work less in order to spend time teaching the kids, asked when I needed to change my schedule and be less available. It caught me off guard because I have gotten so used to our lifestyle of [...]
By Heather
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Posted in Application, Character development, Encouragement, How They Learn, Learning Styles, Personality, Testimonies, Thoughts, Unschooled Kids, Unschooling
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Also tagged children, Christian, interest led learning, learning, life, Unschooling
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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 [...]
By Heather
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Posted in Application, Character development, Day in the Life, Encouragement, How They Learn, Learning Styles, Personality, Struggles, Testimonies, Thoughts, Unschooled Kids, Unschooling
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Also tagged curriculum, family, interest led learning, kids, learning, math, questions and answers, Unschooling
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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 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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Posted in Application, Encouragement, How They Learn, Learning Styles, Personality, Testimonies, Thoughts, Unschooled Kids, Unschooling
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Also tagged definiteions, interest led learning, Unschooling
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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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Posted in Application, Character development, Encouragement, How They Learn, Learning Styles, Testimonies, Thoughts, Unschooled Kids, Unschooling
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Also tagged child, Christian, God, interest
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