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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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, education, interest led learning, kids, learning, math, questions and answers, Unschooling
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September 11, 2008 – 1:39 am
My daughter T loves animals, and she enjoys training them as well. She’s specifically fond of horses, birds and dogs, and even more especially the ponies she rides, she and her brother’s ferrets (one of which she’d entered into a 4-H show last year), and our German Shepherd dog, Samson, whom she’s been “training” for [...]
