It’s nice to have children’s books, but far too many of them have too much in the way of pictures. When children see books, as they do in the family where the adults read, with pages and pages and pages of print, it becomes pretty clear that if you’re going to find out what’s in [...]
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, education, 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 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, family, kids, learning, math, questions and answers, Unschooling
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September 10, 2008 – 1:19 pm
This was written a year ago. It is rather rambling and the pictures I originally had here are gone with my old blog so these photos are from the last year. I had always considered myself an eclectic/relaxed home schoolers–especially compared to my friends who were all very structured, curriculum bound home schoolers. We [...]
By Heather
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Posted in Application, Character development, Day in the Life, Encouragement, How They Learn, Learning Styles, Personality, Special Needs, Struggles, Testimonies, Thoughts, Unschooling
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Also tagged home education, how I got here, learning, Unschooling
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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, education, 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 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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Posted in Application, Books, Character development, Encouragement, Favorite Resources, How They Learn, Learning Styles, Struggles, Testimonies, Thoughts, Unschooling
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Also tagged learning, Unschooling
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