Monthly Archives: August 2010

School Makes You Sick?

A few days ago I wrote about the Preschool Depression article in the Sunday Times Magazine, and today the Times ran a story called, “Reading, Writing,  Headaches” all about how when kids go back to school many of them begin … Continue reading

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The Safety Dance

The photo you see above is Ben on our indoor swing.  My parents gave it to the kids as a Christmas present two years ago, and they love it.  It works in all weather, and recently Ben has learned how … Continue reading

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It’s so stressful being a….4 year old?

I had a completely different entry planned for today, and then I came home and picked up the New York Times Magazine (we get the paper delivered on the weekends, so the magazine, normally part of the Sunday edition, comes … Continue reading

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Making change, or rather, staring at the cash register

Aside from people who stand in line at McDonalds for ten minutes, and then, upon reaching the counter, stare up at the menu with wonder and say, “Umm, let me see…”, my biggest pet peeve is cashiers who don’t know … Continue reading

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Time together and apart (or roots and wings)

One of the most oft repeated questions I get as an unschooling Mom, besides “What do you do all day?”  is , “Don’t you get tired of being with your kids all the time?”    Sandra Dodd, in one of her … Continue reading

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Play Creates the World

Ben loves Playmobil.   LOVES it!  He took the photo you see above.  It is a Roman fortress (in case you couldn’t tell).   Recently he spent a bunch of his saved up money to buy 37 Roman Playmobil soldiers.   It was … Continue reading

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Socially Adept

My first exposure to homeschooled children came several years before Joshua & I had kids of our own.    We’d made friends with a couple who had three children who were homeschooled, and the first time we were invited to their … Continue reading

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What We Learn

Have you ever tried to listen someone talk about a topic in which you are completely uninterested?  At best, you get through it without yawning, and hope that they don’t ask any questions.   If they do, you are in trouble … Continue reading

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A Week in the Life

When I said in my last entry that what we do all day is live our lives, I got a few comments in which people said “well that sounds like you’re doing nothing”.   ‘Nothing’ when it comes to learning, that … Continue reading

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