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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Back on the farm…
After 12 hours on the road yesterday, a trip which just seems to get easier each time we do it, we got to my parent’s house at about 6:15pm. In the past, our car would be filled with trash from … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Travel, Unschooling
Tagged bangladesh, bear, dooce, golden corral, goodwill, kitten, lambs, life learning, playground, Starbucks, target, unschooling
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Courtesy of Heather, and then Lenore…
I’m in pre-trip mode tonight – we’ll be on the road around 6:30am tomorrow, so time is short. Not to worry. Heather Armstrong of Dooce.com spent the last 10 days in Bangladesh with Christy Turlington promoting Christy’s documentary “No Woman … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Parenting, Unschooling
Tagged bangladesh, dooce, Free Range, heather armstrong, Indiana, learning, Lenore Skenazy, life learning, unschooling
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A month away from “Learn Nothing Day”!
End of the year quarterly reports are in, courtesy of the USPS, as of this morning. This year I am really on the ball and also sent my letters of intent, my IHIP (Individualized Home Instruction Plan), which basically says, … Continue reading
Posted in Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, School, Unschooling
Tagged homeschooling, July 24, Learn Nothing Day, learning, life learning, NYC Dept of Ed, sandra dodd, unschooling, USPS
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The unthinkable
Life learning kids are more than likely also going to fall into the category of ‘Free Range Kids’ (Lenore Skenazy’s term for children whose parents actually allow them some freedom and are not overly protective or paranoid). Part of learning … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Parenting, Safety, Unschooling
Tagged bloomington, Free Range, gavin de becker, IU, lauren spierer, life learning, msn, protecting the gift, Skenazy, the gift of fear, unschooling, yahoo
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Leaving the nest..
Around 47 days ago, I wrote a post about the love we New Yorkers have for our red-tailed hawks. At the time, Violet, a red-tailed hawk who, along with her mate Bobby, had built a nest across from the NYU … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Parenting
Tagged Bobby, hawk, learning, life learning, nest, Pip, red tailed hawk, Violet
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Lost in translation
Brian Andreas is one of my favorite poet/artists. His poems are called Story People. Sometimes they are profound and very often funny. Although the full effect can only be gotten when the words are accompanied by his illustrations, one of … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged brian andreas, duct tape, learning, life learning, lost in translation, story people, translation, unschooling
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Trust and decision-making
Trust is an integral part of children learning to be good decision makers. If a child feels they are trusted, they will be confident enough to make their own decisions about many things. I was looking through Sandra Dodd’s website … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Parenting, Unschooling
Tagged decisions, principles, sandra dodd, trust
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While the kids played…
Another short entry today, but just wanted to say that I’ve had the best birthday, courtesy of my sweet children who decided the thing they would give me is… a day to myself! So while they spent the day with … Continue reading
The face of joy
I’m taking the night before my birthday (which is tomorrow) off to watch “The Voice” and do some knitting and reading, and probably watch an episode of “White Collar” later on Amazon video on Demand. So instead, for your viewing … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged amusement park, Ben, life learning, unschooling, wollman rink
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Looking forward
Everyone I know who is my age, give or take 15-20 years, went to school. Most of the people I know went to their local public school, as I did. 90% of them went to college, and a few have … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged 2nd generation, education, homework, learning, Lenore Skenazy, life learning, school, school brain, times, unschooling
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