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Monthly Archives: August 2011
No “OMG” for Maya and Ben
Just before I began writing this post: Maya: I’m so glad I don’t have to go back to school in a month like all the people on Facebook. Me: Why, are they talking about it? Maya: Yes, it’s all ‘OMG! … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged DOE, facebook, IHIP, learning, letter of compliance, life learning, omg, unschooling
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A chosen path
This was my day today. Woke up at 9:00am. At 9:15 got a phone call from our friends with whom we had made plans to go to the amusement park in Central Park. They thought it might be too hot … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged amusement park, chosen path, education, homeschooling, learning, life learning, playground, unschooling
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Talking about education and “Footloose”
Sometimes I get tired of talking about learning and education. As my friend Kristin said the other day, “Sometimes when I hear someone start to talk about their theories on education, all I hear is ‘Blah, blah, blah’.” Yep. Me … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged ariel, broadway, deschool, education, footloose, hawaii five-o, homeschooling, julianne hough, learning, life learning, remake, ren mccormack, unschooling
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Fun with the Baby Bombers…
The Baby Bombers are not some radical toddler terrorist group; they are instead the ‘A’ Ball team the Staten Island Yankees, one of the farm teams for the New York Yankees, or Bronx Bombers. Hence, Baby Bombers. The initial draw … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged a ball, baby bombers, bull durham, durham bulls, dustin hobbs, fireworks, life learning, minor leagues, staten island, staten island yankees, unschooling
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And now we pause for something politically incorrect…
My poor children really have very little chance of becoming overly p.c. There are many reasons for this, one of them being that I Tivo David Letterman every night and then watch my favorite parts (Top Ten List, guests I … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Ben, letterman, life learning, lions, louis ck, Maya, politically incorrect, tivo, unschooling
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Die, Vampire, Die!
Anyone familiar with the musical “Title of Show” (hi Andrea!) will recognize the title of this entry, since it is one of the songs from the show. This song tells us about the ‘vampires’ – the people who try to … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Life Learning, Uncategorized, Unschooling
Tagged die vampire die, joshua, life learning, Title of show, unschooling, vampires
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Assumptions & learning
There is a widely held assumption that the only way to learn anything about a topic is to ‘study’ the topic directly. Preferably in an institution set up specifically for the study of defined topics. Because of this, people also … Continue reading
Posted in Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged assumptions, Ben, curricula, homeschooling, learning, life learning, Maya, reading, unschooling, wendy priesnitz
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The cicadas are singing
I have mentioned before that when I was a kid, I hated it when the cicadas began their yearly song; it meant summer would soon be over and I’d be heading back to school. This usually happened during the first … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, School, Unschooling
Tagged back to school, big apple parent, cicadas, learning, life learning, school, unschooling, Waffles & Dinges
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