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Monthly Archives: September 2011
That’s what I meant to say…
I’m a big believer that things often come to you when you really need them. In my life this has happened repeatedly. I might toy around with an idea for a long time, but when I finally get serious and … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged homeschooling, How to Survive in Your Native Land, James Herndon, John Holt, learning, life learning, Susannah Sheffer, unschooling
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At the beginning of another great read
In A Life Worth Living, (John Holt’s selected letters) Holt mentions a lot of other books; books by George Dennison and James Herndon and Ivan Illich. I’d read Illich’s Deschooling Society years ago, but other than that, the authors and … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, School, Unschooling
Tagged A Life Worth Living, education, George Dennison, homeschooling, How to Survive in Your Native Land, James Herndon, John Holt, John Taylor Gatto, learning, life learning, public schooling, Susannah Sheffer, unschooling
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Death by humidity or the Grumpy song revisited, but first….
Before we jump into the events of the past few days, I must send a big thank you to Pat Farenga. In case you are unfamiliar with him, Pat worked closely with John Holt until his death in 1985, and … Continue reading
Posted in Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Growing Without Schooling, grumpy, Holt Associates, humidity, learning, Lego, life learning, low pressure, metrofocus, nick jr., noggin, Pat Farenga, unschooling
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By two girls named Maya (or Maya x2)
Last Saturday Maya spent the afternoon learning how to use Final Cut Pro – the video editing software used by most professionals. Since then she’s been stepping up her editing – she has better tools and is using them to … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Castle, commercial, editing, Final Cut, Garnier, hawaii five-o, life learning, Maya, Maya Spo, unschooling
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If I had a hammer
Scene: Our living room Time: Yesterday afternoon at around 5pm. Participants: Maya, Ben and Maya’s friend Greta Activity: Using a rubber hammer to break open a toy from a McDonald’s Happy Meal (one that made sounds). Most people accept the … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Uncategorized, Unschooling
Tagged batteries, Ben, hammer, life learning, Maya, play, toy, unschooling, video games, wii
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Conflict Resolution
I was just reading an article on a student blog titled “Helicopter Parents: Is Hovering Harmful to Career Goals?” . Before reading it I was able to supply the answer – “Yes”! The thing I like about the article is … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Parenting, Unschooling
Tagged Ben, conflict, Free Range, helicopter parenting, hover, Lenore Skenazy, life learning, Maya, resolution
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Who can do it? Anyone.
Anonymous person: Where do your kids go to school? Me: We homeschool. There are generally about 3 responses to this: AP: Really? Wow, you must be very patient. Or: AP: Really? Wow, you must be really dedicated. That would be … Continue reading
Posted in Homeschooling, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged anyone, dedication, homeschooling, life learning, myth, patience, time, unschooling
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My poor socially deprived children
The mother of all myths regarding children who do not attend school is that they will be socially backward. Deprived of the opportunity to spend 7 hours every day in a room with 25-30 other children who are exactly the … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Socialization, Unschooling
Tagged Ben, classroom, life learning, Maya, socialize, unschooling
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Of a friend
John Holt wrote that he didn’t think it necessary for children to constantly be surrounded by other children and to have a large circle of friends. In fact he thought it was far better to have one or two close … Continue reading
Naturally
Even though I spend a lot of time on this blog talking about learning, one of the good things about life learning is that it happens almost without the kids knowing it, in many cases. Which makes it a more … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged baking, Final Cut, fractions, homeschooling, Iowa Test, learning, life learning, oral, reading, unschooling, Wiley Abbas
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