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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Oh yeah? Well take a look at what WE’VE been doing!
First Quarter Reports are due next week. Maybe it’s a coincidence, but this time of year it seems parents talk a lot more about curricula and classes – possibly because in the back of their minds they are planning their … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged art history, curricula, education, French, go animate, Latin, learning, life learning, math, nyqueendog, piano, quarterly reports, school brain, science, Spanish, unschooling, violin, youtube
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Wayfinder Adventure
It was a glorious, glorious day in Central Park today. Take a look: 68 degrees and not a cloud in the sky (this must be November’s way of apologizing for the incredibly rude behavior of late October), which was a … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Adventure Game, Ben, Central Park, learning, life learning, The Great Hill, unschooling, wayfinders
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Letter from an alien planet
Greetings fellow travelers! We send you warm regards and hope that your travels are proving as fruitful as ours. We have news to relate of our latest destination which we think you will find both fascinating and disturbing. The alien … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged alien planet, atheist, Ben, Jesus, learning, life learning, Maya, penal institution, religion, school, unschooling
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Create Jobs for USA, Starbucks and BlogHer
I was going to write about the NYC Marathon today because it is one of the most inspiring things to witness first hand. I spent about 30 minutes there this afternoon, cheering the runners on (including Heather Armstrong of Dooce … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged BlogHer, business, Create Jobs for USA, entrepreneur, Howard Schultz, indivisible, jobs, learning, life learning, michael ellsberg, Opportunity Finance Network, Starbucks, unschooling
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Promote, promote, promote!
When I started writing this blog a little over a year ago, it was with the intent of organizing my thoughts around our approach to learning and to give myself a daily writing outlet and writing practice. (The number one … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged BlogHer, education, homeschooling, Interest-Led Learning Daily, learning, life learning, twitter, unschooling
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Friday – The Cliff Notes Version
Because we are in the middle of a massive chocolate chip cookie ‘bake-fest’ in order to make money (well, the kids will be making the money) tomorrow through selling said cookies at our store, I hereby present a sort of … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged amtrak, beacon theater, Ben, cliff notes, closet, conan o'brien, dooce, Free Range Kids, Friday, heather, ING, learning, Lenore Skenazy, life learning, marathon, Maya, twitter, unschooling, yoko ono
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A clean sweep
You know that TLC show called “Clean Sweep”? I used to love that show. I watched it mostly the Fall and Winter that I was pregnant with Ben and we were living in Pennsylvania. That show kept me almost sane … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged clean sweep, learning, life learning, pennsylvania, purge, tlc, unschooling
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The Fine Line
I’ve talked before about the fact that when I tell people we homeschool, they often respond by saying, “Oh my gosh. You must be so patient. I could never spend that much time with my kids!” (I was recently telling … Continue reading
Posted in Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Parenting, Unschooling
Tagged fine line, learning, life learning, quality time, respect, unschooling
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Book Recommendations
“Dear homeschooling families, I am looking for some age appropriate books for my child, who is 14. Do you have any recommendations? Signed, Curious Parent” – “Dear Curious Parent! My twelve year old spent last year devouring the following books, … Continue reading
Posted in Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged A clockwork orange, a tale of two cities, book, cat in the hat, catcher in the rye, Dr. Seuss, for whom the bell tolls, green eggs and ham, homeschooling, learning, life learning, one fish two fish, organic chemistry, shakespeare, unschooling, wuthering heights
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