Tag Archives: learning

Lincoln & me

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Amy

In a previous life I think I must have known Abraham Lincoln. I’m only half-kidding. There is no other explanation for why, when I read about him, hear his speeches read aloud or see even the driest of documentaries having … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Family, Life Learning, Travel, Unschooling | Tagged 16th President, abraham lincoln, dinner party, eleanor of aquitaine, gettysburg address, habeus corpus, learning, life learning, lincoln, reincarnation, supreme court, unschooling | Comments Off

Read All About It!

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Amy

As you approach the entrance to the Newseum in Washington D.C., you walk by a long row of glass cases. Each of them contains the current front page of a newspaper from every state in the Union and several countries. … Continue reading →

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Living history

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Amy

Museums are a big part of trips to D.C., but our favorite turned out not to be part of the Smithsonian, whose 19 buildings dominate the landscape around the National Mall. Instead, the place that captivated us, made us … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Travel, Unschooling | Tagged 1986, axel springer verlag, berlin, berlin wall, charlottenstrasse, checkpoint charlie, east germany, education, gdr, graffiti, guard tower, learning, life learning, living history, newseum, the american sector, the zone, unschooling, Washington D.C., zimmerstrasse | 1 Comment

Impressions of D.C.

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Amy

I’ll say this for Washington D.C. It is possibly the cleanest city I’ve ever been in, bar none. Maybe that’s because Congress is currently on vacation. Our almost three days there were filled with sightseeing – the museums, the monuments, … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Family, Learning, Life Learning, Travel, Unschooling | Tagged abraham lincoln, Ben, congress, disneyworld, grace coolidge, jerrold nadler, learning, life learning, lincoln bedroom, macro shots, Maya, photography, the capitol, the Lincoln Memorial, the Smithsonian, the Vietnam War Memorial, the White House, travel, unschooling, Washington D.C. | Comments Off

Enjoy the ride

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Amy

Yesterday I watched Neil Gaiman’s commencement address to the University of the Arts grads in Philadelphia. Twice. I may watch it again this evening. So much of it spoke to me and my own goals and how I … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, Family, Life Learning, Writing | Tagged Castle, demographic, facebook, goals, inspirational quotes, Joss Whedon, learning, life learning, neil gaiman, nyc kids club, philadelphia, serendipity, university of the arts, unschooling, writing | Comments Off

If electronics are evil I am going straight to hell, and why my kids will (probably) never graduate

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Amy

Not too long ago my brother wrote a great blog post called “Sociability” in which he talks about how a real community is one in which you know everyone but maybe don’t always like everything about them, and how that’s ok … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Parenting, School, Writing | Tagged Amazon, bar mitzvah, e-books, e-readers, education, electronics, graduation, HDTV, homeschooling, iPod, jewish, learning, life learning, nook, rites of passage, tivo, unschooling, video streaming, WiFi, wii | 2 Comments

Photoshop

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Amy

Yesterday was Photoshop day. Maya, as many of you know, is an avid video maker/editor, but last week she decided she needs to learn Photoshop. I knew I was going to be of little or no help. Adobe, while not … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling | Tagged adobe, bob, eduardo, graphic design, jeff, learning, life learning, Makerbot, Maya, Origami, Photoshop, sewing, turtles, unschooling | 1 Comment

UnschoolingNYC Arrives!!

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Amy

It seems like the site has been forever in the making, and I will probably be adding to it until the end of time, but it’s up, it’s live and you can now check it out! www.unschoolingnyc.com When you … Continue reading →

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Justice vs. Law

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Amy

The new season of “Whale Wars” started on Friday, and this year Paul Watson and the Sea Shepherds are heading north to the Faroe Islands, where killing pilot whales is a 1000 year old tradition among the islanders. In this … Continue reading →

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What kind of life do you want?

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Amy

If your favorite thing in life is to write stories, can you convince yourself to be an accountant? If nothing gives you more pleasure than studying animals, can you dismiss your passion and become a computer scientist? And even if … Continue reading →

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