Tag Archives: Maya

Learning what you live

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Amy

About a week ago, Maya and I got into the elevator in our building, having just picked up our mail. I opened an envelope and commented to her that it was from our insurance company, telling me they’d found … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling | Tagged Ben, car insurance, Costco, education, family finances, homeschooling, learning, learning what you live, Lego, life learning, living and learning, Maya, price comparison, target, trips to Costco, unschooling, unschooling and math | 2 Comments

Odds n’ Ends

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Amy

Just some stuff I like, because today was gray and rainy (neither lion nor lamb, and if you follow me on Twitter, you know that I settled on ‘howler monkey with a chip on its’ shoulder’ for how March came … Continue reading →

Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling | Tagged best cheer, chinatown, favorite tree, howler monkey, Just to make you smile, life learning, Maya, photos, Stephen Colbert, unschooling | Comments Off

The lazy myth

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Amy

Anyone who is unschooling and has spoken about it with someone whose kids are in school has heard this one: “Oh, that would never work in our house. [Name of child] would never do anything but play video games and … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Parenting, Unschooling | Tagged Ben, boredom, cleaning the office, education, excel spreadsheets, goals, lazy, learning, life learning, Maya, motivation, should, the lazy myth, unschooling | Comments Off

Behind my back!

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Amy

I don’t monitor “screen time” with my kids. They both spend a lot of time on the computer, and up until today if you had asked me what they do on said computers, I would have, in all confidence, told … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling | Tagged behind my back, Ben, chatting, curiosity.com, discovery, education, learning, learning how to learn, life learning, Maya, quarterly reports, science, sculpey tutorials, unschooling, video editing, videos | Comments Off

Blood, adrenaline & a quick recovery

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Amy

The day was going so well. The kids had Spanish, we ate a leisurely lunch, and I was enjoying chatting with my friend Kristin while our kids played. Then, from the other room, the sound every parent dreads. A loud … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, Education, Learning, Life Learning, Parenting, Unschooling | Tagged Ben, bleeding profusely, blood, cut to the head, dr. charles gordon, end of the world, head wound, helicopter parent, life learning, mariokart, Maya, parenting, primeval, unschooling | Comments Off

Examples of learning

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Amy

Ever notice how fast you learn something when you’re interested in it? Even if it takes practice, you practice more if it’s something you really want to do, and therefore learn it faster. Learning really doesn’t require sitting in … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling | Tagged all physics, bank account, Ben, domestic shipping, domino effect, education, etsy shop, honda video, international, learning, life learning, Maya, paypal, unschooling | 1 Comment

More about math, from Joyce Fetteroll

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Amy

Maya and I had a math discussion the other day. She told me she’s ‘bad’ at math. When gently pressed, I discovered that this means she can’t multiply numbers in her head as fast as some of her friends. … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling, math | Tagged education, Joyce Fetteroll, learning, life learning, math, Maya, multiplication tables, rote math, unschooling, workbooks | Comments Off

City vs. Country

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Amy

Yesterday a new reader of this blog (thank you Alicia) asked me if I’ve ever written about the differences between a childhood in the country and one in the city. Which I don’t think I have, specifically. So here goes: … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Parenting, Unschooling | Tagged basketball, beaches, Ben, cats, country childhood, dog, fields, growing up in the city, homeless people, horse, learning, life learning, long island, Maya, New Jersey, parks, play, pretend, red tailed hawks, sledding, small town, soccer, tag, treasure hunting, unschooling, upstate, woods | 1 Comment

Rebellion on the brain

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Amy

You know how you’ll be going along, living your life, not thinking about any specific subject, and then a certain topic will be EVERYWHERE? Every place you turn, someone is talking about it? Right now that topic is teen … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Parenting, Unschooling | Tagged compulsory schooling, control, drinking, education, good Germans, idzie desmarais, learning, life learning, Maya, Newsweek, parenting, rebellious teenager, teen rebellion, unschooling, Wendy Mogel | 1 Comment

Looking ahead

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Amy

Most of the families we know in New York City whose children learn outside of school are homeschooling, not unschooling. (Unschoolers still make up only about 10% of all the homeschoolers in the country, give or take.) And most … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Travel, Unschooling | Tagged Ben, chile, education, hawaii, high school, homeschooling, iceland, italy, learning, life learning, macedonia, Maya, mongolia, russia, trans-siberian railway, ulaanbaatar, unschooling, Yearlong trip | Comments Off