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Tag Archives: science
Why I’m opposed to vaccines for infants
As you have probably heard, there has been an outbreak of the measles at Disneyland in California. Cue the anger of the vaccine proponents – everyone from Melinda Gates to Dan Diamond, a contributing writer at Forbes, who wants to … Continue reading
The bubble experiment is a bust
Way back when we were still sort of working with a curriculum, Maya and I would periodically try a “science” experiment. We had – and probably still do have, if I look in the far reaches of my closet – … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Homeschooling, Learning, Photography
Tagged bubble solution, bubbles, edison, family, frozen bubbles, life learning, lightbulbs, science, science experiments, unschooling
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Behind my back!
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
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Feeling overwhelmed
I enjoy reading blogs from other unschoolers. There is a lot of very helpful and insightful information available, and reading about other families who are choosing a similar path for their children is comforting. It can also be very overwhelming. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling, math
Tagged additives, Ben, birke baehr, blogs, building, diversity, gmo foods, green energy sources, learning, Lego, life learning, marine biology, math, Maya, nigahiga, overwhelmed, panic, physics, satire, science, sculpey, unschooling, videos, youtube
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High school Chemistry – 26 years later
This is my high school Chemistry notebook from my Senior year. My Mom found it somewhere and had it out when we arrived in Indiana on Monday evening. I have been looking through it, alternately shaking my head and … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, School, Unschooling
Tagged boyles law, chemistry, education, elements, high school, homeschooling, learning, life learning, periodic table, school, science, unschooling
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The latest fad in high end, high cost education is….?
Hey, you know what’s a great toy? Blocks. Just wooden blocks of all shapes and sizes. What, you knew that already? Did you know that many kids really like to play with them? That some kids can come up with … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Parenting, School, Unschooling
Tagged aesthetics, architecture, Ben, block consultant, blocks, education, learning, life learning, math, NY Times, play, science, test, unschooling
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Unschooling is not a methodology
One of the problems in discussing unschooling with people is that they expect it to be a ‘method by which we educate our children’. And such an expectation is not unreasonable, because the idea that children can grow and learn … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged books, cooking, education, frankenstein, homeschooling, kitchen, learning, life learning, literature, math, methodology, science, unschooling, wendy priesnitz
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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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In praise of the mighty doodle
The video below is from the Ted Talks site (something I recommend everyone subscribe to) and has been on my list to post for a while now. Because I doodle a lot. Especially if I am listening to someone talk, … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Ben, doodle, doodling, gravity, learning, Lego, life learning, science, sewing, sunni brown, ted talks, unschooling
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