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Tag Archives: video
An alien view of education
Ever wake up and feel like you are a species unto yourself – maybe a visitor from an alien planet? That’s pretty much been my whole week. I wasn’t even going to post tonight, since I’ve got more copy to … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged alien planet, bill clinton, dale stephens, danielle laporte, different species, education, Finland, general knowledge, george bush, home planet, huffington post, learning, life learning, lynda resnick, michael ellsberg, Peter Thiel, sean parker, unschooling, vice president, video
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Snapshot of a well-balanced day
It’s what we strive for, but don’t always achieve. When kids are young they require almost 100% of our attention, and balance is difficult. At least it was for me. Making a sandwich while holding an infant was … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Parenting, Unschooling
Tagged balance, dancer, games, gymnast, joshua, karate kid, Lego, life learning, lunch, scrabble, spreadsheet, unschooling, video
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Happy Holiday
This has been a great weekend. Joshua’s flight Friday out of JFK was on time – something of a pre-Christmas miracle. Saturday saw us having breakfast with friends at a restaurant in the local airport. (It’s really very good, too.) … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling, holidays
Tagged airport, charter, Christmas, Christmas Eve, Dubai, Hannukah, learning, life learning, restaurant, tarmac, unschooling, video
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Laughter & a Typical Day
“Tell us about your typical day.” People who want to talk to us about unschooling always request that we tell them about a typical day. It’s my least favorite question, because I know that in their head, whatever I … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Education, Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged art, Ben, blocks, book, ds, education, Final Cut, laughter, learning, Lego, life learning, Maya, school brain, sculpey, Spanish, Starbucks, unschooling, video, wii
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What we did this summer
Remember the first day of school when the teacher would ask you to write about what you did over the summer? One year, it may have been when I started first or second grade, I wrote about finding a nest … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Ben, books, Hurricane Irene, Indiana, life learning, Maya, overnight, playground, pool, rattlesnakes, school, summer, unschooling, video, waterpark
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Video Fodder
Last Saturday while we were in limbo land, waiting on Hurricane Irene, Maya amused herself with her favorite past-time, making and editing videos. The results were some of the best videos she’s done to date. We hope you like them … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged editing, hurrican irene, learning, life learning, make up, Maya, unschooling, video
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A plan in motion
Because Maya is so into video editing at the moment, I made arrangements with Apogee, the company that owns the Power Pilates studio where I work out, for Maya to come in on Monday and meet the guy who puts … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged Apogee, apple, Final Cut, learning, life learning, Maya, Power Pilates, SVA, unschooling, video, Wiley Abbas
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Just a few words
Last night I got a long email from my friend Karen telling me about her daughters and also mentioning that she’d started listening to Amy Winehouse’s first CD, “Frank” again. She wrote that she used to listen to it all … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged amy winehouse, Ben, cosmo, death, frank, greta, life learning, Maya, music, unschooling, video
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180 Degrees from yesterday
Everything about today was refreshing except the temperature, which topped out at almost 100 degrees. But none of us cared, because there were no belligerent customer service people to deal with and instead, as Maya said, “It was a day … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged camcorder, ds, life learning, mariokart, sewing, shirtbags, unschooling, video, wii
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Summer and thoughts on learning
Just one week ago, we were walking around in jeans and jackets and wondering if the weather would ever get warmer. Well, guess what? It did! Today it was 90 and humid after a few days in the mid-80′s and … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Unschooling
Tagged compromise, friendship, life learning, reports, unschooling, video
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