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When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don’t blame the lettuce. You look into the reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet, if we have problems with our friends or our family, we blame the other person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will grow well, like lettuce. Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and arguments. That is my experience. No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding. If you understand, and you show that you understand, you can love, and the situation will change.
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Read my interview about homeschooling and its role in children learning to read on Shari Lyle Soffe’s very nice blog. She regularly writes children’s book reviews and has interesting topics, not to mention that she is a fun children’s book illustrator and writer herself.
Here is the direct link:
A Homeschool View with Lisa Bentley
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If You Give a Dad a Computer
by Teagan and Zoë and Lisa Bentley
If you give a Dad a computer, he’ll want to look something up.
As he is looking something up, he’ll notice he has e-mail.
When he reads his e-mail, he’ll want to send a response.
As he writes it, he’ll want to find an attachment.
So, he’ll [...]
The following is written in the style of “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” (one of our favorite children’s books).
If You Give a Mom a Paintbrush
by Teagan and Lisa Bentley
If you give a Mom a paintbrush, she’s going to want to paint.
Before she paints a wall, she’ll have to clear the room.
As she clears [...]
As a writer, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the entertaining medium of storytelling. With every fall season’s new television shows, I’m reminded again exactly why some fail quickly, others fail slowly, and why some are huge successes indefinitely. Want to create a fantastic long lasting television series? Then take [...]
My younger daughter has been begging me to write this post for over a month now. She’s a huge Amelia Bedelia fan (the rest of us are too) and we talk about Amelia Bedelia’s interesting perspective on life all the time. Whenever my daughter hears a phrase that could be thought of in [...]
As a writer, I’ve been comparing my words to those of poems and song lyrics a lot lately. My older daughter and I have been noting that poems and song lyrics are essentially one and the same…
I’ve been prolific with fiction lately. When I’m alone I enjoy listening to music while I write. [...]
Just like how individuals need their personal space, proper spacing between words is also essential. In fact, without proper spacing, meanings can completely change.
The following short phrases have completely different meanings based on whether or not a space is inserted. Be sure to use the one you mean, or people won’t properly understand [...]
This is a guest post by my 11 year old Always Unschooled daughter, Zoë. She has been writing up haiku poems left and right and wanted to show the world a sampling of her latest writings. Cumulatively they sum up her life over the past few days.
Cats
Playful Fiona
Connor comes to steal my food
Astrid [...]
I’ve given a lot of thought to fathers lately. My younger Girl Scout troop got into a conversation about “best dads” and who had them. What makes a good dad? What qualities had I looked for in the father of my children? We concluded that the father-child relationship is doing just great [...]
From the cute little girl on the front to the brilliant long lists of ideas (and glorious lists of great picture books), Child of Wonder: Nurturing Creative and Naturally Curious Children (Common Ground Press 2008) by Ginger Carlson, M. A. Ed. had me hooked. This is a book I wish I could have been [...]
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