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According to Sandra Dodd, on her fantastic website: SandraDodd.com: “Unschoolers need a holiday. When people ask if they homeschool in the summer, they say yes. When people ask when they have a break from learning, they say never. This has gone one for a long time now. July 24, 2008 will be the first (and [...]
Maybe I’m fixated on goals, as this isn’t my first post on the topic. I love goals. Without them, I wouldn’t finish a lot of things I’ve started. Who wants a half finished quilt or the first two chapters of a manuscript? Not many people. Who wants to go to a themed party or event [...]
Never be afraid or ashamed to admit you don’t know something. The other day my husband asked my older daughter (11.5) if she knew what a particular word meant. It was conversational and light and happened in response to her asking us a question about a clue on Jeopardy! — his asking was not part [...]
I thought school was supposed to be about learning, not order. Yet, order and control is all it seems to be about anymore. The administrators have lost sight of the real goal by bringing attention to all their “nondisruptive” circumventions. The Chicago Tribune‘s article titled “Neuqua Valley High School student can wear anti-gay T-shirt to [...]
For the past 2.5 years I, with the help of a really great team, have been working on our software company, ZenActOS, Inc. We’ve been seriously pursuing our first round of funding (as the experts correctly told us to say) for over a year. While we are still raising our first round of funding, we’ve [...]
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 given [...]
Since starting our Unschooling journey, I’ve often been the most surprised at how much my children’s educations have affected my own personal growth (by philosophy as well as actual day-to-day learning/living). I can quantitatively say that nothing has transformed me more, not even my journey to veganism (which happened because of our unschooling). Exploring all [...]
I’ve been asked how it is that I’ve come to be so confident. Interesting question! This post could have been titled “How to Love Yourself”, as confidence and love go hand-in-hand. A while ago my youngest daughter asked me, “Who do you love most in this world?” I replied, “It’s a three way tie between [...]
Do you frequently find yourself spouting off big words just to sound smart? I like to call this “Superfluous and Pretentious Intellectual Tourettes Syndrome” (a.k.a. SPITS) – yes I made that up. The sufferer of this malady is one who just can’t help spitting out technical words here and there just to one up everyone [...]
A degree, a simple piece of paper. It’s a declaration to the world that the bearer of said paper officially “Now Knows Enough”. Woo-Hoo! Party Time! But, do you? Does that little piece of paper really mean you know enough? Enough for what? To be successful? To be happy? To never be dependent on another [...]
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