| Shadows can be fun to play with, and to notice. I've always liked it if a bird or an airplane made a shadow on me. Be a light, when you can be. Practice thinking about what you might be overshadowing. If you're in the desert, remember that it can be courteous to stand where you will shade someone who's tired or overheated, or is trying to read something. Be a courteous light. |  |
Each little experience, every idea, is helping your child build his internal model of the universe. He will not have the government-recommended blueprint for the internal model of the universe, which can look surprisingly like a school, and a
Unschooled children can organize their knowledge in free and better ways. They never need to feel they are through learning, or past the point that they can begin something new. Each thing they discover can be useful eventually. If we help provide them with ever-changing opportunities to see, hear, smell, taste, feel, move and discuss, what they know will exceed in breadth and depth what any school's curriculum would have covered. It won't be the same set of materials—it will be clearer and larger but different. |
| The more you give them the less they need. Messages about deprivation are in most people's heads, passed down from parents and grandparents. I was told once, "You need to frustrate them." No, that was NOT a need I had. |  |
| What you think you "have to" do makes you powerless and frustrated. What you choose to do is empowering, and should be done thoughtfully and sweetly. |  |
 | Stop doing the thing that stops you from doing what you need to do. —Sandra Dodd Prioritize your children. —Holly Dodd |
 | Freddy, Velma, Daphne, Shaggy and Scoob genuinely care about each other, trust each other....
They handle tough situations with humor. That might inspire someone to think about the value of a happy and positive attitude. |
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They help people who need help. The people who need help ask for it. These are good things. —Deb Lewis |
