![]() | Until you drop the idea of teaching, you won't see the learning all around you. One tiny step opens up a new world of learning. |
photo by Eva Witsel
(Okay, maybe it's not a tiny step, but even if it's a series of awkward steps, get over there!)
![]() | Until you drop the idea of teaching, you won't see the learning all around you. One tiny step opens up a new world of learning. |
![]() | Do the best you can to survive the bumps and unexpected turns of the trails through the unschooling world, which will necessarily cross back over and through themselves, which is how learning works–a little now, a little more later to connect to what you've learned since, and detours that end up being short cuts. The Big Book of Unschooling. photo by Sandra Dodd |
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Where I didn't expect to see it, there was a small, quiet, mysterious depth. A beautiful plant was growing from it. It reminded me of every good thing about learning and parenting. |
![]() | I often think back to the things I learned in La Leche League, from readings and other moms. If you nurse a child a long time does it make him dependent on the mom? Seems to be the opposite. If you hug a child every time he wants a hug, does it make him want a hug-a-day for life? You WISH! The more they get, the less they need. |
![]() | Our future doesn't need to be a repeat of our past. —Karen James |
![]() | People like to say that play is the work of children Why think of something as "work" when it's light and fun? When you see that learning can happen all the time, play can be play. |
One country's trash is another country's mysterious antique treasure. | ![]() |
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Do all the things that make unschooling better, and your life will be better in ways you never could have foreseen. |
When people change directions concerning their children's lives and learning, sometimes they ask what they should do and how they should do it. A better question to ask is "Why?" | ![]() |
Interesting mysteries are like amusement-park rides for our brains. Once in a while, think spooky thoughts, and come back happy. | ![]() |
Jeanette: This life is deceptively difficult, and yet so simple! Sandra: It’s trickier than it looks, and once the tricks are learned, it’s easy! | ![]() |
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Even if you don't share them with your children, the more you can see and appreciate them, the more understanding you will probably be of what they do notice and comment on. Seeing beyond "right answers," and seeing past what SHOULD be important will open up the world. | ![]() |
Unschoolers don't "just live." They live large. They live expansively, and richly and joyfully. Those are the things that make it work. | ![]() |
![]() | When you can, allow for flexible plans. Your vision of the moment might not be as good as what could spontaneously occur. Sometimes, instead of calling your child back, follow her out of the frame. |
![]() | Make the world more peaceful by being a peaceful part of the world. |