I can see mountains from my house. Something where you are would be breathtaking to someone from a different part of the world. | ![]() |
photo by Chrissy Florence, in Fiji
I can see mountains from my house. Something where you are would be breathtaking to someone from a different part of the world. | ![]() |
![]() | Life. People can live lives, even little kids live lives, without preparation, learning on the job, as they go. They can learn while doing real things with real happiness and real success. |
![]() | When you get better at being happy wherever you are, you can worry less about where you go. |
![]() | When there are options, feeling sleepy and choosing to go to bed can be warm, wonderful feelings. How sweet, to have a clean bed waiting, and to want to get into it. On one small bit of gratitude, one can step up and see another one, and another. |
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![]() | Let your thoughts wander far and near. Let connections flow. |
![]() | Gradual is better, but when people jump, the reaction of the children to that is really a reaction to all of the controls from the past. And though it's difficult for the parents, it's a crop they planted. Gradual is better. Pass on to anyone who listens to any of you about unschooling to change gradually and not to jump far. |
![]() | "I wish I had known about unschooling from the start, and never done anything else. "The net effect is (with unschooling), we're all happier. We're less stressed. We have our own schedule - or lack of schedule - not one imposed on us by school, or even homeschooling. The kids' relationship with their dad is better. MY relationship with their dad is better." |
Marty had been running around outside in the sun for a few hours, and I offered to take him to Ben & Jerry's. He said he wanted to go home and have real food, not ice cream, but thanks. | ![]() |
. . . . "I let go, then let go some more, and in the process discovered a deeper connection with my kids than I knew was possible... and because of the inner work involved, a deeper connection with myself." —Caren Knox |
![]() | Deschooling is like changing gears. Go slowly. Go deliberately. SandraDodd.com/gradualchange Don't goof around. Don't stall. SandraDodd.com/doit How can both be true? The clutch and the gas. |
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If you can keep that up for eighteen years, you've got unschooling!
![]() | "I think to do unschooling well, it is a fundamental element to have an examined life. To be mindful of our choices and understand our thought processes." —Rippy Dusseldorp |
All around are stories and moments, props and scenes, entrances and exits. ![]() Take photos! Speculate. Philosophize. Jo took that photo on a continent other than where she lives, neither of which is where I live. Some few readers might be on yet a fourth continent, but will see this pigeon anyway. I don't think the pigeon and the tube are a good mix, and he will not ride that subway. |
Sometimes light comes from just lightening up. Live lightly. |