If you've seen all the cool things on the shelves at your house, look at other people's shelves! | ![]() |
photo by Sandra Dodd
If you've seen all the cool things on the shelves at your house, look at other people's shelves! | ![]() |
"What I like most about rivers is You can't step in the same river twice; The water's always changing, Always flowing." —Stephen Schwartz lyrics, for Pocahontas to sing |
![]() | Natural colors, accidental designs, artist-chosen combinations. However you spell it, find and name some coloured colorations that you might have missed otherwise. |
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![]() | Conditions change for many reasons. Comfort levels vary. Even one small improvement can positively affect a moment, a mood, a person, a family. |
Clarity and focus make things easier. Muddly confusion make things harder. | ![]() |
With kids in the house, wanting mom's positive attention, the creation and preservation of joy provides a better environment for the whole family. |
The mom is in the middle. She's the pivot point, the center, the way in which all these people are related. | ![]() |
Truth can still be worthless, and a worthless statement might still be true. Cosmic. So profound I need a nap. |
Sometimes, look without narrating. Think without voicing. Too much commentary can make words less valuable. See shadows and sunshine and shapes and children without always saying so. | ![]() |
It's not about "success," it's about progress, and living in the moment as well as possible. | ![]() |
"One of the wonderful things about unschooling is that we come to understand that children are learning all the time. Knowing that, we can make thoughtful choices about how we'd like to influence that learning. We cannot control what is learned, but we can create an environment in which joyful learning can thrive." | ![]() |
Megan Fenn wrote: I no longer look for learning when they are watching shows or playing games. I know they are learning. I used to watch for it as part of my “try a little” practise to see the value in what they are doing. I don’t do that anymore. I know what they do has value because they value it. And I know they are learning because they learn from everything they do. —Megan Fenn | ![]() |
"It's all about that mind shift isn't it? It applies to so much in how unschooling works or doesn't work. If you can't see the learning and the beauty, you will have a hard time unschooling. It seems to work best in all those small ways that add up to the bigger picture." | ![]() |
"Depth and breadth—creating a lifestyle in which kids are offered the opportunity to learn a lot about some things and a little about a lot of things." |
Sometimes to understand a joke, people have to know three or four different things already. Sometimes a piece of humor ties together LOTS of trivia/learning in ways other things can't do. |
Peace and calm are really good things all in and of themselves. Enjoyment/JOY is better for health than all the "health rules" in the world. | ![]() |
![]() | "Treat them the way you want them to treat others. Do you want respect? Be respectful. Do you want responsibility from them? Be responsible." —Pam Sorooshian |
![]() | Children grow up, but all the stages of their childhood stay alive in their parents' memories. |