Everywhere we go, we meet women who have loved their Barbies, young babysitting-age girls, grandmas with collector editions, women at the toy store commenting how they still love to get their Barbies out. Barbie-lovers are everywhere! Who knows when this shared interest will help them connect with someone down the road?
Who would have imagined - design, construction, dramatic narrative, social skills, a little bit of history mixed in - it's really a wonderful learning experience!
—Kelly Shultz
photo by Karen James
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I first read the article that this was taken from last year, that's when I started to see the unschool philosophy in color. The children were doing what many girls do (when given Barbies and space) but it was the way the mom relished and delighted with and in their experience that made it a richly meaningful unschool.
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