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Call around to the museums in your area and find out what programs they offer. Get on their mailing lists and go to the events. Call...

Someone wrote: I just really wish I could be confident that I'm making the right choices for my children. I responded: Nobody c...

When questions come up about what to say to others who ask about what we're doing with our children, the answer is going to depend...

Paula L, in a brainstorming discussion about jobs: And the list didn't mention cleaning and organizing businesses! My husband and...

Question: Are we teaching anything or learning side by side or allowing them to self express? Sandra: Those aren't your only...

Deborah Cunefare wrote: My kids know that if they meet someone online and decide they'd like to get together in real life, I...

Knot tying can lead to all kinds of history and geography. Hunters, traps, climbing, ships (wrapped bottles, in addition to all kinds of sai...

Karen James wrote: When Ethan was around three. I left the room very briefly to answer the phone. We had been drawing. As I was talking...

Somewhere in the world it is morning every moment. Somewhere, light is dawning. Some people, and I'm one of them, believe that any...

Janine wrote: Most of the things that have happened I didn't foresee! And they continue to happen and surprise me every day! To name...

If someone wants to unschool well, positivity is better than negativity. Gratitude is better than resentment. Optimism is better than pes...

This photo is the background for the "A" on the current Learn Nothing Day logo. Jenny Cyphers wrote: In order for kids to feel...

How can a baby learn about his food if he doesn't get to smell it, see it, touch it? SandraDodd.com/babies/hands photo by Cátia Ma...

Parents who say anything is stupid (laws, art, music) are working against their child's peace and learning, not with and for it. Livi...

Holly gets her firewood from our house. Her dad splits wood for fun and for exercise. He enjoys organizing his woodpile as a hobby. In...

Joyce Fetteroll wrote: They won't be three forever! Their understanding and needs will grow and change as they get older. Convention...

I like facebook because I can see photos of my grandkids, of more distant relatives, of friends who live near and far, some of whom I've...

There is a hanging lamp at our house, in the entryway. It reminds me of restaurant furnishings of the southwestern U.S. in the late 1960...

If people are living by rules, it's nearly impossible to tell what it would look like to live by principles. Once one is living by pr...

Sleep is crucial and peace is good. We don't know what experiences and ideas our children are processing, but the more oft...