Just Add Light and Stir

Look at learning. Relationships. Peace. SandraDodd.com/unschoolworld photo by Denaire Nixon

"Yesterday" in 2004: I still see "subject areas" everywhere, but I haven't taught those categories and prej...

Find beauty and hope wherever it can be found. Say and think sweet things about your children. If people can be positive and swee...

Robyn Coburn wrote: Intentions matter. Guidance offered from the place of partnership and trust has a different feeling, avoids re...

When we talk about making decisions within unschooling discussions, it's not something like "I made the decision to be an uns...

[A] common question is whether someone who grew up without a schedule and a bed time and could ever hold "a real job." ...

Our entire life created a learning environment for our children, every day, at home or out in the world. Debating How Kids Learn ph...

Robyn Coburn wrote: I think that any time we get caught up in the idea that the child is "being disrespectful" (self-focused ...

Rebecca Creighton wrote: I'm grateful for this forum that is helping me learn that it (unschooling, parenting, relationships, life)...

Karen James, on math: I took the leap and we began homeschooling, with me trusting that like walking, talking, reading, writing, and all...

When you see something, or picture it in your mind, you might be examining a small detail of it, close up. If it is shown at a distanc...

Deb Lewis wrote: The more you're aware of how good things are when they are good, the easier it will be to wade through the times ...

I usually forget to look at the sunset, but sometimes I notice the change of light, out the window from where I'm sitting. Sometimes ...

Some parents label unschooling as "child-led learning," and so they think they're going from "parent led...

The pandemic made me appreciate the views from windows. I loved seeing so many exotic window views shared on facebook. My youngest ha...

When people make changes in their lives that make them more thoughtful, more patient and kinder, they'll be better partners, and neighbo...

Light can come from you, today, in small ways. If you are gentle and patient when you help a child, that creates peace and comfort. If you s...

In the smallest of decisions and actions, if you can choose what will promote calm and avoid tears, you will be moving toward a more peacefu...

Pam Laricchia wrote: I love writing. The process of throwing down my thoughts and ideas about unschooling onto the page and then reth...

The term "tension" can bring to mind "nervous tension," or "feeling tense," but there is a bigger, better co...