photo by Belinda Dutch
Showing posts with label sunset. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sunset. Show all posts
Sunday, December 8, 2019
Gates
Sometimes a gate is calling me to walk through it. Sometimes a gate hasn't been opened for years, but it's a pretty part of the fence.
Overcoming Fear
photo by Belinda Dutch
photo by Belinda Dutch
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Wholly cosmic
Polly Berrien Berends refers to infants as "seeing beings," and that changed
my life, when I read Whole Child/Whole Parent, when Kirby was a baby. To
realize so profoundly that his whole, real life was fully in progress changed MY
whole, real life. And that's the purpose of her book, and the meaning of the
title. When we help our child to be whole, or rather when we acknowledge
and honor his wholeness, seeing him as the seeing being he is, then we know that
we too are, and always were, "seeing beings." We are as much a part of that
child's world as he is of ours, and we are both part of the same wholeness.
Kinda cosmic. 🙂 WHOLLY cosmic.
Children are people
photo by/of Holly Dodd
my life, when I read Whole Child/Whole Parent, when Kirby was a baby. To
realize so profoundly that his whole, real life was fully in progress changed MY
whole, real life. And that's the purpose of her book, and the meaning of the
title. When we help our child to be whole, or rather when we acknowledge
and honor his wholeness, seeing him as the seeing being he is, then we know that
we too are, and always were, "seeing beings." We are as much a part of that
child's world as he is of ours, and we are both part of the same wholeness.
Kinda cosmic. 🙂 WHOLLY cosmic.
photo by/of Holly Dodd
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Gain courage
Fearful schoolishness hasn’t ever helped unschooling yet. When you are schoolish, or fearful, or both, move toward courage. |
Becoming Courageous
(The quote's not from there, but that's a better resource!)
photo by Gail Higgins
Monday, September 9, 2019
Inside the learner
Joyce Fetteroll wrote, on Quora:
Here's a good collection of thoughts on the difference between Teaching vs. Learning. The primary difference is where the focus is. When the focus is on what's happening inside the learner, it doesn't matter what the source is. It can be TV, a mother, an activity, a mistake. It doesn't matter. When kids are engaged, they're learning. When the focus is on the teacher (or source) it shines a spotlight on the presentation rather than the effect. If the students aren't engaged, the teacher might as well be singing and dancing in an empty room. Engagement is what matters, not teaching.
—Joyce Fetteroll
photo by Lisa J Haugen
Saturday, July 27, 2019
Embrace both
Teresa Hess:
The quotes are from Pam Laricchia's e-mail introduction of Sparkle and Zest and Unschooling with Teresa Hess, which you hear here, on Pam's site or you can watch here, on Youtube. (There are podcast sources, too.) There is a transcript at Living Joyfully. It doesn't have Pam's beautiful words above, but Teresa and Pam expand on the ideas there.
photo by Jihong Tang
It's like giving ourselves permission to connect with our own joy again, in the same way we're supporting our kids interests, and making sure we have their favourite foods around, and looking for things that will light them up and bringing more of that into their life. It's like, "Oh, of course, I should be doing that for me too!”Pam Laricchia:
And it's not an either-or thing. We don't need to think of it as, "I'm caring for the kids or I'm caring for myself." Our world gets bigger when we contemplate ways we can embrace both caring for our kids and for ourselves at the same time. Caring for yourself is about connecting with yourself. And it doesn't need to be big things. Would I rather have a cup of coffee or tea? Which would bring me more pleasure right now? Often there are so many small moments in the day that can really add up, so that we don't forget about ourselves.
The quotes are from Pam Laricchia's e-mail introduction of Sparkle and Zest and Unschooling with Teresa Hess, which you hear here, on Pam's site or you can watch here, on Youtube. (There are podcast sources, too.) There is a transcript at Living Joyfully. It doesn't have Pam's beautiful words above, but Teresa and Pam expand on the ideas there.
Sunday, July 21, 2019
Your own tools and understanding
Each person who wants to unschool well will need to gather her own tools and understanding. . .
You must learn it within yourself, and see the learning in your children, in your family.
SandraDodd.com/readalittle.html
photo by Ester Siroky
You must learn it within yourself, and see the learning in your children, in your family.
photo by Ester Siroky
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
"Just enough" is not enough
When Kirby was a baby, I had a rough day, home alone, and when Keith came home I cried. I said I didn't feel like I was doing a good job, and the house was a mess (and all that stuff). He said "Is the baby still alive? Then you did a good job."
It was a nice thought for that one day, but I'm glad I didn't settle for that, with three kids over the next 20+ years.
or
other posts about being and doing "better"
photo by Cathy Koetsier
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Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Positively happier
When people ask about being happier and more positive, the answer can't help but be the same. BE happier. BE positive.
photo by Karen James, "the last sunset of 2018"
Something looks like this:
lens,
perspective,
sky,
sunset,
water
Thursday, August 30, 2018
Rich and full
Karen James wrote:
The most wonderful thing (to me) about unschooling is that we can support our children's growth, development, and learning in ways that embrace and nurture who they are as whole people with all their strengths and limitations. Our children can learn to live a rich and full life not in spite of where they fall short, but in celebration of where they find meaning and purpose and useful practice of skills they've come to own through a deeper understanding of who they are and what they care to spend their time and energy doing.
—Karen James
photo by Hema Bharadwaj
Saturday, November 11, 2017
Progress
It's not about "success," it's about progress, and living in the moment as well as possible.
photo by Sabine Mellinger
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Monday, July 31, 2017
Exotic things
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
Something looks like this:
family,
reflections,
sunset,
water
Sunday, July 9, 2017
To see learning
What we call "deschooling" is about more than school. It's de-tox and recovery from all the ideas that could come between parent and child, or between parent and peace, or that would keep the parent from being able to see learning in all of the fabric of life.
photo by Chrissy Florence
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Learning
In my life I put learning first. I always ask myself, which thing will help them learn more?
photo by Lisa Jonick
Sunday, October 23, 2016
When you breathe
When something makes you sad, breathe in a lovely thought.
When you're worried, breathe in hope.
When you're afraid, breathe in calm.
Let breathing bring you closer to better, for your family and for yourself.
SandraDodd.com/breathing
photo by Jo Isaac
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When you're worried, breathe in hope.
When you're afraid, breathe in calm.
Let breathing bring you closer to better, for your family and for yourself.
photo by Jo Isaac
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Thursday, April 14, 2016
This planet
"Unschooling requires you to take joy in life. It requires you to appreciate the wonders of the world."
—Pam Sorooshian
photo by Becky Sekeres
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Friday, February 19, 2016
Generous, thoughtful, considerate
Mary King Shawley wrote:
So I ask myself, what is my purpose? How do I want to be remembered? My purpose is to help my children grow and learn to be good humans and treat other people well.
—Mary King Shawley
photo by Janine Davies
(backup link to the article)
Friday, January 15, 2016
Getting there
You get to a place by physically getting there, by emotionally getting there, by mentally getting there.
photo by Rodrigo Mattioli
Friday, November 6, 2015
Joy is better
photo by Chrissy Florence
Saturday, March 21, 2015
Simple wonders
Look at the world with child-like wonder.
Your child looks at the world with wonder.
Protect, nourish, and regain the ability to join in.
photo by Chrissy Florence
Monday, February 9, 2015
Love and respect
"Start with love and respect and all the good things follow—it is not magic, and it is a lot of hard work especially at the beginning."
(one day on Always Learning)
photo by Chrissy Florence
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—Marina DeLuca-Howard
photo by Chrissy Florence
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