photo by Sandra Dodd, and it's a link to where and what it is
Friday, June 7, 2013
Finding art
Be brave! Not all art is in museums. Not everything that's in a museum is timeless, glorious art. Find accidents, jokes, coincidences... Share them with your children, share them with your friends.
SandraDodd.com/art
photo by Sandra Dodd, and it's a link to where and what it is
photo by Sandra Dodd, and it's a link to where and what it is
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Flow
If you can only see the obstacles, then your journey won't be easy. Be like the water, finding its way around the rocks. See the openings, the possibilities.
—Robin Bentley
photo by Colleen Prieto
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013
No matter how old
For a parent who didn't know about attachment parenting early on, those things can be compensated for by being gentler to older children, and patient, and loving.
A Quiet Soft Place
photo by Julie D
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For those who were gentle and attentive to babies as people, remember that your child, no matter how old, is still that same person who trusted you the first days and weeks and months.
It's easy to forget, and to be impatient and critical. It happens at my house. It can be ever easier to remember, with practice and focus, to choose quiet and soft, still.
photo by Julie D
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Whole and in the real world
If they're whole people from the beginning, a lot of those problems and stages don't even exist. They're artificial, and they have to do with school.
Sometimes people say, "Well how will your kids know how to live in the real world?"
And I say "What do you mean by 'the real world'?"
And that's a trap.🙂
photo by Holly Dodd
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Monday, June 3, 2013
Simply and beautifully excel
Ronnie Maier wrote this. I love the phrase "simply and beautifully excel."
With unschooling, kids aren't all expected to have the same sort of intelligence. Verbal and logical intelligences aren't valued more, so kids with other intelligences aren't at risk as they are in school. For example, a boy with kinesthetic intelligence might be a discipline case in school, or labeled with dyslexia or ADD, or simply made to feel stupid. As an unschooler, that same boy might learn his ABC's while jumping on the trampoline, start reading while playing video games, or simply and beautifully excel in some physical pursuit. Most importantly, he will never be made to feel he's less for being who he is.
—Ronnie Maier
photo by Sandra Dodd
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Something looks like this:
equipment,
game,
path,
playground
Sunday, June 2, 2013
A beautiful mystery
"I want to see Lucas Sven Leuenberger's math rock band. But where? When?
"The future is a beautiful mystery."—Holly Dodd
One doesn't need to know what math rock is to appreciate the comment about the future.
photo by Colleen Prieto
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Now what?
photo by Dylan Lewis
Something looks like this:
building,
reflection,
vehicle
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