photo by Sandra Dodd
Friday, November 8, 2019
Try, discuss, explore
photo by Sandra Dodd
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Real, actual unschooling
Radical Unschooling is...
photo by Cass Kotrba
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Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Your move
Sometimes I’ve said that conversations, friendships, relationships, are like a chess game. You don’t get to plan out all the moves in advance and decide the end. You get to make ONE move. Then you wait.
a discussion ensued.
photo by Vicki Watkins
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Something looks like this:
reflection,
sun,
toys,
water,
waterfall
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Value, form and substance
My response to this (years ago):
Deschooling only works when it works. Doing nothing schoolish isn't the same as actively recovering from school. Kids will get over school gradually, but there needs to be an active unschooling life taking its place as they recover. Parents get over schooling MUCH more gradually, as they were in school more and they have parental fears and responsibilities and pressures from others. So it takes more work and more time for parents to see the value of and to recognize the form and substance of natural learning.
Unschooling - some questions (2003)
photo by Ester Siroky
We are going into our third year of "homeschooling." Our first year consisted of complete deschooling. The next year I fell victim to mother panic modeIf I said "I went through a year of demagnetization, and the next year all kinds of metal stuck to me," you might think I hadn't really demagnetized!
Deschooling only works when it works. Doing nothing schoolish isn't the same as actively recovering from school. Kids will get over school gradually, but there needs to be an active unschooling life taking its place as they recover. Parents get over schooling MUCH more gradually, as they were in school more and they have parental fears and responsibilities and pressures from others. So it takes more work and more time for parents to see the value of and to recognize the form and substance of natural learning.
photo by Ester Siroky
Monday, November 4, 2019
A small decision
How often do you make a choice? How often do you think "I have no choice"? How do decisions happen? |
Considering Decisions
photo by Sandra Dodd
Sunday, November 3, 2019
Growing newness
Unschooling is a good excuse for parents to do new and interesting things.
Unschooling can make it easier for a parent to feel, and to show, enthusiasm.
When a parent enthusiastically does new and interesting things, there is value even if the child's attention and interests are elsewhere.
Newness and excitement
photo by Karen James
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Unschooling can make it easier for a parent to feel, and to show, enthusiasm.
When a parent enthusiastically does new and interesting things, there is value even if the child's attention and interests are elsewhere.
Newness and excitement
photo by Karen James
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Saturday, November 2, 2019
Sleep it off
Sometimes you need to sleep it off. Being tired can be a sign that there was a whole lot of fun, activity, work, or learning.
photo by Sandra Dodd
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