Monday, March 22, 2021

Arranging some quiet

 a sleepy seal

Sometimes "bored" means tired, low on energy, needing a break from conscious thought and responsibility. Arranging a nap, or putting on a soothing video (even for older kids—a romance instead of an action flick, or light drama instead of comedy), leaving a pillow on the couch and herding the rest of the family in other directions might result in an unplanned but needed nap.

SandraDodd.com/BoredNoMore
photo by Karen James
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Sunday, March 21, 2021

Patience, please

Be patient with your kids and with yourself, please!!
part of a longer facebook comment, about the effects of the pandemic on people in general, and unschoolers more particularly
photo by Daniel Moyer

Saturday, March 20, 2021

Something Different


tugboat with truck tires mounted on it for pushing and bumping

Things you are used to are exotic to others. There are things you see every day that some people might never, ever see in person.
Lightning storms.
Snow.
Kangaroos.
Tumbleweeds.
Tugboats.
Mountains.
Beaches.
Cargo bikes.
Lifts / elevators.
Temples.
Shave ice.
Castles.
Cactus.
Alligators.

Inventory your special local treasures!

SandraDodd.com/museum
photo by Sandra Dodd
(click it for a video)
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Friday, March 19, 2021

Thursday, March 18, 2021

Enthusiasm and curiosity

Sometimes an adult who had learned not to learn, or had grown up to be self-conscious about enthusiasm and curiosity, rediscovers the joy of discovery.
SandraDodd.com/curiosity
photo by Ester Siroky

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

An atmosphere of wonder

Think in terms of creating an atmosphere of wonder where people are genuinely curious about life and where there are intriguing things to be curious about.
—Joyce Fetteroll
SandraDodd.com/wonder
photo by Cally Brown

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Learning so many things

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When unschooling is equated with alternative school, it can blind people to the possibilities of full-on radical unschooling. No matter how extremely great or different a school is from a traditional school, or the default standard, it is still a school.

Parents who are unschooling as a whole way of life, can discover what no school can find, and the core aspect of it is the family as a base for learning—for learning about family, for learning about relationships, and resources, money, food and sleep, and learning about laughter.

SandraDodd.com/familybonding
photo by Cátia Maciel