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Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Nourished and strengthened
Pam Sorooshian, on a way to step up peace and focus:
SandraDodd.com/breathing.html
(photo by a realtor in Scotland)
(photo by a realtor in Scotland)
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
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Individual balance
One's world can be richer with a special focus than if it is (as they say) more "balanced." Balance too often means "nothing special, nothing extraordinary."
Focus, Hobbies, Obsessions (SandraDodd.com/focus)
photo by Holly Dodd
Friday, October 3, 2014
In the moment
Pam Sorooshian wrote:
There are times in life that you won't feel like you can take care of others around you as well as you'd like. You need nurturing yourself and other people's neediness starts to be draining on you.
I've felt that, too.
But I've also found that if I focus more on "seeing" my kids with loving-eyes focus, consciously choose to pay attention to what I love about them, then I actually begin to feel more nourished and strengthened by them, and by the very acts of caring for them.
Partly what is so draining is that your mind is on other things while your kids want your attentiveness on them. So you feel pulled and that is stressful. If you can, try to stop thinking about the other stuff and focus on the little details of what you're doing at the moment. If your child wants pasta at midnight (just happened here), then you go put the water in the pot and put it on the stove. While you're doing that, concentrate on feeling the coldness of the water, the heaviness of the pot as it fills with water. Hear the sound of the water running.
It is late and I'm not being as articulate as I'd like—but what I'm saying is to practice being totally "in the moment" by noticing every sensation—sound, touch, smell, etc. Especially do this in regard to your children—touch them, smell them, listen to the sound of their voices, and so on.
Even if you only manage to get into this heightened state of mind for a minute or two at a time, do it as often as you think of it throughout your day. Each minute will be refreshing—it is a form of meditation that you can do while you're going about your daily activities.
—Pam Sorooshian
photo by Janice Casamina Ancheta
Monday, July 24, 2023
Acts of caring
There are times in life that you won't feel like you can take care of others around you as well as you'd like. You need nurturing yourself and other people's neediness starts to be draining on you.
I've felt that, too.
But I've also found that if I focus more on "seeing" my kids with loving-eyes focus, consciously choose to pay attention to what I love about them, then I actually begin to feel more nourished and strengthened by them, and by the very acts of caring for them.
—Pam Sorooshian
(original)
(original)
photo by Rippy Dusseldorp
Thursday, April 7, 2016
Acceptance and relaxation
photo by Andrea Taylor
Something looks like this:
dad,
dyad,
reflections,
sky,
water
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Joyfully health-filled
"It's often more helpful to kids when parents step back from focusing on the kids' health and focus on their own. Focus on being joyfully health-filled rather than grimly health conscious."
SandraDodd.com/meredithnovak
the quote is from the middle of this Always Learning post
photo by Sandra Dodd
—Meredith Novak
SandraDodd.com/meredithnovak
the quote is from the middle of this Always Learning post
photo by Sandra Dodd
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
How will their learning be used?
Pam Sorooshian wrote this:
The time spent mothering and playing is not time away from real learning—not to be rushed through to get to "the good stuff" as some may think of it. It is essential to real learning and, really, to allowing the child to grow up as a whole, integrated human being.
Homeschoolers think a lot about learning—but they often focus on learning to read, write, do math, or learning science or history, etc. Unschoolers tend to take that kind of learning for granted, it happens along the way. Instead, as we get more and more into unschooling, we tend to focus on things like kindness and creativity and honesty—all those character traits that will determine "how" their learning will be used in their lives.
SandraDodd.com/nest
photo by Sandra Dodd
The time spent mothering and playing is not time away from real learning—not to be rushed through to get to "the good stuff" as some may think of it. It is essential to real learning and, really, to allowing the child to grow up as a whole, integrated human being.
Homeschoolers think a lot about learning—but they often focus on learning to read, write, do math, or learning science or history, etc. Unschoolers tend to take that kind of learning for granted, it happens along the way. Instead, as we get more and more into unschooling, we tend to focus on things like kindness and creativity and honesty—all those character traits that will determine "how" their learning will be used in their lives.
—Pam Sorooshian
photo by Sandra Dodd
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Focus on what you're doing
Jenny Cyphers wrote:
I compared homeschooling to school a lot for a long time. It seemed so big and relevant. Then, when Chamille was about 9 or 10, I stopped reading the local homeschool boards and focused more time on reading only about unschooling. That's when my focus changed greatly, from what we weren't doing, to what we were doing.
—Jenny Cyphers
photo by Sandra Dodd
Sunday, March 11, 2012
How will their learning be used?
Pam Sorooshian wrote this:
The time spent mothering and playing is not time away from real learning—not to be rushed through to get to "the good stuff" as some may think of it. It is essential to real learning and, really, to allowing the child to grow up as a whole, integrated human being.
Homeschoolers think a lot about learning—but they often focus on learning to read, write, do math, or learning science or history, etc. Unschoolers tend to take that kind of learning for granted, it happens along the way. Instead, as we get more and more into unschooling, we tend to focus on things like kindness and creativity and honesty—all those character traits that will determine "how" their learning will be used in their lives.
—Pam Sorooshian
photo by Sandra Dodd
Something looks like this:
architecture,
brickwork,
window
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Kindness and creativity
"Homeschoolers think a lot about learning—but they often focus on learning to read, write, do math, or learning science or history, etc.
"Unschoolers tend to take that kind of learning for granted, it happens along the way. Instead, as we get more and more into unschooling, we tend to focus on things like kindness and creativity and honesty—all those character traits that will determine *how* their learning will be used in their lives."
—Pam Sorooshian
photo by Jamie Lee
Monday, May 21, 2018
Quiet focus
Moments of quiet focus, and photo evidence of those, are both a bit magical. |
photo by Ester Siroky
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Sunday, October 21, 2012
Economics
Pam Sorooshian wrote:
When you only allow a limited amount of TV, then the marginal utility of a little more tv is high and every other option looks like a poor one, comparatively. Watching more TV becomes the focus of the person's thinking, since the marginal utility is so high. Relax the constraints and, after a period of adjustment and experimentation to determine accurate marginal utilities, the focus on TV will disappear and it will become just another option.
—Pam Sorooshian
from "Economics of Restricting TV Watching of Children"
from "Economics of Restricting TV Watching of Children"
(in French: Limiter le temps passé devant la télé – le point de vue économique )
photo by Sandra Dodd
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Sunday, December 12, 2021
Looking near and far
photo by Brett Goodman, lizard expert and unschooling dad
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Character traits
Pam Sorooshian wrote:
SandraDodd.com/nest
photo by Sandra Dodd
Homeschoolers think a lot about learning—but they often focus on learning to read, write, do math, or learning science or history, etc. Unschoolers tend to take that kind of learning for granted, it happens along the way. Instead, as we get more and more into unschooling, we tend to focus on things like kindness and creativity and honesty—all those character traits that will determine "how" their learning will be used in their lives. —Pam Sorooshian |
SandraDodd.com/nest
photo by Sandra Dodd
Friday, June 10, 2011
Focus on learning
Some newbie unschoolers want to be part of the in-crowd, but they haven't figured out that it takes time and reflection and maybe being with their kids in a different way. When the focus is on learning, everything can be understood through that lens.
—Robin Bentley
photo by Sandra Dodd
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Clarity and focus
Clarity and focus make things easier.
Muddly confusion make things harder.
photo by Janine Davies
Something looks like this:
light,
projection,
shadow,
stuff
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Relax the constraints
—Pam Sorooshian
from "Economics of Restricting TV Watching of Children"
from "Economics of Restricting TV Watching of Children"
photo by Janine Davies
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Sunday, May 6, 2018
Intensity and focus
Pam Sorooshian wrote:
Is unschooling right for everyone? My answer is, "It depends." I think ALL children can learn and grow and thrive as unschoolers. But I also think it takes an intensity and focus on living life with a great deal of gusto on the part of unschooling parents. Unschooling parents work hard. For example, they must develop a very high level of sensitivity to their children to know what to offer, when to support, when to back off, how busy they want to be, how much solitude they need, when to nudge them a bit with encouragement, when to get more involved, and so on. AND parents need to be able to always have their kids and their interests in the back of their minds, thinking always about what would interest them; bringing the world to them and bringing them to the world in ways that "click" for that particular child. And it takes a great deal of trust that the child will learn without external pressure.
—Pam Sorooshian
I LIVE THEREFORE I LEARN: Living an Unschooling Life
photo by Cathy Koetsier
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Energy, focus and choices
photo by Rosie Moon
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