photo by Sandra Dodd
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Stimulating and fascinating
photo by Sandra Dodd
Monday, June 13, 2011
Overflow
photo (a link) by Sandra Dodd
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Sunday, June 12, 2011
Parents can learn from children
Ren wrote:
As a child I was taught that fashion and all it entails was "wordly" and that Barbie stuff promoted low self esteem. Baloney! What promoted low self esteem was being told my interests weren't worthy.
—Ren Allen
photo by Jayn Coburn
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Togetherness
Bring the world to your children and your children to the world. Revel in what brings you together as a family. Watch tv and movies and listen to music and the radio. Laugh together, cry together, be shocked together. Analyze and critique and think together about what you experience. Notice what your child loves and offer more of it, not less. What IS it about particular shows that engage your child—build on that. Don't operate out of fear. Think for yourself and about your own real child. Don't be swayed by pseudostudies done on school children.
—Pam Sorooshian
photo by Sandra Dodd
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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
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Choose a point, any point.
Parents new to unschooling tend to worry that some activities are good preparation for life, but others are frivolous and should be forbidden or discouraged. Life and thought and learning, though, depend on connections being made. And the more points of information about anything at all being made inside an individual, the more points there will be to connect.
SandraDodd.com/connections/jokes
photo by Sandra Dodd
photo by Sandra Dodd
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Wonderful!
I was being interviewed and said that living with joy and wonder made life more joyful and... wonderful! Living with wonder makes life wonderful. |
photo by Sandra Dodd
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