Some things can't be seen from home.
Which came first...
photo by Samuel Siroky
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Providing entertainment
| In response to: How did you get comfortable with not racing around and "providing" entertainment for your children? I wrote, in 2002: Gradually! I still provide entertainment for my children (and they provide things for the rest of the family too, because (shhh...) they think that's just how people in families are! They don't associate it with unschooling directly. |  |
photo by Marty Dodd
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Strewing
Strewing:
Literally, scattering something out, like rose petals or herbs or straw on a medieval floor.
Figuratively, leaving interesting things out where they will be discovered.
SandraDodd.com/terminology
photo by Sandra Dodd, of Australian things Schuyler saved to show me
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Monday, January 21, 2019
Obviously
The sign probably pointed toward a trail to the waterfall, but a different perspective can make humor, beauty, profundity, or a mess.
Be careful to consider other angles, and don't believe everything you read.
photo by Gail Higgins
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Sunday, January 20, 2019
Hello?
We can't always know, when we have a wish, whether its fulfillment would be good for others or ourselves.
Probaby the best thing to do is to relax and say "Hello!"
SandraDodd.com/patience
(These words aren't there, but others are.)
photo by Janine Davies
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Saturday, January 19, 2019
Curiosity, exploration, acceptance
What cannot bend can break, so ease up on solid knowledge, in favor of curiosity, exploration, acceptance—all the things that create a learning environment.
SandraDodd.com/curiosity
photo by EsterSiroky
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Friday, January 18, 2019
FACT
For building a good relationship, relax about what you think you know. Part of deschooling is reviewing how we learned what we know, and how legitimate that knowledge is. 
SandraDodd.com/facts
photo by Jo Isaac
Just for fun, the story of a time when arguing facts was a Bad Idea.
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