photo by Sandra Dodd
Friday, September 16, 2022
Easy learning
photo by Sandra Dodd
Something looks like this:
child,
climbing,
playground
Thursday, September 15, 2022
Realizing you have a choice
I accidentally deleted a post, and am replacing it. I also fixed a typo. It might go out by e-mail again, and I'm sorry! At least you have a photo of me dressed as a tree, and I hope that will make you feel better. —Sandra
A mom named Cat wrote:
There seem to be some people in the world who do not believe that they have choices—instead feeling that there are some number of things that they *have* to do. (And that their children will *have* to do).
The same people seem to me to tend not to think of "joy" as a sufficient goal, either—maybe the two attitudes are related?
Maybe until people realize that they CAN choose, they are already constrained and stopped—without even the benefit of having made the conscious choice to stop. I am coming to think that realizing that *one has a choice* a necessary prerequisite to ever "getting it" about radical unschooling.
SandraDodd.com/gettingit
photo by photo by Ravi B., of Hema and Sandra
There seem to be some people in the world who do not believe that they have choices—instead feeling that there are some number of things that they *have* to do. (And that their children will *have* to do).
The same people seem to me to tend not to think of "joy" as a sufficient goal, either—maybe the two attitudes are related?
Maybe until people realize that they CAN choose, they are already constrained and stopped—without even the benefit of having made the conscious choice to stop. I am coming to think that realizing that *one has a choice* a necessary prerequisite to ever "getting it" about radical unschooling.
—Cat
photo by photo by Ravi B., of Hema and Sandra
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Rearview Mirrors
It's not good to always look back, but there is safety and comfort in reviewing what's already been seen and done. Very often, connections among the past, present and future create and enrich moments, special days, laughter and learning.
photo by Renee Biggerstaff
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Peace and comfort
Deciding which way to go, which path to take, is a good way to look at the many little choices parents make all the time, about how to respond, what tone to use, remembering to have a soft face and a smile, so the child can be calm and feel loved.
Sometimes a path might seem scary, but if you're there with your child, you can provide peace and comfort.
photo by Jihong Tang
Monday, September 12, 2022
A hundred times
If a parent says "okay" and "sure" hundreds of times instead of "whatever you want" one time, the gradual change can be a joy for everyone.
"Too Far, Too Fast": SandraDodd.com/problems/toofar
(I changed the original slightly, for focus and flow.)
photo by Janine Davies
Sunday, September 11, 2022
Ideas and energy and fun
Joyce Fetterol wrote:
One of the factors that drew me to homeschooling rather than public schooling was that I thought learning should be fun. But only the unschoolers were focusing on fun and having positive relationships with their kids.
Much of the other forums were devoted to how to make kids do their work, what products were best, what to do with younger kids while older ones did their work.
Pam Sorooshian responded:
This got me thinking, Joyce. Because I found unschooling the same way, just looking for homeschooling information and discovered that the message boards where the unschoolers were talking were the ones that got my heart racing because they were so alive and sparkly with ideas and energy and fun and love of their children.
SandraDodd.com/unschool/sparkly
photo by Sandra Dodd
One of the factors that drew me to homeschooling rather than public schooling was that I thought learning should be fun. But only the unschoolers were focusing on fun and having positive relationships with their kids.
Much of the other forums were devoted to how to make kids do their work, what products were best, what to do with younger kids while older ones did their work.
This got me thinking, Joyce. Because I found unschooling the same way, just looking for homeschooling information and discovered that the message boards where the unschoolers were talking were the ones that got my heart racing because they were so alive and sparkly with ideas and energy and fun and love of their children.
photo by Sandra Dodd
Saturday, September 10, 2022
Limits are limiting!
Limited kinds of unschooling will have limited benefits.
which leads in to SandraDodd.com/unschool/vsRelaxedHomeschooling
and SandraDodd.com/unschool/marginal
photo by Sandra Dodd
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