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Colleen
Colleen posted a blog entry
Ralph Waldo Emerson: An Unschooler At Heart?
I've been listening to some tapes from The Teaching Company (love them!) on Emerson, Thoreau and the Transcendentalist...
 
Mandy
Mandy posted a blog entry
Fun!
I'm a little late for Theme Thursday over at Land of KA, but the theme was "fun", and we definitely had lots of fun this...
 
<em>myartisme</em>
myartisme posted a blog entry
Apparently I’ve Been Living Under A Rock
When I started out homeschooling I did quite a bit of research in to the state laws and the different curriculum types. I read...
2 days ago GNMParents | Topics: Education, Home..., Parenting, books
 
Karen E
Karen E posted a blog entry
Library Sales
Don't you love them?On the one hand, I'm sad for the public when a treasure is relegated to the library bargain bin. How...
2 days ago Karen Edmisten | Topics: unschooling, books, libraries
 
Thanate Tan
Thanate Tan posted a blog entry
Unschooling - Cost to families
There may be a financial impact on families in addition to the purchase of school supplies and curriculum materials, as one...
 
paxye
paxye posted a blog entry
Another homeschooling meeting…
Last night I debated on going to the pool or going to the homeschool meeting… I finally decided to do both and just be...
 
swankmom
swankmom posted a blog entry
Math Schmath
I just overheard this conversation.Mesa: “Olivia, you’ve peed like 60 times today!”Olivia: “If peed...
 
swankmom
swankmom posted a blog entry
Disney
We just spent two wonderful days at Disney with my sister and parents. Our parents are celebrating their 35th wedding...
 
Mel
Mel posted a blog entry

Did I mention that my camera is out of commission and all the "convincing" I have laid on Dom hasn't helped get that big,...
 
Brother Wolf
Brother Wolf posted a blog entry
The Path not Taken
One of my kind readers asked me – so what is the other choice? If school causes so many problems and is so ineffective then...
 
swankmom
swankmom posted a blog entry
I love this life!
One of those moments that I’m so glad that I stop and listen instead of doing what conventional parenting has drilled...
18 days ago The Joyful Mom | Topics: Family Life, kids, life, unschooling
 
moominmama
moominmama posted a blog entry
Noah’s latest homeschool decision
He wants to do K12 again next year. I know! He’s crazy. He likes all the busy work and random inane quizzes. He is so not...
 
ShawnaG
ShawnaG posted a blog entry
Play as Work
Continuing on with our exploration of animals and their environments and such, D shared that a few weeks ago while roaming the...
 
Karen E
Karen E posted a blog entry
Secret Agent Girl
Betsy is my detective. She loves all-things-spy. Today at the library she launched a search for books on the subject, and came...
24 days ago Karen Edmisten | Topics: unschooling, science
 
ShawnaG
ShawnaG posted a blog entry
Our 28th Week of Homeschooling
Week of April 7 - April 11, 2008Sick Monday and TuesdayMath~ Workbook pgs 273, 274, 275 and 276 ~ Workbook pgs 277, 278, 279...
 
Tiny Grass
Tiny Grass posted a blog entry
Old friends, old habits
Some friendships are habits - things you just do because you’re used to doing it.Habit: A recurrent, often unconscious...
26 days ago Tiny Grass | Topics: reflections, unschooling
 
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Mandy
Mandy posted a blog entry
Straw bale homes & other stuff learned
As unschoolers you never know what your children are going to learn day to day, in new places, with new people, but it's bound...
30 days ago 2ndtotheright | Topics: Waldorf, bugs, straw, unschooling
 
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Karen E
Karen E posted a blog entry
Another not-really-a-detour, and why I love the library
I love the library. It's a homeschooling mother's best friend.We take the kids once a week, and never come home empty-handed....
38 days ago Karen Edmisten | Topics: unschooling, books, Ramona, libraries
 
Melissa Wiley
Melissa Wiley posted a blog entry
Getting Dinner on the Table, Now THAT’S Hard
Shaun wrote: Just don’t take this the wrong way: you make it sound so easy. Lay the right books around the house, throw in a...
 
Johnegood
Johnegood posted a blog entry
“Education should teach people how to live or how to make a living” — John Adams
I’ve learned alot about John Adams and American history this past month.  I didn’t learn it directly from the John...
 
Melissa Wiley
Melissa Wiley posted a blog entry
Conversations and Connections
In our CM days, I used to keep rough daily lists of the books we read, lessons we did, games we played, “big ideas”...
 
<em>kate64_04</em>
kate64_04 posted a blog entry
The Journey.
If you haven't seen the movie Into the Wild, it's a completely true story about a guy who graduates from college, has...
40 days ago Azuroo | Topics: movies, unschooling, rosie, unconditional...
 
Kelli Traaseth
Kelli Traaseth posted a blog entry
Have you read any John Holt?
“So many people have said to me, ‘If we didn’t make children do things, they wouldn’t do anything.’ Even worse, they...
 
Mel
Mel posted a blog entry
Stay With You
I actually have a ton to post, sadly, I also need a ton of time to post it!Last week we spent every day @ a park day with a...
 
<em>hjarche</em>
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Meet John Taylor Gatto
Meet John Taylor Gatto: We have reviewed a number of Mr. Gatto's books, and they were so absorbing that we decided to invite him to our film studio for a series of interviews.
 
Melissa Wiley
Melissa Wiley posted a blog entry
Is Knowledge Relative?
I just spent all my posting time writing another really long comment in the patience/unschooling thread. Is it cheating if I...
45 days ago Here in the Bonny Glen | Topics: Unschooling
 
ShawnaG
ShawnaG posted a blog entry
Five Things
I can upon this article late one night, and I completely read it incorrectly... but let me just say what a blessing that...
 
<em>kate64_04</em>
kate64_04 posted a blog entry
Rocks.
Saw this today: Even in the kindest and most loving families two year olds must be reminded a hundred times a day,...
 
Mel
Mel posted a blog entry
We Never Change
Busy, busy, busy...I don't think I will be able to catch up on all the things we have been doing. I will just have to add...
 
OnLivingByLearning
OnLivingByLearning posted a blog entry
Learning From Stargate
Many critics argue that the “dumbing down” of America’s popular culture is pushing us to a modern-day...
 
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