The other day I started thinking about the kids in school and how they are there all day long and I started wondering how do they spend their time? This led to some conversations and someone that I was talking with told me how at one school kids start at 7:30 in the morning and [...]
homeschooling rocks!
September 6th, 2009
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Tags: learning · rationale · teaching
i don’t want to do math today
May 5th, 2009
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Every once in awhile I get this panic feeling when it comes to homeschooling. Even though we have thoughtfully and consciously made the decision regarding our approach I have these waves of uncertainty wondering are we doing this the “right” way. Typically these waves come after talks, or rather questions from others as to what [...]
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reading learning all the time by john holt
October 27th, 2008
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9/7/2008
Chris picked this book up the other day. As usual, I’ll post when I’ve gotten into it (or finished it) and when I have some time. For now though, this quote of Holt’s from the editor’s foreword caught my eye.
Learning, to me, means making more sense of the world around us, and being able to [...]
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