photo by Cátia Maciel
Just Add Light and Stir
Inspiration and Encouragement for Unschooling Parents
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Seeing the magic and the joy
photo by Cátia Maciel
Friday, April 19, 2024
Prevent preventions
Suspicion and cynicism prevent wonder. Unschooling requires wonder. |
photo by Chrissy Florence
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Thursday, April 18, 2024
Spiritual growth
At first it’s a practical consideration but later on, as the children are looking at the world through older eyes, they start to see that no matter whether the neighbour noticed or not, it made you a better person. No matter whether your cat would have done your stuff damage or not, it made you a better person. So I think there’s a spirituality there of respect given to the children being passed on.
SandraDodd.com/radiotranscript
photo by Brie Jontry
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Enjoy the cool things
Present whatever you think is cool, but *always* allow your children the freedom to say, "No thank you." Then, keep on enjoying the cool thing *for yourself.* Unschooling is for moms and dads as much as for kids!
And always remember the wisdom of Hobbes (the tiger, that is):
—Nancy Wooton
photo by Rippy Dusseldorp
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Looks like playing
Real learning looks very different from schoolish learning. Real learning looks like playing. Even when it matches something kids do in school (learning the names of the different clouds for instance) it still looks more like goofing around because it stops as soon as their interest is satisfied. They don't push on like they're "supposed" to. No, what they do is revisit it when the feel the need to build on it and they draw on it (though not necessarily making it obvious to us) to help them understand more of the world. *Everything* connects to everything else.
—Joyce Fetteroll
photo by Cátia Maciel
Monday, April 15, 2024
Thought, power and freedom!
"Self control" is all tied up with being bad, and with failure. Choices, though, are wrapped in thought, power and freedom!
photo by teenaged Holly Dodd,
of some of her shrinky-dink art
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Sunday, April 14, 2024
The urge to control
photo by Sandra Dodd
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