Experimenting with life

I love the way my youngest daughter’s (she just turned 8) mind works. She likes to figure out why things happen and predict what the outcome may be. For example, a few weeks ago she wanted to know how long she was sleeping before having to use the bathroom in the middle of the night. She put a pad, pencil and her watch in the bathroom and marked down the time that she went to bed, on the pad. When she woke up to use...

Book Reviews & Writing

Shawna have been having a blast reviewing books at the Barnes & Noble website. Because of a B&N policy, she isn’t allowed to use her first names on the site so she goes by ‘S’ an unschooler. So far she’s reviewed, Dancing in the Wings by Debbie Allen, Annie & the Wild Animals by Jan Brett and Girls Hold up this World by Jada Pickett Smith. She’s really enjoying it and she’s...

Links to Unschooling Voices #3

Thank you to the following bloggers and web owners for adding a link to this months edition of Unschooling Voices. Avec Mes ZebresA Typical HomeschoolThe Jaded Dragon BuffetKaren EdmistenOrganic LearningWhy HomeschoolEvery Waking HourThrowing MarshmellowsNoVa To WIJust EnoughLiving in Freedom Everyday If I missed someone, please let me know and I’ll be happy to add it here. To participate in the next Unschooling Voices,...

A Day For Remembering

5 years ago today was a day of confusion, sadness, tears and horror for myself, my family and countless other New Yorkers. I know people all over were effected but I can only speak as a native New Yorker. I’d like to share the link to a memorial site I started five years ago and just recently updated. I Love New York The site is dedicated to my friends Marie & Rita, who died in the World Trade Center. There are...

Unschooling Voices #3: Unschooling allowances &...

Welcome!! ! The fourth Unschooling Voices will be out on October 1. If you’d like to participate, click here for the details. You can read the new question and past editions of Unschooling Voices there also. If you post a link to this months installment, please let me know (by leaving a comment here) so I can thank you with a link back. This month there are 19 participants who submitted 22 entries. As you click the...

Member submission-Unschooling Voices #3

Lars D. H. Hedbor sent this e-mail as a submission to Unschooling Voices #3. He is answering the question of the month. “My wife and I come to unschooling from a libertarian viewpoint – it’s well-aligned with our values of self-determination, self-ownership and self-responsibility. Our approach to “allowances” and money management in general for our kids is shaped by these values as...

Day 136

The 3rd Unschooling Voices will be posted later on tonight but I wanted to share some pictures I have. These were from this past May, when Jacqueline and her Brownie troop went camping for the weekend. I gave them a bunch of disposable cameras and it looks like they put them to good use. (You can click on a picture to make it larger) That’s Jacqueline, with the pink bandana: With Sharon, their WONDERFUL troop...