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— Thich Nhat Hanh
September’s topic is: “Unschooling Plus!” The principles of unschooling pervade our lives, but there’s no such thing as a single “unschooling lifestyle”. How do you meld other aspects of your life, your wider values and passions with the principles of unschooling? Send your links by Aug 31th please! For instance, how do you incorporate unschooling [...]
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Mark Frauenfelder on DIY, Mistakes, and Unschooling
http://reason.com/blog/2010/07/15/reasontv-boing-boing-founder-m
Mark Frauenfelder, is editor-in-chief of MAKE magazine, founder of the collaborative weblog Boing Boing, and author of the book Made by Hand: Searching for Meaning in a Throwaway World. He sat down with Reason.tv’s Ted Balaker to discuss cigar box guitars, the value of mistakes, and what the Do-It-Yourself movement can teach us about education.
added by Nathaniel Taintorhttp://psbohemian.blogspot.com/2010/07/unschoolers-bill-of-rights-guest-post.html
Unschoolers’ Bill of Rights:
Because it is the most liberating, generous three-letter word in the English language, children have the right to hear their parents say “Yes” at least twenty times a day.
added by Faith Voidhttp://justabaldman.blogspot.com/2010/06/thanksgiving-day.html
A look at Father’s Day and fathering.
I am grateful that my kids all seem to still want me around to love and talk to, and that they love me in way that works best for them. Forget the cards, the presents, and the restriction of gifts to the third Sunday in June; I’ll take the benefit, the exceptional privilege, and the overwhelming joy of being a Dad every day of the year.
http://theorganicsister.com/2010/04/sculpting-a-new-passion/
It’s been almost three and a half years since Zeb has been out of school. And it’s been five years since he decided – with the negative encouragement from some very poor art teachers at the age of five – to believe he wasn’t an artist.
In fact, until last week, there were three truths he held firm to:
1. That only women made good artists
2. That he was not artistic, nor interested in anything art related
3. That at some point in the next few years he would have to outgrow his beloved LEGO collection
http://zombieprincess.blogspot.com/2010/07/im-that-mom.html
An impromptu blog carnival expressing the amazingly loving unconventional things that parents do!
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