Let Them Play
January 16, 2016
“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.” ~Fred Rogers
Category: homeschool philosophy
Not Back to School
September 3, 2015
“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” –John Dewey
But What About Socialization?
June 10, 2015
“Don’t worry about socialization. Wherever people congregate, there is going to be interaction and socialization. Where is it written that it needs to be in schools?” –Mary Kay Clark
Literacy Development through Natural Learning
April 17, 2015
“Children are made readers on the laps of their parents” –Emilie Buchwald
Understanding Unschooling
April 13, 2015
“I am always ready to learn, but I do not always like to be taught.” – Winston Churchill
A Slower Pace to Life
April 3, 2015
“Slow down, you move too fast. You’ve got to make the moment last.” -Simon and Garfunkel
Natural Learning at the Park
March 31, 2015
“Children do not need to be made to learn about the world or shown how. They want to, and they know how.” – John Holt
A Slow Down Friday
February 27, 2015
“Slow down and enjoy life. It’s not only the scenery you miss by going too fast – you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.” -Eddie Cantor
Why homeschooling??
February 2, 2015
“People should be free to find or make for themselves the kinds of educational experience they want their children to have.” -John Holt
Just begin
February 1, 2015
I spend a lot of time thinking about, talking about, and reading about homeschooling.
