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Learning to Read

Published by on June 16, 2009 | 2 Responses

My daughter Bridget, age 10, is currently learning to read. To those of you more familiar with the schools’ timelines for this, that may seem rather late. But as unschoolers, who practice child-led learning and let each child’s journey of education unfold naturally, she’s right on time. Her time. And that’s because she’s the one […]

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I’ve upgraded the laptop…

Published by on May 29, 2009 | Leave a response

This one has more memory and storage space. Though there’s a cute new model I’m thinking about…

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Shared Joy

Published by on May 29, 2009 | Leave a response

I’m feeling really psyched that my brother is so happy lately! He met a wonderful woman last fall. They are now boyfriend and girlfriend, and planning to live together. She’s great! I met her in December, and she’s been at family gatherings several times. Last weekend she hosted our monthly family potluck, and we got […]

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Rampage of Invincibility

Published by on April 23, 2009 | 1 Response

I don’t usually watch videos online that much, but this one just has to be shared. My thanks to the women on the RU-LOA list for passing it along and raving about it so that I actually went and clicked on the link this time. Wow. I can feel the amazing energy coming through, even […]

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Fours

Published by on April 21, 2009 | 1 Response

Sometimes things happen in fours. Even if they’re lists of things that I’ve encountered while reading. Such as: “Each read-aloud, then, is a language arts lesson, bolstering the four language arts: the art of reading, the art of listening, the art of writing, and the art of speaking.”– Jim Trelease, “The Read-Aloud Handbook” “The beginner […]

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Education for the Soul

Published by on April 11, 2009 | Leave a response

“Avoid compulsion and let early education be a manner of amusement. Young children learn by games; compulsory education cannot remain in the soul.” – Plato

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The X-Cats

Published by on April 6, 2009 | 1 Response
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New Goals

Published by on April 5, 2009 | Leave a response

I’ve been doing some introspection and re-membering, and I realized I hadn’t written about my goals for this year (2009). I did this last year (click here to see the 2008 post) and found it useful. In fact, I just went back and commented on how I did on each of them. So, here are […]

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Why I couldn’t get much done this afternoon…

Published by on March 28, 2009 | 2 Responses
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A Broader Perspective

Published by on March 27, 2009 | Leave a response

“Political awareness can become a tyranny of its own, not least because it locks us into the issues and perspectives of a particular time. But when we are looking at questions of the sacred, we move beyond time. To create the changes in consciousness needed to transform society at a deep level, we need insights […]

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