Think about what you think you "have to" do. Choose to do something good, for sensible reasons. |
photo by Sandra Dodd
Think about what you think you "have to" do. Choose to do something good, for sensible reasons. |
"Unschooling requires that we, as parents, lose the prejudices society lays upon our schooled minds, and learn to see all modes of communication as worthy. In order to truly honor our children, they must make their own choices..." —Ren Allen |
The more peace the mom pours out, the more peace there is to share. |
Unschooling is simple but not easy, and it's not easy to understand, but when math |
I don't really look to other mothers for validation on how I'm doing as a parent. I look to my children and my husband. If they are generally happy, relaxed, comfortable and engaged, I feel pretty good about how I'm doing....
If I see signs of frustration or stress or uneasiness in my family, there are alarm bells going off inside me telling me I need to be kinder, pay extra close attention, have more ideas, and offer more options."
Be up! Be happy when you can. Be hopeful and helpful! Everyone who can do that makes the world a better place. |
Real learning looks like doing a billion piece jigsaw puzzle. Sometimes you'll work on a dragon down in the corner. Sometimes you'll work on a cat in the center. Sometimes you'll work on the bits that are red. Sometimes you'll work on the frame. |
When unschooling is working best, nobody is talking about learning. Saying "We're doing this so you will learn" will make the activity awkward, and you set up an expectation, and the possibility of failure to learn. When unschooling really flows, everyone will learn, but you won't know in advance what will be learned. |
Be sweet to your children. |
"I am joyfully stepping into a space where I can now see and witness learning all of the time!" —Lynn Salmon-Easter |
Combine some things that have never been put together before. |
If you can only see the obstacles, then your journey won't be easy. Be like the water, finding its way around the rocks. See the openings, the possibilities. —Robin Bentley |
For those who were gentle and attentive to babies as people, remember that your child, no matter how old, is still that same person who trusted you the first days and weeks and months.
It's easy to forget, and to be impatient and critical. It happens at my house. It can be ever easier to remember, with practice and focus, to choose quiet and soft, still.
Sometimes people say, "Well how will your kids know how to live in the real world?"
And I say "What do you mean by 'the real world'?"
And that's a trap.🙂
"I want to see Lucas Sven Leuenberger's math rock band. But where? When?
"The future is a beautiful mystery."—Holly Dodd