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and Let the 6 and 7 year olds keep playing! The whole post was inspiring.

What is Grandma's goal? To get your daughter to read? Those pre-reader books are notoriously boring. Maybe okay for a 3-year-old (who nobody expects to read yet) but by 6 or 7 years old, they are too

https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2019/08/inevitable-needs.html Another good Joyce quote: "Reading is inevitable in a nuturing atmosphere where the person sees a need to read. . . .

Another Joyce quote!? (I'm working on links to Joyce's things, so....) "A three year old isn't a better three year old by being able to read. A three year old is a better three year old by being

My oldest is only 7, so I don’t have years of experience to write from. BUT, I have dealt - and recently - with similar grandparent requests. I know that when a family member suggests doing

A couple of things that might help the mom, or for the mom and grandmother to consider together. WAIT.? Before I bring these, maybe the mom needs more background to consider.? Maybe not. MAYBE the

[in response to " i just wonder if DD is involved in this discussion?"] I don't think the daughter should be involved.? That's too much responsibility.? And discussing what unschooling is and how

the first thing that popped into my head (similar to connie's response) can grandma ask DD what she wants to do?? can they have a conversation about it where grandma is respectful of DD's wishes

In situations like this, it is a good idea to look at what kind of relationship your daughter has with Grandma. My mom taught my kids all kinds of things. I didn't balk at it because of the way she

I would want to somehow lead grandma to develop an aversion to any school learn-to-read books! It sounds like her idea of "reading with" is different from daughter's idea of "reading".? I have

She's six.? Don't raise it up in the grandmother's range. :-)? She's only six. it's possible that your daughter will have fun. The first thing I would say to the grandmother is "if it's not fun

My mother-in-law told me that she would like to start "reading with" my daughter (who is nearly 7). She further explained that she wants to go to the library and get some of those "pre-school type

Engineering!? I think it's engineering, not physics.? Sorry. SO many of the unschoolers who used to be the nine-year-old subjects of stories in this discussion and others are in universities now,

Learn Nothing Day is nearing. July 24. That's the day of "give it a rest" for unschoolers. Some things were published last summer that I've linked here. A blogpost by Cecelie Conrad, and interview

Something new has been added, about five up from the bottom, at "If Only" https://sandradodd.com/ifonly * "If Only I'd Started Sooner..." * ---------------------------------- a collection of wishes

Just? saw this, after posting before:

-=-I know it is an english expression but it always felt weird to me that one can name it "send to" instead of "helping to reach the goal of going to college "-=- I think that phrase "send to

Dear all, i though this refletion will be further analysed here. Saw a question of a university teacher that is thinthing about homeschooling her children and as doubts about what she names "sending

I just tidied up this post, about "transporters." https://justaddlightandstir.blogspot.com/2023/01/transporters.html There's a picture of my "randomizer," put in to match a photo of a real elevator

I've been cleaning up this page today, and I added a video that starts where Pam Sorooshian is talking about college-level students who want to regular school, and the difference in students who go to