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personal learning (was Re: Today the rent was due.)
I love those kinds of stories, mostly because of the children seeing their own learning, and knowing that THEY did that.? Maybe with a game, or a toy, or a little brainstorm about some similarities
By Sandra Dodd · #78929 ·
Re: Today the rent was due.
Two of my kids are in school by their choice, and my ten year old was asked today by a friend what she learned homeschooling.? She told them she learned spelling from the auto-suggest feature in
By Katie Robles · #78928 ·
Today the rent was due.
I've paid the cost of this group, but I invite you to assist me if you're willing. https://sandradodd.com/donate For $220 a year, we have a better deal than we had at Yahoogroups. It's also better
By Sandra Dodd · #78927 ·
Renee Cabatic, ideas you can use!
I've worked up a page with links to things Renee Cabatic has written, thought up, done, photographed... Her kids are recently grown up.? Her contributions to the shared pool of unschooling ideas and
By Sandra Dodd · #78926 ·
The Dread Pirate Whatever...
2011, on Always Learning....? ?The comments are what I'm really bringing, and they will be below. I quoted this, by Jenny Cyphers: One of the very important aspects of unschooling that is solely
By Sandra Dodd · #78925 ·
When I had teens, and "how they were raised"
Marty was fifteen, when I wrote this.? It was an e-mail to our "old next-door neighbor" (who still lives there now, and Marty lives in the house in the story).? We had rented our older, smaller
By Sandra Dodd · #78924 ·
Re: About this group and other resources
I just came across this.? I'm disputing my own self. ------- quote------- I've been doing that since 1993, when I started writing about unschooling on a user group. Then AOL, where I hosted chats
By Sandra Dodd · #78923 ·
Re: About this group and other resources
The guidelines about posting to this group are linked on the main page. https://sandradodd.com/lists/alwayslearningPOSTS.html I still return posts if they don't follow those, even though the group
By Sandra Dodd · #78922 ·
About this group and other resources
I've been discussing unschooling online for 30 years now. I have some printouts dated 1982, from a user group on "HOME SCHOOLING" that had about 80 participants, mor than half of whom were home
By Sandra Dodd · #78921 ·
Re: Will you please help?
Why a book? https://www.google.com/search?q=stages+of+development&oq=stages+of+development There are graphs, charts, and links up top to help you narrow it down by age or stage. On my own site,
By Sandra Dodd · #78920 ·
Re: Will you please help?
Thank you very much . Would there be any suggestions for younger years , perhaps age 2 plus ? Thanks again Jodie
By jodie aldridge · #78919 ·
Re: Will you please help?
I'll share one more.? It's a recent favourite of mine, again not about teenagers, but there's a chapter on arguing that might interest parents of teens (Chapter 7).? Arguing is a skill that, when
By Karen James · #78918 ·
Re: Will you please help?
The Parent/Teen Breakthrough is very good
By Karen James · #78917 ·
Re: Will you please help?
I loved Behave by Robert M. Sapolosky.? It's not about teenagers, but he does have a chapter on teenagers which was really interesting.? The whole book is interesting.? I have the audible version,
By Karen James · #78916 ·
Re: Will you please help?
For teens, I really loved Teenagers, A Natural
By Jo Isaac · #78915 ·
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Hello Please could I have a recommendation for a good book to read on human development please ? I read some when my son was little but would like to refresh for my 2nd child. Many Thanks Jodie
By jodie aldridge · #78914 ·
Re: Will you please help?
Karen James wrote: "He's still young. He's still learning. His prefrontal cortex (the decision making part of his brain) is still developing. At this stage of his life he is influenced a lot on his
By Sandra Dodd · #78913 ·
Re: Will you please help?
***When I (as well as others)? have an idea or a suggestion, my son gets angry and says its ridiculous, or he will agree, and then do the opposite.*** Maybe don't make so many suggestions. ***Thus,
By Karen James · #78912 ·
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I read with interest your response and the link you sent. I certainly can relate to the road Ethan and you traversed. With all my words, perhaps i have not been clear. My son has had ideas for many
By M Person · #78911 ·
Re: Will you please help?
Teenagers seem to need to assert their place in the World. Sometimes that looks like rejection to parents. It's not. Remembering that helped me navigate those couple of trickier years when Ethan
By Karen James · #78910 ·