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Re: The last hurdle (one person's last hurdle)
I didn¡¯t see your responses at first Sandra (beyond the email asking for thoughts that might help/stories of our own hurdles we bumped against) but I just read them and found them to be very true in
By Marijah · #79009 ·
Re: The last hurdle (one person's last hurdle)
I would say two or three of the hurdles we have felt severely ¡°bumped up against¡± personally (husband and I) would be screens/media (like not filtering so heavily what they can see) but majorly
By Marijah · #79008 ·
Re: The last hurdle (one person's last hurdle)
I feel like what Sue Elvis shared in her books (she has two but I think it was ¡°curious unschoolers¡± - the other is ¡°radical unschool love¡±) helped me some around this area. She ¡°held on¡±
By Marijah · #79007 ·
Re: The last hurdle (one person's last hurdle)
"This is how you write..." Wait.? I'm not forming letters.? I'm touching a keyboard on a laptop computer.? There are other ways to get these words into these messages, but nobody is "forming
By Sandra Dodd · #79006 ·
Re: The last hurdle (one person's last hurdle)
As usual, I'm going to examine the terminology used. :-)? Sometimes people are defensive about that, so I hope the anonymous mom can endure that. :-) "but in the end..." Why is that "the
By Sandra Dodd · #79005 ·
The last hurdle (one person's last hurdle)
Question sent for me to post anonymously: ___________________ I feel like I've come so far in my progress towards fully unschooling, but in the end, I always bump up against the fact that it feels
By Sandra Dodd · #79004 ·
Kids looking for online friends
Is there any type of good directory or tips for helping find connections for kiddos? My oldest (9 and 7) especially would love friends to play online with while chatting with them on kid messenger. We
By Marijah · #79003 ·
One new page and some remodelled
Additions to these existing pages (and one new page, related to a couple of those): When Parents Have Issues (added "People can't casually deschool, stretch, fart, snooze,
By Sandra Dodd · #79002 ·
Re: Seeing with Hands- exploring the potential of drawing as cognitive activity
"The purpose is to create disturbance." Let's not. There's plenty of disturbance around, but I can't think of one time when my stirring it up and bringing it home to my kids helped
By Katie Robles · #79001 ·
Re: Seeing with Hands- exploring the potential of drawing as cognitive activity
-=-Now one option is to disengage and the other is to be open and explore why I say that.-=- Those aren't the only two options, though. I could do what I have done for over twenty years with this
By Sandra Dodd · #79000 ·
Re: Seeing with Hands- exploring the potential of drawing as cognitive activity
Thank you Sandra for your kindness Would you like to engage in a conversation about both of the points you raised? 1. Why drawing done by children is about learning and how it helps the adults in
By Jinan · #78999 ·
Re: 2 sweet stories about sweets
It should only have one "d" on candid.? My keyboard is starting to double letters lately.? Sorry. https://sandradodd.com/eating/candid I'll fix the other one, too.? Thank! I'm trying to make
By Sandra Dodd · #78998 ·
Re: 2 sweet stories about sweets
Hi! The link for candid eating choices didn¡¯t work - it gave me this when clicked on - just wanted to let you know!
By Marijah · #78997 ·
Re: Seeing with Hands- exploring the potential of drawing as cognitive activity
I've let this post through because it's interesting, and there are many aspects of India that are unique to there, but also can be applied worldwide. Try to keep the responses about learning, and
By Sandra Dodd · #78996 ·
Seeing with Hands- exploring the potential of drawing as cognitive activity
Dear Friends This mail is to intimate you regarding a book I have written on drawing. As the publishers did not have any formal book launch I am writing this to all those who might be interested in
By Jinan · #78995 ·
Re: 2 sweet stories about sweets
So today (in August 2023), I added those stories to this page: Candid Kid-Choices https://sandradodd.com/eating/candid I did that because I had shared them years back and announced here that I would
Re: Another interview! (watch or listen)
I was listening to that podcast again while I did other things and there are a couple of errors.? More, but I would be nitpicking myself, and a kid's age and all. JULY 24 is Pioneer Day (in Utah)?
By Sandra Dodd · #78993 ·
Re: Another interview! (watch or listen)
Thanks for all that feedback, and the Learn Nothing Day attempts. :-)
By Sandra Dodd · #78992 ·
Re: Another interview! (watch or listen)
53:30 "I'm not going to sacrifice my child's happiness for your occasional comfort." This quote was encouraging for me.? With some kids unschooling, some kids doing school by choice, and attachment
By Katie Robles · #78991 ·
Re: Another interview! (watch or listen)
The collection of criticism of Learn Nothing Day is here: https://sandradodd.com/learnnothingday/critics Don't forget, Learn Nothing Day is only four days away!!
By Sandra Dodd · #78990 ·