Re: Influences, What to say, Structure, Moving
THANK YOU, Nina!
That is definitely an obscure page, but I love it.
https://sandradodd.com/bo/elevator
The day you first wrote, the randomizer was broken (I broke it, somehow, while adding new
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Re: Influences, What to say, Structure, Moving
Hi Sandra and group! I love this page where you show your inspiration and then the artist interpretation of the randomizer elevator. Definitely worth a click.?
Thanks----Nina
Art for "The
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Nina Kvitka
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Influences, What to say, Structure, Moving
New on the site ( https://aboutunschooling.blogspot.com/2020/07/what-to-say.html ) , four topics have additions, or are being announced:
Who Inspired You? ( https://sandradodd.com/inspiration )
two
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"Moments"¡ªnew link and image at the "moments" page
Leah Rose wrote something beautiful about moments, and it only taking a second to do better.? She quoted and credited me.
https://smartymom.substack.com/p/building-better-moments
I added that link
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Re: I was interviewed about kids and games, video, internet
Part II of that, about healing brought about by becoming a good unschooling parent:
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#55 - Sandra Dodd | The Unforeseen Benefits of Unschooling - Healing past
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Jo Isaac, and uschooling, and her accent
https://www.theconrad.family/blog/94212-self-directed-53
Today I listened to this podcast interview:
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Jo Isaac | The Transformative Power of Self-Directed Education
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Nice title.
Then I
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Robyn Coburn interviewed
I haven't been keeping up with news like this!
The link leads to lots of podcast sites, and also YouTube.
https://www.theconrad.family/blog/94211-self-directed-52
Now I'm working on modernizing and
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I was interviewed about kids and games, video, internet
https://www.theconrad.family/blog/94539-self-directed-54
The Conrad Family
#54 - Sandra Dodd | Unschooling thoughts on gaming, YouTube and the internet
There are links to several podcast platforms
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Re: A young child asks about school
Thank you for the clarification, Robyn¡ªI assumed that was what you meant!
Each reply was helpful to me. I¡¯ve gained so, so much from the archives of this group, and am happy that there are
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Katie French
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Re: A young child asks about school
I realized I was unclear.
Jayn never went to school UNTIL COLLEGE from where she graduated summa cum lauda.
Regards,
Robyn C
Robyn L Coburn
Http://WorkInProduction.com
Http://IggyJingles.com
My
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Re: Alphabet notes and video
-=- That very well could have been me with my oldest, who is 16.? I recall maybe saying something like that when she was much younger. --=-
It was an older male human being described.
It's
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Sandra Dodd
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Re: A young child asks about school
When my daughter asked me what school was like I told her that she would not be able to choose how she spent most of her time, but would have to do what the teacher said.
Having choices really
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Re: Alphabet notes and video
I remember one parent bragging that a kid "didn't even know the alphabet" as thought it was proof of unschooling success.
That very well could have been me with my oldest, who is 16.? I recall maybe
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Katie Robles
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Re: A young child asks about school
Opinions can change a lot in two years. When they are closer to 5 and if they still want to attend school, it would be worthwhile to discover what school means to them.
Both my kids wanted to go to
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Janelle Jamieson
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Re: Alphabet notes and video
I had another thought about unschooling and "alphabetical order."
If the alphabet is just a thing in the world, or a song, a game, a book, then it's not "academic."? There have been a few accounts
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Sandra Dodd
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Re: Alphabet notes and video
Katie, I saw your October post on December 21.? DOH!? I thought maybe this group was quiet because people use e-mail less frequently than they used to.? ?I use e-mail every day, but still I didn't
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Re: A young child asks about school
There's nothing else that should be in this discussion.? :-)
I want to start with some philosophical considerations, to help with your thinking, since you're not yet on the edge of compulsory
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A young child asks about school
Reaching out to this list in hopes that someone can offer some unschooling perspective or experience. The other day my daughter, 3 and a half, asked me, ¡°Mommy, when will I go to kindergarten?¡± I
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Katie French
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Attitudes, and emotional postures
In another topic I linked the page on coaching kids, about behaviors and situations.
https://sandradodd.com/coaching
Also, newer on the page, is a set or series of topics about parental attitudes
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Sandra Dodd
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coaching, courtesy, etiquette
My plan, for the unschooling pages on my website, was to have three links at the bottom of each, and people could keep reading or stop.
Some pages now have five, or eight links.? ? And newer topics
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Sandra Dodd
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