Posts by Oobleckmama

I think my ds would love this. He enjoys computer stuff but his dad and I don't have any programming experience at all, so I'm looking for something that he would be able to use mostly independently, though I may try it out myself...

Can we discuss this. Sometimes it seems like people are going to ridiculous links to fascilitate their kids interests and that that is completely normal among online unschooling communities. I want to know about the times you've had to...

My 4 y/o dd chose dinner over ice cream yesterday. After having couple of bites of ice cream, she said she didn't want it, then resumed eating the dinner that was left on her plate. Her older brother has done the same many times. Sweets...

another way to demonstrate evaporation - pour water on the sidewalk and draw around it with chalk, then check back later to see how it's shrunk. Make ice in different size and shaped containers to play with outside (like building...

this one out of a North Texas CBS affiliate. Okay, I think this one is the most balanced one I've seen. Yay! edited to add, the video is to the right of the screen. http://cbs11tv.com/local/unschooling...2.1828086.html

haha! I love that this mom chose to be interviewed while standing in front of a book/game shelf!!! Yes!!!

What effect do you think all of this publicity will have on unschoolers? I love that folks who may be interested in learning more about it are finding out about it, but I'm a bit afraid that we're going to be newly on the radar of so...

and ask yourself about all the things you missed by not unschooling? But I hear you, I loved that stuff too. Maybe what you want is to make rituals with your kid(s) at certain times of the year.

well, you said you like to read to them a lot, so what about finding a good reading list and choosing books from there. We're unschoolers using Sonlight books. While most of their selections are secular, they are a Christian company, but...

http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/...-kids-20100720 The reporters here seemed less biased than some others we've seen recently though, those interviewed on the street still seemed horrified. lol!