Posts by Lillian J

I added this in the General forum:   Hard Times in Paradise is the best one for that - it's fascinating and inspiring to read about the way they all pitched in and worked so hard together to build the homestead. It's...

Quote: Originally Posted by trailmom  So very interesting and inspiring!  I'd love to read about this family and their adventures with homeschooling and farming.  Obviously, they were very successful!...

    President Obama Announces Grant Colfax as New Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy Grant Colfax is the eldest of the four sons homeschooled while building the family homestead and goat farm with their...

  President Obama Announces Grant Colfax as New Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy   Grant Colfax is the eldest of the four sons homeschooled while building the family homestead and goat farm with their...

Mine isn't actually a blog yet (one of these days maybe I'll add one in), but it's a noncommercial website where I've assembled articles about learning and homeschooling, and links to other related sites. It has a huge set of...

Quote: Originally Posted by tankgirl73  Lillian, I'm going to nab that last paragraph and quote it everywhere I can, if you don't mind.    Well said!   Why, thank you! Sorry that I somehow...

Quote: Originally Posted by NellieKatz  You're right about the many directions, but I don't really have a choice sometimes. I have a highly spirited (crazed?) homeschooled 9 year old who won't go to bed and we live...

Quote: Originally Posted by NellieKatz  Oh, Lillian J, I wish it were so. I had picked that video up from YOUR post but totally forgotten where I got it from! LOL!!!! Man, my brain is mush sometimes....

Quote: Originally Posted by NellieKatz  OK, my first reply got eaten. Let me try again. Here is a video that I came across the other day. I realize that we are not talking about school in this discussion, nor any...

  So, yeah, "let them play" doesn't have to mean "never have them do anything structured at all."       Absolutely! And there are a lot of wonderful ways to structure time other than with...