Posts Tagged homeschool
failed.
Posted by malindar in Family Life, God, Homeschooling, Kids, Life, Reflection on August 22, 2014
about a year ago, after realizing the depths to which a father can sink, my then-14-year-old daughter blamed God. for everything. everything bad that ever happened in her life, every question she could come up with that flew in the face of everything she had been taught for 14 years, every single, solitary questionable thing. […]
night night baby bagel.
Posted by malindar in Homeschooling, unschooling on March 19, 2014
this woman unschooled. it looked a little different than my unschooling with one of her kids…because all unschooling is different–as different as the children involved–but…she unschooled. go watch it. seriously. i have to go write quarterly reports. (what? they were only due a month and a half ago. jeez.)(ugh.)
testing.
Posted by malindar in Uncategorized on February 5, 2014
so, this week’s big unschooling dilemma: end of the year evaluations. yep, quarterly reports are due around here, which means…well, i have to wrap my brain around all of the things my kids have accomplished over the past 10 weeks of homeschooling/unschooling and put it on paper. well, an email. whatever. oh, and figure out […]
play.
Posted by malindar in Homeschooling, Kids, Reading, unschooling on January 28, 2014
more unschooling thoughts…there are always more, of course, but…in an effort to keep you up to date with my thinking…today my friend Ralph referred me to this article. Dr. Peter Gray, research bio-psychologist, has some wise, wise words. and while my children may be out of the official “play” stage as one would think of […]
purpose.
Posted by malindar in God, Homeschooling, Kids, unschooling on January 25, 2014
in the past three weeks, i have challenged my kids to think pretty deeply about who they are. what they like. what they love. who they want to be some day. i have encouraged them to dream. picture their lives 5 years from now. 10 years from now. think about the people they know whom […]
brave
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Family Life, Joe, Kids, Life on January 17, 2014
today i sent my daughter with my husband on a field trip. a field trip on which i could not bring myself to go. i know, you’re thinking, “umm, what’s up with THAT? aren’t you her TEACHER??” (actually you’re probably just like, “whatever, would you get to the point, please?”) yes. i am. but this […]
reaction.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Family Life, Homeschooling, Reflection, unschooling on January 15, 2014
this morning, as we puttered around the kitchen over breakfast and baby and dog interruptions and simmering stir fry, Bryson commented, “it feels like Saturday.” he sat finishing up his chocolate chip pancakes and laughing about how sore his abs were from the pull-ups and push-ups he did on Monday (out of his norm, but […]
conversation.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Family Life, Homeschooling, Kids, Life, Reflection, unschooling on January 13, 2014
some interesting things happen when you open yourself up to (mostly) uninterrupted time with your kids. time when you’re not nagging them to finish science or hounding them about the math assignment they’ve been putting off, or scolding them for not completing their chores when it’s 8:30 and time to sit down for class. all […]
controversy.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Family Life, Homeschooling, Kids, Life, unschooling on January 12, 2014
there is this little part of me that really enjoys stirring up trouble. it’s actually kind of funny to think that’s true, because i was always the good girl. always the one my parents didn’t have to worry about. my grades were above average, i didn’t push the boundaries, i didn’t break curfew or talk […]
processing.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Homeschooling, Kids, Life, unschooling on January 11, 2014
with any research endeavor, the biggest job of getting from what you know now to what you want to know involves sifting through the vast enormity of information available on the topic. as with any Google search, i am overwhelmed by the amount of information found where i started–the very broad topic of “unschooling” (also, the […]
All Is Grace 