Comments on: Stop Trying to Make Everything Educational https://happinessishereblog.com/stop-trying-to-make-everything-educational/ Documenting life without school and free childhood. Mon, 02 Oct 2023 21:34:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.5 By: The Alchemy of Learning: Five Secret Ingredients and Five Things to Stop Doing Today to Unleash True Learning - KidMinds https://happinessishereblog.com/stop-trying-to-make-everything-educational/#comment-92008 Wed, 18 Jul 2018 11:16:47 +0000 https://happinessishereblog.com/?p=6777#comment-92008 […] Don’t turn everything into a learning opportunity. The problem with learning opportunities is that they create a relationship of dependency. There’s suddenly a pressure to deliver results. The kids wonder, am I doing it right? What is supposed to happen? Am I missing something? What is my mom’s/dad’s/ teacher’s expectation here? Not everything has to be educational. […]

]]> By: Unschooling and "Child-Led Learning" Defined | Homestead Guru https://happinessishereblog.com/stop-trying-to-make-everything-educational/#comment-77852 Thu, 18 May 2017 21:40:07 +0000 https://happinessishereblog.com/?p=6777#comment-77852 […] We don’t have to artificially try to make things “educational”, and it’s kind of annoying to see other homeschoolers rushing around to dress up everything as a “learning opportunity”. […]

]]> By: Standardising Childhood https://happinessishereblog.com/stop-trying-to-make-everything-educational/#comment-76958 Tue, 02 May 2017 08:07:28 +0000 https://happinessishereblog.com/?p=6777#comment-76958 […] Both schooled and many homeschooled kids are expected to learn the same things at the same time and sometimes in the same way. Not to mention the way kids can’t just enjoy something for enjoyments sake and everything is made educational. […]

]]> By: John https://happinessishereblog.com/stop-trying-to-make-everything-educational/#comment-70557 Tue, 14 Feb 2017 23:01:43 +0000 https://happinessishereblog.com/?p=6777#comment-70557 It’s good to know so many people understand that learning happens naturally. If it didn’t a baby wouldn’t become aware of its mother and father or things around it and learn to speak, smile and eventually walk. These things can’t be forced.

]]> By: Nor Azrin https://happinessishereblog.com/stop-trying-to-make-everything-educational/#comment-69562 Wed, 01 Feb 2017 10:46:32 +0000 https://happinessishereblog.com/?p=6777#comment-69562 In reply to Sara @ Happiness is here.

Yes, I feel that pressure. But at the end I just let my daughter play especially pretend play. Worksheet will come eventually, but not at early stage.

]]> By: Nay https://happinessishereblog.com/stop-trying-to-make-everything-educational/#comment-68974 Sun, 22 Jan 2017 18:56:59 +0000 https://happinessishereblog.com/?p=6777#comment-68974 I love this blog! I know you have not crossed this road yet, but my oldest is 12 and we are transitioning out of a classical model of homeschooling which she has done since age 4 🙁 Do you think your thoughts and days will be similar?? So far with a large age gap, our days look similar…. even with a 12 year old. She loves the arts and script writing. She spends a lot of time editing and filming as well. I love the new freedom she has! She recently asked to learn percentages after encouraging a friend by telling her she was 99.9% sure she would advance in ballet. Well, this led to her wanting to really understand percentages. Can’t beat that!!

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