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Tag: homeschool

Protecting Childhood
  • July 29, 2014
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Protecting Childhood

Yesterday we caught up with a few other homeschooling families and enjoyed a blissful day outside in nature. While we chatted and […]

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Meaningful Learning
  • July 26, 2014
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Meaningful Learning

“Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.” ~  Plato Thinking back on my time at school, it […]

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The Human Body: Bones
  • July 24, 2014
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The Human Body: Bones

contains affiliate links My eldest daughter went through a stage of being interested in her body and how it worked at around […]

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Independent Cooking | Free Printable Recipe
  • July 21, 2014
  • 551 words
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Independent Cooking | Free Printable Recipe

My kids LOVE to bake! Since they were 4 and 2 years old I have been setting up independent cooking activities for […]

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Following their lead…
  • July 18, 2014
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Following their lead…

contains affiliate links One of the reasons we decided to homeschool was because we wanted to be able to provide an environment […]

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Natural Learning: Maths
  • July 16, 2014
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Natural Learning: Maths

I sometimes get the impression, when I try to explain our natural learning approach to education, that people think this doesn’t include […]

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Children spend a lot of their time being told wher
Children spend a lot of their time being told where to be, when to eat, when to speak, when they can move their bodies, what to learn, when they can go to the toilet... and then we say how lucky they are for not having adult responsibilities.

The amount of control they have over their own lives is so normalised that we rarely even question it. But, we should.

You can't take away autonomy, responsibility, and meaningful contribution and then complain kids are lazy and apathetic. What have we given them to care about? What real choices do they have?


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