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Everyday Unschooling: Studying Trees
  • August 26, 2018
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Everyday Unschooling: Studying Trees

We’ve been studying trees around here lately! Well, one tree in particular, but we’ve been noticing so much more about other trees […]

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We've turned so much of childhood into things adul
We've turned so much of childhood into things adults arrange for children. Their whole schooling life is 'learning' organised by adults.

Obviously, I think we should introduce our kids to new things! Take them places, bring home books, share ideas, provide materials, and expose them to people and experiences they wouldn't necessarily find on their own. That's a huge part of creating a rich learning life. But children also need to see that curiosity isn't just something we create for them. It's part of being human.

They need to see us curious too. When we don't know something, we look it up. We read about things because we want to know more, stop to look at weird insects, tell each other interesting things we've discovered, try new things, ask questions, and learn new skills.

I want my kids to grow up in a family where being interested in the world is just normal! It's just what we do.

Our job isn't to decide what children should be curious about. It's to give them a big, interesting world to be curious in, and show them what it looks like to stay curious ourselves.


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