I shared with you my family’s August Unschooling Fun and Resources last Saturday, but I wanted to write a separate post about the trip we took at the end of August. We were gone ten nights. The first night we drove from our home near Chicago to Lincoln, Nebraska. My husband’s grandmother had been hospitalized…
Tag: natural learning
Summer’s Not Over!
When we were driving home from swim class early yesterday afternoon, I was a little surprised to see the large Halloween store banner on the empty storefront a half mile away from my house. It’s only the first week of September and already there’s a Halloween store that’s going up? It’s not even the end…
Our August Unschooling Activities & Resources
Today we’re leaving Estes Park near Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado where we spent the last eight nights renting a house with Steve’s parents. We’ll be spending the night in Omaha, Nebraska and heading home tomorrow. It’s been an incredible trip, and I’m going to write a separate post about it in the next…
Interest-Led Learning Isn’t Just for Kids
*Today my family and I are hiking up the slopes of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. While we’re gone, I still wanted to bring you some ideas and inspiration about interest-led learning. That’s why I’m so glad I can share this guest post with you today written by my friend Beth Cranford. I was so…
New: Understanding Our Need for Novelty and Change – Book Review
I just finished reading a new book called New: Understanding Our Need for Novelty and Change by Winifred Gallagher. As soon as I saw the title of the book, it immediately caught my attention. So much of interest-led learning for me is about discovering new things, exploring new places and learning new skills. The book…
A Journey of 17,000 Miles – An Interview With Nancy Sathre-Vogel from Family on Bikes
Today, I’m so excited to bring you an amazing interview by a new friend, Nancy Sathre-Vogel from Family on Bikes. I first was introduced to Nancy when I ran across her blog in 2008. I spent hours and hours reading about her family’s journey on bikes from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Ushuaia, Argentina – a…
Why Schools Should be Set Up Like Reality TV Shows
I have a weakness for reality TV. Not the shows like The Real Housewives or Jersey Shore. I’m talking about the ones where contestants sign up to be on the show in order to win a prize at the end. Whenever I watch Master Chef, or American Idol, or So You Think You Can Dance,…
An Invitation to Learning
Imagine opening up your mailbox and pulling out two invitations. Each invitation is to a party. Each invitation will have food, drinks and entertainment. But each party is very, very different from the other. The first party is to a work function. It calls for formal dress attire and you’ll be talking most of the night with…
Our July Unschooling Resources and Activities
The first three weeks of July were exciting, adventurous and energizing. It’s not every month we get to take a three week road trip across the East Coast, visiting 8 states and two Canadian providences. You can read about our trip in my last post here. But for the last 9 days of the month…
Travel Edition – July Unschooling Adventures
This month I’m going to share our unschooling fun and resources in two posts. Most of the month we were on a big road trip covering almost 3,400 miles in 19 days. We had lunch in Vermont and Connecticut, got gas in New Hampshire, stayed a night in Toronto and two nights in Montreal, relaxed…