Which Parts Are Important?
We published our first post a year ago in April, 2013. The focus of the blog changed at times as we wrote and reflected and responded — it moved further from the old journal that had originally inspired it. But…
Homeschoooling With a Support Group
Mom and I were invited by The Homeschooler magazine to write about the homeschooling support group our family participated in while I was growing up. The piece was published in their Winter 2013 issue. The article was a conversation between my…
Living in the Now, And Looking for Balance
In the last post, I asked “why now?” regarding the growth of homeschooling in my lifetime. I sited Sugata Mitra and Sir Ken Robinson’s ideas about the outdated industrial-era model of our current education system. I also discussed Douglas Rushkoff’s…
Changing the Route Can Change the Destination
It’s a busy time of year for everyone – I don’t expect you have much time to cozy up to your computer screen (or tablet, or phone) and read blog posts. But that’s not the real reason I’ve been slow…
Those Who Can
I have been exploring what motivates different people to pursue work as teachers. This interview and my last post represent two interesting paths and experiences of peers of mine — a young generation of teachers. This interview is with an old friend…
The Kind Of Teacher That Makes Me An Optimist
Apologies for the recent quiet on the blog! It has been a hectic month of work, to say the least. But I have been working on a couple fun interviews with teachers I know. This first one is a conversation…
Reconnecting, Catching Up
There are three kids in the journal my mother kept in 1987-88. Me, my older sister Mindy, and our childhood best friend Camille, who we really grew up with. Our parents met in Lamaze childbirth class, and Mindy and Camille…
On-the-Road Unschooling – And a Journal Switch-Up
My daughter Lindsey is the primary voice in this blog, although the process of writing the blog has been a collaboration in many ways. We discuss and edit together, exchange ideas, debate, proofread, etc. Of course, it is also a…
Does The Oldest Child Lead A Child-Led-Learning Household?
One of the questions I posed for myself at the beginning of this project was this: How much of who I am today is because of homeschooling? But, this morning, my mom asked me this: How much of the way we…
A Really Great Thing Happened Today In 1954
In writing this blog there has been an underlying fascination for me. Beyond homeschooling, or education, or community, this project is also very much about family. And parenting. And motherhood. My mom’s old journal that inspired the beginning of this…