From the monthly archives:
We’ve failed miserably, of course, but it sure has been fun trying! The girls were working on staying up all night. Our midnight trip to the grocery store helped. I believe Olivia made it to almost 7 and Mesa fell asleep around 4. Levi and I crashed at 1:30. I was exhausted! Sal was in [...]
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In 2007 we attended the Live and Learn Unschooling Conference in North Carolina. It was a life changing time for all of us. One of the talks I was able to listen to most of was one entitled Unschooling Advocates. It really spoke to me as I had tendency to hide that part of our [...]
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life “I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was duty. I acted and behold, duty was joy.” -Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) I choose to see my life as full of choices not requirements. I choose to to the laundry and cook, and clean and I choose to be happy. [...]
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I know that there is a whole school of thought out there that says children’s exposure to electronics and media should be limited- but I don’t listen to experts! 
The kids received their own computer for Christmas and they enjoy it immensely! The girls each have a Webkinz account and they are always playing [...]
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I can’t even begin to tell you how much I am enjoying Radical Unschooling: A Revolution Has Begun by Dayna Martin. I’ve read it through once already and now am taking some more time and reading it a bit slower. I’m going to lend it to my parents next. Dayna is such a wonderful person [...]
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In September, I am having an introduction to unschooling night at the library. I have reserved a room for a few hours and am going to have an array of books, flyers, websites, etc available. I’m nervous. That’s really not an accurate description of how absolutely terrified I am. But I’m doing it. It feels [...]
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