So yesterday, a friend of mine and I took my kids out for ice cream. There was a family there, mom, dad, brand new (I’m guessing 4 months or less), in a baby bucket. Midway through our eating, the baby starts crying. Instantly, all three of my kids start squirming uncomfortably. Aurora kept looking at [...]
Archive for the tag 'Unschooling'
August 3 2010
Support Zenschooling
As many of you know, I’m the editor for a micro press, Hunt Press. We’ve published quite a few cool titles over time, and plan on publishing many more before we’re through. The next awesome piece through the pipe is a fabulous work by Tammy Takahashi, called Zenschooling. It took me longer to edit than [...]
July 26 2010
I’m That Mom — Say Yes
…a blog carnival started by Ronnie Maier, inspired by this post. More and more, the kids all show up at my boat. My kids ask if they can go play on the other boat, and are told that no, they have to be quiet, or no, someone’s busy, or no, someone cleaned, or or or… [...]
July 25 2010
Rowan’s Eight — A Lego Birthday
Rowan is very nonchalant about his birthdays. He wanted a cake. Not three cakes like I made his brother, or two like his sister had. Just one. Vanilla, please. Nothing fancy, just cake. He wanted sushi. Just the regular order; he didn’t want, say four whole Lion King rolls to himself. No. Just the usual; [...]
June 30 2010
Walking in the Park
No big deal. Just a walk on a day when everyone needed to be outside.
May 7 2010
What About College?
Ah, the question every homeschooler gets asked over… and over… and over again. I’m going to print this piece out and start handing it to folks… Dear Students: Don’t Let College Unplug Your Future I’m about to say something a college professor shouldn’t say to his students, but I care about you a lot so [...]
December 8 2009
Sprouting
We eat a lot of sprouts, on this boat. Not only are they little nutritional powerhouses, but they’re yummy finger food, they lend themselves to recipes well, they’re easy to store in the tiny storage space available on a boat, and, well, they’re fun. Just recently, the Sproutpeople, my favorite supplier, ran a sale on [...]
August 26 2009
We’re in Do Life Right!
An interview I did a few weeks ago got published today! Hurrah! 20 Unschooling Questions: Laureen from San Francisco Bay, CA Enjoy, and please leave comments there. Photo Credit: Zen.
July 13 2009
A Short History of Compulsory Schooling
This just slays me. But then again, we all need a revolution we can dance to, yeah?
April 1 2009
Is School Necessary?
With the demise of the Life Without School blog, my homeschool rants are now going to all be right here on ElementalMom. So don’t say you weren’t warned. Also, without the lovely Robin’s moderating influence, I’m free to revert to my normal bombastic self in these issues. Thus, this link to a lovely article in [...]
March 1 2009
New post on LWOS
The Knowing of Practical Things I wrote this post one day when the demons of doubt were out and large, and one too many people had asked me what the boys were learning. You know, actual school learning. And I snapped.
January 5 2009
New Post at LWOS
A fun post, about the effects of the family’s Jackie Chan obsession on Rowan’s education. http://www.blog.lifewithoutschool.info/2009/01/ali-i-needed-to-know-about-pe-i-learned-from-jackie-chan.html
July 31 2008
New Post on LWOS
It’s clear I haven’t been blogging much by how my LWOS announcements stack up. And lest anyone harangue me for working on those posts instead of Aurora’s birthstory, I wrote the LWOS posts up while I was still pregnant. So there. Anyway, this post is a fun one, about something astonishingly cool that Rowan did. [...]
