tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640846201971673514.post6398727445880937153..comments2023-05-03T05:22:30.162-04:00Comments on Mary Haseltine: Finding the Freedom to Unschool (at least a little bit)Mary @ Better Than Edenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05409924891343767874noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640846201971673514.post-12053840051107055672015-08-02T20:16:11.082-04:002015-08-02T20:16:11.082-04:00This is my 20th year of homeschooling (if you don&...This is my 20th year of homeschooling (if you don't count the pre-school years with my oldest) and with 3 year old twins I know I will be at it for many more years to come. I have fallen in love with so many ways to teach my children. I have found that not one school year looks like another, but not one semester looks like another, not one day looks like another. I "unschooled" with lots of texts books as launching pads for the rabbit trails. I need to add that we have lots of learning issues in our kiddos so that alters the output. I have 4 in or past college now and they are doing great! If we led our kiddos to Heaven, then the rest is gravy. Neenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04169665137526513607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640846201971673514.post-20884836065120839762015-07-30T18:46:32.561-04:002015-07-30T18:46:32.561-04:00Those pictures bring back so many memories! When ...Those pictures bring back so many memories! When I was five, my grandparents packed my brother, myself, and my Mom into the motor home and went for a four week Revolutionary War battfield tour. And again was I was eight, a six week Civil War battlefield trip. It was all things AWESOME! I am pretty sure I became a history major because of those trips. My mom has a video (taken with the old, heavy vhs camera) of my brother preaching a homily at the church in Jamestown. Fun times. I will need to pull this out in the middle of the year when I am stressed that all the plans I've made aren't working for us.Ann-Marie Ulczynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13855303309031758189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640846201971673514.post-21253616962871163892015-07-30T17:49:45.955-04:002015-07-30T17:49:45.955-04:00Ha, yeah, the definition of unschooling is so wide...Ha, yeah, the definition of unschooling is so wide open it seems…I'm not sure there IS an official definition. To me it means self-driven learning with no formal plans or schedules. Mary @ Better Than Edenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05409924891343767874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640846201971673514.post-1242306425781172352015-07-30T17:36:50.705-04:002015-07-30T17:36:50.705-04:00Eh... I kind of hate the term unschooling for thin...Eh... I kind of hate the term unschooling for things like this. "Self-driven learning" makes way more sense in that they wanted to learn and so they made it happen. Clearly they schooled. I always think of true unschooling as the kids who's parents literally just experience the world as their school but I'm a big nobody on the homeschool circuit so don't mind me. Whatever you call it, I love it. I love learning!! And this was right up my alley!Madelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17721349139975265768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640846201971673514.post-82256444488265525602015-07-30T16:39:04.888-04:002015-07-30T16:39:04.888-04:00Mary
Love the story of your boys embracing all thi...Mary<br />Love the story of your boys embracing all things Civil War:) and yes I just love those 'unschooling' moments where they learn despite us. I do think the success is in the environment you are providing. Wishing you an awesome learning year:) {{}}Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04448595911801738792noreply@blogger.com