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Unschoolers Winter Waterpark Gathering- Sandusky, OH

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UWWG - Unschoolers Winter Waterpark Gatherings

February 8, 2010 to February 12, 2010 – Kakahari Indoor Waterpark Resort - Sandusky, Ohio
Early Bird Deadline for the Unschoolers Winter Waterpark Gathering!

February 8, 2010 to February 12, 2010 – Kalahari Resort in Sandusky, OH
Autodidact Symposium

March 12, 2010 at 10am to March 14, 2010 at 4pm – Marriott Courtyard
East Tennessee Unschooled Summer Camp - ETUSC

August 8, 2010 at 3pm to August 14, 2010 at 11am – Johnson City, TN

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Autodidact Symposium at Marriott Courtyard

March 12, 2010 at 10am to March 14, 2010 at 4pm

The Autodidact Symposium is a different take on the average unschooling conference. Our main focuses are the adulthood transition and the young adult years of unschooling; but similar to other conferences, we also cover the parenting and family aspe…

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Lots of snow again!

February 3

Silvia might attend laura b's event

Autodidactic Radical Gathering of Homeschoolers (ARGH) at Roan Mountain, TN

May 3, 2010 at 3pm to May 6, 2010 at 10am

Secular in nature, ARGH (Autodidactic Radical Gathering of Homeschoolers) is a gathering by and for unschoolers of all ages which takes place in the Tri-Cities Tennessee region of the U.S. This organic event relies on the participants to create the…

February 3

Terri C is attending Silvia's event

Autodidact Symposium at Marriott Courtyard

March 12, 2010 at 10am to March 14, 2010 at 4pm

January 21

Silvia and Sara Dooley are now friends

January 14

Joy larson is attending Silvia's event

Autodidact Symposium at Marriott Courtyard

March 12, 2010 at 10am to March 14, 2010 at 4pm

December 23, 2009

laura b might attend Silvia's event

Autodidact Symposium at Marriott Courtyard

March 12, 2010 at 10am to March 14, 2010 at 4pm

December 17, 2009

Silvia is attending laura b's event

East Tennessee Unschooled Summer Camp - ETUSC at Johnson City, TN

August 1, 2010 at 5pm to August 7, 2010 at 11am

ETUSC is a 6 night summer camp for 13-18 year old unschoolers. There will be activities such as sandcasting, soapstone and plaster & vermiculite carving, round table talks, camp and camper run workshops, jam sessions, bonfires, swimming, rock climbi…

December 4, 2009

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what does "radical unschooling" mean to you?

It's about respecting and accepting where your kids are now. It's about knowing that everyone counts. And that just because some folks are younger, doesn't mean they don't deserve to be treated as equally important individuals. I'm still aspiring to embrace this and have it work for our family.

how long have you been unschooling or homeschooling?

Since my kids were born.

names and ages of children

Emily 12
Thomas 9

a little about me

I'm into lots of different things but tend to focus on one thing at a time--like WOW or gardening, or crafting or reading, or catching up on TiVo'd tv shows. :) I like to try new crafts and sports and activities, never sure what will keep my interest. Look, sparkly things!

blog

http://pomoyemu.blogspot.com

flickr or other photo sharing page

http://www.flickr.com/photos/85572435@N00/sets/72157607218133507/

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Pics from the UWWG

I hope this link will work! LMK if it doesn't. Click here. And I want to add it to the UWWG collection but I'm not sure how to do that.

Posted on February 12, 2009 at 9:00am — 4 Comments

Carnival of Homeschooling

I am hosting this week's carnival at my blog, come check it out! http://pomoyemu.blogspot.com . I think that it would be great to have more unschooling posts show up on this carnival. It tends to be rather traditional homeschooling posts. But a lot of people read it, so it's a nice easy way to "advertise" about unschooling. Get them intrigued. :)

Posted on December 2, 2008 at 10:38am —

Colonial Williamsburg's Home Educator Days in September

Here is the link info about Colonial Williamsburg's Home Educator Days
(Sept 6-19 this fall) Tickets are $5 for one day, $8 for 2 consecutive
days, and $11 for 5 consecutive days.

http://www.history.org/history/teaching/groupTours/

at the bottom of this page, the Home Educator Visits link will bring up
a flyer with information and the Home Educator visit Request Form will
bring up the ticket prices and order form.

Posted on August 8, 2008 at 4:30pm —

Putting your RSS feed on your page from your main blog

I hope this will help!

If you go to your "my page" tab, then click My Page again--next to My Friends and My Blog, below the main bar with all the other choices (invite, members, etc), below "My Discussions," there is something you can do to add an RSS feed. I chose to put my own blog (from Blogger) in as the RSS feed, but you could add anyone's, really. I'm not sure what it looked like when I first created my page, but I haven't messed around with moving any of the widgets, so they're all where… Continue

Posted on July 21, 2008 at 1:46pm — 3 Comments

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At 12:27pm on July 21, 2009, Ginger said…: And what are you doing reading my blog!!! :)

At 12:27pm on July 21, 2009, Ginger said…: Yes, I did a tad bit in the Army...and met Jeff there...

Also, Beth is only my Sis via bond, not biologically...she is just so amazing. :)

How are you doing?!

At 2:35pm on March 14, 2009, Laura said…: I just noticed you left another comment for me that I never saw! Sorry! I'm glad Jonathan and Thomas hit it off, and that Jonathan's wild, uninhibited free spirit rubbed off on Thomas in a good way! Sometimes that's all it takes - the safety of a friend. You can certainly 'borrow' Jonathan sometime.. but be careful what you wish for - he's got the traveling bug and may just say "how soon can you be ready for me?" :-)

At 11:06am on February 9, 2009, Laura said…: No, he doesn't. I should ask him if he's interested. He had a lot of fun with Thomas! I'm so glad they hit it off!

At 4:16pm on February 8, 2009, Walter Roscello said…: Sylvia, the link for the SHINE conference is http://weshineconference.blogspot.com/ .

At 9:41am on September 19, 2008, Tracy Liebmann said…: Hi Silvia :-) Your new photos caught my eye...I love mini's! What am I saying... I LOVE horses! So glad the weather is finally cooling off...gidee up!

At 9:27am on September 19, 2008, Rue Kream said…: I learned to needle felt by asking the fabulous Julie Persons (http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=44218) about it, looking at all the amazing things people make and sell on etsy, and doing a lot of poking :o). Basically it's just stabbing loose roving over and over and over again with a barbed needle while shaping it with your fingers. All you need is some roving, needle felting needles, and a piece of foam to work on.

At 9:25am on September 19, 2008, Susan said…: Carol just emailed me and said Hey, they're talking about you on the UWWG yahoo list! lol

I'm still giving it thought about whether we are going or not. What type of room arrangements did you pick? Is your dh coming with you or are you planning to make the trek as a trio?

At 3:45pm on September 18, 2008, Susan said…: I did a quick google maps calculation and you are about equal distance (approx 2-3 hrs) from me, the Va Beach area, and NOVA people. People living closer to NC or TN may have a bit farther to drive, but I do think your area is the best spot to gather (at least geographically speaking). So what are some possibilities near you? It'd be great to have it be an overnight at least, otherwise it's a lot of driving to pack in for a one day thing.

And yes -- we want inexpensive, too! Especially if we hope to do this on a regular basis, it needs to be affordable for a wide-range of families. Of course we'd love to go to a place like GWL, but that is more on a vacation-level expense for us than just a weekend get together, kwim?