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March 2009 Blog Posts (21)

Recomending...

Dear Everyone with a nintendo DS,I just bought the best game! "Pokemon shadows of Almia", buy it!!!

Katara

Added by Katara Water Bender (Elise) on March 31, 2009 at 11:30pm — 1 Comment

Twenty-five years of marriage!

http://sandradodd.com/wedding

There will be other photos there later today. My Keith is sick in bed. So no dinner or movie (which is fine).

Added by Sandra Dodd on March 31, 2009 at 6:00pm — 2 Comments

Dear everybody,

I am here and ready to make some friends! But first, a little about me: I love fairies and nature with all my heart, and I'm a video game and pok`emon freak. Also, I adore the show avatar the last airbender (Wich does not come on anymore, but I have seen every episode) as you may know, the girl's name is Katara, and she controls water. She even trains the avatar kid, Aang, the avatar is a person who helps deafeat the evil fire-nation (Fire controllers) and saves all… Continue

Added by Katara Water Bender (Elise) on March 31, 2009 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Cats and Peace

(Cross-posted from here: http://hypnosaka.blogspot.com/2009/03/cats-and-peace.html)

I have a cat who is very smart, who I used to think was very dumb. When she does something irritating, and you stop her from doing it, she just keeps doing it until you give up, or waits until you're not looking. When we first got her (at which time, I should note, I was working in a school) I mistook this for a lack of ability to learn. Actually it just… Continue

Added by Bonnie on March 30, 2009 at 7:33pm — 5 Comments

Snapshot

A quick snapshot

...right now....

Emma is playing with dinosaurs and Oscar, Oscar is chewing on a dinosaur egg.

Anna is playing with dinosaurs and trying to get the dinosaur egg away from Oscar. Anna's dinosaurs keep calling another dinosaur a "two-faced lummox". Where'd she pick *that* up? lol

DH is washing old bottles...he's found a new hobby; digging through old trash piles...there are lots of videos on you tube, try looking for "bottle digging".… Continue

Added by Paige on March 26, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

My gift to you today...

The best gift I can give to my friends, is to remind them to remember the importance of mindset.. Stop what you are doing, turn on your speakers, take a deep breathe and watch this great reminder with tunes by U2. Come on.... A few minutes investment = a day full of a new attitude and priorities. YOU deserve it!

This is for you, with love....

Love & Light ~ ✾ Kytka ✾

Followers...…

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Added by Kytka on March 26, 2009 at 3:21pm — No Comments

Family Blog

I have added our family blog as an RSS feed right here on my Radical Homeschoolers page. You can also visit it here

http://highfivelife.blogspot.com/

Thanks for checking it out!

Added by Abby on March 26, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Letting kids be themselves

I have been letting the kids figure out for themselves what they need to do without interfering in their process.

Funny thing is that I thought I was already doing this, however when i REALLY let go, I discovered something pretty incredible ,,, how much I DID interfere! lol.

So, for instance going for a walk used to mean that we all had to go, as it was best to get outside and get some exercise. But this past winter, I was met with Such resistance, that the giant pit in my… Continue

Added by inspiredej on March 25, 2009 at 8:34am — 2 Comments

this girl inspires me

Added by kassandra/sabelmouse on March 23, 2009 at 5:52am — 1 Comment

me and my webshow

for the past several months i've been uploading a webshow that i made too you tube http://www.youtube.com/user/kazlit13 called "The Samuel Bowman Show "

it's been fun, so for i have 9 episodes (the first isn't numberd, it's just "the samuel bowman show,"

but it's been an enjoyable experiance, and it would be cool to see if there where any other unschoolers with a webshow, or videos on youtube,

in my shows i talk about what ever comes to mind first, and somtimes… Continue

Added by Samuel on March 19, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Unschooling an Only Child

Boy did I get myself "quarked". I mean it in a way where I'm the tiniest of the tiny piece of the whole. I know we are all one with the all and sometimes believe we are separate from others. But this separation is what I'm experiencing and although I'm grasping it more and more it's been a roller coaster ride (maybe why I LOVE ROLLERCOASTERS) . I've been unschooling an only child with my spouse who is several years my senior whom happens to be "blanco" (I'm Latino) and we both aren't religious… Continue

Added by Leticia on March 15, 2009 at 9:53pm — 8 Comments

A random page exploration tool

I'm really excited to have finished putting all my decent pages into a magic-like portal at

http://sandradodd.com/random

It took me most of two days to finish, and I'm really thrilled with it.

I printed out all the unschooling pages from the editing area of my site, and worked at putting in anything that was useful without being too weird a place to enter (though some might be a bit rough or shocking for absolutely new… Continue

Added by Sandra Dodd on March 13, 2009 at 10:00pm — 13 Comments

A Little About Us

We originated in the PDX area of Oregon. I was born and raised in Oregon City/Gladstone. The kiddos also started out in that general vicinity. Seven years ago, we packed up and followed oldest married daughter cross country and ended up living in northern Virginia for 5 years. She had triplets and they decided to head for a lower cost of living and a way for Daddy to work out of the home. Hence....we moved to southwestern Tennessee; Savannah, TN "Just this side of Paradise", as I like to call… Continue

Added by Wilda on March 13, 2009 at 5:43pm — 1 Comment

parenting journeys

my friend, cheryl, wrote a really nice post on her blog...it felt really familiar. i commented on it and realized that my comment might make a good post since i've not been doing much at the posting helm lately. here is my comment to her post:

"isn't it amazing how quickly things can change...from peaceful to chaos in just seconds? BUT, it's also amazing how much of an impression our general attitude and… Continue

Added by laura bowman on March 6, 2009 at 7:36am — 4 Comments

My Mixed up Sleeps!

I had planned on going to a gardening seminar with Emma today, but I woke up at 5:30, fell back asleep at 8:30 and didn't wake up again until 12:30. The seminar started at 12. Doggone it! lol

I'll have to come up with some way to re-set my internal clock before spring...I hate to think of missing spring mornings because I'm doing the night-owl bit. : P

Added by Paige on March 5, 2009 at 1:04pm — 2 Comments

The Wonderful World of Books

I've been lurking in one of my unschooling yahoo groups during a discussion of books. The gist of the ideas shared was that all types of books, be they standard novels, graphic novels or comic books, have positive value & offer the reader wonderful ways of expressing ideas & stories.

This all triggered some memories for me.

I come from a family of book lovers. My great-grandmother, grandmother, & Mom all read voraciously & all of their homes were filled… Continue

Added by Christine Yablonski on March 4, 2009 at 12:43pm — 1 Comment

Feeling better today......

Its so easy to allow stress to distract me from trusting unschooling. Thankfully these moments are becoming fewer and farther between, but deschooling myself feels like a life long process sometimes.

I quieted my worries by turning my focus back to things that bring us joy. DS13 and I have several online Scrabble games going, and I've developed a serious Facebook addiction playing Scramble and Pathwords.

Snow is still covering our lawn, but plans for growing more than… Continue

Added by Dawning on March 4, 2009 at 8:22am — 3 Comments

My big sister is so creative...

So, Rue has been very busy at her etsy shop...look what she's been up to!
Check her out at http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5055314

(She's my sister so I'm allowed to embarrass her with shameless promotion!)

Added by Jean Dorsey on March 3, 2009 at 10:00am — 3 Comments

I tripped up a little.....

I should be calm, at peace but I'm not. I don't feel focused. Am I still going through post traumatic car buying stress? Is it the constant doom and gloom news thrown in our faces, or has my brain finally succumbed to the freezing temperatures?

I know I'm having one of those, "Am I doing the best by my children" modes. It began with a conversation with my husband about stuff happening at my work. DH feels I have the expertise and talent to really make a difference if only I could… Continue

Added by Dawning on March 3, 2009 at 9:57am — 1 Comment

Perpetual Motion and Entropy

As many of you who read here know, both my spouse and I are full-time working parents whom have chosen to unschool our youngest child. In stepping off the mainstream path most people follow, we have had to learn some new concepts and ideals about just what constitutes a real education and just what constitutes real value in ones life. These conversations have lead to much reflection on both of our childhoods, time spent with friends, time spent with parents, and just how did these life events… Continue

Added by Vicki Gray on March 3, 2009 at 8:29am — No Comments