Creative Communications by Sandra Garant

“Most of us should be able to find enough reasonable motivation to write or use other communication skills every day. We all have responsibilities we need to remember, relationships we want to keep, problems we ought to resolve, interests we would like to explore, and celebrations in which we enjoy participating. These are meaningful and [...]

Better Late Than Early

“Once a child enrolls in school he usually becomes locked into institutional life for the remainder of his childhood years….”
Better Late Than Early: A New Approach to Your Child’s Education by Raymond and Dorothy Moore
It’s a little chilling when you think about it that way, eh?

“When You Are in a Subculture of a Subculture, You Often Get Painted as the Freak Family”

Here’s an article on unschooling from The New York Times.
It’s a weird piece to come out of the Times, more like filler than actual news. Personally, I’ve never met an unschooled child who didn’t strike me as bright, curious, and interesting, and I hate to see such a superficial article from a major news outlet [...]

Reading John Holt

 “For it seems to me a fact that, in our struggle to make sense out of life, the things we most need to learn are the things we most want to learn. To put this another way, curiosity is hardly ever idle.”
-John Holt in How Children Learn
I’m doing a lot of reading for my chapter [...]

Most Libraries Are Only a Decade Behind

“The increasing number of home schoolers and the money they are willing to spend has created an opportunity for bookstores. Often, it seems, simply recognizing and courting the market can make a difference – the books are there. Customer databases and lists of helpful titles that are already in stock can add up to sales. [...]