Tonight I feel like sharing some of the things I'm reading,
thinking about,
open to,
and reflecting on.
I guess I'm inviting you to go on a walk with me through my thoughts…
care to come?
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If you want to read one of the most beautiful and inspiring insights into education and unschooling I have ever read, please go to Stephanie's lovely blogpost:
If ever in the future I wonder what I'm doing, where I'm going, and why (which may be often!), I'm going to go back and read this post.
It makes my heart full… and it All-Through-My-Body resonates, like a piano wire, trembling.
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My kids have updated their blogs! My boy did some exploring, and my girl has news to share… :) I can't wait for her news to come to our house!
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I love living in Australia. I'm so happy I'm an Australian.
But, boy, I wish they'd change the date we celebrate our National holiday.
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We've talked a LOT about all this today, on Australia Day. We've talked about what people celebrate on this day, and what people mourn. We've talked through both sides of the argument… and I hope the kids have really thought about today with open minds and hearts, with a sense of something bigger than themselves.
(Here's some info, if you feel like thinking on it some more: Ozday1, Ozday2)
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My friend Jennifer's blog FourSeeds never seems to go up in my blogroll. I wish I could figure out why!
She's awesome and writes regularly. I thought I'd mention her here, because I find her words just inspiring…
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Finally, this:
and,
this
because I love them and want to share them with you!
Hope you're all having a beautiful night, or a beautiful day, or
perhaps
some time in between…
in that moment
before it is
either?
Thanks so much
for coming on my thoughtwalk
with me!
:)
Tell the boy and girl I love there blogs, great stories and very exciting news!!
ReplyDeleteStephanie is amazing isn't she? I wish I had enough confidence in myself, my girls, and the process to shun all directed learning. But I can't. I think it might be different if my girls never went to school, or if I was not a teacher for a short time. I know that it makes sense and I strive to get to a place similar to hers but for now we are a mix of unstructured learning that is pure interest driven, mixed with a bit of what I ask them to do. It is interesting though that the only time we have conflict is when the balance is tipped from being more interest-led to being too directed. I too will go back and re-read her post many times.
ReplyDeleteWell... ahem... thanks so much, both of you for your incredibly generous words.
ReplyDeleteI love the picture of your children. Totally what I would see in my house, too.
It's what casual conversation looks like. :)
Gorgeous pictures!
ReplyDeletelove reading you :)
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