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Mom Is Teaching - 18 hours ago
I’m not sure what I thought this type of education would encompass so I went in search of a definition. Here’s what I found and basically it is from Wikipedia and states that the term was coined by John Holt in the …
Mom Is Teaching - Sep 27, 2008
So, in case you got lost in all the mumbo jumbo from waaaay back when I first started reading The Case Against Homework by Sara Bennett and Nancy Kalish (which was sometime around…oh September 3rd), the approach I …
Also tagged: education, teachers, general, ideas, students, homework
Mom Is Teaching - Sep 27, 2008
So, in case you got lost in all the mumbo jumbo from waaaay back when I first started reading The Case Against Homework by Sara Bennett and Nancy Kalish (which was sometime around…oh September 3rd), the approach I …
Also tagged: education, teachers, general, ideas, students, homework
Mom Is Teaching - Sep 17, 2008
I’m not going to pretend that I have any clue what-so-ever how a homeschooling parent would teach that previous lesson. But, I suspect that the method I mentioned might work really great in that matter. If I were …
Also tagged: education, curriculum, planning, ideas, homework, parental involvement, lesson plans, homeschool spotlight, unit studies
Mom Is Teaching - Sep 15, 2008
So, what am I talking about? I’m just going to put it down as a fact, teachers should NEVER send new concepts home as homework. That’s as forthright as I can be. Straight forward, to the point. I have many reasons why …
Also tagged: education, homework, parental involvement
Mom Is Teaching - Sep 10, 2008
Technorati Tags: Open Education,Sugata Mitra,Minimally Invasive Eduation,Homeschooling,UnSchooling,children,Hole in the Wall project,public schools While we were traveling last week, I managed to read a couple of …
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Mom Is Teaching - May 22, 2008
Hat tip to Lapaz for this interesting conversation. I came in late to the conversation, but it has been an interesting read. Over at Barefoot Meandering the lines between parenting, life, unschooling, limits, and more …
Also tagged: education, home schooling
Mom Is Teaching - Mar 3, 2008
Here are a few links to get you started with the week. If you are looking for resources, lesson plans, or just ideas of what to learn about this month Doc has her March list up and ready to go. Go see what great stuff …
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Mom Is Teaching - Feb 23, 2008
Today is one of those days when I almost wish I could just send the boys to school. I’m down for the count with either a stomach bug or food poisoning. Either way my body aches, I’m exhausted, and the bathroom has …
Also tagged: general, homeschooling
Mom Is Teaching - Feb 19, 2008
Did anyone else read this interesting article about unschoolers ? It is a great article that touches on what unschooling is and what their day really is like. For anyone not certain about unschooling it is going on my …
Also tagged: education, news, homeschooling