The Names of Birds

Yesterday Renee and I were hanging out upstairs when we heard a kabonk. It’s rather amazing how quickly our brains can decipher the meaning of a particular sound, in this case the kabonk was immediately deciphered as the sound a bird’s body makes when it decides to fly headlong into a window.  This interpretation was [...]

Unschooling Imperative

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I’m taking a no-holds-barred approach to homeschooling these days. I feel that it is imperative that we succeed, that we stretch ourselves to our limits, and then reach beyond even that. Of course, it should be noted that, as with life, I measure our success by the amount of joy we feel.
This measurement [...]

The three Q’s

How does one incorporate joy into math practice, other than the obvious baking of cookies every morning? I’m more of an unschooler than not, but I do believe that self-discipline and daily practice are important.