Browsing Archive: May, 2011

Wordless Wednesday

Posted by Brenda Hoffman on Wednesday, May 25, 2011, In : wordless wednesday 





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Reasons Why We Unschool

Posted by Brenda Hoffman on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, In : me and my family 
Taking a break today to recount the reasons why we unschool:
So my daughter has time to be a child
So I have time to enjoy living life with my daughter instead of letting it pass us both by
So my daughter has the opportunity to explore her interests
So that our family is more peaceful (usually)
So that my daughter has a chance to develop her true personality
So that nobody feels as though they have to spend all day in "Jail"

Because it works!!!




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Wordless Wednesday

Posted by Brenda Hoffman on Wednesday, May 18, 2011, In : wordless wednesday 

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Let Go & Let God

Posted by Brenda Hoffman on Monday, May 16, 2011, In : me and my family 




This is something that my unschooling journey is teaching me lately.  I've always been the go, go, go type of person but lately we've been home doing a lot less.  It's difficult for me to sit still but God is teaching me that there are plenty of things that I enjoy, which I haven't allowed myself to enjoy recently.  It's in these things that He's allowing me to have great pleasure again.

Why is this important to unschooling? 

As parents we set the stage for our children.  They are going to tak...
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Wordless Wednesday: read a little, try a little, grow a little

Posted by Brenda Hoffman on Wednesday, May 11, 2011, In : wordless wednesday 

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If I Were My Mother I’d Tell Myself...

Posted by Brenda Hoffman on Tuesday, May 10, 2011, In : me and my family 
That unschooling doesn't work and to get back to the lessons and workbooks and such.  I'm sorry Mom...  Even though I really do love you I find that unschooling has been one of the best things I've ever done for my daughter.  I've found it's also been one of the best things I've ever done for our family.

While I know I still have my daily struggles, my daughter is really blossoming.  Just yesterday she was sharing things with me about bugs that I didn't even know.  When I asked her where she'd...
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Dealing with, well, LIFE

Posted by Brenda Hoffman on Thursday, May 5, 2011, In : me and my family 


Death is a part of life that we're learning to live and deal with around here.  In November my Aunt Connie died.  A good friend took us back shortly after the funeral to see the rest of my family, whom we hadn't seen in quite a while.  I then proceeded to grow really close to my Aunt Alice, whom I'd never been close to before.  Then in April she died.  A few weeks later my daughter's pet mouse, whom she'd only had for a few short months, died.  We had a funeral for him and to this day still p...
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Wordless Wednesday

Posted by Brenda Hoffman on Wednesday, May 4, 2011, In : wordless wednesday 

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Letting Go

Posted by Brenda Hoffman on Tuesday, May 3, 2011, In : me and my family 
Traditional schooling or even traditional homeschooling...  Things that are hard for me to let go of.

I have done both.  I grew up attending a traditional school.  Once I started this homeschool journey with my daughter, we started off as traditional homeschoolers - only to find that this really didn't work for us.
Now we unschool.

Unschooling goes against everything that is in me.  Not in a bad way.  It's just that traditional side of me tends to bulk at unschooling.  However, I have seen that ...
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