July 27, 2026

Month: October 2014

A Mind Wide Open, Developing Self, Lils, Self Awareness, Self Esteem

Barbie?

From Bethany Sells, FB – Whole Life Unschooling: “People with daughters, discuss barbies, monster high, bratz, etc and body image. Thank you.” A tough and significant topic for me… Lily and I have had many conversations about this one.. I had barbies. I had good examples. I had supportive parents and friends. I didn’t start to look […]

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A Mind Wide Open, Artistry, CDE Standards Reference, Confidence, Construction, Creative Solution Generation, Culture Appreciation, Developing Self, Drawing, Engineering, Exploration, Fine Motor Skills, Global History, History, Lils, Questions from Lily's Brain, Responsibility, Science Discoveries, Sculpture, Self Awareness, Societal Studies

The Year She's Carved Out

This is the first year Lils has had refined enough motor skills to manage the various tools necessary to carve a pumpkin independently.  How excited she was yesterday, and again today, as she got to tell her friend all about her carving adventure. Last night she came bopping down the stairs, pumpkin in arms, lit and […]

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A Mind Wide Open, Beautiful Curiosity, Confidence, Creative Solution Generation, How We Learn Best, Knowledge Base Expansion, Lils, Look for Learning, Neurological Development

Relevance in Learning

A friend posted the following (segment) on his FB page, and it generated an enjoyable conversation between Cecily and I this morning. Thierry Billette “Yesterday, I went to Savers, and bought a TI-84 Plus–a graphing calculator. $5.99. New, it costs around $125… Just now I am updating it with the latest OS, which the previous […]

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