http://radicalunschooling.today.com Because the Journey Matters More Than The Destination Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:33:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Finally the weather has been nice enough for some good old fashioned playing outside. My 8 year old found one of those little plastic tooth boxes under the tree in the front yard. I taught her what I learned from a Mexican girl I used to ... http://radicalunschooling.today.com/2009/02/19/losing-teeth-in-mexico/ So in my pre-unschooling days, we used the “ Teach Your Child to Read in 100 easy lessons” program. Lately my 5 year old has been sounding out words and spelling things and writing things on her own. I got out the reading program the other day to see where she's at. ... http://radicalunschooling.today.com/2009/02/18/reading/ So my 15 year old is supposed to be volunteering in a medical-related position. She has decided to stick with the Girl Scouts this year, and will be planning her Gold Project (like the Boy Scout's Eagle Award) in the medical area. I'm not sure exactly what ... http://radicalunschooling.today.com/2009/02/17/volunteering/ I am so proud that she wants to aim high and be a pediatrician. I have this fear, though that the drug companies will brainwash her into being a shot-pushing jerk. Not my baby, I say on one hand. However, it's their job./ maybe ... http://radicalunschooling.today.com/2009/02/16/this-pediatrician-thing/ I keep thinking I want to go back to school. Our income was so abysmally low last year that I know I'd qualify for a grant on the FAFSA. Also, I just learned that there's a $4000 a year grant for promising to teach in a ... http://radicalunschooling.today.com/2009/02/15/my-education/ Happy Valentine's Day. Our local support group has a Valentine's party every year. I really hate the stupid tradition of signing several random valentines with just your name and exchanging shallow love notes with perfect strangers. I wish we could get a list of all ... http://radicalunschooling.today.com/2009/02/14/valentines-day-for-homeschoolers/ One thing I notice that I do with my girls, is talk a lot. Actually, they talk a lot. I listen. I think it's important for kids to be listened to, and to know that their thoughts, feelings, ideas and opinions matter. We laugh, ... http://radicalunschooling.today.com/2009/02/13/talking-it-out/ So I am apparently an RU failure. I just can't leave well enough alone. I'm pushing math again. I noticed something, a lot of RU families come from a background of authoritativeness. True, my father was bossy that way, a definite dictator ... http://radicalunschooling.today.com/2009/02/12/math-matters/ So it feels like we're spending each and every day of our lives driving. Mondays are supposed to be our no driving days, but my oldest is in driver's ed So we have to take her all the way into town so she can go to ... http://radicalunschooling.today.com/2009/02/11/on-the-road-again/       So my daughter wants to be a pediatrician and I just don't know how pushy I should be. I feel so new at this. I don't want to do what my parents did, which was nothing. And I don't want her to change her mind because I'm too freakin' ... http://radicalunschooling.today.com/2009/02/10/yippee/