Newsletter
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Co-oping Learning and Learning Communities
By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
One of my favorite memories while homeschooling my children was when a few homeschool families decided to start an informal Ancient World History Co-op. Those families who were interested in the co-op were encouraged to purchase “The Story of the World” ...
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The Color of Math (Thoughts on a seemingly silly question.)
By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
Not all learning is black and white. There is a rainbow full of hues (someone out there loves that word) that bleed into each other; primary secondary tertiary... I remember teaching my children colors. “This ball is red, like Elmo ...
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By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
On one of our few chilly nights I decided to get a fire going in the fireplace. I told my six year old, who magically appears if I am holding a match or lighter, “Before electricity people didn’t have heaters and the ...
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Fun with Plastics! (Art with Mark)
By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
While playing around with trash and plastics in preparation for my daughter's art classes we accidentally created something I thought was beautiful. I never thought of trash as art! Good thing we recycle we have so much to work with! ...
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By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
My eleven year old daughter came up with an idea for a photography project. She spent several days following around our cats trying to capture images of those precious kitty YAWNS! You know, the mouth open, teeth showing, tongue out, head ...
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My New Year's Resolution foiled by cheesecake in a tub
By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
That's a prediction actually. Because so far I am making good on my New Year's Resolution! (It's just day ONE the other two days didn't count.) The only time I have ever made good on a New Year's Resolution was ...
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What I have learned from the things I can't remember:
By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
"Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind." Plato If many of the details and the answers to the tests are lost soon after taking the test what is it that actually remains in our long ...
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Consider "Learning Styles" When Choosing "Curriculum"
By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
There are thousands of publishers out there competing for your attention as you search for materials to teach your children in your home. If you are a new homeschooler wondering what materials to purchase for your learner check out this ...
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Snow angels, snowmen, and our retro Christmas tree
By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
One year my husband and I packed up the children and drove to Minnesota to experience a white Christmas and to visit his yankee family. This was before Victoria experienced a white Christmas of it's own. I was born and ...
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By Rebecca in Learning in Freedom
Sometimes family tradtions or symbols can be created by accident. When my husband and I first got married we were broke, living in a one room cottage, and couldn’t afford ornaments for our ugly hand-me-down fake Christmas tree. How ugly ...