I wasn’t expecting something quite so moving when my son walked up to me and said, “Mommy, I want to share this story within a story with you. You’re really going to like it!” He was reading Dav Pilkey’s graphic novel, Cat Kid Comic Club: Influencers.
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I based the series on five questions I am frequently asked in some form or another about self-directed learning, or what I sometimes refer to as project-based learning. I hope that this offers some support in your efforts to mentor your children and the learning going on in your home.
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Ever feel like you’re a stone’s throw away from the finish line, only to experience a setback?
Sometimes walking with children toward goals can seem haphazard, slow, and very much unlike progress. We expect the path from one achievement to the next to be linear and clear-cut but that’s not always the case.
A few years ago, my husband and I began exploring some better ways of helping our children understand some big principles that very much influence how we as a family operate. One of those principles is basically built around the idea of consumption vs. contribution. Do we expect more from others than what others can expect from us?
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I’m not sure why poetry and tea pair so well together. Truth be told, there isn’t much that tea doesn’t pair well with in our home. We love tea and relish the opportunity to try new teas often. We also really love poetry.
In December, our family got a dog. Slow winter rhythms brought much-needed rest, sweet moments of togetherness, and expansion in everyone’s heart for this new addition to our family. If that was the end of the story, it still would be a great one.
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Last year, I worked hard on something with WonderHere that I’m so incredibly proud of. We released a resource called Black Culture: A Family-Style Interactive Anthology. I wanted to write this post to tell you a little bit more about it and to explain where you can find it.
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Growing up, when the winter holiday season rolled around, I could always count on seeing a bright-colored drink called sorrel. It boasted its magnificent color from atop tables at family gatherings, and was enjoyed in cheerful moments with family and friends in the days leading up to Christmas.
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Last year while running the Thrive at Home Coaching Program, we spent a month diving deep into the topic of meaningful connection with our children. I created a Thirty Days of Connection Calendar and had a pretty profound experience. This year throughout the month of October, I reintroduced the calendar publicly, inviting others to participate again.
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Our homeschool days incorporate a great deal of room for work that is led by the children’s interests. We dedicate our mornings to Project Time. It’s a time of self-directed learning where the kids are engaged in work that is meaningful to them for reasons that are personal to each child.
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