Guest Post: How Unschoolers Learn
Guest Writer Emma Marie Forde, DClinPsych examines the way in which unschooling fosters learning.
Guest Writer Emma Marie Forde, DClinPsych examines the way in which unschooling fosters learning.
There's an innate assumption in our society that formal education makes us smarter. Some recent research raises questions about this assumption and thus raises questions about what education should look like.
Play is important for kids and it's also one of the ways we can help teach them. Here are 7 eco-friendly activities you can do with your kids that are fun, crafty, and educational.
Parents offer their own words of wisdom to parents everywhere who are entering parenthood and may need a bit of reassurance from those who have been there!
Here is a summary of what Evolutionary Parenting stands for. In short, it’s the idea that the way in which we as humans (and other mammals) have parented over hundreds of thousands of years (i.e., the way we’ve EVOLVED to parent) is intricately related to the well-being of our children.
Homeschooling is something that gets mixed reviews when I bring up that we plan on it for our daughter. Whereas most people we know are actually quite supportive, there are those that seem to truly believe that parents are not competent to teach their children.
When I wrote about the benefits of adding logical consequences to our toolkit with our daughter, I was met with some resistance from people. Most of the resistance centered on the fact that people view logical consequences as punishment and children don’t learn from punishment. I disagree and I thought I’d share a bit more on how to implement a logical consequence, along with what it does and does not include.
Sometimes I ponder the state of education and wonder how we got to where we are today. When I think of modern education I think we made one crucial mistake and that fixing this mistake could change how children learn and love to learn.
Babies learn. They may not learn like certain "experts" claim, but learn they do. This guest post from Dr. Patricia Brosseau-Liard covers the research to date on what we know of how infants and young children learn. Practical implications? That's up to you!
Understanding the cues and heuristics our children use to learn is important and I review it here. Knowing how our children learn can help us become better teachers.