Comments on: Today I met the World’s Foremost Explorer, Scientist and Adventurer http://theparentingpit.com/2007/07/02/today-i-met-the-worlds-foremost-explorer-scientist-and-adventurer/ alternative parenting | conscious living | unschooling Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:57:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Sheri http://theparentingpit.com/2007/07/02/today-i-met-the-worlds-foremost-explorer-scientist-and-adventurer/#comment-927 Sheri Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:51:42 +0000 http://theparentingpit.com/2007/07/02/today-i-met-the-worlds-foremost-explorer-scientist-and-adventurer/#comment-927 How beautiful. I wish I had had that insight when my children were that young. So much of their learning at that age was manufactured, geared and rigid. It was hard to know what their real strengths and interests were because they lacked the freedom to just figure that out for themselves. I have noticed such a change in my daughter, 11, since we started homeschooling. I have seen how much children flourish when you just let them be who they are and help them learn what they want to know. How beautiful.

I wish I had had that insight when my children were that young.

So much of their learning at that age was manufactured, geared and rigid. It was hard to know what their real strengths and interests were because they lacked the freedom to just figure that out for themselves.

I have noticed such a change in my daughter, 11, since we started homeschooling. I have seen how much children flourish when you just let them be who they are and help them learn what they want to know.

]]> By: Stacey http://theparentingpit.com/2007/07/02/today-i-met-the-worlds-foremost-explorer-scientist-and-adventurer/#comment-925 Stacey Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:58:58 +0000 http://theparentingpit.com/2007/07/02/today-i-met-the-worlds-foremost-explorer-scientist-and-adventurer/#comment-925 I see this every day with A. It seems so sad what could happen to this way of looking at life. You should look at "The Geography of Childhood" by David Trimble and Gary Nahban, the first essay talks about this exploration. I see this every day with A. It seems so sad what could happen to this way of looking at life. You should look at “The Geography of Childhood” by David Trimble and Gary Nahban, the first essay talks about this exploration.

]]> By: Summer http://theparentingpit.com/2007/07/02/today-i-met-the-worlds-foremost-explorer-scientist-and-adventurer/#comment-916 Summer Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:28:45 +0000 http://theparentingpit.com/2007/07/02/today-i-met-the-worlds-foremost-explorer-scientist-and-adventurer/#comment-916 Children are so eager to learn and explore and understand everything. It is amazing what little scientists they can be. Children are so eager to learn and explore and understand everything. It is amazing what little scientists they can be.

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