A conversation today between me and Z. Lulu is our dog, Z and her were jumping on each other for much of this chat. At 2 years old Z is using two or three word sentences which we are generally skilled at understanding, so for example “Me milk Daddy” means “please get me my milk […]

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Sibling fights… There are those who intervene at the first sign of trouble. Then those who just “let them work it out” and don’t intervene at all.
My current approach is to intervene when I think I can be of some assistance by facilitatating rather than solving. It involves a clear intention if not a difficult […]

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Pit Stops are posts where i choose a theme and profile some sites. According to my web stats only about 30% of the people who visit the Pit are from Australia, so sorry to all you others for whom this is less interest. This month, homeschooling & unschooling online resources for Australians…
LIBERATED LEARNING This is […]

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before I had children I thought sleeping in was waking up after lunch… now I think its getting to 8am
before I had children I wondered what stay at home parents did with all their time… now I wonder what people without children do with all of theirs
before I had children friends called me […]

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The following quote is from one of my favourite unschool writers, Joyce Fetteroll. Along with Rue Kream’s book, Joyce’s web site has been a key resources for my own unschooling journey.
Joyce wrote this in a discussion on the Unschooling Basics egroup and Ive reproduced it here with her permission:
Teachers face this huge pile of […]

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