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minecraft fortress building was a frequent occupation these past two months. quinn has also been inspired to build games in scratch, making use of a book fair purchase to familiarize with how to use code within the scratch framework to generate a game.
birthday books; on the right, . . . → Read More: ~two months in the life of a lifelong learner~ turrets and portcullises  2 comments  abundance, gratitude, lifelong learning, natural world, parenting  a month of unschool, automata, back yard, being a mama, books, computers, coparenting, empowerment, family, food, gratitude, handcrafting, hiking, karate, lifelong learning, love, minecraft, music, nature, outside, parenting, play, programming, reading, science, self advocacy, yoga 
clearly, this is long overdue!
i’m writing this during the cold november rain, so it warms my heart a little to look back over summer sunshine and fun! and of course, learning.
i’m mostly relying on photographic evidence to remind me of . . . → Read More: ~two and a half months in the life of a lifelong learner~ dragonflies to dragons One comment abundance, gratitude, lifelong learning, natural world, parenting a month of unschool, abundance, apples, around the farm, back yard, beach, being a mama, dungeons and dragons, family, food, gratitude, handcrafting, hiking, karate, lifelong learning, love, nature, new york, ocean, outside, parenting, reading, science, tidepooling, unschooling 
i only just finished posting about last month and it’s time for another one! in this season of dim lighting and puddles, it all feels like a big blur, but when i go back and look through, some gems shine through the murk.
halloween, pokemon style. . . . → Read More: ~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ take a picture of it instead One comment abundance, gratitude, lifelong learning, natural world, parenting a month of unschool, abundance, art, being a mama, books, cooking, coparenting, dungeons and dragons, educational priorities, family, games, gratitude, hiking, karate, laundry, lifelong learning, love, nature, ocean, our living school, parenting, pokemon, reading, ruby, science, self care, simple machines, tidepooling 
we had an auspicious start to the month of learning with a wonderful family camping trip.
quinn was keen on (read: fixated on) pokemon monopoly over the weekend, so he rallied the kids and taught a bunch of . . . → Read More: ~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ catch! 2 comments abundance, gratitude, lifelong learning, natural world, parenting a month of unschool, abundance, back yard, beach, being a mama, books, camping, chores, family, gratitude, horses, karate, lifelong learning, love, nature, outside, parenting, reading, responsibilities, science, unschooling 
i have been delinquent on posting ~a month of unschool~ for so many months now, that it is time for an update on a whole year! i gave up on the idea of back-dating the posts and decided to do one giant long post of the whole year in the life of one . . . → Read More: a year in the life of a lifelong learner One comment abundance, gratitude, handcrafting, lifelong learning, natural world, parenting a month of unschool, abundance, back yard, beach, being a mama, birthday, boats, books, celebration, coparenting, drawing, family, food, games, gardening, gratitude, handcrafting, hiking, horses, karate, lifelong learning, love, nature, new york, nourish, ocean, our living school, outside, pancakes, parenting, peace, photography, pioneers, plants, reading, salmon, science, simple machines, stop motion animation, tall ship, tidepooling, unschooling, water, windmills 
the school year comes to an end, but the unschooling never does. this month of unschooling involved lots of art and outside time! here are some of quinn’s finished art pieces, including his self portrait (india ink on paper) and his “plowl” all glazed and ready to use! one of the wonderful things about . . . → Read More: ~a month of unschool~ splashing and reflecting 
one of quinn’s favorite learning activities right now is the paleontology card game he got for christmas. “mama, what does e-x-p-e-d-i-t-i-o-n-s spell?” we have been having fun earning “prestige points” for various fossil digging exploits, and arranging bones in our museums. quinn has taken ideas from this game and the “dino quest” game app . . . → Read More: ~a month of unschool~ millions of brazilians 
the beginning of the month was spring break, featuring unschooling in its rawest form (you know, without going to school), which i wrote about in spring break in the age of reason.
pictured here are some writing he was doing using 3-finger grip (he was creating sequels to some books from . . . → Read More: ~a month of unschool~ the merry-go-round went around again 
i have been forgetting to write much about quinn’s spanish lessons at ols, mostly because for the first part of the year, he kept opting out of them. i know he has always been fascinated with language, so i think it was more the fact that it was a “lesson”, but in the last month . . . → Read More: ~a month of unschool~ read this backwards 
we spent a gloriously sunny january day riding a pony, driving plasma cars, tossing a football, and casting fishing poles with family-friends. quinn traced the map from the series we are reading: the guardians of ga’hoole by kathryn lasky. quinn is also reading star wars to . . . → Read More: ~a month of unschool~ prefrontal cortex |
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