By marybethrew, on July 25th, 2019%
~4-23 to 5-23~
we visited baby pancake w and quinn was great with her. she woke up from a nap sooner than expected and i had handed her over to him but she had started fussing in his arms, so i went to reach out and take . . . → Read More: ~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ playing in the band
By marybethrew, on May 18th, 2018%
a long and winding hodge podge of learning and living that i have decided to stop editing and move on from… read at your own risk (warning! verbosity ahead!), and probably pour yourself a cup of tea first.
science fair! i had the privilege of being the . . . → Read More: ~two months in the life of a lifelong learner~ percolator
By marybethrew, on February 9th, 2018%
when i was looking back through photos of quinn from 2010 for my previous lifelong learning post, which my hilarious husband said i should have titled two months to read, i found this little drummer boy…
which seemed like a great way to start off this month of lifelong learning, during which quinn took . . . → Read More: ~a month in the life of a lifelong learner~ composer of his own destiny
By marybethrew, on March 25th, 2017%
it’s been a good couple of months to be review listening to harry potter audio books, with so many themes having heightened relevance to our current events. it was quinn’s idea to listen to them again, when we finished with the heroes of olympus. while we were waiting for the order of the . . . → Read More: ~two months in the life of a lifelong learner~ peaceful protests and a lot of alliteration
By marybethrew, on December 3rd, 2015%
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
By marybethrew, on June 16th, 2014%
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
By marybethrew, on May 1st, 2014%
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
By marybethrew, on January 1st, 2014%
we have had another wonderful month!
at ols, we made a collaborative art project in the week leading up to thanksgiving a river quilt, complete with words from each of us expressing what we feel gratitude for in this world. quinn’s is visible on the funky . . . → Read More: ~a month of unschool~ peaceworkers, programming, and pancakes
By marybethrew, on November 1st, 2013%
quinn presented his research project on australia. i think the pictures explain more than i ever could in words, just how proud and competent he felt about this project. his research covered the states or australia, the land types (including the desert interior “outback”), as well . . . → Read More: ~a month of unschool~ chickenasaurus
By marybethrew, on September 16th, 2013%
red: ashberry tree behind our living school where a flock of cedar waxwings has arrived on their annual migration to devour every berry.
orange: quinn at the easel, a turtle peeking from his shell.
yellow: a surprise tomato variety in my greenhouse; . . . → Read More: ~rainbow mondays~ tomato surprise
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