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Table of
Contents March/April 2006
The Editor's Journal - A Matter of Perspective by Wendy Priesnitz
- Mindfulness is not only the state in which people learn the best, it’s what’s
required for deschooling ourselves enough to facilitate our children’s life
learning experiences.
In the Blink of an Eye by Ann Lloyd & John B Gotow - A
mother and her formerly unschooled son recall the day the teen went off to high
school for the first time.
Whose Goal is it Anyway? by Pam Laricchia - Making sure our goals
for our children are relevant and respectful.
Redefining
Home by Lynn Marie Murphy - How life learning families contribute to
and ultimately decompartmentalize the communities where they live.
Freeing
Brycen by Laurie A Couture - Part Two -A single mom completes her journey to
adopt her young son and embarks on an unschooling adventure with him.
The
Feminist Sangsue by Natalie Zur Nedden - Seeing through the lens of
her own experience, rather than the ones promoted by academia.
In
the Meantime by
Jan Fortune-Wood - Trying not to coerce our children is a dead-end unless
we begin to reverse non-coercion in favor of positive consent.
Nurturing Your Child's Ability to Focus by Naomi Aldort - Families
may be teaching children to have a short attention span by example and by
their choice of toys and activities.
Grown Without
Schooling by Peter Kowalke - A second-generation homeschooling mother
understands her own education better while watching her daughters learn.
Mouths of Babes by Sandy Lubert - When topics are addressed as children
are ready and/or interested, rather than when a curriculum dictates, the kids
ask questions and challenge the answers...often humorously.
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