Helen on September 4th, 2009

Nurtureshock, subtitled “New Thinking About Children,” is a new book by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman which presents the idea that many of modern society’s strategies for nurturing children are in fact backfiring – because key twists in the science have been overlooked. As an example, in Chapter Four of the book they explain studies [...]

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Helen on August 12th, 2009

In his keynote address for the New Mexico Family Educators Conference in 1997 Mark noted, “Through the lessons we teach and the lessons we learn, we and our children weave the fabric of our lives. Sharing books, making meals together, through days of being sick, or traveling to visit friends and relatives. Picnics in the [...]

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Helen on July 20th, 2009

Mary Nix has collected a delightful mix of articles from past issues of Home Education Magazine under the heading ‘Homeschool Seasons,’ and it includes writings on children and learning by Amber P. Keefer, Helen Hegener, Linda Dobson, Larry and Susan Kaseman, Barbara Theisen, Joyce Kurtak Fetteroll, Karen Vogel, and Tamara Orr. As Mary notes, “…as the seasons passed, I learned to relax as if it were summer all year and I enjoyed seeing what the freedom to learn, live and explore offers a child…”

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