Yarns of the Heart
the adventures of a homeschooling family of teenagers who live in a 100 year-old church building amid the farms of Illinois
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Interest-led Learning in Public Schools?
yarns of the heart posted 5 weeks 3 hours ago — I think the best education allows a child to follow his interests because he'll be enthusiastic and motivated, searching out what he needs to know to succeed--in essence, learning how to learn. I've only seen this philosphy lived out in a small set...
An Unschooler at College: #2
yarns of the heart posted 5 weeks 2 days ago — Alternate Title: Suffering from Interest-Led Learningitis Here's an excerpt from a recent chat I had with my son who is just finishing his second week at the University of Chicago. me: After your second week of college, what observations can you...
Help with Learning Writing
yarns of the heart posted 5 weeks 4 days ago — Every week I get a list of great websites from the University of Wisconsin-Madison called The Scout Report (subscribe for free here). Since writing is one of those subjects we all worry about, here's a link and a description of a great website, com...
Peter's First Week of Classes
yarns of the heart posted 7 weeks 16 hours ago — Peter had his first college classes on Monday. He's happy with them and feeling more at home there all the time. He's taking German and Calculus and Greek literature and sociological inquiry or something like that. He'll also have a PE course of so...
