“Video and computer games were now an integral part of our lives. My boys spent many hours playing these games, as they did with many other games. Being unschooled means your time as a child will be spent playing games many, many hours a day, almost all the time, especially when young. Children, in general, … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2012
The Video-games/Computers/TV issue… (Part one)
I’d like to share this translated article with you. It was published in November 2006 but talks about the time between 1993 to 2006, and it addresses my personal journey as a homeschooling Mom grappling with the issue of video-games/computers/tv in our life, going from total resistance through reluctant acceptance, to total surrender and finally to understanding: “I recently read Steven … Continue reading
Out of chaos (or creation as a new order…)
(Translated from an article published in January 1996 when my boys were 5 and 8 years old) The Genesis creation story is strongly tied to the initial chaos or formlessness which is the state of the earth as described in the bible story. Creation grew out of that initial chaos. Children creative ability is also strongly tied … Continue reading
Unschooling to College 