wonder and the world

http://sandradodd.com/wonder
I lifted a photo and song list from the lyrics game, when the word was "wonder," and added it to the page on "wonder." (lower right—Sadie as Wonder Woman, Kirby as a dog dressed as a banana)

http://sandradodd.com/world
Two pages have been combined and redirected to one new page. They used to be "/local" and "/unschoolingotherwise." If you have either of those linked on your own sites, you don't have to change anything! The redirect is quick and quiet.

Topics—Explorations for Unschoolers

I've been thinking about "topic chats" again for a while, and this might work. I'm thinking of having a topic each week, and anyone can come by and add links, suggestions, trivia or personal stories here: http://thinkingsticks.blogspot.com/

The ideas I have so far are

fairness [using, in part, "Harrison Bergeron" (a short story)]
wood
bass lines (in music—instrumental, vocal—bass guitar discussion?)

Marty suggested we could use thinking sticks sometimes—throw two topics and run connections. I think we might try to connect everything to whatever item, movie, story, or concept that's used. I couldn't get the blog names that would make the simplest sense, so I went with "thinking sticks." There will be links to this on my unschooling page and my blog, in case you can't remember where it is.

If it flies, it will be fun, and if it flops no problem. I think it could help people understand unschooling better and enrich their homes if they're lagging. Kind of like strewing for the parents, maybe.

quotes generator and radio interview

Thanks to the research assistance of Schuyler Waynforth, I have a random quotes generator here now (left, under the random post generator):
http://sandradodd.com/unschooling

Tuesday night, December 11, I'm scheduled to be on The Alan Colmes Show, a syndicated radio talk show out of New York, on Fox Radio. It's 11:00 eastern time, 9:00 Mountain time. There will be someone to refute me (person not yet chosen), and after an exchange (with Alan Colmes moderating) of at least 20 minutes, they'll start taking callers. I won't be on the phone over an hour, I'm told, and they'll keep taking callers after they disconnect from the guests. Three hours altogether, the show lasts.

I don't know how it will go, but I don't see that it can be worse than the Unschooling Discussion list or the forum at unschooling.info. I'll write about it the next day (December 12) here: http://sandradodd.blogspot.com

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The associate producer who's my contact wrote:

Unfortunately we don't have an Albuquerque station. We're on about 85
stations across the country. All hope is not lost, though. People can
listen live on www.alancolmesradio.com or thru Sirius 145 or XM 168.

routine repairs, pages you might've missed

Lauren Stranahan has sent me some broken links, and every page I open I think "I should remind people of this page."
They're not new, but they have some "new improved" aspect:

Television, Children and Making Decisions Rationally
http://sandradodd.com/t/vijay.html

Hangman
http://sandradodd.com/game/hangman

Joyce Fetteroll on Deschooling
http://sandradodd.com/joyce/deschooling

Holly and the Bible
http://sandradodd.com/dot/hollybible
where you can learn how Genesis is like Lord of the Rings

Books and Saxophones
http://sandradodd.com/bookandsax

Music
http://sandradodd.com/music/
(the Yiddish music link is working--the page had moved--but there have been a few other small unannounced bits)

teen video, English, water, movies

A video by Andrew and some friends, in Maryland, showing a comparison between some aspects of life between schooled and homeschooled kids has been added to the benefits of unschooling teens page:
http://sandradodd.com/teen/benefits

New page on the history of the English language
http://sandradodd.com/englishlanguage
and a new index page because there are more than I'd expected to have on language-related topics.
http://sandradodd.com/english
and additions to the Small Words page (one of my favorites, yet obscure, which is fine)
http://sandradodd.com/smallwords
including a playlist with several of the songs mentioned and quoted.

Reformatted: Grasping Water
http://sandradodd.com/graspingwater

Movies for Unschoolers
New link and the repair of Joyce's link and the formatting
http://sandradodd.com/t/movies

Some new feedback (pro and con):
http://sandradodd.com/feedback

what parents say, and having more peace

"There's more to unschooling than just not doing school. To make it flourish we need to look at ourselves, our relationship, the way we look at the world in a new way to clear out the thinking that's holding us back." -Joyce Fetteroll

The danger of "Lazy" and other thoughts
http://sandradodd.com/lazy

The recording of the Peaceful Parenting presentation from 2002 is now available to listen to here:
http://sandradodd.com/parentingpeacefully#tape

There are some new comments here:
http://sandradodd.com/feedback

Although my blog isn't really part of the SandraDodd.com site, there are some comments and photos of Marty at the "non con" in Oregon recently in the top entry (or something around November 15, if you're reading this later).
http://sandradodd.blogspot.com

two videos

Two videos, each with a story, both worth a look. One is on autonomous learning (what "unschooling" is generally called in the U.K.) and one of Elimar Clemens Buschmann, a juggler, and the father of Robyn Coburn who is featured on my site.



The second one has no sound:


The background:

http://sandradodd.com/internet/love

http://sandradodd.com/learningallthetime

Art about Art

Art about Art, Cartoons about Cartoons, Plays about Plays, Paintings about Paintings...

There's a new link there, to Songs about Singing, which is a playlist based on Lyrics Game topic from a few days ago.

All of that will be added to as time goes on and more suggestions are sent or stumbled upon.

Polyphony and Horses

It's not just singing horses, though.

http://sandradodd.com/music/polyphony

calm, cake and announcements

"For the first time, in what seems like my entire life, I am not terrified."
http://sandradodd.com/unschool/gettingit

What is the purpose of making a cake?
http://sandradodd.com/chores
linked on the lower righthand side
http://sandradodd.com/chore/cake

The announcements link is improved:
http://sandradodd.com/announcements

toy guns

"Powerlessness is what causes people to shoot others, not guns. (And
using one's power to prevent kids from playing with guns is pretty
disempowering!...)"   —Joyce Fetteroll

New page on guns: SandraDodd.com/peace/guns

nest building

"Unschooling works well when parents are interesting, positive, thoughtful, considerate, generous, passionate, honest, respectful individuals." —Deb Lewis

I think we should carve that over our virtual entryway here.
Further I hope that as everyone walks in they read it and think
"Yeah, I can be that." It's a great vision. —Betsy

Those are up at the top of the "Building an Unschooling Nest" page, which has something new at the bottom.
http://sandradodd.com/nest

http://sandradodd.com/deblewis