Praise of Joyce Fetteroll (from India this time):
http://sandradodd.com/joycefetteroll
(Click the image at right for another Joyce quote.)
Something fishy on the art page:
http://www.sandradodd.com/art/
The science page has balls (unless you're on an iPad):
http://sandradodd.com/science/
Something new by Jenny Cyphers, at the bottom of "Abundance"
http://sandradodd.com/abundance
New page on the value of curiosity in unschooling parents:
http://sandradodd.com/curiosity
Holly and I made a set of five magnets with photos from Just Add Light and Stir, and quotes—not the same quotes they first appeared with, but some chosen to go with the photos. Quotes and photos maybe be seen in detail at http://SandraDodd.com/magnets .
We sold all the sets we had at The Good Vibrations Conference, but received a new shipment today. The proceeds will go toward rental of meeting rooms for the ALL Unschooling Symposium in Albuquerque in December. The result of having the magnets on your fridge or filing cabinet might be that might be inspired or reminded to be patient and present. They might also make great gifts!!
A full set of five is $10 (including shipping); individual magazines, with shipping, are $3.
Addition to the "Confidence" page, something Meredith Novak wrote on Facebook.
(top of the page:)
http://sandradodd.com/confidence
Principles, something new by Joyce up top, and links added at the bottom.
http://sandradodd.com/principles
This page could be a new starting place for the site, with a week's worth of reading.
Perhaps too intense for beginners.
Definitely a time for "Read a little, try a little, wait a while, watch."
In light of another spate of arguments for diagnosing and labelling children's "shiny differences," Chris Sanders wrote about traits her daughter had that needed time, attention, and unschooling, rather than professional "help."
http://sandradodd.com/words/without
Magnets for sale now! http://sandradodd.com/magnets
Photos by Sandra or Holly, quotes by Sandra, photoshop artistry by Holly, webpage by Sandra...
Magnets by Sandra and Holly Dodd
A new page on Minecraft, and parents not only accepting and supporting, but sharing a child's fascination with a game.
http://sandradodd.com/videogames/minecraft
That link and another new one are added up top here:
http://sandradodd.com/videogames/
A five year old is being sneaky; a parent is being an obstacle.
Joyce and Jenny C responded:
http://sandradodd.com/needs
New, about cows, Barbie and My Little Pony, on the math phobia page:
http://sandradodd.com/math/phobia.html
Games with dice that can be played out and about, by Pam Sorooshian (bottom part is new)
http://sandradodd.com/math/pamdice
My Just Add Light and Stir blog was a year old yesterday.
Co-Sleeping
New quote by Vickie Bergman, and link, lower left; general page cleanup.
http://sandradodd.com/sleep/cosleeping
Something new, about mid-page, by Caren Knox, about Priorities and unschooling:
http://sandradodd.com/priorities
I'm reminded again how much I like the titles Holly did for me a few years back.
New by Schuyler Waynforth, up top on the Control page: http://sandradodd.com/control
and another Holly title:
Two new bits on kids and sugar, both by Annie Kessler, one she wrote on facebook, and the other she wrote to me so this will be a first-ever exclusive peek! :-)
http://sandradodd.com/eating/sugar#kessler
http://sandradodd.com/eating/sweets
They toggle back and forth, so you won't need to read the two pages to find them, but you might want to!
Gail posted photos and words about a hike she and Broc took together. It's sweet and inspiring.
I linked it here:
http://sandradodd.com/spouses
It's not so new now, but I forgot to announce it; sorry. Those attending the Good Vibrations Unschooling Conference in San Diego next month can hear Gail and Broc in person.
I was asked for what I had written on how "the law of attraction" can hinder unschooling. I've found two things and put them together here:
http://sandradodd.com/lawofattraction
If others remember where other discussions are, or have written something that could be added to that page, please send me a note.
One new example on teens getting jobs (upper left):
http://sandradodd.com/teen/jobs
"Force" (not Yoda and Luke, but people feeling powerlessly "forced" to do things)
http://sandradodd.com/force
The idea of "kind of" unschooling has been being discussed at facebook. I don't like the impermanence of facebook. I know nothing is permanent; many large collections of unschooling writings are lost to us. But facebook discussions aren't even "permanent" for a week. So I saved things written by Sylvia Toyama and Schuyler Waynforth here, where there were already some great ideas stored:
http://sandradodd.com/unschool/marginal.html
(the page has also been cleaned up otherwise, and links added at the bottom)
the photo is a link to a recent Just Add Light post
| Writing by Joyce, me and Meredith added to "Thinking about Needs" http://sandradodd.com/needs Deb Lewis on limits and controls (right-hand column): http://sandradodd.com/deblewis/ Not being at someone's "beck and call" has been added to the "phrases to hear and avoid" page. http://sandradodd.com/phrases |  More or Less! (click) |
NEW:
Vickie Bergman let me share something she wrote, with her photos.
Unschooling: It's Like Riding a Bicycle
http://sandradodd.com/bicycle
and it lends itself well to links to some other inspiring things.
REVAMPED:
Always Learning Live Unschooling Symposium
Albuquerque, New Mexico, December 28-31, 2011
http://sandradodd.com/all/
Information will be added to the FAQ pretty continuously, and to the blog.
http://sandradodd.com/all/faq
http://alwayslearninglive.blogspot.com/
Book ordering pages have been revised to discourage direct sales from outside the U.S., and to include eBook versions.
http://sandradodd.com/bigbook/order
http://sandradodd.com/bookorder
I knew these were there, but today is my first "you can slow down" day since about April. I'm home from eight weeks in Europe, have spoken at the CHN Expo in southern California, and Kirby's 25th birthday party has passed successfully.
So here are the links to talks you can listen to right there, or possibly download to your own devices, and they're free. I wish I hadn't spoken so quickly, but there it already is. :-)
http://www.sandradoddvisit.ebhe.org.uk/
from which I lifted the following:
Both talks were recorded, and are available here for
downloading as podcasts (mp3 format), which should play on anything
(PCs, Macs, iPods, etc). Each talk is split over two files; please note
that these are quite large files.
