Addiction, Unschooling video, School bell story

New on the "Thinking about Addiction" page, top and bottom both:
http://sandradodd.com/addiction

On another site, a five-and-a-half minute video of me talkinga about unschooling:
http://www.doliferightinc.com/2012/10/25/doing-unschooling-right-video-25-2012-teleconference/

Questionnaire from 2009, that I had failed to link on my interviews page.
It has a good story about the first time Kirby and Marty heard a school bell.
http://homeschoolingisfreedom.blogspot.com/2009/05/always-learning-sandra-dodds-interview.html
and it's been added here:
http://sandradodd.com/interviews/

Minecraft art, etymology, humility

New title art:
http://sandradodd.com/videogames/minecraftlearning

New links near the bottom of the etymology page, to tons of stuff online about the history of English:
http://sandradodd.com/etymology

Thoughts on Humility: How can humility help a parent to deschool, and to appreciate children?
http://sandradodd.com/humility

Three French pages, Rebellion, Scottish Snakes & Ladders

Three pages translated by Catherine Goudouchaouri:
Voir et éviter la Négativité
Attitude et apprentissage naturel
Phrases à écouter et à éviter

Something new by Meredith Novak, at the bottom of the rebellion page:
http://sandradodd.com/rebellion

A Scottish Parliament resource on the Snakes and Ladders page was lost to us because their site was revamped, but I asked whether it was still available, and corresponded with one of their agents; those links and a better image are restored there now, lower right:
http://sandradodd.com/game/snakesandladders.html
There's a Gaelic version on their site as well.

New interview, new resources

A blog I keep with others (who rarely-to-never post) is
Homeschool News and Muse

There are links to things there in the recent past that aren't on my site, but they're well worth visiting and using!!

Two interviews by me on a blog in India:
Mommy Labs interviews of Sandra Dodd

Also in India, a video by Hema Bharadwaj [whose family has visited my house for the Monkeyplatter Festival (not FOR that, but it was created for their visit)] and whom I visited in 2012. She's talking about food, and brags up my food page with feeling:
Hema Bharadwaj on food choices Hema's Food Chronicles Part 1

Pam Laricchia has big news on her Living Joyfully site—a newsletter and an introduction-to-unschooling series.
Living Joyfully Newsletter

On the blog Zenhabits, Leo Babauta wrote a really nice intro to unschooling last week:
Beginner's Guide to Unschooling

I rarely post to that other blog. It's saved for news items and "outside" articles. But this week has been busy, busy, busy in a wonderful way for unschoolers!

Audio books, Little tools, saving memories

Deb Lewis's responses to someone who didn't want her kids listening to audio books so much
http://sandradodd.com/limits/listening

Little Tools for an Epic Life, an article from the California HomeSchooler, June 2012
http://sandradodd.com/hsc/littletools

Brie Jontry shares a collection, and temporary art made from it; Clare Johnson sent sweet comments.
http://sandradodd.com/briejontry/spirituality

That page leads to a spirituality page that was announced a year ago, but now it has a cool title (and some of you might have missed it before or forgoten about it since).
http://sandradodd.com/spirituality

The photo is by Holly Dodd, and if you click it you'll go to a Just Add Light and Stir post.

Sound files, 2012 interviews

Little Tools for an Epic Life

Three notes on sounds files newly available as individual Mp3 downloads (one of Pam Sorooshian, and one of me, interviewed by Michelle Barone this summer):

http://sandradodd.com/pamsorooshian (upper right)

http://sandradodd.com/interviews/ (beginning of third section)

http://sandradodd.com/listen/ (upper left)

While you're at any of those links you'll find other things, so this is probably
enough site news for today.

Nest, Sweets, Learning without reading

New writing on "Building an unschooling nest," by Connie (otherstar) near the top:
http://sandradodd.com/nest

Julie tells of Adam ordering his own food, and what happens if a child is allowed sweets.
http://sandradodd.com/eating/sweets

Learning without Reading is the new name of an expanded page, with a new story and a couple of older ones.
http://sandradodd.com/r/hollydodd

Gift-exchange (fund raiser) and New Title Art

Just nearly a week left of the September gift exchange. I haven't done this before, but it's been fun, so I might do it again next September.
http://sandradodd.com/giftExchange/

There are a few more coming, but here's what I have thusfar on title art this month:
http://sandradodd.com/art/title/gifts

Local groups, Months, Past/Future/Now,

Ideas and experiences on forming a local group
http://sandradodd.com/groups

New art by Glenda and Andrew Sikes, and a page you might not have known about http://sandradodd.com/months

Addition to an older page, on my 2011 London talk, where there's a recording you can hear free (and now commentary on that talk by someone who was there):
http://sandradodd.com/listen/london2011

Typical day, zen, generosity, Thinking Sticks

A Rich and Varied Life for a Six Year Old (new to "Typical Days")
http://sandradodd.com/day/juliem

Very short zen story about ability.
http://sandradodd.com/zen.html

What can happen if parents are very generous with their children?
http://sandradodd.com/generosity

Thinking Sticks as used in writing workshops:
http://sandradodd.com/thinkingsticks/writingworkshop

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The art is a link to its home, and was done by by Robert and Robbie Prieto as part of September's gift exchange in honor of the second anniversary of Just Add Light and Stir.

Learning untruths, new interview, conferences past & future

Some of the things we learned in school aren't true anymore; some never were.
http://sandradodd.com/error

I was interviewed by a blogger in India:
Learning for Fun: Interview with Sandra Dodd – Unschooling Mom for 22 Years!
http://www.mommy-labs.com/inspiring-interviews/homeschooling-inspiring-interviews/interview-with-sandra-dodd-unschooling-homeschooling-india/

Follow-up pages for HSC Conference talks in 2012, an index page and four topic pages which will eventually have links to purchasable recordings (maybe): Follow-up Notes, HSC: http://sandradodd.com/hsc/
Happiness Inside and Out http://sandradodd.com/hsc/happiness.html
Deschooling: How and Why? http://sandradodd.com/hsc/deschooling.html
Unschooling Very Well http://sandradodd.com/hsc/unschoolingwell.html
Why Radical Unschooling? http://sandradodd.com/hsc/radical.html

I'm speaking in Florida (with Holly, and possibly a bit of Keith), October 14 – 18, 2012, Treasure Island Florida
http://floridaunschoolingconference.com

Two Always Learning Live events are ready for registration!
Albuquerque, December 27-30, 2012 http://speakingsandradodd.blogspot.com/p/december-27-albuquerque.html
and
Minneapolis, May 2-5, 2013: http://allunschoolingminnesota2013.blogspot.com

Abundance, Reality and Portuguese translations

Additions (bottom) to the reality page:
SandraDodd.com/reality
...and here's my record of having created reality:

New example at the bottom of "abundance":
SandraDodd.com/abundance

Portuguese translation of one of Pam Sorooshian's pages and two interviews with me:
Princípios do "Unschooling"
Porque fiz “unschooling” com os meus três filhos
Uma Entrevista com Sandra Dodd, 1998

If you know anyone who reads Portuguese, forward this on!
Marta Pires (in Portugal) did the translations, and Alex Polikowsky (from Brazil) did a pass to help polish them up.