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

Halloween and other spooky things

Halloween used to be more fun when all the homeschoolers were in one discussion pool.
After shunning psychology for years, some of Halloween's detractors have adopted it (an outdated form), and plan to condition their children to think about Jesus (and other Biblical figures) when they eat certain candy and see jack-o-lanterns.
http://sandradodd.com/halloween
Wait... only click that link if your kids' Halloween costumes are ready, because you might be in there a while.


Scary, but amusing, about "Peaceful Parenting"
http://sandradodd.com/peace/lawsuit

wishlists, teens, lyrics link

Unschoolers' Coming-Out Parties:
Wishlists for Unschoolers, by Sandra Dodd
http://sandradodd.com/wishlist
New title by Holly, re-formatted. This was one my oldest pages and wasn't so easy to read.

Teens, a new title by Holly
http://sandradodd.com/teen
http://sandradodd.com/teens

Lyrics Game, new link/art on a few pages
http://sandradodd.blogspot.com (top left)
http://sandradodd.com (top right)
http://sandradodd.com/music
http://sandradodd.com/connections (near the bottom)
(my art on that one, with some tricks Holly taught me)

I've updated the speaking page (conferences) some. It was also one of the first few pages I ever made, and I know more now.
http://sandradodd.com/speaking
It's not pretty, but it's more for reference than reading. Mostly it's my own record of where I've spoken. I have a scrap book, kind of, where I keep my speaker's badge and the program, but it filled up and now it's a notebook and a little pile.

Sandra, Monday morning, Halloween week!

computer games, Beatles, fun, English

New:

Learning from Computer Games
http://sandradodd.com/game/learning

Beatles (originals of most of the songs used in "Across the Universe")
http://sandradodd.com/acrosstheuniverse

Newish:

another Beatles page, which will be added to, as will the one above
http://sandradodd.com/beatles

Spruced up:

Deb Lewis's List of Things to do in the Winter
http://sandradodd.com/strew/deblist

Bored No More
http://sandradodd.com/BoredNoMore

Tweaked and spruced:

"Language Arts"
http://sandradodd.com/language

English
http://sandradodd.com/english