Quotes have been added to some pages:
Marta, Sandra, Pam Sorooshian:
http://sandradodd.com/learning
Meredith Novak:
http://sandradodd.com/freedom/
The page on terminology has been rearranged, and has spawned a new page, too:
http://sandradodd.com/terminology
The problem with "RU" (new page):Added to and rearranged "Clarity":
http://sandradodd.com/RU
New by Karen James, third item down. Page reformatted to make it easier to read on smaller devices.
http://sandradodd.com/generosity
Interview from 2010, short but good. This was a backup, but that site is gone and my page is the only one.
http://sandradodd.com/interviews/naturalparenting2010
Addition to "Phrases to Hear and Avoid" (about whether one is doing enough, near the bottom)
http://sandradodd.com/phrases
 photo by Sukayna |
Change a moment. Change one touch, one word, one reaction. If you try to change your entire self so that next year will be better, you might become overwhelmed and discouraged and distraught.
Change one thing. Smile one sweet smile. Say one kind thing.
If that felt good, do it again. Rest. Watch. Listen. You're a parent because of your child. Your child. You should be his parent, or her parent. Not a generic parent, or a hypothetical parent. Be your child's parent in each moment that you interact with her.
—Sandra Dodd
New by Debbie Regan on the Priorities page; I couldn't decide whether to put it under priorities, principles or deschooling! It's all of those.
http://sandradodd.com/priorities
New page, Karen James on how she helps Ethan if he's bored. SO gentle.
http://sandradodd.com/boredom/karen
Video on the effects of stress on one's brain and on one's children, from TED-Ed, added to the bottom of the negativity page:
http://sandradodd.com/negativity
In a discussion of learning the alphabet, and so many songs and videos having "zee" rather than "zed," Jane Clossick offered an British alternative and I have her notes and a sound file here:
http://sandradodd.com/alphabet
I've also added two great alphabet songs by Kermit the Frog (Jim Henson), with lyrics! (This page was moved out of the reading folder, where it was never linked, so it's a little like new.)
New from Alex Polikowsky, reminder to parents, fourth or fifth item dowwn:
http://sandradodd.com/labels
Two new accounts added to a page called "Learning to read on the list"
(The new stuff's at the bottom!)
http://sandradodd.com/feedback/rippy
Don't let unschooling ruin your marriage
http://sandradodd.com/yacht
Concerns and thoughts about eating and body size
http://sandradodd.com/weight
Danger of negativity (new page—will have more later)
http://sandradodd.com/interwoven
 photo by Sarah Dickinson |
I have added two new collection pages by unschooling moms whose writing has helped many other families:
Clare Kirkpatrick, in the U.K.
Jo Isaac, in Australia
In response to my request for assistance in November, I received photos for use in Just Add Light and Stir, from:
| Jennie Gomes Meghan Pawlowski Lynda Raina Nicole Kenyon Becky Sekeres Celeste Burke Andrea Justice Eva Witsel Katy Jennings Sam and Jasmine Baykus | Megan Valnes Marin Holmes Elise Lauterbach Nancy Machaj Susan Gaissert Julie Markovitz Jane Clossick Andrea Taylor Abby Davis Sukayna and Ruqayya | Julie T Murtaza Usman Shannon Loucks Susan Waters Talia Bartoe Rachel Singer Janelle Wrock Heather Booth Charles Legacé |
 photo by Nicole Kenyon and it's a link. |
I've added a quote about being a child's partner to this page:
http://sandradodd.com/partners/child
It's my writing. I found it on Just Add Light. Sometimes I write something new there. Perhaps I was quoting myself from a discussion, but I usually note that.
The quote is:
There are WONDROUS things people can do with current technology, and it's likely to get better and better, isn't it?Don't separate your children from the future, from progress, and from understanding and using things just because the parents don't understand them or use them as well as they might. Don't hobble your child out of fear or superstition or trying to impress people you don't even know who want to scare and shame you. Be your child's partner. Lift him up and let him see.
Be your child's partner. Lift him up and let him see.
Do you have a daughter and not a son? Lift her up and let her see.
Do you have more than one? Lift them up and let them see.
The names of the pages sound scary, but the ideas are all about more peace.
If any of this disturbs you, go back to the movie link and find something bright and funny!
This 2010 page about movies for unschoolers has a new list added, upper right:
SandraDodd.com/t/movies
Joyce, on how fears are formed and maintained (and how to avoid that), added, bottom:
http://sandradodd.com/fear
New, by Jen Keefe on being a more joyful mother, upper right:
http://sandradodd.com/negativity
An argument against watching the news on TV, for mothers of young children
http://sandradodd.com/news
Photo (a link) by Janine Davies
New, about communicating with a spouse, under the photo of Noor:
http://sandradodd.com/screentime.html
First it was photos, and now it's writing! Janine Davies has blossomed, and I started collecting:
http://sandradodd.com/janine
I was going to link a podcast Amy Childs did of the dregs and leftovers of interviews—things I said that didn't fit anywhere else. The photo at right is by Janine Davies, who is linked above. Click the photo for a quote that ends "it needs to be their new, improved, mindful heart," which then has a link to where it came from. You can hear candid outtakes, as it were, of me about various unschooling ideas.