Comments on: Some Thoughts On Home Education http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/some-thoughts-on-home-education/ To create, to engage, to inspire Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:23:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: amypalko http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/some-thoughts-on-home-education/#comment-1758 amypalko Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:38:28 +0000 http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/some-thoughts-on-home-education/#comment-1758 Oh, Kelly Jene, if they do decide to do one, please let us know! I'm sure my kids would love to see it :-) Maybe we could organise some kind of joint project? I've never heard the term Delight Directed Learning, TM, but I really like it! We've always just gone with Autonomous Education. I think I would be fairly safe in saying that it's the most popular way of educating at home in the UK. Thank you so much for your encouraging words. It is so good to hear such positive news from the 'other side'. Glad you found me before I left TT! Oh, Kelly Jene, if they do decide to do one, please let us know! I’m sure my kids would love to see it :-)
Maybe we could organise some kind of joint project?

I’ve never heard the term Delight Directed Learning, TM, but I really like it! We’ve always just gone with Autonomous Education. I think I would be fairly safe in saying that it’s the most popular way of educating at home in the UK. Thank you so much for your encouraging words. It is so good to hear such positive news from the ‘other side’. Glad you found me before I left TT!

]]> By: Ornery's Wife http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/some-thoughts-on-home-education/#comment-1744 Ornery's Wife Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:46:18 +0000 http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/some-thoughts-on-home-education/#comment-1744 Great post, and from a home educator on the other side (both of the Atlantic and having reached the end of the job) I can tell you that you are right on track with your teaching style. Some have called it Delight Directed Learning, others have other names for it, but it all comes down to the fact that we train our children to be adults, and as adults, we learn what interests us. If we are wise, we will learn all the components of it, and that is what makes us expert on it. Those lessons often take us into seemingly unrelated areas, yet as we discover more, we find that all of life is intertwined. Without the connection, though, we don't have the reason to learn about them. Wonderful post. Sorry you are leaving TT, that is where I discovered you (today!) Best wishes! TM Great post, and from a home educator on the other side (both of the Atlantic and having reached the end of the job) I can tell you that you are right on track with your teaching style. Some have called it Delight Directed Learning, others have other names for it, but it all comes down to the fact that we train our children to be adults, and as adults, we learn what interests us. If we are wise, we will learn all the components of it, and that is what makes us expert on it. Those lessons often take us into seemingly unrelated areas, yet as we discover more, we find that all of life is intertwined. Without the connection, though, we don’t have the reason to learn about them.

Wonderful post. Sorry you are leaving TT, that is where I discovered you (today!) Best wishes!
TM

]]> By: Kelly Jene http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/some-thoughts-on-home-education/#comment-1735 Kelly Jene Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:58:21 +0000 http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/some-thoughts-on-home-education/#comment-1735 Thank you thank you thank you for this post. I have many of the same thoughts as you on home schooling, though I would struggle to put it so succinctly. My boys (7,11) watched your video and loved it. My guys loved blue and green the best. You have inspired them to do something similar. For so long, we've struggled to find peace between curriculum and our own learning styles. You have encouraged me to continue to let them explore their world. Thank you! Thank you thank you thank you for this post. I have many of the same thoughts as you on home schooling, though I would struggle to put it so succinctly. My boys (7,11) watched your video and loved it. My guys loved blue and green the best. You have inspired them to do something similar. For so long, we’ve struggled to find peace between curriculum and our own learning styles. You have encouraged me to continue to let them explore their world. Thank you!

]]> By: amypalko http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/some-thoughts-on-home-education/#comment-1721 amypalko Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:14:12 +0000 http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/some-thoughts-on-home-education/#comment-1721 Thank you, Pjazzypar. I hope you'll continue to enjoy the blog, even though I won't be TTing any more :-) Thank you, Pjazzypar. I hope you’ll continue to enjoy the blog, even though I won’t be TTing any more :-)

]]> By: pjazzypar http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/some-thoughts-on-home-education/#comment-1720 pjazzypar Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:11:24 +0000 http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/some-thoughts-on-home-education/#comment-1720 I have enjoyed your blog. Good luck to you. Maybe you will return sometime in the future. I have enjoyed your blog. Good luck to you. Maybe you will return sometime in the future.

]]> By: amypalko http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/some-thoughts-on-home-education/#comment-1715 amypalko Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:12:35 +0000 http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/some-thoughts-on-home-education/#comment-1715 Thanks, Damien! Please do feel free to submit it to Stumble, Delicious, Digg etc. That would be very much appreciated :-) Thanks, Damien! Please do feel free to submit it to Stumble, Delicious, Digg etc. That would be very much appreciated :-)

]]> By: Damien http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/some-thoughts-on-home-education/#comment-1710 Damien Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:22:26 +0000 http://liveslessordinary.wordpress.com/2008/01/09/some-thoughts-on-home-education/#comment-1710 I'll check out the voice thread later since I'm running late. But this is an awesome post. It should be stumbled and delicious-ed and all that by educators or parents who read it! Kudos to you and your teaching ;) I’ll check out the voice thread later since I’m running late. But this is an awesome post. It should be stumbled and delicious-ed and all that by educators or parents who read it! Kudos to you and your teaching ;)

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