"The function of the child is to live his own life - not the life that his anxious parents think he should live, not a life according to the purpose of the educator who thinks he knows best." ~ A.S. Neill, founder of Summerhill School.
Min asked her father for a bedtime story... "Once upon a time, there was a temple on the top of a mountain. 2 monks stayed in the temple, an old monk and a young little monk. One day, the young monk ran up to the old monk and asked the old monk to tell him a story. The old monk says, "Sure, once upon a time, there was a temple on the top of a mountain..... "
Zhen & I were giggling... but Min still don't get it and kept on asking her father to tell her the story. :D
the little egg
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3rd March 2014.
A friend gave us a very small egg. Just for the fun of it, I placed the
small egg and a normal sized egg standing side by side at one cor...
I started this blog because I would like to jot down stuff my daughters have said or done, so that years down the road, we can read back on them.
I came to know about homeschooling in July 2009 and also got to know a network of homeschooling friends. I am impressed by them and I am attending their workshop & activities as much as I can, to learn more on this topic... homeschooling, unschooling, deschooling.
Let the child leads the learning. The world is their classroom. This blog is also a journal of my girls' learning world.
Writing is the way
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So I figured writing is supposed to be good for me. Especially during my
progressed moon in retrograde at this phase of my life. At least for the
next goo...