by Gabriella | Sep 6, 2021 | Essays and Reflections, Homeschooling, Professionals
Can you imagine if we handled life experiences the way conventional education handles students?⠀ ⠀ After attending a hockey game, you are required to write an essay about what you observed.⠀ ⠀ After grocery shopping, you must take a multiple-choice exam about items...
by Gabriella | Sep 3, 2021 | Professionals
How are you honoring the child in your learning environment? As much as it appears that educators, parents, and students are sometimes at odds, the reality is, we all want the same thing. ⠀ We’re simply not communicating it well.⠀ ⠀ What do we want?⠀ ⠀ We...
by Gabriella | Sep 1, 2021 | Essays and Reflections, Homeschooling, Professionals
Homeschoolers are in a power position to break the cycle of lies society accepts about education. Parents are considered to be “good enough” to raise their children until about age 3, but then we are expected to hand our children off to a system of...
by Gabriella | Aug 30, 2021 | Professionals
When inspiration drives learning, motivation is unnecessary.⠀ ⠀ Education often focuses on external motivation to get children to complete set tasks and achieve pre-identified goals.⠀ ⠀ What if, rather than coaxing a student to do what they don’t necessarily...
by Gabriella | Aug 27, 2021 | Professionals
Authoritarian models of education have taught us to rely on others to structure our learning. We were taught to mistrust our intuition. We were trained to need external influences to motivate us.⠀ ⠀ Today’s parents are the product of the authoritarian model of...
