Adventures in Self-directed, Lifelong Learning
Lisa A. Nalbone
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Just last week Suzi Colpa and I were discussing these ideas with a group of women who attended our Tea and Tales event.
Most times you can’t see into the future. You don’t aways know which choices you make and actions you take will “pay off.” In my experience, there are a few that are absolutely sure bets, no regrets choices. And they are volunteering with friends, neighbors, and other community members to create spaces to welcome everyone … Read more Building a Park, Building Community, Building Skills for Lifelong Learning
To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time to every purpose, under heaven….
This photo from 4 years ago turned up in my Facebook timeline this morning.
Learning to play ukulele, playing and singing with other people, has been a challenging and rewarding self-directed learning project for me. And there have been seasons – when I first started I was excitedly practicing every day and meeting with my mostly homeschool mom friends weekly with our matching blue dolphin ukes. We went to Uke Festivals and workshops. I was so excited I wrote a song and created a photo series I call Dr. Uke says…to show what songs I was working on and how I was feeling.
The group evolved.
I started working on other projects and my mom’s illness progressed.
The season and my learning journey shifted.
Slow Homeschooling:Essays About Mindful Homeschooling
This is a small but mighty book. Just 64 pages, it contains a powerful collection of 23 essays that touch upon a range of issues that parents grapple with as they explore the decision about homeschooling, and more issues that arise once they start on their homeschooling journey.
Take a look at the table of contents:
Did you ever wonder, what do unschoolers really do all day?
Now there’s a novel to give you a glimpse into the complex and wonderful world of unschooling.
I was excited when on of the authors of UnSchoolers reached out to me and asked if I would consider reviewing UnSchoolers.
The first thing I wanted to know was, who are the authors?
Two moms who unschooled their kids.
Read moreBook Review:UnSchoolers by Sophia Sayigh and Milva MacDonald
I love to travel just as much as I love to learn.
And every time I/we travel I learn so much even before the trip starts from researching, planning, and finding ways to be creative with the budget so we can see more while spending less.
Now that our child is an adult, we still try to find some time to travel and go exploring together. I’ve been encouraged by other friends with adult children who highly recommend making the effort even though it might require more creativity than it used to: partial trips, meeting up en route, or negotiating who does what.
Sometimes it gets pretty complicated.