Interesting read on parenting, creativity, innovation….. http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/05/rebellion-of-the-innovation-mom/
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Brave New Voices
Posted on May 24, 2011 by LearningBeyondSchooling
Here’s video that might be of interested, it’s entitled “Love Letter To Albuquerque Public Schools”. Much applies in country I believe.. Enjoy!
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A-Z of Homeschooling: C is for Community
Posted on May 20, 2011 by LearningBeyondSchooling
A community is a group of people with common interests coming together on their own free will to share and do activities together. Members of the community also help and support one another in times of difficulty so it acts as a safety net or supportive net for parents and children.
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Cancellation of talk 15/5/2011
Posted on May 14, 2011 by LearningBeyondSchooling
We apologies for this but we will have to cancel the talk and move it to Jun (1st Sunday). Our apologies for the last minute. PLEASE BE INFORMED LBS
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自己來拒填鴨式教育(第三篇)
Posted on March 25, 2011 by LearningBeyondSchooling
想讓孩子接受華文教育，但又擔心華小課業太繁重，令許多中文源流家長困惑而舉棋不定。 目前，主流教育以填鴨式教育為主，而華小的壓力又比其他語言源流學校來得大，仿似壓力鍋，適應不良者，不在少數。
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A Reflection on Homeschooling…
Posted on March 20, 2011 by LearningBeyondSchooling
The thing about homeschooling is that there is no one way. It can range from the very flexible (unschoolers) to a very structured curriculum driven. It it up to you to decide what works best together with you children. We are more unschoolers, where our children are involved in the decisions and they drive the [...]
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Updates in Upcoming Activities
Posted on March 17, 2011 by LearningBeyondSchooling
Dear friends, We have earlier left out some details in our upcoming activities. If you are interested to participate or know more, please read our updated postings HERE. CHEERS!
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Why homeschool?
Posted on March 12, 2011 by LearningBeyondSchooling
The main reason for us to homeschool our children is to nurture their NATURAL MINDS and to let them grow ORGANICALLY – schooling is a system created out of the FACTORY MODULE where everything is systematized and categorized – this is highly mechanical and artificial – very UNNATURAL! Humans are not machines – for this [...]
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Thought on Organic Learning
Posted on March 12, 2011 by LearningBeyondSchooling
The reality of Nature is that we have a variety of children with a myriad of learning styles. We can choose to factory farm them to achieve the results we want. Or we let them grow organically to discover their true potentials. But whichever we choose, the essential ingredient is LOVE, and when love is [...]
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The Problem with Homeschooling
Posted on March 12, 2011 by LearningBeyondSchooling
The “problem” with homeschooling is that parents expect to see results like how schools do it, and will be disappointed. They see kids play the whole day and say they don’t learn anything. So they pull them out of homeschooling and put them back into schools!
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