Category Archives: Seminars, Conference Dialogues & Talks

Growing Without Schooling – An Education Forum

  We have reached a stage where the early years of home-educators have graduated and found promising employment, (some have even gotten married!) and the younger adventurous ones are jumping onboard in droves.

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LEARNING WITH A BEGINNER’S MIND

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few. ” (Suzuki Roshi) This is the quality of mind that is essential for all learners, be it learning about our universe, learning academic subjects or … Continue reading

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How to Homeschool (Part 2)

Our approach We practise a child-led, interest-driven approach whereby the child is the path-finder and our role as parents is to help open the doors of knowledge by setting up scaffoldings to help the child manoevre along the obstacles-laden path … Continue reading

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Protected: Workshop: Sharing the CLiC Experience (Materials)

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PEACE Gathering, July 28

What a night it was! We celebrated a COMMUNITY that brought us together. We celebrated a BIRTHDAY of a senior citizen. We celebrated FRIENDSHIPS old and new, that mattered. We celebrated with FOOD that did not cause the sacrifice of … Continue reading

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Hack your Education in Penang (BM)

If you are in Penang, we will be Bukit Mertajam – check is out!

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8 Things to do on Earth Hour

(and for other hours as well, why stop there?). Let’s begin with what NOT to do. Caring for our environment is not about having parties and shopping or excuse to malls. It is not an excuse for malls to make … Continue reading

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Teach students, not subjects

Learning Beyond Schooling to us is not just getting out of the school building. It is about taking a totally different mindset to a shift in paradigm. Learning beyond schooling is a process (learning process even) to redefine the whole … Continue reading

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Making the Home a Positive Education Environment (Dr Latif Kamaluddin, 2000)

This was a paper presented the FamilyPlace Education Forum held on July 29, 2000 by Dr Latif Kamaluddin (Reported by Lydia Teh) *We hope you find this useful and insightful coming from a parent and educationist. KVWL I don’t have any … Continue reading

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Meditation for parenting & education: Monthly Guided Sessions

Homeschooling, to us, is a way of life centered on spiritual practice. At the core of it is MEDITATION – which is, the observation and contemplation of life with its ups and downs, fears and worries, ignorance and delusions. True … Continue reading

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