The Unschooled Lens – Week 2
Week 2 of my 365 photo project exploring our Unschooling life. Continue reading The Unschooled Lens – Week 2
Author: The Dad Hatter
A full-time Dad, I spend my days Unschooling my six awesome children. I write about Unschooling, books, photography, and whatever else I feel like on my blog, The Dad Hatter.
The Unschooled Lens – Week 1
Week 1 of my 365 photo project exploring our Unschooling life. Continue reading The Unschooled Lens – Week 1
Motivation to Learn – The Dad Hatter’s Unschooling Primer Part II
Do you work hard and more effectively at a challenge when it is something you want do, or something you are told to do? It’s a rhetorical question of course, and perhaps a silly one. We all probably realize that our most productive times are when we are engaged and excited about whatever we are doing. Continue reading “Motivation to Learn – The Dad Hatter’s Unschooling Primer Part II”
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Define “Unschooling” – The Dad Hatter’s Unschooling Primer Part I
As Unschoolers, one of the questions we’re often asked, is what Unschooling really is. Sometimes it seems difficult to answer because of the preconceived ideas about education that nearly everyone brings to the conversation. It’s easy to offer disclaimers, qualifiers and justification for our choice rather than simply offer a succinct definition. Continue reading “Define “Unschooling” – The Dad Hatter’s Unschooling Primer Part I”
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2015 Reading Roundup
2015 was a great year for reading in our house. We listened to a lot of great audio books as we drove around, and in September we started a new bedtime routine that involves reading a chapter book together for half an hour or so after dinner. Unfortunately we didn’t start that sooner or the list would be significantly longer. So without further ado, and in no particular order, here are the chapter books we read and listened to in 2015:
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To My Son
Hello Son.
Allow me to introduce myself. I am your father. Of course you’ve already met me, in your fashion, but you don’t know me, and you don’t know what it means that I am your father. In time you’ll learn, but for right now you spend most of your time sleeping and eating, and cuddling with your mother. It will be a long time before you read this, but there are some things I need to tell you anyway.
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How to Name a Man
As you may know, Baby #5 is going to arrive in our household some time soon. Consequentially, we’re trying to finally choose names. But let me clarify something, because in contrast to the many baby name sites that parents-to-be frequent, we are not choosing a baby name. We’re choosing names for an adult.
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Fall Exploration
Fall is one of my favorite times of year. Crisp air and the changing colors make me want to get out and explore. After the heat of summer and before the winter freeze is the perfect time to go wandering through forests and investigating leaf covered parks, preferably with camera in hand. There’s always something new around the corner, even if we’ve been there a hundred times before. Continue reading “Fall Exploration”
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