The Unschooled Lens – Week 39
It was another fun week around our house. Although we didn’t venture into the mountains or to any museums in Denver, we found plenty to do. A trip to the movie theater, new games to play, parks, libraries, and things to build kept the kids busy and happy. Continue reading The Unschooled Lens – Week 39
The Unschooled Lens – Week 38
Picking up where I left off last week, I spent Sunday in Portland before flying home that night and had a great time wandering around the city one last time. The next day it was more or less business as usual! Which means that we built things, wrote, hiked, played, and learned about sharks! Continue reading The Unschooled Lens – Week 38
The Unschooled Lens – Week 37
I had an amazing, but exhausting week. It started normal enough, but early Wednesday morning I headed off to Portland for Home Dad Con, an amazing yearly gathering of At-Home Dads. The convention itself was wonderful. I made some great new friends, learned a lot about how to improve in my work as a father, help inspire some other men who are considering homeschooling their children, and still had quite a bit of time to spend wandering around one of my favorite cities. Naturally, that last part involved plenty of coffee, chocolate, and multiple visits to Powell’s City of Books, … Continue reading The Unschooled Lens – Week 37
The Unschooled Lens – Week 36
A Day In The Mountains
One of the best aspects of Unschooling, and indeed almost any type of Homeschooling, is the freedom to explore amazing places when they’re not particularly crowded. Zoos, museums, park playgrounds, etc. are often terrible busy during the summer and weekends, but the opportunity to explore them on weekdays during the school year results in a very different sort of experience. So yesterday we drove up into Rocky Mountain National Park. RMNP is one of the busiest National Parks in the country, currently the #4 most visited park. As a result the roads, trails, and parking lots throughout the park are … Continue reading A Day In The Mountains
Conversation at the Museum: Thoughts on Fatherhood
Three years ago I was at the museum with my five children. The baby was hungry for a bottle and the rest were hungry for their lunch, so we headed into the foodcourt. We sat at an empty table with enough room for all of us, and I asked the older four children to sit quietly while I fed the baby. Continue reading “Conversation at the Museum: Thoughts on Fatherhood”
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The Unschooled Lens – Week 35
It’s been a good week for playing outside, finding insects, reading books and playing chess. And that’s mostly what we’ve been doing, as you’ll see in this week’s Unschooled Lens! Continue reading The Unschooled Lens – Week 35
The Path at Sunset
Unschooler, Age 9
His interests are myriad. He’s fascinated by science generally, physics and electricity more specifically. He loves space, and for years he has talked about becoming a space asteroid miner when he grows up. At least, when he isn’t imagining starting a … Continue reading Unschooler, Age 9
The Unschooled Lens – Week 34
It was a busy week! Insects, an eclipse, playgrounds, books, programming, physics and more! Continue reading The Unschooled Lens – Week 34
The Dad Hatter 