31 Technology – Parenting for the Future

by Anthony Eldridge-Rogers in

04 Family Wellbeing, 19 Reading and Writing, 26 Food Exercise Relaxation sleep, 31 Technology, 32 Mindfulness

HOLD THE BIGGER PICTURE

Anthony We all get focused on those small important things in our lives. We become focused and attached to behaviours and things that we have decided are either important and that feel compelling, or that are in some way addictive. We can get stuck in our thinking and beliefs, our attitudes and emotions. How easy it seems for us to start believing that the world that we see close-up around us is the only world there is. How much do we expand our view beyond the current crisis? Why is

by Anthony Eldridge-Rogers in

04 Family Wellbeing, 19 Reading and Writing, 26 Food Exercise Relaxation sleep, 31 Technology, 33 Podcasts

SELF DIRECTED LEARNING & LIVING

What does it mean to be self directed? Most people consider that they are self directed. They will believe they make decisions freely for themselves and their families and that they are autonomous in their lives to a large extent. This confidence in the idea of being self directed extends to beliefs. Most of us argue that our beliefs are our beliefs because we chose them. It seems that way I know but it is not hard to understand that we are highly influenced by family background and social conditioning.

by Lehla Eldridge in

01 Alternative Education and Learning, 06 homechooling, 07 Unschooling, 08 self-directed learning, 31 Technology

You don’t need school to learn maths.

Is it really possible to learn a subject in a few months as opposed to a few years? The answer is clearly, yes and that goes against everything I thought about learning. I kind of thought you had to slog away for years and years to learn a subject. It is simply not true. If you are truly motivated and love what you are learning then you will learn it. I have seen this with the kids, our girls know that they will need Maths and English if they want

by Lehla Eldridge in

04 Family Wellbeing, 31 Technology, 32 Mindfulness

Are you good at self care on this parenting journey?

‘If you are a parent can you please put on your oxygen mask first before putting a mask on your child’ the flight attendant says that on the plane. I think ‘that can’t be right? Can it?’ then I think well if I am not breathing then, er…then yes it is completely right, this piece of information is about self care. As parents we need to look after ourselves first otherwise how can we look after our children? Below I list a few reminders and tips as to how to

by Lehla Eldridge in

02 parenting for the future, 07 Unschooling, 08 self-directed learning, 15 Entrepreneurship, 25 Social Media, 31 Technology, 38 Money

You don’t need to go to school to be a self made millionaire

This morning my husband shows me the Instagram account of a self made Italian millionairess who has made her fortune via Instagram. She just takes pictures of herself, in various outfits, looking sometimes like a model and sometimes quite normal. She has done this for years and now gets paid by fashion houses to promote their fashions. I assume that is how she has made her millions. My knee jerk judgmental response was that she is narcissistic. But that would be missing the point. She is clever. She has made

by Lehla Eldridge in

01 Alternative Education and Learning, 07 Unschooling, 08 self-directed learning, 16 The healthy child, 31 Technology, 37 Mental Health

Teachers, We Need to Talk about the Children.

I come from a family of teachers and have been an unofficial teacher myself in many ways, including a spell of homeschooling my own children. Now I find myself to be an unschooling parent but if you were a teacher and I was at your side before the kids enter the room this would happen. Firstly I would say how much I admire what you do. Secondly I would make you a cup of coffee or tea and if I had biscuits I would offer you one. Thirdly I would

by Lehla Eldridge in

02 parenting for the future, 06 homechooling, 07 Unschooling, 08 self-directed learning, 20 Creativity, 31 Technology, 30 Screen Time, 70 Age 0 to 7yrs, 71 Age 7 to 14 yrs, 72 Age 14 to 18 yrs

Could Minecraft hold the key to the future of how kids learn…?

‘That is it I have got it, the future if education is Minecraft’ I say to my husband then he looks at me across the kitchen coffee in hand, ‘erm, am not sure you are right there’ he says. I am not sure I am right either but I think I am on to something. I then go on to tell him that a university in the UK aims to teach children biochemistry using Minecraft and he thinks about that. The reason for my revelation is this. Well there are many

by Lehla Eldridge in

02 parenting for the future, 08 self-directed learning, 09 For Parents, 16 The healthy child, 31 Technology

Are These Self Directed Learners Changing Learning as we know it?

There are some mornings where I wake up with another large family of five in our kitchen. Behind the bright sparky face of our son’s Minecraft buddy, I see this family waking up. They are in South Africa and we are in Italy. Slippers, pyjamas and all. I see breakfast being had and I can hear the teaspoons stirring in cups and I wonder if they drink tea or coffee…This feels a bit like community, even though it is bizarrely though a screen. I listen to the way my son

by Lehla Eldridge in

04 Family Wellbeing, 07 Unschooling, 08 self-directed learning, 16 The healthy child, 31 Technology, Lehla's Blog, 30 Screen Time

Unschooling Chats: A Conversation about that tricky subject ‘Screen Time’ and how we do it…

An unschooling chat around the confusing topic of ‘screen time’ and how we do it and what we are learning along the way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYVnmxSUAHU Image by Liliana Drew Pexels

by Lehla Eldridge in

02 parenting for the future, 07 Unschooling, 08 self-directed learning, 09 For Parents, 16 The healthy child, 20 Creativity, 31 Technology, 36 Community

Project based learning and Self-directed learning. Learning through what life is offering you…

‘Step away from the desks, grab your ideas children and fly beyond what you ever imagined could be possible.’ By the fluke of the universe, the way magic works and sheer luck, if is there such a thing… we have landed a wonderful ‘Workaway’ person who is a script writer and a film maker. This week the kids decided to work on projects. I helped them and I threw a few ideas out there, click here to see the list! One of our daughters ran with one

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