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Episode-2595 – Projects for Home Learning for Wanna Be Home Schoolers

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As you guys know, I am a massive fan of homeschooling, but it is not for everyone.  What I do feel should be for all concerned parents and grand parents though is as much self directed learning as possible.  I just started a project with my Grandson today.  Here is how it is working. Every day when he comes over I will give him a word, he must learn to define the word and spell it. He must be able to explain the concept to the point where I know he understands it.  Any words that come up in the … Continue reading →

Episode-2389- Becoming a Modern Renaissance Man

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We have discussed the concept of becoming a modern renaissance man aka a polymath a few times on feedback shows, but never as a stand alone subject.  I took a walk with the ducks today and was thinking about the vast array of topics we cover on TSP and together we decided it was time to take becoming a polymath to the level of a stand alone topic. I think there are a lot of misconceptions about what a renaissance man really is and for that matter what an expert really is.  We are going to dig into that today.  … Continue reading →

Episode-1434- Ben Hewitt on Unschooling aka Immersion Learning

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Ben Hewitt was born and raised in northern Vermont, where he currently lives on a 40-acre diversified hill farm with his wife, Penny, and two sons, Fin and Rye. Fin and Rye sons are educated at home in the context of a life-learning process known colloquially as unschooling. The Hewitt’s believe that contemporary, institutionalized American educational expectations create “childhood deficit disorder” and do not allow for full maturity of mind, spirit, and skills. Nor do modern public educational options offer the practical, hands-on skills that reduce one’s reliance on industry. Fin and Rye are highly skilled woodsmen, proficient with firearms … Continue reading →