Unschooling Blog, Vol 21: A Steem-funded Montessori Education
Steem is paying for my kid's school.
It's pretty amazing, but absent a market crash or some other unforeseen circumstances with bank transfers (fingers crossed) Steem will be paying for my son's tuition to a local Montessori school that has just opened up here in Niigata. This unschooling dad is pumped.
The school is 3 days a week, so my son will have plenty of mommy/daddy time still, and my wife and I will be able to deal with life a little less stressfully thanks to the community this school, Fiore, is offering. We are unschooling parents, and the Montessori model comes pretty close to what we are about. My son likes it there, and says he wants to go, so that's that.
PUMPED!
(If you missed the last Unschooling Blog, "Learning Through Video Games," you can find it here.)
~KafkA
Graham Smith is a Voluntaryist activist, creator, and peaceful parent residing in Niigata City, Japan. Graham runs the "Voluntary Japan" online initiative with a presence here on Steem, as well as Facebook and Twitter. (Hit me up so I can stop talking about myself in the third person!)
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Oh wow I wonder at what point STEEM can fund my children's education. right now I'm looking at homeschooling but unschooling sounds interesting. I'll find out more about it from your posts maybe?
Followed, upvoted and re-steemed. ;)
Cheers. Following back! Great to meet another parent looking at alternatives to the creativity-killing machine.
Thanks! I saw you had a live video on a few days back. I work nights so I couldn't join but I hope to catch the next one and see what unschooling is about.
very nice that we can create wealth and quality infos here for us!
resteem and upvote for you
Thank you!
u r welcome...
Great conversation here :) Are you thinking of setting up a Steem Unschooling series :)
Thanks, @j3dy. I do an unschooling blog series already here on Steem.
oh yeah I've brushed through some, but never stayed enough to read, so that is why it seemed "logical" :D
I could Google Niigata to find out it's in Japan, or you could update your post that is in English but may be unfamiliar to many. (I know it's in your self-descriptive signature). Not everyone here in Windsor, Ontario, Canada is as anal as I am, but everyone has an asshole (and nipples).
You got my vote for Montessori.
hahahaha
This comment gets my upvote for making me crack a smile.
Montessori offers a great education. My daughter was a Montessori kid.
Great to hear. From what I know of the "method" it's pretty true to real life, and focuses on kids largely leading themselves and following their own interests, which is exactly how it should be.
Exactly so. The role of the teacher is to be a coach or guide who lets the child follow his or her own play learning. Manipulatives help reinforce letters, numbers, colors and so on, and activities are designed to reinforce learning and encourage exploration.
Montessori is a great tool for homeschooling families. Also Sudbury schools are very unschooling in a school setting.
Yeah, I've always been interested in Sudbury. I studied elementary education back in university and ended up reading (and experiencing) myself right out of wanting to be a teacher. The book that changed my life was A.S. Neill's "Summerhill." Summerhill in England is probably the pinnacle for me of what a free school should be. I'm pretty sure the Sudbury method has been heavily influenced by Neill's thought and the Summerhill.
I never had any desire to be a teacher, but I knew that my son needed me to step up so here we are.
Nice post. Montessori schools provide a good education!
Really??? Steem is changing the world already!!!