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Top 6 Sites that Inspire and Educate. If you’re a professional who likes to be intellectually stimulated and you enjoy keeping up with the latest news and breaking trends, the internet provides you with an endless choice of carefully curated sites to visit. Today, we bring you six of them that we believe are leaps and bounds above the rest. These sites will not only educate you on topics ranging from business and technology to art and design, they’ll motivate you to find your own, original ideas and see them through. They’re culturally relevant, they’re idea driven and most of all, they’re deeply inspirational. TED is short for three incredibly important subjects in our modern world; technology, entertainment and design.

Started in 1984, TED brings together the most brilliant minds to teach us about issues that matter. Their mission is simple: to spread ideas. Tip: Download TED’s free iPad app to browse through 800 videos by date, popularity or keyword. 2. Brain Pickings started from very humble beginnings. 4. 5. Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity. Whole Life Unschooling: It’s For More Than Just Kids – TheOrganicSister. Zeb: always running ahead for what he loves. Justin: We watched him watch this giraffe for a full 20 minutes. Me: They waited for me while I read every sign in the place. There are so many definitions to unschooling.

You can find them everywhere and they all do a perfectly fine job of explaining unschooling. And yet, knowing full well how to define unschooling, I’m still not happy explaining it. Why? Because most definitions describe unschooling as a movement, a form of education or a belief on how we raise children. Unschooling is hands-on, experience-based and interest-led learning. Oh, but it’s so much more than that! That answer really only describes how our child learns. We believe in unschooling as a whole life philosophy, not only a method of parenting or a view of the natural learning process. It’s a method of living; how we view and approach life. To us unschooling is not only about our children, it’s about all of us.

Unschooling your whole life means… Want to explore this deeper? A to Z Homeschool Curriculum, Laws, Programs, Social Networks. Homeschool.com - The. Donna Young's Homeschool Resources and Printables.