SelfDesign Global

Thanks to all who have been a part of SelfDesign Global over the years. We hope you have enjoyed hearing from us as much as we have enjoyed hearing from you. It has been our honor to be even a small part of your family’s life.

SelfDesign Global, its page, and the selfdesign.com domain will be retired as of July 1, 2018. To stay in touch with all things SelfDesign after that, be sure to visit:

selfdesign.org, the home of SelfDesign Learning Foundation of Vancouver, BC, Canada
selfdesignfoundation.org, the home of SelfDesign Foundation of Bellingham, WA, USA
selfdesigninstitute.org, the home of the SelfDesign Graduate Institute

And to stay in touch with some of our Facebook contributors, you can write to:
Monica Cochran at [email protected]
Jennifer Mercer at [email protected]

or follow Jen on her new page at https://m.facebook.com/LearningJourneysForum/

If you happen to have a spare moment, please reply here and let us know what has resonated the most with you over the years.

Thanks for traveling along the journey with us; it's been fun. Best wishes for continued joyful living and learning!

The Circle of Courage – Native American Model of Education “Anthropologists have long known that Native Americans reared courageous, respectful children without using harsh coercive controls. Nevertheless, Europeans colonizing North America tried to …

Today is the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. Here are some resources to share with your kids!

What is Summer Solstice? - Geography For Kids | Mocomi Summer solstice is the longest day and shortest night of the year occur on June 21. Summer solstice is also know as June solstice in the northern hemisphere

Join us and other parents, learners and educators at the AERO Conference in two weeks! Registration is still open and we'd love to connect with you!

June 28-July 1st

AERO Conference 2018 | Long Island, NY The Worlds Premeir Alternative Education Conference

25 Simple Ways to Remain Calm When Your Child is NOT What is the secret to remain calm when your child is NOT calm? Great tips that only take 30 seconds (or less) to remain calm when your child is NOT.

Do you have a perfectionist in your house?

Homeschooled Kids Are Fearless Learners!

Homeschooled Children Are Fearless about Their Ability to Learn New Things - SEA Homeschoolers It is a trait of homeschooled kids to be fearless about their ability to learn new things. They grow up understanding that they can learn anything through doing. These are the most important traits of a lifelong learner and very common traits of homeschooled kids. ...

Trusting Play as Learning

Remembering the Soulfulness of Play ~ Trusting the Intelligence of Play to Raise a Child | Vince Gowmon “I wonder”—two of my favorite words. Despite loving the luscious openness of the inquiry, I’m not always good at wondering. Sometimes I get stuck gazing through a fixed lens, trapped in myopia, thinking I know what’s right when really I can’t possibly know.

Reading to Your Children

"When we read to our children, they are doing more work than meets the eye. 'It's that muscle they're developing bringing the images to life in their minds."

What's Going On In Your Child's Brain When You Read Them A Story? There are many ways young children encounter stories. A new study finds a "Goldilocks effect," where a cartoon may be "too hot" and audiobooks "too cold" for learning readers.