As of the end of the day on Wednesday we would already be halfway through our second cycle of the pandemic year. The forecast was sunny and hot, and I went into the day assuming that the Learners would spend much of…
read moreWe did not meet on Monday as were honoring Indigenous Peoples’ Day, so we came back together on Tuesday for the second week of our second cycle of the year. The day did not start out great as a Learner showed up…
read moreI had met with three of the Learners in one-on-one check-ins the day before, and I had planned to meet with three other Learners on Friday. The sessions were really helpful in terms of gauging how the Learners were doing slightly more…
read moreA heart shaped rock On Thursday I decided to leave Cuddle Buddies Ivan and Ingrid at Abrome because of the warm temperatures. As I arrived I checked in with Katie and we continued some the conversations we have been having during the…
read moreYesterday a young Learner and I decided that we would spend the first half of the day at the Thinkery, a children’s museum in Austin, TX. We had a wonderful time crawling through the museum and interacting with every possible exhibit, and…
read moreDr. Peter Gray was invited to the Laura Bush Community Library to speak about the lack of free play in society and what we can do about it. This video is shared courtesy of the library. </iframe>”> Author Dr. Peter Gray gives…
read moreProfessor Peter Gray argues that society can free children from coercive schooling through learning centers that will maximize their ability to educate themselves without depriving them of the rightful joys of childhood. We agree. Abrome is a self-directed learning community that opened…
read moreNow that the school year is winding down, many parents and their children are shifting their focus to a wide variety of camps to fill up the summer calendar. Some parents simply need daycare for their children when school is out. Others…
read moreImagine the following experiment. Researchers place hundreds of rats into a large cage. The rats are then separated into groups of about 20, and each group is placed in their own partitioned space within the cage. The rats are not permitted to…
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