Raw Learning-the basics
gleamer — Sat, 08/22/2009 - 5:47pm
- We are a learning environment for enrolled young people aged kindergarten through 12th grade
- We welcome homeschoolers and their children of all ages
- There is no compulsive anything including classes, meal times or attendance
- The students determine what they will do all day and are not manipulated to do one pursuit over another by punishment and/or rewards
- All people of all ages are treated with equal respect and dignity
- The students determine the rules and can change them by consensus at anytime
- We continually and actively pursue true freedom to learn for all
Welcome to Raw Learning. Please click on the headings to learn more.
You can also contact Gleamer at gleamer@rawlearning.org or by calling 540.292.3002.
Raw Learning
2807 North Augusta Street
Staunton, Virginia 24401
540.292.3002
gleamer@rawlearning.org
Weekly Newsletter August 30-September 5, 2010
gleamer — Mon, 08/30/2010 - 3:01am
Click HERE for Field Trip Sign Up. Monday (8/30) is the LAST day to make your payment.
Work Days at Raw Learning
Please come help us clean up and organize to prepare for another wonderful year.
Monday, August 30th (3:00-5:30), Tuesday, August 31st (12:00-3:30), Wednesday, September 1st (3:00-5:30), Thursday, September 2nd (12:30-3:00), Saturday, September 4th (12:00-5:30). Email Gleamer with your dates!
Last Chance for FREE Raw Learning Sessions!
Tuesday, August 31st from 9:30-11:30 AM and Thursday, September 2nd from 3:30 -5:30 PM will be the last free information and play sessions at Raw Learning.
Location Raw Learning is located in the rear of the Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, facing N. Coalter St (the address is 2807 N. Augusta St., which is where the front of the church is). At the rear of the church there is a playground. Come into the playground and through the door that is in the far right corner. Please call Gleamer at 540.292.3002 if you would like further directions or can't find us.
Attendance options range from a class to full-time; homeschool families with children of all ages (0-18) to a student who is independently enrolled. Click on the attendance tab at the Raw Learning website to find out more.
Classes for Fall Trimester
Click here for descriptions of the classes.
Classes are included for enrolled students. To just take one class the fee is $75 for the Trimester.
Mondays: 8:30-10:00—Makers (Joe)
12:30-2:00—Fun with Food (Gleamer)
Tuesdays: Field Trip Day
Wednesdays: 9:00-11:00(possibly 1:00)—Connecting with Nature (Anne H.)
12:00-1:00—Earth Science (Heather)
Thursdays: 10:00-11:00—Native American History (Terri)
12:30-2:00—Fun with Food (Gleamer)
Fridays: 9:00-12:00—Nature Art (Lenna)
12:30-2:00—Fun with Food (Gleamer)
3:30-4:30—Science and Math (Joe)
To keep informed in between Newsletters join our Raw Learning Facebook Page and/or follow us on Twitter @rawlearning
Do you love Raw Learning? Want to help others find out about us in the Valley? Well here is your chance...we are asking all those who have had some experience with Raw Learning to give us a review on our Google places business listing. Having more reviews helps raise our visibility in the search results and provides interested families with an third person viewpoint of what we do at Raw Learning. To help out, following this link http://bit.ly/8ZBJ7N and click on "Write a Review". A Google account is required to provide a review. If you don't have a Google account already, you will be directed on how you can sign-up.
Here's a review that someone contributed: http://bit.ly/crVQ4r
Newsletter August 16-29, 2010
gleamer — Wed, 08/18/2010 - 12:28am
We need a volunteer for Tuesdays. You would be able to go on all the field trips without paying the participation fee. Many times there are options to carpool too. Before and after the field trips you and yours can come, play and learn at Raw Learning for free. Please let Gleamer know as soon as possible if you would like to volunteer on Tuesdays for the Fall Trimester.
Peaceful Parenting Discussion Group
Are you seeking more joyful and harmonious relationships with your children?
If you are, come check out our discussion group that meets the 4th Monday of every month. We meet to support one another as we explore and practice non-coercive parenting and consensual living. This is a parenting practice that values the wants and needs of everyone equally - regardless of age - and avoids power struggles through the creation of mutually agreeable solutions.
Date: Monday, August 23rd
Time: 7 – 8:30 pm
Where: Raw Learning
Contact Person: Anne Hunter @540-885-0748
Children are welcomed.
Note: For information about the sister parenting group in Harrisonburg,
contact Marcella @ 540-434-0818.
Attendance options range from a class to full-time; homeschool families with children of all ages (0-18) to a student who is independently enrolled. Click on the attendance tab to find out more.
Classes for Fall Trimester
Click here for descriptions of the classes.
Classes are included for enrolled students. To just take one class the fee is $75 for the Trimester.
Mondays: 8:30-10:00—Makers (Joe)
12:30-2:00—Fun with Food (Gleamer)
Tuesdays: Field Trip Day
Wednesdays: 8:30-10:30—Treasure Island (Douglas)
12:00-1:00—Earth Science (Heather)
Thursdays: 10:00-11:00—Native American History (Terri)
12:30-2:00—Fun with Food (Gleamer)
Fridays: 9:00-11:00(possibly 1:00)—Connecting with Nature (Anne H.)
*12:30-2:00—Fun with Food (Gleamer)
3:15-4:15—Science and Math (Joe)
*Friday Fun with Food will meet when Connecting with Nature ends at 11:00.
Work Days at Raw Learning
Please come help us clean up and organize to prepare for another wonderful year.
Friday, August 27th (3:00-5:30), Monday, August 30th (3:00-5:30), Tuesday, August 31st (12:00-3:30), Wednesday, September 1st (3:00-5:30), Thursday, September 2nd (12:30-3:00), Saturday, September 4th (12:00-5:30). Email Gleamer with your dates!
Last Chance for FREE Raw Learning Sessions!
Tuesday, August 31st from 9:30-11:30 AM and Thursday, September 2nd from 3:30 -5:30 PM will be the last free information and play sessions at Raw Learning.
Location Raw Learning is located in the rear of the Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, facing N. Coalter St (the address is 2807 N. Augusta St., which is where the front of the church is). At the rear of the church there is a playground. Come into the playground and through the door that is in the far right corner. Please call me at 540.292.3002 if you would like further directions or can't find us.
To keep informed in between Newsletters join our Raw Learning Facebook Page and/or follow us on Twitter @rawlearning
Weekly Reader
What happens when a student leaves a “free school” like Raw Learning? Here is information from Sudbury Valley School which is 41 years old and Summerhill which is 89 years old about their “graduates”.
http://www.sudval.com/05_alumni.html#04
http://www.summerhillschool.co.uk/pages/pupil-interviews.html
Do you love Raw Learning? Want to help others find out about us in the Valley? Well here is your chance...we are asking all those who have had some experience with Raw Learning to give us a review on our Google places business listing. Having more reviews helps raise our visibility in the search results and provides interested families with an third person viewpoint of what we do at Raw Learning. To help out, following this link http://bit.ly/8ZBJ7N and click on "Write a Review". A Google account is required to provide a review. If you don't have a Google account already, you will be directed on how you can sign-up.
Here's a review that someone contributed last week: http://bit.ly/crVQ4r
Newsletter August 9-15, 2010
gleamer — Mon, 08/09/2010 - 12:36am
VOTE NOW for Field Trips!!!!
Where will Raw Learning be adventuring to on Tuesday's this Fall? You decide! Click here to see descriptions of the field trips. Click here to vote! The poll will close on Wednesday, August 11th. Results will be published in the August 15th Newsletter.
Weekly Reader
We are excited to bring this feature to the Raw Learning community, as we know many of you enjoy a life of continual learning and the acquisition of new knowledge.
Here is one view of ADHD and the implications of coercive learning on its increasing diagnosis: http://bit.ly/dA91Zp
Classes
Here is the tentative class schedule for fall:
Monday-Makers and Cooking
Tuesday-Field Trip
Wednesday-Loving Literature, Earth Science and Cooking
Thursday-Native American History and Cooking
Friday-Connecting with Nature, Cooking and Science & Math
The final schedule will be published in the August 15th Newsletter.
Volunteering
Wednesday afternoon is still a possibility if you would like to volunteer.
Please let Gleamer know how you would like to participate in teaching and/or volunteering by August 12th so that we can post a class schedule and set our volunteer time slots.
Take advantage of FREE Raw Learning Sessions!
There are only 4 left! Join us on Tuesday mornings from 9:30-11:30 AM and Thursday afternoons from 3:30 -5:30 PM for free information and play sessions at Raw Learning.
The dates when the sessions will be available are Tuesday, August 10th, Thursday, August 12th and on Tuesday, August 31st and Thursday, September 2nd.
Please come to as many sessions as you can to learn about and be welcomed into the Raw Learning community.
Location Raw Learning is located in the rear of the Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, facing N. Coalter St (the address is 2807 N. Augusta St., which is where the front of the church is). At the rear of the church there is a playground. Come into the playground and through the door that is in the far right corner. Please call me at 540.292.3002 if you would like further directions or can't find us.
To keep informed in between Newsletters join our Raw Learning Facebook Page and/or follow us on Twitter @rawlearning
Do you love Raw Learning? Want to help others find out about us in the Valley? Well here is your chance...we are asking all those who have had some experience with Raw Learning to give us a review on our Google places business listing. Having more reviews helps raise our visibility in the search results and provides interested families with an third person viewpoint of what we do at Raw Learning. To help out, following this link http://bit.ly/8ZBJ7N and click on "Write a Review". A Google account is required to provide a review. If you don't have a Google account already, you will be directed on how you can sign-up.
Vote for all the field trips your children and yourself would enjoy during the 2010 Fall Trimester (Sept 7th - Nov 19th)
gleamer — Wed, 08/04/2010 - 11:40pm
ATTENTION:
The poll is now closed.
Click here to see descriptions of each field trip.
Results will be posted in the Raw Learning Newsletter on Sunday, August 15th.
Vote for Fall Trimester Field Trips! Here are your options:
gleamer — Wed, 08/04/2010 - 11:38pm
Boxerwood Gardens: Lexington
Explore nature
Outdoor kitchen, mud pit, tunnels, hammock, bone yard, little brook
Trails, meadows and trees
Possible date: Tuesday, September 7th
Length: 4 hours
Cost: Free
Hess-Back Home on the Farm: Harrisonburg
The Virginia Carousel
The Amazing Corn Maze
Pumpkin Patch
Pig Races
Possible date: Tuesday, September 14th
Length: 3-4 hours
Cost: Free for ages 0-1, $6 for ages 2 and up
Bear Viewing Hike: Shenandoah National Forest near Big Meadows
Hosted by the Mapel Family
Oh No, Gertrude book reading
Learn about bear safety and hyperphagia
Bear print craft (maybe)
Limited to 14 participants who are willing to quietly hike
Possible date: Tuesday, September 21st
Length: 3-4 hours
Cost: Free (Possibly a small fee for craft activity participants)
Massanutten Water Park: Massanutten
Play on the indoor water park
Bring your own lunch available
Possible date: On a Monday, Thursday or Friday
Length: 4 hours
Cost: Free for ages 0-2, $19 for ages 3 and up, $25 for all day, $5 to just observe
Fishersville Wastewater Treatment Plant: Fishersville
Review a schematic and tour the plant
Length: 1+ hours
Cost: Free
Augusta County Landfill: Fishersville
Tour and information about what happens when an item is thrown away.
Length: 1 hour
Cost: Free
Sonoco Recycling Facility: Fishersville
Tour and explanations of how items are made ready to be recycled, as well as how and where they are shipped
Length: ½ hour
Cost: Free
JMU Planetarium: Harrisonburg
View Molecularium
-Animated film about how molecules and atoms make up our world
Mini-Star talk about what is in currently in the night sky
Possible date: Same as JMU Arboretum
Length: 30 minutes
Cost: Free
JMU Planetarium: Harrisonburg
View Seven Wonders
-How did the ancient wonders, like the pyramids, get there with out cranes?
Mini-Star talk about what is in currently in the night sky
Possible date: Same as JMU Arboretum
Length: 30 minutes
Cost: Free
JMU Arboretum: Harrisonburg
Feed the ducks
Hike around the woods
Picnic
Geocaching
Possible date: Same as JMU Planetarium and or Funky's Skating
Lenth: 2 hours
Cost: Free
Funky’s Skate Center: Harrisonburg
Roller skating
Bring your own lunch available
Length: 2 hours
Cost: $3 per person includes skate rental
Spitzer Art Center: Harrisonburg
Observe artists at work
Participate in an art drawing/painting class
Divide into younger and older groups
Maximum number of youth class participants-20
Length: About 1 ½ hours
Cost: $10/class participant
Frontier Culture Museum: Staunton
1st program 9:15-11:15, Lunch 11:15-12, 2nd program or self-guided tour 12-2
Choose from 1 program and a self-guided tour or 2 programs from the list on the website.
Hands on activities.
Picnic on site
Cost: Free for ages 0-5, $5 for ages 6-18, $7 for adults
Bowling at Staunton Lanes
10:00-12:00
No outside food or drink
Cost: $2/game, $3 for shoes
Charlotte's Web at The Paramount Theater: Charlottesville
Possible date: Friday, October 8th 10:30-11:30
Cost: Free for ages 0-1, $6 ages 2-18, $8 for adults
Local Apple Orchard: TBD
Possible date: Friday, October 8th
Cost: Free or minimal
Wade's Mill: Raphine
Using hydropower and stone to grind flour
Tour of Mill
Possible date: Same as Cyrus McCormick's Farm
Length: 1 hour
Cost: Free for ages 0-1, $1 ages 2 and up
Cyrus McCormick's Farm: Steeles Tavern
Self-guided tour
Interpretive trail (½ mile)
Picnic area for lunch
Possible date: Same as Wade's Mill
Length: 1 ½ hours
Cost: Free
Wildlife Center of Virginia: Waynesboro
Video introduction to the Wildlife Center
Educator presentation
Up-close experience with a resident education animal
Tour of our outdoor raptor enclosures
Limited to 50 people
Possible date: Same as Fastrax Go-Carts
Length: 1 hour
Cost: Free for 0-2, $4 ages 3+
Fastrax Go-Carts: Waynesboro
Ride go-carts; $3-$6/ride. Available for ages 3 and up.
Play Putt-Putt; $4/person
Use the batting cages; $1 token for 15 pitches
Play arcade games
Possible date: Same as Wildlife Center
Length: 1-2 hours
Natural Bridge of Virginia: Natural Bridge
Natural Bridge Caverns
Walk Cedar Creek Trail to Natural Bridge
Native American Village
Toy and Wax Museum
Length: 5 hours
Cost: Free for ages 0-4, $6-$12/ person ages 5-adult depending on package chosen
Virginia Safari Park: Natural Bridge
Safari Village
Wagon tour
Feed wild animals
Possible date: Same as Professor Cline's Attractions
Length: 1 1/2-2 hours
Cost: Free for ages 0-2, $6 for ages 3-18, $11 adults
Professor Cline's Attractions: Natural Bridge
Foamhenge-Free
Maybe we can visit Dinosaur Kingdom -Pricing TBA ASAP
Possible Date: Same as Virginia Safari Park
Stoney Creek Roller Rink and Fun Center: Woodstock
Choose 1 or 2 of the following
One game of Miniature Golf
One game of Laser Tag (must be at least 36” tall)
One session of Bumper Cars (must be at least 44” tall)
Unlimited Skating during visit
Unlimited Tubes and Tunnels for people under 50” tall
Length: 3 hours
Cost: Free for spectators over age 18 and ages 0-2,
$5-$7 for participants over 3 years old
New Market Battlefield: New Market
Participate in a hands on “Tour”
Explore the Battlefield
Picnic lunch
Length: 2-3 hours
Cost: Free for ages 0-5, $5 ages 6-12, 13+$7
Luray Zoo: Luray
Learn about rescued animals
Monkey or snake demonstration
Tour reptile house and outdoor exhibits
Petting zoo
Length: 1 – 1 ½ hours
Cost: Free for ages 0-2, $4 for ages 3-12, $9 for ages 13+
Green Fence Farm: Greenville
Interact with animals
Examine differences between a sustainable farm and a conventional farm
Hands on activities
Length: 1 ½ hours
Cost: Free or minimal
Augusta Springs Wetlands: Buffalo Gap
Interpretive boardwalk around the Wetlands
Trials through the woods
Learning stations
Picnic lunch
Length: 2-3 hours
Cost: Free
Long distance Field Trips
Science Museum of Western Virginia: Roanoke
Hands on and interactive exhibits
Planetarium and Megadome shows
Fascinating classes and labs
Length: All day
Cost: $3-$9/person 3 and up, depending on desired experience
Virginia Living Museum: Newport News
Indoor and outdoor exhibits of plants, animals and environment
Abbott Observatory to safely look at the sun
Interactive History stations
Possible date: Same as the Virginia Air and Space Center
Length: Afternoon
Cost: Free for ages 0-2, $7 for ages 3-18, $12 for adults
Virginia Air and Space Center: Hampton
Many interactive space and air travel exhibits
Possible date: Same as Virginia Living Museum
Length: Morning
Cost: Free for ages 0-2, $7.50 for ages 3-adult Add $1 for each of the Demonstrations and the Carousal. IMAX is +$4.50
Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center: Virginia Beach
Indoor and outdoor hands on programs
Self-guided tour
Pet a marine animal
Length: All day
Cost: $8 for ages 0-18, $10 for adults -IMAX is +$4 and Programs are +$2
Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum: Winchester
American Children's Museum (ACM) Reciprocal
Hands on Program (30-60 min)
Self-directed
Possible date: Same as Wilson's Wild Animal Park
Length: 2-3 hours
Cost: Free for ages 0-1, $3.50 for ages 2-adult
Wilson's Wild Animal Park: Winchester
Self-guided tour
Pet and feed the animals
Possible date: Same as Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum
Length: 1-2 hours
Cost: Free for ages 0-2, $5 for ages 3-adult
National Air & Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center: Chantilly
Guided and self-guided tours
Demonstrations
Learning Labs
Discovery Stations
Public Observatory
Length: All day
Cost: Free
Newsletter August 2-8, 2010
gleamer — Mon, 08/02/2010 - 12:05am
We are excited to bring this feature to the Raw Learning community, as we know many of you enjoy a life of continual learning and the acquisition of new knowledge.
Lately there has been much discussion locally about what happens if an unschooler decides to go to public school. Here are the experiences of two families.
http://sandradodd.com/math/schoolmath
http://fivefreebirds.blogspot.com/2008/07/unschool-v-school.html?showComment=1218111060000#c6745739236597424135
Classes
Here are the tentative classes for fall:
- Cooking
- Science and Math
- Loving Literature
- History Mystery
- Connecting with Nature
- Crafts and Jewelry
- Earth Science
- Makers or Mythbusters
We still need volunteers for Tuesday and Wednesday.
Please let Gleamer know how you would like to participate in teaching and/or volunteering by August 12th so that we can post a class schedule and set our volunteer time slots.
Only 3 Weeks of Raw Learning FREE Sessions Left!
Join us on Tuesday mornings from 9:30-11:30 AM and Thursday afternoons from 3:30 -5:30 PM for free information and play sessions at Raw Learning.
The dates when the sessions will be available are Tuesday, August 3rd through Thursday, August 12th and on Tuesday, August 31st and Thursday, September 2nd.
Please come to as many sessions as you can to learn about the Raw Learning community and to keep us in touch through the summer months.
Location Raw Learning is located in the rear of the Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, facing N. Coalter St (the address is 2807 N. Augusta St., which is where the front of the church is). At the rear of the church there is a playground. Come into the playground and through the door that is in the far right corner. Please call me at 540.292.3002 if you would like further directions or can't find us.
Suggested field trips for the Fall Trimester
- Boxerwood
- Hike to view bears in the Shenandoah National Forest
- JMU Arboretum and Planetarium
- Roller skating at Funky's
- Wade's Mill and Cyrus McCormick's Farm
- Massenutten Waterpark
- Frontier Culture Museum
- Bowling
- Hess Pumpkin Patch
- Apple Picking
- Cupp Dairy Farm
- Fastrax in Waynesboro
- Waynesboro Wildlife Center
- Charlotte's Web at The Paramount in Charlottesville
- Natural Bridge, Foamhenge and the Virginia Safari Park
- Stoney Creek Roller Rink and Fun Center (Woodstock)
- New Market Battlefield
- Luray Zoo
- Green Fence Farm (Greenville)
- Spitzer Art Center (Harrisonburg)
We will vote to pick one long distance field trip:
- Virginia Living Museum (Newport News)
- Virginia Beach Aquarium & Marine Science Center
- Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum (Winchester)
- Virginia Air & Space Center (Hampton)
- National Air & Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center (Dulles)
- Roanoke Science Museum
Newsletter July 26-August 1, 2010
gleamer — Mon, 07/26/2010 - 12:40am
Peaceful Parenting Discussion Group
Are you seeking more joyful and harmonious relationships with your children?
If you are, come check out our discussion group that meets the 4th Monday of every month. We meet to support one another as we explore and practice non-coercive parenting and consensual living. This is a parenting practice that values the wants and needs of everyone equally - regardless of age - and avoids power struggles through the creation of mutually agreeable solutions.
Date: Monday, July 26th
Time: 7 – 8:30 pm
Where: Raw Learning
Please RSVP to Gleamer Sullivan @540-292-3002 if you are coming.
Children are welcomed.
Note: For information about the sister parenting group in Harrisonburg,
contact Marcella @ 540-434-0818.
Weekly Reader
Introducing a new section to the Newsletter, Weekly Reader! Look to this section of the newsletter for the links to the latest content on the topic of learning. We are excited to bring this feature to the Raw Learning community, as we know many of you enjoy a life of continual learning and the acquisition of new knowledge.
How to create creativity? http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/10/the-creativity-crisis.html
Classes and Volunteering
Share your talents and love of learning at Raw Learning. Come teach a class and/or volunteer this Fall. Please let Gleamer know how you would like to participate by August 12th so that we can post a class schedule and set our volunteer time slots.
Field Trips
What trips interest you and yours? Charlotte's Web is showing at the Paramount. A hike to view Black Bears and a trip to Boxerwood are two more suggestions. Please email Gleamer with your ideas.
Raw Learning is the place for Summer Fun!
We had a quite a crowd this past Thursday afternoon! Please join us on Tuesday mornings from 9:30-11:30 AM and Thursday afternoons from 3:30 -5:30 PM for free information and play sessions at Raw Learning.
The dates when the sessions will be available are Tuesday, July 27th through Thursday, August 12th and on Tuesday, August 31st and Thursday, September 2nd.
Please come to as many sessions as you can to learn about the Raw Learning community and to keep us in touch through the summer months.
Location Raw Learning is located in the rear of the Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, facing N. Coalter St (the address is 2807 N. Augusta St., which is where the front of the church is). At the rear of the church there is a playground. Come into the playground and through the door that is in the far right corner. Please call me at 540.292.3002 if you would like further directions or can't find us.
Newsletter July 19-25, 2010
gleamer — Sun, 07/18/2010 - 11:12pm
Weekly Reader
Introducing a new section to the Newsletter, Weekly Reader! Look to this section of the newsletter for the links to the latest content on the topic of learning. We are excited to bring this feature to the Raw Learning community, as we know many of you enjoy a life of continual learning and the acquisition of new knowledge.
Check out this week's article, which sets out to disprove the myths that math must be rigid, disconnected from reality or boring:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/201004/kids-learn-math-easily-when-they-control-their-own-learning
Classes and Volunteering
Share your talents and love of learning at Raw Learning. Come teach a class and/or volunteer this Fall. Please let Gleamer know how you would like to participate by August 12th so that we can post a class schedule and set our volunteer time slots.
Field Trips
Where would you and yours like to go this Fall? A hike to view Black Bears and a trip to Boxerwood are two suggestions. Please email Gleamer with your ideas.
Raw Learning is the place for Summer Fun!
Join us on Tuesday mornings from 9:30-11:30 AM and Thursday afternoons from 3:30 -5:30 PM for free information and play sessions at Raw Learning.
The dates when the sessions will be available are Tuesday, July 25th through Thursday, August 12th and on Tuesday, August 31st and Thursday, September 2nd.
Please come to as many sessions as you can to learn about the Raw Learning community and to keep us in touch through the summer months.
Location Raw Learning is located in the rear of the Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, facing N. Coalter St (the address is 2807 N. Augusta St., which is where the front of the church is). At the rear of the church there is a playground. Come into the playground and through the door that is in the far right corner. Please call me at 540.292.3002 if you would like further directions or can't find us.
Peaceful Parenting Discussion Group
Are you seeking more joyful and harmonious relationships with your children?
If you are, come check out our discussion group that meets the 4th Monday of every month. We meet to support one another as we explore and practice non-coercive parenting and consensual living. This is a parenting practice that values the wants and needs of everyone equally - regardless of age - and avoids power struggles through the creation of mutually agreeable solutions.
Date: Monday, July 26th
Time: 7 – 8:30 pm
Where: Raw Learning
Contact Person: Anne Hunter @540-885-0748
Children are welcomed.
Note: For information about the sister parenting group in Harrisonburg,
contact Marcella @ 540-434-0818.
