Having recently answered the question what is respectful parenting, now it’s the turn of unschooling. This post is the first in a 3 part series devoted to the question, what is unschooling? In Part 1, here you are, welcome đ …
10 Home ed and Unschooling podcasts I love :)
Podcasts have played a pivotal role in our home education journey. Not only do they form the soundtrack to our home and car most days, but they introduced us to the very idea of home education, and unschooling in particular. …
Unschooling : a voyage of discovery
No fixed destination, no time to be back. A trip of a lifetime. Unschooling, a voyage of discovery. Full speed ahead in a definite direction, or meandering and drifting where the wind blows. The deck can be busy and bustling, …
Unexpectedly homeschooling? Resources and reassurance to get you started and keep you going
If your childâs school is shut and youâve found yourself unexpectedly homeschooling, you are not alone. On the 11th March 2020 – Over 300 million children worldwide are suddenly being homeschooled, as the Covid-19 epidemic shutters schools for weeks. Kerry …
10 more Goodreads hacks for homeschoolers, home-edders and all book loving families
âYou can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.â – C S Lewis Following on from 10 Goodreads hacks for homeschoolers, home-edders and all book loving families, I give you part …
Curious Unschoolers by Sue Elvis : A book review
Gradually, I was discovering what was important. And bit by bit, I rejected anything that led us away from that close and happy relationship that I knew was the most valuable thing in the world. – Sue Elvis, Curious Unschoolers, …
What worries me about Fortnite (and 9 reasons not to limit childrenâs ‘screentime’)
My children play Fortnite. Or at least, theyâve all tried it. They mostly take it or leave it, except for one. My 14 year old son, heâs definitely a Fortnite fan. Â Fortnite has been hugely popular over the last …
YouTube and Home Ed : 6 channels my 6 year old recommends.
âYou canât learn everything off YouTube.â One of my nearest and dearest once told me. Right after YouTube had featured rather heavily in a discussion about home ed and learning đ Iâm sure sheâs right. But it can be a …
9 Home education routines that brighten up our days.
We love the freedom and flexibility of home education. With no fixed timetable, the rhythm of our days ebb and flow as the needs of our children evolve, and the seasons pass. But with so much freedom to organise our …
Home Education worries : Will they learn how to queue?
In which I share the short answer⌠(spoiler alert) Yes. Home educated children can and do, queue. And then the long answer, delving into why this might be a worry at all? “All his life has he looked awayâŚto the …
12 John Holt Quotes on home education and our role as parents.
A collection of quotes by John Holt exploring the role of parents in home education. Enjoy… âIf I had to make a general rule for living and working with children, it might be this: be wary of saying or doing …
What kind of homeschoolers are we?
In which I offer a little peek into what kind of homeschoolers we are. Although thatâs slightly misleading, as we donât really think of ourselves as homeschoolers at all. Firstly, we live in the UK and here we tend to …