Recently I was asked if my 3 year old can write her name yet. As a default people pleaser, the drive to "perform" is literally something I personally have had to "de-school" myself on A LOT! I come from a family where on my mother's side, on which I had siblings... I was the over… Continue reading When faced with performance questions…
Category: Parenting
Life Maths, Science, Health & History – Where are they not?
Today, we began looking at "numbers" out of curiosity born out of current world events. Now, I'm aware this doesn't fall under certain "pedagogies" for what a particular age is "supposed" to be learning... but as you may or may not know: we literally do what we want. If it feels right, we go with… Continue reading Life Maths, Science, Health & History – Where are they not?
More reasons to home educate… Thinking outside the box
“Children learn from anything and everything they see. They learn wherever they are, not just in special learning places.” John Holt, How Children Learn “Leaders are not, as we are often led to think, people who go along with huge crowds following them. Leaders are people who go their own way without caring, or even looking… Continue reading More reasons to home educate… Thinking outside the box
The Answer to the Question: Why did you choose to home educate?
It's not easy to answer this question in passing! For a start, there are 100 if not thousands of reasons why I chose to home educate. My short answer was "I never imagined it any other way. Mostly for the freedom to travel and road school, but for many reasons." Maybe I was keeping the… Continue reading The Answer to the Question: Why did you choose to home educate?
Learning is Everywhere! Just turn your attention to it!
This week was full! We did a letter drop which was great for some exercise and number learning (letterbox numbers) for miss 5! We went to story time at our library, read lots of awesome books from local authors. We love that about our library! After going to the pool, miss 5 asked about chlorine… Continue reading Learning is Everywhere! Just turn your attention to it!
Keeping it simple – Life Lessons & Natural Learning
We were doing a letter drop today in our local area for our business. That's when it dawned on me how easy and simple learning can and should be! Instead of jamming facts down the throat of children, we could be simply exposing them to the language of life (numbers and letters) naturally. As we… Continue reading Keeping it simple – Life Lessons & Natural Learning
Subjects & Unschooling
How many snakes can you see? 😉 Today I received a message from a reader about how to work and unschool as well as address nervousness around subjects. Below is the question followed by my answer. "I'm hoping you might be able to suggest possible ways a parent can work and unschool their own kids?… Continue reading Subjects & Unschooling
The Beauty of Home Education
Because most people go to school, you will most often hear only of the benefits of going to school, so I'm here to champion home education! Because, given most people in fact "were" schooled...it can be hard to have faith in yourself to do something so huge without "being directed what to do" all the… Continue reading The Beauty of Home Education
Birds of a Feather Fly Together
Please stop saying how important "socialisation" is for children and how that's the important thing about school! My beautiful homeschooled (unschooled) friend messaged me today with yet another mention of this common misconception from a nosey stranger when learning of her homeschooled child. Do people even KNOW who they're sending their children to school to… Continue reading Birds of a Feather Fly Together
When the bell rings
What does it teach a student to have most of their time directed by a bell, dictating when to change focus, attention, activity, seats or classrooms? Is it a subtle suggestion that you are not the governor of your own destiny? Does this bell directed life offer insight into how to go deeper into learning,… Continue reading When the bell rings
Holistic Home Education 