One thing learned well in school is repression. To sit on the natural urges of movement, curiosities, play, fun, research and interaction. You simply can't. A “certified expert authority” is talking at you and you must listen. No matter what’s going on at home. You can’t share what’s on your mind… in class at all.… Continue reading What you learn well in school
Category: Wildschooling
2 weeks back at the Homestead
We are officially back from being just shy of 10 weeks and 6000km living the van life. We travelled the east coast until we reached a beautiful beachside place just below Lismore when and where the devastating floods hit. So... as heaven and earth would have it, we were washed back down to our homeland… Continue reading 2 weeks back at the Homestead
Week 7 on the road
2 years ago our family decided we wanted to fit out a van for off grid "roadschooling". Finally after finding the perfect van and the long delays of lockdowns and isolations of several of the people involved in our fit out, we are on the road! Being 7 weeks in, I felt it a great… Continue reading Week 7 on the road
To the notion of not being “enough”…
This is a question I have seen pop up for many new to homeschooling. It's something people face in many areas of life without a doubt but most often a feeing that comes from being schooled ourselves for many. Being in competition with one another is quite normal in a system of grading and testing… Continue reading To the notion of not being “enough”…
When faced with performance questions…
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…
We are – Free To Learn
Have you read Free to Learn? I have been getting stuck into it and cannot recommend it highly enough! I am yet to pull quotes from it to share and quite frankly, It's been THAT great that I couldn't say some parts are more stand out than others... so I'm just going to say... It's… Continue reading We are – Free To Learn
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?
The Bazaar Idea of Timed Targets (Grades)
How funny is it that a hundred years or so ago, a bunch of people, strangers to us, sat down and made up a bunch of learning targets to standardise education, declaring the hierarchy of specific subjects? These people never meeting our individual children or knowing how the world is today and what's important to… Continue reading The Bazaar Idea of Timed Targets (Grades)
Tracking the Learning as Unschoolers
A friend of mine who has the Homeschooling Littles Australia group, just posting a great question which inspired this post. My answer to the question about how unschoolers specifically track or journal learning was: "I have a few things. But all over the shop but to name a few... I use 23snaps app for more… Continue reading Tracking the Learning as Unschoolers
It’s Just Play you say?
I was so inspired by my friend Marit's recent post that I knew straight away I wanted to ad to the conversation. I think it's such an important topic that so many people looking in from the outside don't realise just how much deeper the facade of "play" really goes. I don’t see PLAY. I… Continue reading It’s Just Play you say?
Holistic Home Education 