What’s The 5 Hour School Week? This morning I shared a book review / recommendation for The 5 Hour School Week. I am listening to it on my morning walks (for the second time). And it’s such a great insight into the power of focus! I love it! I’ve popped it on my book recommendations… Continue reading 5 Hour School Week?
Tag: Unschooling
Little Life Lessons – A 10 Week Road trip
A couple of weeks ago, we returned from 10 weeks and 10,000 km on the road. We travelled the East Coast of Australia as far as Cape Tribulation in Far north tropical Queensland. We had been researching and planning our way back south the whole trip up! It was the 2nd of August in the… Continue reading Little Life Lessons – A 10 Week Road trip
What lights me up?
In my “past life” I was an enthusiastic activist and keyboard warrior campaigning to Politicians at every opportunity. From time to time I still am. But these days I am much more intentional in how I dedicate my time from the space of “inspiration”, rather than reaction and opposition, which often merely tends to create… Continue reading What lights me up?
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?
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
Holistic Home Education 