having adventures

Is It Time to Have an Unschool Adventure?

31 January 2024

Have you been on an unschooling adventure recently? Perhaps an adventure arrived unexpectedly? Maybe you dropped everything, climbed into your vehicle with your excited kids, and set off on a spur-of-the-moment adventure?

Family·Record Keeping·Uncategorised·Unschooling

Rules for Having Fabulous Unschool Learning Adventures

4 May 2022

I know unschooling isn’t supposed to have any rules, but we do have a few. They’re called Our Rules for Having Fabulous Learning Adventures. When my kids were younger, whenever we headed

Unschooling

Solo Adventures

4 July 2021

This morning, Gemma-Rose and I left home earlier than usual because we wanted to drive the scenic route to town instead of going the direct way. After my youngest daughter slid into

My Podcasts·Primary School·Unschooling

Bad Haircuts and Unschooling Adventures

9 March 2021

In this week’s solo podcast episode, I’m sharing a few stories, and talking about how we can be more adventurous. It’s good to be adventurous, isn’t it? Adventures are fun. They connect

Parenting·Primary School·Unschooling

Younger Unschoolers: Including the Baby in the Adventure

22 January 2020

We’re going on an adventure. We’re going to have a wonderful time. But wait! What about the baby? We can’t just rush out the door ready to explore when we have little

Primary School·Unschooling

Younger Unschoolers: Our Learning Adventure Rules

17 January 2020

If we’re willing to seize the moment, we can have some fabulous spur-of-the-moment learning adventures. We could find ourselves unexpectedly sitting on a beach watching breaching whales. But can we also have

Primary School·Unschooling

Younger Unschoolers: Spur-of-the-Moment Adventures

15 January 2020

One of the best learning days that I can remember happened many years ago when my eldest child was about six or seven. I was listening to the radio while doing some

My Podcasts·My Videos·Primary School·Unschooling

Turning Waiting Times into Unschooling Adventures

18 August 2019

Do you spend a lot of time waiting? I used to. When my kids were younger, I had to wait while they had piano lessons, singing lessons, musicianship lessons and swimming lessons.

Unschooling

Unschooling Adventure Juice

27 July 2019

Most people put petrol or gas into their vehicles’ tanks. But we fill our car with adventure juice. Once the tank is full, we smile. Where shall we go? What shall we

Family·My Videos·Parenting·Unschooling

Why Picnics Are (Still) Important

16 July 2015

Do you ever find parenting and homeschooling overwhelming? Do you have days when you want to run away? Perhaps you need to leave the problems at home and go on a picnicking