- Stories of an Unschooling Family

Christian Unschooling·English·My Podcasts·Unschooling

Reading Out Loud and a Generous Christmas

14 December 2018

Do you like listening to stories being read out loud? I have to admit that this isn’t my favourite activity. My mind tends to wander and I miss half the words. But

Christian Unschooling·My Podcasts·Parenting·Unschooling

Respecting Kids and Christmas Presents

11 December 2018

Does having a simple Christmas sound good? It does to me. This year, like last year and the one before, I wanted to announce that I’m not buying a lot of Christmas

My Podcasts·Unschooling

An Unschooler Talks About Life, Work and Dreams

30 November 2018

Perhaps we worry that if we let our kids follow their interests, they won’t gain all the knowledge they will need if they decide to do some kind of tertiary study in

My Podcasts·Unschooling

When a Child Is No Longer Gripped by a Passion

23 November 2018

A friend asked: “Have your kids ever been between interests?” The short answer to that question is yes. There have indeed been times when my kids have lost their enthusiasm for their

My Podcasts·Unschooling

Difficult Things

17 November 2018

A few weeks ago, I received an email from Pam Laricchia from the Living Joyfully with Unschooling website: Would I like to be part of her Exploring Unschooling podcast? As I read the invitation, I

Family

The Extraordinary Ordinary Things of Life

7 November 2018

I’m at Thomas’ wake. I have his memory box on my knee, and I take out a few photos and pass them to a friend. “He was a chubby baby!” she exclaims.

My Podcasts·Parenting·Unschooling

Unschool Socialisation: Making Friends, Being Different

3 November 2018

It’s Saturday afternoon. I’m at home, settled in front of the heater, thinking about socialisation. Am I’m feeling sociable at the moment? No. I’m quite capable of socialising, but I’m happy sitting here

Evernote·Record Keeping·Unschooling

Turning Our Unschool Weeks into Homeschool Records

29 October 2018

Sometimes life is quiet. We can stay at home and relax. There’s plenty of time to say such things as “Would you like to watch a Shakespeare play with me?” We read

My Podcasts·Parenting·Unschooling

Is Unschooling More Than a Method of Homeschooling?

28 October 2018

Yesterday morning, I told this story on Instagram: I heard a sad story. Two women were enjoying lunch together in a cafe. They were halfway through eating their egg and bacon rolls

Evernote·High School·Record Keeping·Unschooling

Turning My Teenager’s Unschool Learning into Homeschool Records

25 October 2018

How do we turn our unschoolers’ learning into homeschool records notes? What do we write? What educational language can we use? If we haven’t got any written assignments or worksheets, what do