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Awhile back, Gemma-Rose and I went to the art gallery in Sydney to see the Masters of Modern Art exhibition. When we returned home, I turned our outing into homeschool ...

I wonder if more people would unschool if there was no such thing as homeschool registration. Maybe having to fulfil registration requirements seems daunting. How can we give our kids ...

Yesterday, I sat inside my walk-in-wardrobe (closet) for an hour. Do you know what I was doing in there? I wasn’t sorting out my clothes. I was recording a podcast! ...

It seems like a very long time since I last wrote a blog post. Maybe you were beginning to think I'd abandoned my blog. Could I have gone off to ...

How do unschoolers learn to write? Can they gain the necessary writing skills without any formal instruction? I think they can. Actually, I know they can because that's what my ...

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?” ...

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, ...

How can we unschool and, at the same time, be registered homeschoolers? What if our kids have to follow the school syllabus in order to fulfil the registration requirements? And ...

It's the last day of the official school term. Yes, Term 3 for 2018 is just about over. So what are we doing? Are we jumping up and down with ...

After my recent series of short unschooling blog post story podcasts, I now have a longer episode. It's jam-packed full of thoughts, ideas and news! In episode 116, I'm discussing the ...

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?" ...

Why would I want to turn something as unique and wonderful as unschooling into routine homeschool records notes? I wish I could take delight in my daughters' learning without ever ...

The other day,  our Authorised Person (AP) from the education department came to see us. It was time for our biennial homeschool registration visit. "We're still using Evernote to record ...

I have an unplanning notebook. It's filled with all kinds of interesting resources. Whenever my girls are looking for something to do, I say, "Why don't you take a look ...

Last week, life was very busy. And even though there was no time for such things as 'school', we had a week jam-packed with learning. By the time Friday rolled ...

Do you ever compare yourself to someone else who's doing similar work to you? Do you feel discouraged if they seem to be more successful than you? Perhaps you feel ...

Every two years, an Authorised Person (AP) from the Education Department comes to visit our family as part of our homeschool registration process. We have to show her what we've ...

When I signed up for Evernote so did my children. Yes, we all have our own accounts. This allows us to share our notebooks. Why would we want to do that? ...

How many Evernote notebooks do we need for recording our unschooling? Here are three options:  1. We could create only one notebook for the whole year eg: 2015 We can ...

Is anyone looking for ideas on how we can use Evernote to record unschool maths? I hope so because I have put together a list of 20+ ideas I use! ...

I love Evernote. I think it's A Perfect Method for Keeping Unschooling Records! You might already know this if you've read some of my other Evernote blog posts or watched ...

My daughter Sophie is very busy. Every morning she opens her computer, impatient to begin work. "What are you doing?" I ask. "I'm coding. I'm modifying the template on my ...

My wonderful super computer won't boot up. I turned it off the other evening and now it refuses to operate. It's rather difficult to blog and podcast without a computer ...

Is there such a thing as a typical unschooling day? What about a typical unschooling week? Do my children spend equal time on all the key learning areas? The answer ...

“Hey, girls, come and look at my video!”“It looks wonderful, Mum!” (My daughters know exactly the right words to say!)“Do you like the slideshow? How about the pan and zoom ...

Sometimes when I’m hopping around the unschooling blogosphere I stumble across places where I don’t feel I belong. As I read the posts, I can feel the high emotions: “No ...

Last Friday, I was ready to swing into a new season of our unschooling year. “No more record keeping for this term,” I announced to my girls. No more looking out for ...

Proving a child is learning maths, for homechool registration purposes, could be rather tricky for unschoolers. We don't have any maths workbooks or exercise books to show an Authorised Person ...

The other day I promised to tell you more about our recent homeschool registration visit. An Authorised Person (AP), from the education department (NSW), came to our home to see ...

 If you listened to last week’s podcast you’ll know I recently had to apply for another period of homeschool registration for my girls. You’ll also know I promised to report ...

"What shall I speak about in this week's podcast?" I ask my daughters. "What are you thinking about at the moment?" asks Imogen. "Next week's homeschool registration visit. Perhaps I'll ...

A week or so ago, three boxes arrived on our doorstep. Imogen cheered and jumped up and down, and said, "Wow! Our new home audio recording studio!" Yes, we now ...

This week’s podcast is all about resources. I talk about some of the interesting things we discovered during 2014 and… I answer the following questions: How do I discuss at ...

The other night I turned off my computer for the day, and settled down with my family to watch a movie... at least I tried to watch. My mind kept ...

Last term, this old mother learnt a new trick. After using the same method (my old exercise book) for many years, to record my girls' learning activities for registration purposes, I ...