Archive — Stories of an Unschooling Family

February 2026

Feb 9, 2026 Could Ebooks Save My Unschool Blog? Feb 9, 2026

January 2026

Jan 17, 2026 My List of Brilliant Unschooling Blogs Jan 17, 2026
Jan 13, 2026 How Unschoolers Can Deal with Questions and Sceptics Jan 13, 2026
Jan 10, 2026 How Kids Need Something Better Than Perfect Lives Jan 10, 2026
Jan 8, 2026 When Our Unschooling Days Turn Grey Jan 8, 2026

November 2025

Nov 25, 2025 Unschooling: Making the Right Choices Nov 25, 2025
Nov 4, 2025 Unschooling: Coping With the Unexpected Nov 4, 2025

October 2025

Oct 30, 2025 Resources for Unschoolers Oct 30, 2025
Oct 28, 2025 Where I’m At With My Unschool Blog Oct 28, 2025

July 2025

Jul 26, 2025 Unschool Cool: Why Being Different Is Our Superpower Jul 26, 2025
Jul 24, 2025 Why Unschoolers Are the Real Cool Kids Jul 24, 2025
Jul 21, 2025 Unschooling Isn’t Freedom Gone Wild: Why Choices Matter More Than Ideals Jul 21, 2025
Jul 16, 2025 Unschooling, Attachment, and the Art of Letting Go: Building Trust Instead of Rules Jul 16, 2025
Jul 12, 2025 The Saturday Unschool Examen Jul 12, 2025
Jul 9, 2025 Unschool Crime Connections Jul 9, 2025
Jul 7, 2025 How Unschooling Doesn’t Guarantee a Fairytale Life Jul 7, 2025

June 2025

Jun 25, 2025 Is It Working? Wrestling with Doubt in Unschooling Jun 25, 2025
Jun 9, 2025 Unschooling: How Do We Know They’re Learning? Jun 9, 2025
Jun 2, 2025 Unschooling, Homemaking, and a Mother’s Role Jun 2, 2025

May 2025

May 30, 2025 The Math Myth: How Do Unschooled Kids Learn Math? May 30, 2025
May 23, 2025 Are There Times When You Should Never Give Up Unschooling? May 23, 2025
May 20, 2025 Passing on Our Fears to Our Kids May 20, 2025
May 12, 2025 Unschooling Is Carried by Conversations May 12, 2025
May 8, 2025 Why We Should Freely Choose to Do Difficult and Unpleasant Things May 8, 2025
May 2, 2025 Is It Okay if Parents Want to Influence Their Unschooling Kids? May 2, 2025

April 2025

Apr 29, 2025 The Role of Repetition in Learning, Unschooling, and Shaping Identity Apr 29, 2025
Apr 22, 2025 More Unschooling Math/s – What Does Learning Mathematics Naturally Look Like Apr 22, 2025
Apr 19, 2025 Why Parents Should Help with the Family Chores Apr 19, 2025
Apr 15, 2025 Does Respecting Older People Begin with Respecting Kids? Apr 15, 2025
Apr 14, 2025 Learning to Read and Trusting Unschooling Apr 14, 2025
Apr 8, 2025 Do Unschooled Kids (and Parents) Need Time Away From Their Devices? Apr 8, 2025
Apr 5, 2025 The Discomfort of Letting Go and Allowing Our Kids (and Ourselves) to Grow Apr 5, 2025
Apr 2, 2025 Unschooling: Trusting the Process and Letting Go of Control Apr 2, 2025

March 2025

Mar 29, 2025 Some Not-Your-Average Maths Websites for Unschool Strewing Mar 29, 2025
Mar 26, 2025 An Unschool Challenge: Name Conversations Mar 26, 2025
Mar 19, 2025 When Parents Want What Is Best for Themselves, Not Their Unschooling Kids Mar 19, 2025
Mar 18, 2025 Unschooling and Connections: How Learning Is All About Creating a Web of Understanding Mar 18, 2025
Mar 10, 2025 Unschooling Maths - What Does Learning Math/s Naturally Look Like? Mar 10, 2025
Mar 3, 2025 Unschooling: Trust, Autonomy, and The Realities of Learning Mar 3, 2025

February 2025

Feb 28, 2025 What if Our Unschooled Kids Complain or Reject Everything We Hold Dear? Feb 28, 2025
Feb 12, 2025 Why This Unschool Mother Doesn’t Care Feb 12, 2025
Feb 5, 2025 The Unschool Fangirl Returns Feb 5, 2025
Feb 4, 2025 Unschooling: A Lifestyle of Curiosity, Flexibility, and Trust Feb 4, 2025
Feb 1, 2025 Examining An Unschooling Life Feb 1, 2025

January 2025

Jan 29, 2025 Why I’m Content to Be a Blogger and Not an Instagram Influencer Jan 29, 2025
Jan 28, 2025 How to Beat Time Who Jolts Us Forward Without Permission Jan 28, 2025
Jan 27, 2025 Who Would We Be Without Unschooling? Jan 27, 2025
Jan 25, 2025 Some Strange and Interesting Bookish Questions Jan 25, 2025
Jan 23, 2025 As the Unschooling Season Changes Jan 23, 2025
Jan 22, 2025 Need Some Unschooling Encouragement and Ideas to Ponder? Jan 22, 2025
Jan 17, 2025 Unschooling: A Slow but Productive Way of Life Jan 17, 2025
Jan 15, 2025 Unschool: Be Brave, Adventurous and Just a Bit Daring Jan 15, 2025
Jan 13, 2025 Strewing to Share Passions and Keep Our Bonds Strong Jan 13, 2025

December 2024

Dec 9, 2024 Do You Need to Follow an Older Unschooler? (Part 2) Dec 9, 2024

November 2024

Nov 30, 2024 Do You Need to Follow an Older Unschooler? (Part 1) Nov 30, 2024
Nov 25, 2024 How Unschoolers Own the World Nov 25, 2024
Nov 22, 2024 A Genuine Invitation for Christian Unschoolers Nov 22, 2024
Nov 16, 2024 An Irresistible Invitation to an Unschooling Voyage of Discovery Nov 16, 2024
Nov 8, 2024 Unschoolers Taking Over the World Nov 8, 2024
Nov 5, 2024 Irreplaceable Unschool Dogs and Kids Nov 5, 2024

October 2024

Oct 31, 2024 How to Write a Million Unschool Love Stories Oct 31, 2024
Oct 29, 2024 Reflecting Badly On Our Family Oct 29, 2024
Oct 17, 2024 What Snakes Can Teach Us About Unschooling Oct 17, 2024

September 2024

Sep 26, 2024 When an Unschooler Feels Like Taking a Course Sep 26, 2024
Sep 20, 2024 When Mothering Is Not Enough Sep 20, 2024
Sep 18, 2024 Reaching the Finish Line: Achieving Our Dreams Sep 18, 2024
Sep 12, 2024 Encouraging Kids to Say Thank You Sep 12, 2024
Sep 4, 2024 Does Christian Unschooling Interest You? Sep 4, 2024

August 2024

Aug 31, 2024 Choosing an Exceptional Unschool Life and Other Things Aug 31, 2024
Aug 19, 2024 How to Parent So We’ll Have No Regrets Aug 19, 2024
Aug 13, 2024 Would You Like the Key to the Secret Unschooling Garden? Aug 13, 2024

July 2024

Jul 19, 2024 What if Adding Joy to Your Days Was Simple and Inexpensive? Jul 19, 2024
Jul 16, 2024 The Art of Conversation and Lifelong Learning Jul 16, 2024

June 2024

Jun 24, 2024 Is Trying to Impress Others a Waste of Time? Jun 24, 2024
Jun 20, 2024 Stories of Awful Hair Styles and Inspector Morse Jun 20, 2024
Jun 15, 2024 When We Don’t Know What to Do Jun 15, 2024
Jun 7, 2024 Intuition and Independence: Unschooling Tips and Practical Advice Jun 7, 2024

May 2024

May 4, 2024 A Birthday Chat May 4, 2024
May 3, 2024 Live a Radical Life of Unconditional Love May 3, 2024

April 2024

Apr 29, 2024 Encouraging My Daughters and Other Women by Embracing My Age Apr 29, 2024
Apr 27, 2024 An Unschool Conversation with Jesper and Cecilie Conrad on the Self Directed Podcast Apr 27, 2024
Apr 25, 2024 Pushing Ourselves Instead of Our Kids Apr 25, 2024
Apr 23, 2024 Chatting with My Unschooled Author Daughter Apr 23, 2024
Apr 18, 2024 Challenging Ourselves to Put Away Our Phones Apr 18, 2024
Apr 16, 2024 Taking Risks, Looking Strange Apr 16, 2024

March 2024

Mar 25, 2024 How to Respond to ‘Unlovable’ Kids and Cats Mar 25, 2024
Mar 21, 2024 Love or Fear? What Guides Our Lives? Mar 21, 2024
Mar 19, 2024 Does Love Keep You Awake While Others Sleep? Mar 19, 2024
Mar 16, 2024 Ordinary Frida Kahlo Eyebrow Days Mar 16, 2024
Mar 9, 2024 Words Matter Mar 9, 2024
Mar 1, 2024 The Unanticipated Problem with Sharing My Kids’ Lives Publicly Mar 1, 2024

February 2024

Feb 26, 2024 Reluctant to Persuade or Engage Feb 26, 2024
Feb 19, 2024 I Need Your Help. Do You Need Mine? Feb 19, 2024
Feb 16, 2024 What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? Feb 16, 2024
Feb 13, 2024 Do You Need a Happy List? Feb 13, 2024
Feb 11, 2024 Put on Your Real-Life Maths Eyes Feb 11, 2024
Feb 3, 2024 A Perfect Curriculum or Unschooling? Feb 3, 2024

January 2024

Jan 31, 2024 Is It Time to Have an Unschool Adventure? Jan 31, 2024

December 2023

Dec 30, 2023 The Unschool Challenge: Writing an End-of-the-Year Review Dec 30, 2023
Dec 7, 2023 Santa, Books, and Expectations Dec 7, 2023
Dec 5, 2023 Crime Novels and Priestly Detective Rules Dec 5, 2023

November 2023

Nov 25, 2023 Unschooling: Doing What Is Right Nov 25, 2023
Nov 4, 2023 Wanted: Passionate Unschoolers Nov 4, 2023

October 2023

Oct 14, 2023 Preventing Childhood Trauma with Unconditional Love Oct 14, 2023
Oct 6, 2023 Could Unschooling Be Exactly What Teens Need to Do? Oct 6, 2023

September 2023

Sep 26, 2023 Who Should Be Responsible for a Child’s Education, the Parent or the Child? Sep 26, 2023
Sep 23, 2023 What Do Unschoolers Do Each Day? Sep 23, 2023
Sep 15, 2023 Unschoolers, Chores and Rosters Sep 15, 2023
Sep 7, 2023 Should We Push Kids to Use Their Talents, Aim High and Impress? Sep 7, 2023

August 2023

Aug 18, 2023 Unschool Basics: What is Unschooling? Aug 18, 2023
Aug 15, 2023 The Stories of Our Lives Aug 15, 2023

July 2023

Jul 29, 2023 How Our Unschooling Lives and Kids Don’t Need to be Picture-Perfect Jul 29, 2023
Jul 24, 2023 Do Unschoolers Drift Aimlessly Through Each Day? Jul 24, 2023
Jul 6, 2023 Is Unconditional Love at the Heart of Unschooling? Jul 6, 2023

June 2023

Jun 30, 2023 What to Do When Unschool Kids Have No Interest in Topics They’re Required to Learn Jun 30, 2023
Jun 27, 2023 Unschooling Charlotte Mason Jun 27, 2023
Jun 5, 2023 Why Are We Willing to Endure the Pain of Parenthood? Jun 5, 2023

May 2023

May 9, 2023 Goodbye, Stories of an Unschooling Family May 9, 2023

April 2023

Apr 22, 2023 Unschool: Greater Things Apr 22, 2023
Apr 15, 2023 Unschool: Experiencing Energy and Gravity Apr 15, 2023
Apr 10, 2023 Unschool: Disco Boots and Old Stories Apr 10, 2023
Apr 1, 2023 Unschool: Aqua Waves and Awe Apr 1, 2023

March 2023

Mar 25, 2023 Questioning the Wisdom of Unconditional Love Mar 25, 2023
Mar 20, 2023 Words Packed with Unschool Maths Mar 20, 2023
Mar 11, 2023 Why Do Unschoolers Do What They Do Mar 11, 2023
Mar 7, 2023 Unschooling Strong Mar 7, 2023
Mar 3, 2023 Be Brave and The Unschool Challenge Mar 3, 2023

February 2023

Feb 27, 2023 My New Book: The Unschool Challenge Feb 27, 2023

January 2023

Jan 23, 2023 Learning from Experience and by Reading Crime Novels Jan 23, 2023
Jan 5, 2023 A Beginning of the Year Unschooling Challenge Jan 5, 2023

December 2022

Dec 30, 2022 Why We Should Praise Our Kids Dec 30, 2022
Dec 10, 2022 How Will You Know if Unschooling Works? Dec 10, 2022
Dec 5, 2022 Is It Ever Too Late to Start Unschooling? Dec 5, 2022

November 2022

Nov 13, 2022 What Kind of Home Do Kids Need? Nov 13, 2022

October 2022

Oct 27, 2022 How Do Kids Learn to Be Generous? Oct 27, 2022

September 2022

Sep 24, 2022 The Dangers of Distraction Sep 24, 2022
Sep 14, 2022 Should We Encourage Our Kids to Follow Their Dreams? Sep 14, 2022
Sep 10, 2022 Embracing Gaming: An Unschooling Challenge Sep 10, 2022
Sep 8, 2022 Giving Our Kids Time to Discover Who They Are Sep 8, 2022
Sep 3, 2022 This Time Next Year: Where Will You Be? Sep 3, 2022
Sep 1, 2022 Clock Watching, Short Lessons and Curious Questions Sep 1, 2022

August 2022

Aug 30, 2022 Can Video Games Be Safe Places For Our Kids (And Us)? Aug 30, 2022
Aug 13, 2022 Sharing the Ice Cream and Rejecting Tough Love Aug 13, 2022

July 2022

Jul 21, 2022 Can Christians Unschool? Jul 21, 2022
Jul 15, 2022 Extracting Every Drop of Joy from Our Parenting Days Jul 15, 2022
Jul 10, 2022 A Message We Can All Share Even if Our Unschooling Lives Aren’t Picture-Perfect Jul 10, 2022
Jul 2, 2022 Do Beautiful Photos Fail to Tell the Whole Unschooling Story? Jul 2, 2022

June 2022

Jun 10, 2022 Unschooling Poster Kids Jun 10, 2022
Jun 8, 2022 When the Outside Looks Wrong Because We Don’t Understand Jun 8, 2022
Jun 6, 2022 Putting Our Kids Ahead of the Opinions of Other People Jun 6, 2022
Jun 4, 2022 When We Can’t Decide What’s the Best Way to Bring Up and Educate Our Kids Jun 4, 2022

May 2022

May 14, 2022 Reinventing Ourselves May 14, 2022
May 12, 2022 Radical Unschool Love, Praise and Joy May 12, 2022
May 9, 2022 A Wasting Time Unschooling Challenge May 9, 2022
May 4, 2022 Rules for Having Fabulous Unschool Learning Adventures May 4, 2022

April 2022

Apr 30, 2022 What’s the Best Place to Bring Up Kids? Apr 30, 2022
Apr 26, 2022 When You’re Tempted to Leave Unschooling and Try Something Else Apr 26, 2022
Apr 26, 2022 Could a Lack of Freedom Damage Our Kids’ Mental Health? Apr 26, 2022
Apr 24, 2022 Parents Or Friends? Or Can We Be Both? Apr 24, 2022
Apr 6, 2022 How to Turn Cooking into Unschool Maths Homeschool Records Notes Apr 6, 2022

March 2022

Mar 16, 2022 An Adult Learning Unschooling Challenge Mar 16, 2022
Mar 8, 2022 Judging and Other People’s Opinions Mar 8, 2022

February 2022

Feb 19, 2022 Delights: An Unschooling Challenge Feb 19, 2022
Feb 17, 2022 Have I Changed My Unschooling Mind About Screens? Feb 17, 2022
Feb 14, 2022 How to Be Brave Feb 14, 2022
Feb 10, 2022 Meander the Unschooling Way Feb 10, 2022

January 2022

Jan 14, 2022 Unschooling: Good Education Jan 14, 2022
Jan 12, 2022 Christian Unschooling: Letting God into Our Kids’ Lives Jan 12, 2022
Jan 7, 2022 Will We Have Done Enough? Jan 7, 2022
Jan 6, 2022 How to Unschool Maths and Still Fulfil Homeschool Registration Requirements Jan 6, 2022
Jan 2, 2022 An End of the Year Unschooling Challenge Jan 2, 2022

November 2021

Nov 23, 2021 Turning a Shopping Trip into Homeschool Record Notes Nov 23, 2021
Nov 2, 2021 Basking in the Reflected Glory Nov 2, 2021

October 2021

Oct 14, 2021 Younger Unschoolers: What About Technology and Screen Time? Oct 14, 2021
Oct 9, 2021 My New Book! Oct 9, 2021

September 2021

Sep 28, 2021 The Important People in Our Lives Sep 28, 2021

July 2021

Jul 31, 2021 What I Discovered When I Became a Video Gamer Jul 31, 2021
Jul 29, 2021 Small Steps Towards Unschooling: A Challenge Jul 29, 2021
Jul 13, 2021 Losing Time Jul 13, 2021
Jul 6, 2021 One Day Life Changed Jul 6, 2021
Jul 4, 2021 Solo Adventures Jul 4, 2021

June 2021

Jun 15, 2021 Unschooling Jane Austen Jun 15, 2021

May 2021

May 14, 2021 It’s Not for Me May 14, 2021
May 1, 2021 The Problem with High Expectations and Control May 1, 2021

April 2021

Apr 15, 2021 Criticism, Reviews, and Paying It Forward Apr 15, 2021
Apr 10, 2021 Thoughts Flitting Through My Mind Apr 10, 2021

March 2021

Mar 30, 2021 Social Media, Hooks, Distractions, and Books Mar 30, 2021
Mar 29, 2021 Can We Live a Seemingly Conventional Life and Successfully Unschool? Mar 29, 2021
Mar 26, 2021 Trying Not to Complain Mar 26, 2021
Mar 20, 2021 Big Ideas and Big Passions Mar 20, 2021
Mar 9, 2021 Bad Haircuts and Unschooling Adventures Mar 9, 2021
Mar 2, 2021 Writing, Explosions, and Unsuitable Horror Stories Mar 2, 2021

February 2021

Feb 19, 2021 Be Brave Feb 19, 2021

January 2021

Jan 31, 2021 Home Almost Alone and Pondering What to Do Jan 31, 2021

December 2020

Dec 15, 2020 Unschooling: Are We Willing to Give Up Our Own Ideas? Dec 15, 2020
Dec 8, 2020 Directing Our Lives Instead of Letting Life Direct Us Dec 8, 2020

November 2020

Nov 24, 2020 Giggling in the Cemetery Nov 24, 2020
Nov 3, 2020 Motivated to Learn Nov 3, 2020

October 2020

Oct 31, 2020 Some Real Life Covid English Oct 31, 2020
Oct 29, 2020 Unschool, Martian, and Risqué Stories Oct 29, 2020
Oct 24, 2020 Doing What Kids Ought to Do Oct 24, 2020
Oct 16, 2020 Do We Have Trouble Trusting Our Kids Because of Our Own Experiences? Oct 16, 2020
Oct 14, 2020 Unschooling, Plot Holes, and Twonk Oct 14, 2020
Oct 10, 2020 How to Unschool During the Baby Seasons of Life: The Magic Answer Oct 10, 2020

September 2020

Sep 24, 2020 Are We Becoming the People We Want Our Kids to Be? Sep 24, 2020
Sep 22, 2020 An Unschooling Fitness Challenge Sep 22, 2020
Sep 20, 2020 Why We Have to Accept Ourselves as We Are Sep 20, 2020
Sep 11, 2020 Adding Rhythm to Our Unschooling Days Sep 11, 2020
Sep 9, 2020 How Limiting Screen Time Can Limit Our Learning Sep 9, 2020
Sep 7, 2020 Why We Need to Support Our Kids’ Choices Sep 7, 2020
Sep 2, 2020 An Unschooling Challenge: Looking for Joy Sep 2, 2020

August 2020

Aug 25, 2020 Searching for Daily Delights Aug 25, 2020
Aug 23, 2020 Is it Okay to Share Our Kids’ Photos and Stories Online? Aug 23, 2020
Aug 20, 2020 Locked Out, Locked In, and Lies Aug 20, 2020
Aug 17, 2020 A Fresh Perspective Aug 17, 2020

July 2020

Jul 25, 2020 Strewing , Unschooling, and Charlotte Mason Jul 25, 2020
Jul 13, 2020 Encouraging Unschooling Kids and Mothers Jul 13, 2020
Jul 3, 2020 How Curious Unschooled Kids Learn Jul 3, 2020

June 2020

Jun 27, 2020 More About Starting Unschooling Jun 27, 2020
Jun 24, 2020 Unschooling: Living Lives Unimagined Jun 24, 2020
Jun 21, 2020 Unschooling: Kippers and Other Conversations Jun 21, 2020
Jun 20, 2020 When in Doubt, Just Love Jun 20, 2020
Jun 13, 2020 Unschool Love Stories Jun 13, 2020
Jun 4, 2020 Unschooling: Judging One Another Jun 4, 2020
Jun 3, 2020 Unschooling: Impressing Other People Jun 3, 2020

May 2020

May 31, 2020 Unschooling: Haircut Courage May 31, 2020
May 29, 2020 Unschooling: Frozen to the Bone May 29, 2020
May 20, 2020 Unschooling: Elephant Education May 20, 2020
May 19, 2020 Unschooling: Dishes May 19, 2020
May 18, 2020 Unschooling: Clock Watching May 18, 2020
May 17, 2020 Unschooling: Boring or Maybe Not May 17, 2020
May 16, 2020 Unschooling: Absorbed May 16, 2020
May 11, 2020 How Our Unschooled Kids Need a Deep Kind of Example May 11, 2020
May 6, 2020 Discussing Books and Writing Stories May 6, 2020

March 2020

Mar 26, 2020 The Problem With Being Too Nice Mar 26, 2020
Mar 24, 2020 There Has Never Been a Better Time to Start Unschooling Mar 24, 2020
Mar 23, 2020 Could This Be Your Best Unschooling Year Ever? Mar 23, 2020
Mar 17, 2020 Christian Unschooling: the Foremost Task of a Parent Mar 17, 2020

February 2020

Feb 29, 2020 Punctuation and Grammar and Other Unschool Writing Stories Feb 29, 2020
Feb 24, 2020 Unschooling Cats and Rats and Trust Feb 24, 2020
Feb 23, 2020 Unschooling Sausages and Other History Stories Feb 23, 2020
Feb 16, 2020 What if We'd Like Our Kids to Be Early Risers? Feb 16, 2020
Feb 11, 2020 Encouraging Each Other Feb 11, 2020
Feb 3, 2020 Books That Make Us Cry Feb 3, 2020

January 2020

Jan 22, 2020 Younger Unschoolers: Including the Baby in the Adventure Jan 22, 2020
Jan 20, 2020 Christian Unschooling: Should Parents Demand Obedience from Their Children? Jan 20, 2020
Jan 17, 2020 Younger Unschoolers: Our Learning Adventure Rules Jan 17, 2020
Jan 15, 2020 Younger Unschoolers: Spur-of-the-Moment Adventures Jan 15, 2020
Jan 13, 2020 Younger Unschoolers: When Does Unschooling Begin? Jan 13, 2020
Jan 9, 2020 Fighting on the Front Line Jan 9, 2020
Jan 2, 2020 Giggling at Shocking Things Jan 2, 2020

December 2019

Dec 31, 2019 Mother on Duty Dec 31, 2019
Dec 24, 2019 When Life Gets a Bit Too Interesting! Dec 24, 2019
Dec 17, 2019 Unschool Bushfire Maths Dec 17, 2019
Dec 16, 2019 Unschooling During a Crisis Dec 16, 2019
Dec 12, 2019 Realising What's Important Dec 12, 2019
Dec 4, 2019 Another Novel: The Unschooling Adventure Continues! Dec 4, 2019
Dec 1, 2019 Stories About Connection from Radical Unschool Love Dec 1, 2019

November 2019

Nov 16, 2019 Discouraged Nov 16, 2019
Nov 12, 2019 Time and Trust and Letting Go Nov 12, 2019

October 2019

Oct 27, 2019 Asking for Help Oct 27, 2019
Oct 20, 2019 How to Turn an Art Gallery Outing into Homeschool Records Notes Oct 20, 2019
Oct 17, 2019 Christian Unschooling: Disciplining With Unconditional Love Oct 17, 2019
Oct 9, 2019 Are You an Unschooling Troublemaker Like Me? Oct 9, 2019
Oct 7, 2019 Christian Unschooling: Are Desires Important? Oct 7, 2019
Oct 4, 2019 Letting Go of Our Own Ideas About Our Kids’ Education Oct 4, 2019
Oct 2, 2019 How Ticking Off Boxes Can Be a Waste of Time Oct 2, 2019

September 2019

Sep 23, 2019 When We Reach Crisis Point Sep 23, 2019
Sep 19, 2019 Focusing on the Smaller But More Important Things in Life Sep 19, 2019
Sep 13, 2019 How Both Unschooling Parents and Kids Can Do Amazing Things Sep 13, 2019
Sep 11, 2019 Unschool Writing: What About Grammar and Punctuation? Sep 11, 2019
Sep 10, 2019 How Unschooling Is More Than Educating for a Secure Job Sep 10, 2019
Sep 7, 2019 Registered Homeschoolers Who Unschool, Confidence, and Other Thoughts Sep 7, 2019
Sep 5, 2019 How Choosing a Different Path Can Cause Conflict Sep 5, 2019

August 2019

Aug 29, 2019 Why I Concluded That Unschooling Doesn't Work When It Does Aug 29, 2019
Aug 24, 2019 Shall We Talk About Christian Unschooling? Aug 24, 2019
Aug 20, 2019 Unschooling When Charlotte Mason Also Appeals to Our Hearts Aug 20, 2019
Aug 18, 2019 Turning Waiting Times into Unschooling Adventures Aug 18, 2019
Aug 12, 2019 Leaving Magical Fingerprints on Each Other's Lives Aug 12, 2019
Aug 10, 2019 Old and New Stories, a Book Club and Other Unschooling Things Aug 10, 2019
Aug 4, 2019 Encouraging Each Other to Do Difficult Things Aug 4, 2019

July 2019

Jul 28, 2019 How It's Okay if We're Not Perfect Parents Jul 28, 2019
Jul 19, 2019 Fearing Our Kids Will Fail Jul 19, 2019
Jul 14, 2019 Building Strong Relationships With Our Kids Jul 14, 2019
Jul 7, 2019 Another Way of Looking at Our Unschooled Kids' Learning Jul 7, 2019
Jul 4, 2019 Another Way of Looking at Our Kids' Learning Jul 4, 2019
Jul 1, 2019 Becoming Brave and Gritty Jul 1, 2019

June 2019

Jun 23, 2019 Reject What Doesn't Feel Right and Just Love Jun 23, 2019
Jun 19, 2019 More Unschool Writing Ideas and Resources Jun 19, 2019
Jun 5, 2019 How Light Can Turn into Deep and Serious Jun 5, 2019
Jun 2, 2019 Opening Myself Up to Criticism Jun 2, 2019

May 2019

May 18, 2019 Stories from My Closet May 18, 2019
May 9, 2019 Stories from 'Curious Unschoolers' May 9, 2019

April 2019

Apr 24, 2019 My Book 'Curious Unschoolers' is Now Available! Apr 24, 2019
Apr 15, 2019 The Best Time and Place for Things to Go Wrong Apr 15, 2019
Apr 13, 2019 Unschooling Books and Bedtimes Apr 13, 2019
Apr 9, 2019 Unschooling Book Two Is Done Too! Apr 9, 2019

March 2019

Mar 28, 2019 My Unschooler's Homeschool Registration Visit Mar 28, 2019

February 2019

Feb 25, 2019 Our Writing Unrules for Unschoolers Feb 25, 2019
Feb 11, 2019 A Big Chat About Unschooling Teenagers Feb 11, 2019
Feb 2, 2019 Finding Unschooling in Unexpected Places and Other Things Feb 2, 2019

January 2019

Jan 8, 2019 Taking the Unschooling Yeti for a Test Drive Jan 8, 2019

December 2018

Dec 14, 2018 Reading Out Loud and a Generous Christmas Dec 14, 2018
Dec 11, 2018 Respecting Kids and Christmas Presents Dec 11, 2018

November 2018

Nov 30, 2018 An Unschooler Talks About Life, Work and Dreams Nov 30, 2018
Nov 23, 2018 When a Child Is No Longer Gripped by a Passion Nov 23, 2018
Nov 17, 2018 Difficult Things Nov 17, 2018
Nov 7, 2018 The Extraordinary Ordinary Things of Life Nov 7, 2018
Nov 3, 2018 Unschool Socialisation: Making Friends, Being Different Nov 3, 2018

October 2018

Oct 29, 2018 Turning Our Unschool Weeks into Homeschool Records Oct 29, 2018
Oct 28, 2018 Is Unschooling More Than a Method of Homeschooling? Oct 28, 2018
Oct 25, 2018 Turning My Teenager's Unschool Learning into Homeschool Records Oct 25, 2018
Oct 24, 2018 Turning Outings into Homeschool Records Notes Oct 24, 2018
Oct 19, 2018 Guiding Our Kids by Radically Unschooling Oct 19, 2018
Oct 12, 2018 The Complicated Issue of Unlimited Screen Time Oct 12, 2018
Oct 9, 2018 Unschooling Teenagers: What They Think and What They Do Oct 9, 2018
Oct 5, 2018 A Gradual Approach to Unschooling and More Oct 5, 2018
Oct 3, 2018 My Unschool Unplanning Strewing Notebook Oct 3, 2018

September 2018

Sep 28, 2018 Do Unschoolers Need Holidays? Sep 28, 2018
Sep 21, 2018 A Balanced and Productive Unschool Life Sep 21, 2018
Sep 4, 2018 Sitting Quietly: Unschool Bits and Pieces Sep 4, 2018
Sep 1, 2018 Are You a Curious Unschooler? [Podcast] Sep 1, 2018

August 2018

Aug 24, 2018 What if Your Right is My Wrong? Unschool Bits and Pieces Aug 24, 2018
Aug 22, 2018 Unschooling, University and More: An Interview Aug 22, 2018
Aug 18, 2018 Critical Comments: Unschool Bits and Pieces Aug 18, 2018
Aug 17, 2018 Is Our Unschooling Life Rich Enough? Aug 17, 2018
Aug 13, 2018 Junk Food and Poor Hygiene: Is Radical Unschooling Wrong? Aug 13, 2018
Aug 11, 2018 Reluctant Spouse: Unschool Bits and Pieces Aug 11, 2018
Aug 8, 2018 Unschoolers Talk About Freedom to Choose Aug 8, 2018
Aug 6, 2018 Is it Really Okay if Kids Play All Day? Aug 6, 2018
Aug 4, 2018 Parent and Friend: Unschool Bits and Pieces Aug 4, 2018
Aug 2, 2018 Unschoolers Earning Money, Following Passions Aug 2, 2018
Aug 1, 2018 What if Unschoolers Don't Know How to Write Essays? Aug 1, 2018

July 2018

Jul 30, 2018 How an Unschooler Learns to Write Jul 30, 2018
Jul 28, 2018 Adding Joy: Unschool Bits and Pieces Jul 28, 2018
Jul 27, 2018 Accidental Unschoolers Jul 27, 2018
Jul 26, 2018 Undercover Homeschoolers Jul 26, 2018
Jul 18, 2018 Saying Yes: Unschool Bits and Pieces Jul 18, 2018
Jul 16, 2018 A Teenager Talks About Unschool Maths Jul 16, 2018
Jul 11, 2018 Growing Kids Who Like to Help Jul 11, 2018
Jul 7, 2018 When an Unschooler Isn’t Interested in Maths Jul 7, 2018
Jul 6, 2018 Making Unschooled Kids Learn Maths Just in Case Jul 6, 2018
Jul 4, 2018 When Unschooling Doesn't Seem to be Working Jul 4, 2018
Jul 2, 2018 Unschooling is Just as Much About the Parent as the Child Jul 2, 2018

June 2018

Jun 30, 2018 Parents, Teenagers and Opinions Jun 30, 2018

May 2018

May 10, 2018 Hitting the Pause Button and The Colin Show May 10, 2018
May 5, 2018 Unschool Reading: A Slow Learner May 5, 2018
May 3, 2018 Thankful and Facing Facts May 3, 2018

April 2018

Apr 26, 2018 My Number One Unschooling Fan Apr 26, 2018
Apr 24, 2018 Confident to Be Me Apr 24, 2018
Apr 23, 2018 What Do Children Need to Learn? Apr 23, 2018
Apr 20, 2018 Challenging Parents to Get Involved with Kids' Passions Apr 20, 2018
Apr 18, 2018 Connecting Unschooling and Ageing Apr 18, 2018
Apr 11, 2018 Does Unschooling Work? Apr 11, 2018

March 2018

Mar 26, 2018 Do Our Kids Know Themselves Better Than We Know Them? Mar 26, 2018
Mar 22, 2018 Does the World Need Unschooling? Mar 22, 2018
Mar 18, 2018 Teenagers, Friends, School and Unschooling: An Interview Mar 18, 2018
Mar 7, 2018 My Unschooling Teenagers' Typical Days Mar 7, 2018

February 2018

Feb 28, 2018 Kids, Needs, and Church Feb 28, 2018
Feb 14, 2018 Unschooling and University: Learning from Our Own Experiences Feb 14, 2018

January 2018

Jan 29, 2018 Dragon Mothers and Parenting Mistakes Jan 29, 2018
Jan 19, 2018 Christian Unschooling and Other Things Jan 19, 2018
Jan 11, 2018 Bringing God into the Unschooling Picture Jan 11, 2018
Jan 10, 2018 Is It Time to Unschool? Jan 10, 2018

December 2017

Dec 12, 2017 Why It's Important to Allow Kids to Follow Their Interests and Passions Dec 12, 2017
Dec 4, 2017 Learning During a Crisis Dec 4, 2017

November 2017

Nov 27, 2017 All About Strewing Nov 27, 2017
Nov 24, 2017 What if Unschooling is Wrong? Nov 24, 2017
Nov 20, 2017 How Do We Encourage Our Kids to Be Independent Learners? Nov 20, 2017
Nov 9, 2017 Today I Saw Thomas Nov 9, 2017
Nov 9, 2017 Today I Saw Thomas Nov 9, 2017
Nov 6, 2017 Critics, Unschooling, and Independent Learners Nov 6, 2017

October 2017

Oct 29, 2017 It Begins with a Question Oct 29, 2017
Oct 27, 2017 Perfect Oct 27, 2017
Oct 22, 2017 Why it's Dangerous to Insist Our Kids Have the Same Opinions as Us Oct 22, 2017
Oct 16, 2017 An Interview with a Teenage Radical Unschooler Oct 16, 2017
Oct 6, 2017 Why You Should Consider Radical Unschooling Oct 6, 2017

September 2017

Sep 29, 2017 How Kids (and Adults) Learn Sep 29, 2017
Sep 22, 2017 Is Unschooling for Everyone? Sep 22, 2017
Sep 16, 2017 Changes Sep 16, 2017

August 2017

Aug 27, 2017 Social Media, Internet Addiction, and Screen Time Aug 27, 2017
Aug 16, 2017 Is the Internet Addictive or is There Another Reason Why I Waste Time Online? Aug 16, 2017
Aug 14, 2017 Disentangling Myself from the Internet Aug 14, 2017
Aug 11, 2017 How Do I Turn Unschooling Life into Homeschool Records? Aug 11, 2017
Aug 8, 2017 What is Unschooling? A Transcript Aug 8, 2017

July 2017

Jul 26, 2017 No More Nice, Dead People! Jul 26, 2017
Jul 24, 2017 Accepting, Respecting, and Loving Unconditionally: An Unschooler's Thoughts Jul 24, 2017
Jul 21, 2017 Podcasting Breaks and Unschooling Books Jul 21, 2017
Jul 20, 2017 Miles' Model Munitions Germination Jul 20, 2017
Jul 16, 2017 Ideas for Starting Unschooling Jul 16, 2017
Jul 12, 2017 Watching a Child Learn Jul 12, 2017
Jul 10, 2017 A Podcast Transcript: Passing On Our Values and Beliefs to Our Children Jul 10, 2017
Jul 7, 2017 Sharing Our Values and Beliefs With Our Unschooled Children Jul 7, 2017
Jul 5, 2017 How I Gave Up and Started Unschooling Jul 5, 2017
Jul 1, 2017 Adult Peer Pressure, Clothes, Rules, and Compassion Jul 1, 2017

June 2017

Jun 27, 2017 If We Collaborate Could We Light a Gentle Unschooling Fire? Jun 27, 2017
Jun 23, 2017 My Unschooling Podcast Adventure Jun 23, 2017
Jun 16, 2017 Real Life Family Unschool Maths Jun 16, 2017
Jun 12, 2017 A Gradual Approach to Unschooling Jun 12, 2017
Jun 10, 2017 Unschool Maths and Uncomfortable Ideas Jun 10, 2017
Jun 8, 2017 When New Ideas Make Us Feel Uncomfortable Jun 8, 2017
Jun 2, 2017 Unschooling Imposters and Difficult Days Jun 2, 2017
Jun 1, 2017 What Do I Think of School? Jun 1, 2017

May 2017

May 16, 2017 How an Unschooling Life isn't Perfect and Why That's Okay May 16, 2017
May 12, 2017 Turning Unschool Learning into Homeschool Records Notes May 12, 2017
May 7, 2017 Unschooling Siblings and Other Stories May 7, 2017

April 2017

Apr 21, 2017 What Do Unschoolers Do All Day? Apr 21, 2017
Apr 14, 2017 Our Unschooling Story Apr 14, 2017
Apr 7, 2017 Does My Trust in Unschooling Ever Waver? Apr 7, 2017

March 2017

Mar 31, 2017 How Unschooling is About Being Connected With Our Kids Mar 31, 2017
Mar 26, 2017 Imogen and Andy Elvis Presley Mar 26, 2017
Mar 25, 2017 Do You Know Who You Are? Mar 25, 2017
Mar 16, 2017 Why You Should Consider Keeping an Evernote Homeschool Records Book Even If You Don't Have To Mar 16, 2017

February 2017

Feb 25, 2017 If it's Not on Facebook, Did it Really Happen? Feb 25, 2017
Feb 20, 2017 Wanting to be the Star and Other Stories Feb 20, 2017
Feb 9, 2017 Saying No and Other Things Feb 9, 2017
Feb 4, 2017 An Answer to the Chores Problem Feb 4, 2017
Feb 1, 2017 Can We Force Kids to Exercise? Feb 1, 2017

January 2017

Jan 30, 2017 Unschool Science Jan 30, 2017
Jan 25, 2017 The Catholic Radical Unschool Cheese and other stories Jan 25, 2017
Jan 9, 2017 Why Unschooling Isn't Just Another Method of Homeschooling Jan 9, 2017
Jan 5, 2017 An Unschooling Experiment Jan 5, 2017

December 2016

Dec 30, 2016 What Is Unschooling? Dec 30, 2016
Dec 23, 2016 What Unschoolers Miss Out On Dec 23, 2016
Dec 19, 2016 Unschool Christmas Card Maths Dec 19, 2016
Dec 12, 2016 Are You a Curious Unschooler? Dec 12, 2016
Dec 8, 2016 My Perfect Christmas Present Secret Dec 8, 2016
Dec 7, 2016 Bob Blogosphere Discovers Imogen Elvis Dec 7, 2016
Dec 6, 2016 The Difference Between Radical Unschooling and Unparenting Dec 6, 2016

November 2016

Nov 28, 2016 What if My Child is 'Ordinary'? Nov 28, 2016
Nov 25, 2016 Making an Aussie Bush Christmas Tree Nov 25, 2016
Nov 21, 2016 Are You an Unschooling Multipotentialite? Nov 21, 2016
Nov 18, 2016 Not the Usual Reason for Playing Board Games Nov 18, 2016
Nov 11, 2016 A Very Resource Full Week: Rescued Paintings, Graphs, and Expensive Cats Nov 11, 2016
Nov 7, 2016 The Extraordinary Ordinary Things of Life [Podcast] Nov 7, 2016

October 2016

Oct 31, 2016 Are We Living a Second Best Kind of Unschooling Life? Oct 31, 2016
Oct 27, 2016 How Introverts Aren't Necessarily Shy Oct 27, 2016
Oct 25, 2016 Do You Live in the Best Place in the World? Oct 25, 2016
Oct 24, 2016 How to Start a Great Art Conversation Oct 24, 2016
Oct 18, 2016 How NOT to Be Your Child's Worst Nightmare Oct 18, 2016
Oct 15, 2016 A Day in the Life of an Unschooling Teenager: Miles Brack Oct 15, 2016
Oct 13, 2016 Will All Unschoolers Do Amazing Things? Oct 13, 2016
Oct 11, 2016 Are You a Daring and Adventurous Parent? Oct 11, 2016
Oct 7, 2016 Unplanning Notebooks for Strewing and Unschool Record-Keeping Oct 7, 2016
Oct 2, 2016 How We Can Trust Kids and Dogs Oct 2, 2016
Oct 1, 2016 Of Babies and Bombs Oct 1, 2016

September 2016

Sep 29, 2016 Parenting Teenagers: Why I Don't Make Rules Sep 29, 2016
Sep 24, 2016 A New Series of Unschooling Videos Sep 24, 2016
Sep 17, 2016 Would You Like to Be My Guest? Sep 17, 2016
Sep 15, 2016 How to Turn Movies into Homeschool Records Notes Sep 15, 2016
Sep 6, 2016 Grateful Sep 6, 2016
Sep 2, 2016 How Sharing Interests Strengthens Family Bonds Sep 2, 2016

August 2016

Aug 31, 2016 Radical Unschooling Aug 31, 2016
Aug 22, 2016 Learning from Life, Record-Keeping, and Strewing Aug 22, 2016
Aug 16, 2016 How Children Learn When They Have a Need Aug 16, 2016
Aug 15, 2016 Go Out There and Make a Difference! Aug 15, 2016
Aug 12, 2016 How to Make Evernote Unschool Records Look Impressive Aug 12, 2016
Aug 2, 2016 What We Need to Film Imogen's Music Videos Aug 2, 2016

July 2016

Jul 25, 2016 Telling the Same Story in a New Way Jul 25, 2016
Jul 24, 2016 Dreams Jul 24, 2016
Jul 4, 2016 Reassessing Jul 4, 2016

June 2016

Jun 26, 2016 Another Typical Unschooling Day Jun 26, 2016
Jun 20, 2016 Unschooling Siblings Working Together Jun 20, 2016
Jun 16, 2016 Is Play Important for Both Adults and Children? Jun 16, 2016
Jun 7, 2016 Helping a Child Discover Her Talents Jun 7, 2016
Jun 3, 2016 It's Not a Periscope 4: Morning Tea and Library Books Jun 3, 2016

May 2016

May 30, 2016 Choosing Not to Worry About What Other People Might Think May 30, 2016
May 29, 2016 It's Not a Periscope 3: A Bush Walk May 29, 2016
May 21, 2016 Beautiful Faces May 21, 2016
May 18, 2016 It's Not a Periscope 2: Pictures May 18, 2016
May 16, 2016 Tired and Difficult Days May 16, 2016
May 12, 2016 It's Not a Periscope: Introduction May 12, 2016
May 10, 2016 Trust, Respect, and Love Unconditionally May 10, 2016
May 9, 2016 A Few Raw Thoughts on a Crumpled Piece of Paper May 9, 2016
May 5, 2016 Unschool Cemetery Maths May 5, 2016
May 2, 2016 Ideas, Passions, and Earning an Income May 2, 2016
May 2, 2016 Strange Goings-On in the Cemetery May 2, 2016

April 2016

Apr 25, 2016 Love and a Mother's Heart Stories Apr 25, 2016
Apr 18, 2016 The Dead Body and Other Stories Apr 18, 2016
Apr 11, 2016 The Fear of Failing Apr 11, 2016
Apr 4, 2016 Dealing with Our Fears and Other People's Critical Comments Apr 4, 2016
Apr 1, 2016 Learning about Fashion and other Friday Afternoon Stories Apr 1, 2016

March 2016

Mar 25, 2016 The Joy and Love of Living an Unschooling Way of Life Mar 25, 2016
Mar 23, 2016 Choosing Not to Look for a 'Real' Job Mar 23, 2016
Mar 17, 2016 Wasting Time Watching Too Many Movies? Mar 17, 2016
Mar 10, 2016 Young Adult Unschoolers, Dreams, Love and Marriage Mar 10, 2016
Mar 4, 2016 Maths, Chores, and Thanking Our Kids Mar 4, 2016

February 2016

Feb 25, 2016 Listening to Kids Feb 25, 2016
Feb 23, 2016 Thinking Critically About Unschooling Feb 23, 2016
Feb 18, 2016 Busy Days and Catch-Up Days Feb 18, 2016
Feb 16, 2016 More Sibling Rivalry: Another Unschooling Interview Feb 16, 2016
Feb 15, 2016 Sibling Rivalry: An Unschooling Interview Feb 15, 2016
Feb 14, 2016 Obstacles to Unschooling Feb 14, 2016
Feb 11, 2016 Responding to Unschooling and Other Critics Feb 11, 2016
Feb 4, 2016 What's Stopping You From Unschooling? Feb 4, 2016
Feb 3, 2016 Why My Children and I Share Our Unschooling Evernote Notebooks Feb 3, 2016

January 2016

Jan 28, 2016 Fan Mail and Lots of Unschooling Thoughts Jan 28, 2016
Jan 25, 2016 Our Typical Unschooling Mornings Jan 25, 2016
Jan 24, 2016 Why Some Kids Are Willing to Help with the Chores Jan 24, 2016
Jan 22, 2016 Our Unschooling Morning Routine Jan 22, 2016
Jan 14, 2016 Who's on Your Team? Jan 14, 2016
Jan 10, 2016 Encouraging Kids' Ideas Jan 10, 2016
Jan 5, 2016 One-on-One Times: Are They Important? Jan 5, 2016

December 2015

Dec 22, 2015 Making a Music Video in the Australian Bush Dec 22, 2015
Dec 14, 2015 How All Kids Are Amazing Dec 14, 2015
Dec 13, 2015 10 Reasons Why You Should Read My Blog Dec 13, 2015
Dec 9, 2015 Life after University: Following Dreams Dec 9, 2015
Dec 7, 2015 Attachment Parenting and Unschooling Dec 7, 2015
Dec 4, 2015 Unschool Maths Records: 20+ Ideas for Evernote Dec 4, 2015
Dec 2, 2015 Unschool English Records: 20 Ideas for Evernote Dec 2, 2015

November 2015

Nov 30, 2015 The Awesome Teacher and Other Stuff Nov 30, 2015
Nov 27, 2015 From Around the Web: Unschooling and Learning to Read Nov 27, 2015
Nov 25, 2015 Why We Don't Have to Push Kids to Work Hard Nov 25, 2015
Nov 23, 2015 Getting Older, Unschooling, and Moving On Nov 23, 2015
Nov 16, 2015 Fabulous Christmas: Gift Ideas and Traditions Nov 16, 2015
Nov 12, 2015 Trying to Be a Fun Mum Nov 12, 2015
Nov 11, 2015 When Amazing Things Aren't Happening Nov 11, 2015
Nov 9, 2015 Lacking Inspiration Nov 9, 2015
Nov 5, 2015 Letting Our Writing Imaginations Go Wild Nov 5, 2015
Nov 3, 2015 Real Life Maths: Designing a Dream Home Nov 3, 2015
Nov 2, 2015 Stolen Paintings and Real Life Maths Nov 2, 2015

October 2015

Oct 30, 2015 If You Think Computer Games Are a Waste of Time... Oct 30, 2015
Oct 29, 2015 Is it Necessary We Agree with Each Other's Ideas? Oct 29, 2015
Oct 21, 2015 How to Live Radically Oct 21, 2015
Oct 19, 2015 When Our Help and Strewing Are Rejected Oct 19, 2015
Oct 12, 2015 Liking, Tweeting, Pinning, Aching... Oct 12, 2015
Oct 9, 2015 Time to Unschool (Part 2) Oct 9, 2015
Oct 5, 2015 How Registered Homeschoolers Can Unschool Oct 5, 2015
Oct 2, 2015 The Most Powerful Motivator of All Oct 2, 2015

September 2015

Sep 29, 2015 Strengthening Family Bonds Sep 29, 2015
Sep 7, 2015 Chores and Our Typical Unschooling Day Sep 7, 2015
Sep 2, 2015 Perhaps I Shouldn't Have Told You about Our Typical Unschooling Day Sep 2, 2015

August 2015

Aug 30, 2015 A Bit of Murder in Our Typical Unschooling Day Aug 30, 2015
Aug 24, 2015 How I Made a 'Huge' Mistake and Was Forgiven Aug 24, 2015
Aug 17, 2015 Is Unschooling Just Living Life? Aug 17, 2015
Aug 12, 2015 Of Spiders and Saints and So-Much-Kindness Aug 12, 2015
Aug 3, 2015 Encouraging Kids to Write (and the Youngest Child in the Family) Aug 3, 2015

July 2015

Jul 27, 2015 Popularity, Learning to Read and Shakespeare Jul 27, 2015
Jul 23, 2015 Acquiring Bucketfuls of Unschooling Trust Jul 23, 2015
Jul 22, 2015 Can We Say We're Unschoolers if We Require Maths? Jul 22, 2015
Jul 20, 2015 Learning from My Daughter and Other Unschool Stories Jul 20, 2015
Jul 15, 2015 Deciding to Be Positive about Homeschool Record Keeping Jul 15, 2015
Jul 10, 2015 Starting Unschooling Jul 10, 2015
Jul 4, 2015 Why Kids with Families Don't Need Workbooks to Learn Basic Maths Jul 4, 2015

June 2015

Jun 25, 2015 Kids and Computers Jun 25, 2015
Jun 22, 2015 Regaining Her Enthusiasm for Learning Jun 22, 2015
Jun 8, 2015 From Unschooling to University Jun 8, 2015
Jun 2, 2015 Real Life Maths Resources: Some Thoughts and Links Jun 2, 2015

May 2015

May 29, 2015 Preparing Our Kids for an Unknown Future: Can We Do It? May 29, 2015
May 23, 2015 When Excitement for Learning Appears to Disappear May 23, 2015
May 18, 2015 Creativity: Why Classical Music Isn't Enough May 18, 2015
May 7, 2015 What I Think Unschooling is All About: the Podcast May 7, 2015
May 2, 2015 Misconceptions: Unschooling Children are Self-Centred and Inconsiderate May 2, 2015

April 2015

Apr 29, 2015 Misconceptions: Unschooling Children Will Choose Not to Do Difficult Things Apr 29, 2015
Apr 27, 2015 Misconceptions: Unschooling Parents are Lazy Apr 27, 2015
Apr 23, 2015 Dreams, Talents, Working and Unworking Apr 23, 2015
Apr 17, 2015 Wild on the Inside Apr 17, 2015
Apr 13, 2015 The Power of a Few Encouraging Words Apr 13, 2015
Apr 2, 2015 Changing People's Minds about Unschooling Apr 2, 2015
Apr 1, 2015 Maybe We Should Have Listened to the Critics Apr 1, 2015

March 2015

Mar 31, 2015 Funny How Things Change Mar 31, 2015
Mar 26, 2015 Registering as Homeschoolers Using Evernote Unschool Records Mar 26, 2015
Mar 24, 2015 A Successful Evernote Homeschool Registration Visit Mar 24, 2015
Mar 19, 2015 Forcing Kids to Learn and to Eat, and Should We Test Them? Mar 19, 2015
Mar 7, 2015 The Inflated Can of Baked Beans Mar 7, 2015
Mar 5, 2015 Our Reluctance to Trust and Other Croaky Thoughts Mar 5, 2015

February 2015

Feb 21, 2015 Why I Like Empty Weeks & Other Busy Week Stories Feb 21, 2015
Feb 19, 2015 Boy Stories Feb 19, 2015
Feb 15, 2015 Can Unschooling Be a Christian Thing to Do? Feb 15, 2015
Feb 11, 2015 Unschool Maths: Why and How Feb 11, 2015
Feb 5, 2015 Questioning Our Decision to Unschool Feb 5, 2015

January 2015

Jan 29, 2015 Being Honest: Talking about Mistakes and Perfection Jan 29, 2015
Jan 22, 2015 (More) Apologies Jan 22, 2015
Jan 17, 2015 My Head is Overflowing with Ideas, Music and Lots of Questions! Jan 17, 2015
Jan 8, 2015 Resolutions, Reading, Writing, and Coarse Language Jan 8, 2015

December 2014

Dec 31, 2014 Unschooling Resources: Discoveries of 2014 Dec 31, 2014
Dec 26, 2014 How Jesus Was Stolen & Other Christmas Tales Dec 26, 2014
Dec 18, 2014 Why We Are Rotten Parents and Other Christmas Stories Dec 18, 2014
Dec 11, 2014 Chores and Kids: What if We Said, "Yes"? Dec 11, 2014
Dec 9, 2014 Books, Music, Burnout and a Mystery! Dec 9, 2014

November 2014

Nov 30, 2014 Pi and Tea, and Our Dog's Tea Bag Collection Nov 30, 2014
Nov 27, 2014 How to Talk and Save Lives, and Can I Mention the Weather? Nov 27, 2014
Nov 25, 2014 My Old Portmanteau Nov 25, 2014
Nov 20, 2014 About Me, About Podcasts, About Adventures! Nov 20, 2014
Nov 13, 2014 A Baby's Birth and Death, and Christmas (Again!) Nov 13, 2014
Nov 6, 2014 Teenagers, Rules and Rebellion Nov 6, 2014

October 2014

Oct 30, 2014 Should a Child Be Given the Freedom to Choose? Oct 30, 2014
Oct 23, 2014 Mothers, Unschooling and a Lazy Way of Life Oct 23, 2014
Oct 21, 2014 How We Unschool Despite Strict Homeschool Regulations Oct 21, 2014
Oct 20, 2014 Why Picnics are Important Oct 20, 2014
Oct 17, 2014 Maths and Other Wild and Yummy Stories Oct 17, 2014
Oct 16, 2014 Beginnings and Endings and a Simple Christmas Oct 16, 2014
Oct 12, 2014 Approaching Classic Novels the Other Way Around Oct 12, 2014
Oct 9, 2014 Unschooling Children, a School Teacher Father, and Tea Oct 9, 2014
Oct 2, 2014 Unschooling Experts, Criticism, and Radical Chore Rosters Oct 2, 2014

September 2014

Sep 28, 2014 Bare Foot Unschooling and Comfortable Shoes Sep 28, 2014
Sep 25, 2014 Unschool Writing, Essays, and a Few Panicky Moments! Sep 25, 2014
Sep 24, 2014 Are You a Proper Unschooler? Sep 24, 2014
Sep 22, 2014 Squishy? Living in the Unschooling Moment Sep 22, 2014
Sep 18, 2014 Exciting Times, Slow Times and Unschool Holidays Sep 18, 2014
Sep 16, 2014 Unschooling Sausages Sep 16, 2014
Sep 11, 2014 Getting Older, Admitting One's Age, Lines and Wrinkles! Sep 11, 2014
Sep 7, 2014 A Camera, Photography Books and Playing the Ebay Game Sep 7, 2014
Sep 5, 2014 Logarithmic Time and Other Old and Inappropriate Stories Sep 5, 2014
Sep 4, 2014 Mistakes, a Teenager's Love of Learning, and Loose Change! Sep 4, 2014
Sep 1, 2014 Adding Children's Books to My Own Personal Reading Pile Sep 1, 2014

August 2014

Aug 30, 2014 Podcasting, Blogging, Books and Lice! Aug 30, 2014
Aug 30, 2014 Why We Have to Take Risks Aug 30, 2014
Aug 17, 2014 Homeschool Meetings, Talking and Turkeys Aug 17, 2014

July 2014

Jul 29, 2014 The Writing Game: No Shortage of Writing Ideas Jul 29, 2014
Jul 11, 2014 Yelling at Maths Games and Other Stories of Our Week Jul 11, 2014
Jul 2, 2014 From Unschooling to University and Work (Part 2) Jul 2, 2014

June 2014

Jun 26, 2014 From Unschooling to University and Work (Part 1) Jun 26, 2014
Jun 25, 2014 My Draft Posts File is as Fat as Our Cats, and Other Stories Jun 25, 2014
Jun 19, 2014 Interviewing Charlotte (16), an Unschooling Teenager Jun 19, 2014
Jun 15, 2014 Pondering Trust Jun 15, 2014
Jun 12, 2014 Interviewing Sophie (13), an Unschooling Teenager Jun 12, 2014
Jun 9, 2014 Becoming Real Life Maths Detectives Jun 9, 2014
Jun 6, 2014 Have You Been Thinking About Visiting Me? Jun 6, 2014
Jun 5, 2014 What is it Like to Be an Unschooling Parent? Jun 5, 2014
Jun 1, 2014 Approaching Maths Backwards Jun 1, 2014

May 2014

May 30, 2014 Twice Five Minutes on Friday: Does Unschooling Work? May 30, 2014
May 29, 2014 The 20 Minute Challenge May 29, 2014
May 28, 2014 How to Have an Unschool Adventure, No Camper Van Needed! May 28, 2014
May 23, 2014 Five Minutes on Friday: What is Unschooling? May 23, 2014
May 18, 2014 Unschooling, Strewing and Unplanning May 18, 2014

April 2014

Apr 26, 2014 A Perfect Method for Keeping Unschooling Records Apr 26, 2014

March 2014

Mar 18, 2014 Unschooling and Trust Mar 18, 2014
Mar 15, 2014 Watching TV, Playing on the Computer, Doing Nothing Much at All Mar 15, 2014
Mar 14, 2014 Encouraging Children So They Get Excited About Learning Mar 14, 2014
Mar 13, 2014 Some Thoughts on Unschooling and Experts Mar 13, 2014
Mar 2, 2014 When a Child Wants to Read the Same Book Again and Again Mar 2, 2014

February 2014

Feb 25, 2014 Helping a Child Go Where She Wants to Go Feb 25, 2014
Feb 22, 2014 Glimpsing the World through a Child's Eyes Feb 22, 2014
Feb 14, 2014 The Problem with Disguising Maths Practice as Fun Feb 14, 2014
Feb 12, 2014 The Reading Out Loud Experiment Feb 12, 2014
Feb 11, 2014 REAL LIFE Junk Mail Catalogue MATHS Feb 11, 2014
Feb 7, 2014 A Typical Unschooling Day at Home Feb 7, 2014
Feb 5, 2014 Time for Some Strewing Feb 5, 2014
Feb 2, 2014 The Curriculum of Life Feb 2, 2014

January 2014

Jan 29, 2014 Team-Writing a Fantasy Novel Jan 29, 2014
Jan 22, 2014 Everything is Educational, Even Disney Princesses Jan 22, 2014
Jan 7, 2014 A Musical Interlude Jan 7, 2014

December 2013

Dec 30, 2013 Facing the Fact We Are an Introverted Family Dec 30, 2013
Dec 24, 2013 The Joy of Singing Together Dec 24, 2013
Dec 19, 2013 Teenagers are People Too Dec 19, 2013
Dec 17, 2013 When Unschooling Spills Over into Parenting Dec 17, 2013
Dec 15, 2013 When a Child Can't Cope Dec 15, 2013
Dec 8, 2013 The Changing Seasons of the Unschooling Year Dec 8, 2013
Dec 5, 2013 How I Removed an Engine from a Car Dec 5, 2013
Dec 2, 2013 Following My Mothering Instincts Dec 2, 2013

November 2013

Nov 13, 2013 Gemma-Rose (9) Talks about Novel Writing Nov 13, 2013
Nov 3, 2013 Reclaiming an Unschooling Sense of Adventure Nov 3, 2013
Nov 1, 2013 Encouragement, Example and the Fun of Sharing Passions Nov 1, 2013

October 2013

Oct 29, 2013 Sharing a Few Ideas with My Unschooling High Schooler Oct 29, 2013
Oct 24, 2013 Homeschooling in a Crisis Oct 24, 2013
Oct 21, 2013 Learning from Life Oct 21, 2013
Oct 19, 2013 Why I Am My Children's Number One Fan Oct 19, 2013
Oct 16, 2013 Imogen Talks about the Role of Parents in Unschooling Oct 16, 2013
Oct 13, 2013 How to Have Demanding Children Who Rule the House Oct 13, 2013
Oct 10, 2013 Imogen Talks about Unschooling and University Oct 10, 2013
Oct 6, 2013 Why it's Not a Good Idea to Read Slowly and Carefully Oct 6, 2013

September 2013

Sep 27, 2013 The Problem of Applying Sunscreen to Wet, Sandy Bodies. Sep 27, 2013
Sep 20, 2013 Do You Know What's at the End of Our Road? Sep 20, 2013
Sep 15, 2013 Bite-Sized Pieces of Unschool Maths Sep 15, 2013
Sep 13, 2013 Enjoying an Unexpected Little Adventure Sep 13, 2013
Sep 11, 2013 Interviewing My Children and Other Family Movies Sep 11, 2013
Sep 8, 2013 Giving Up My Perfect Start-of-the-Year Plans Sep 8, 2013
Sep 4, 2013 Live Life to the Full, Have No Regrets Sep 4, 2013

August 2013

Aug 20, 2013 When Worry Gets in the Way of Love Aug 20, 2013
Aug 17, 2013 What do Children Need for a Happy Childhood? Aug 17, 2013
Aug 14, 2013 How the Girls and I Take a Weekly Trip Overseas Aug 14, 2013
Aug 12, 2013 Favourite Sewing Books for Children: Gemma-Rose Sews a Mermaid Aug 12, 2013
Aug 10, 2013 Aiming for Love, Not Perfection Aug 10, 2013

July 2013

Jul 23, 2013 Nothing is More Important than Love Jul 23, 2013
Jul 21, 2013 When a Child Has Only One Interest. Jul 21, 2013
Jul 11, 2013 Making Children Learn What They Don't Want to Know Jul 11, 2013
Jul 7, 2013 Falling in Love the Jane Austen Way Jul 7, 2013
Jul 4, 2013 Watching History as it Happened Jul 4, 2013

June 2013

Jun 25, 2013 Excited About Maths Jun 25, 2013
Jun 19, 2013 What a Day Without Rules Looks Like Jun 19, 2013
Jun 17, 2013 Why I Wanted to Delete My Blogs Jun 17, 2013
Jun 10, 2013 Igniting a Child's Love of Learning Jun 10, 2013
Jun 8, 2013 How to Get Children to Do Their 'School Work' Jun 8, 2013
Jun 5, 2013 Getting Kids to Help with the Chores Jun 5, 2013

May 2013

May 30, 2013 Why I Don't Restrict My Children's Time on the Computer May 30, 2013
May 28, 2013 The 'Risky' Business of Trusting Children May 28, 2013
May 26, 2013 Rules, Responsible Parenting and Radical Unschooling May 26, 2013
May 25, 2013 Unschooling: No Hippie Way of Life Needed... May 25, 2013
May 23, 2013 If You're Thinking about Unschooling... May 23, 2013

March 2013

Mar 17, 2013 Sharing the Catholic Faith With Our Kids Mar 17, 2013
Mar 16, 2013 Sharing Some Thoughts on Children and Writing Mar 16, 2013
Mar 15, 2013 Sharing Some Thoughts on Learning to Read Mar 15, 2013
Mar 11, 2013 How My Daughters Are Organising My Education Mar 11, 2013
Mar 4, 2013 With So Much Freedom, Will an Unschooler Choose to be Lazy? Mar 4, 2013

February 2013

Feb 28, 2013 Never Ending Unschooling Feb 28, 2013
Feb 26, 2013 Why Do Some Children Love Writing? Feb 26, 2013
Feb 11, 2013 Thinking about Maths Creatively Feb 11, 2013
Feb 5, 2013 What if...? Feb 5, 2013
Feb 4, 2013 A Real Science Education Feb 4, 2013
Feb 1, 2013 An Unschooling Way of High School Science Feb 1, 2013

January 2013

Jan 28, 2013 A New Unschooling Year Begins Jan 28, 2013
Jan 27, 2013 Imogen's Unschooling Plan to Get into University Jan 27, 2013
Jan 25, 2013 From Unschooling to Successful University Learning Jan 25, 2013
Jan 6, 2013 Chess, Sudoku and Lazy Summer Days Jan 6, 2013

December 2012

Dec 4, 2012 My Unschoolers' End-of-the-Year Reports Dec 4, 2012

November 2012

Nov 30, 2012 When Will I Use All This Maths, Mum? Nov 30, 2012
Nov 21, 2012 What to Do When Strewing is Rejected Nov 21, 2012
Nov 19, 2012 Encouraging Kids to Become Independent Learners Nov 19, 2012
Nov 15, 2012 A Real Maths Learning Moment Nov 15, 2012
Nov 12, 2012 Giving a Child Unasked-For Help Nov 12, 2012
Nov 11, 2012 How Much Is Enough? Nov 11, 2012
Nov 8, 2012 Some Bits and Pieces... Nov 8, 2012
Nov 2, 2012 Nurturing Independent Learners Nov 2, 2012

October 2012

Oct 30, 2012 Suzie Andres Chats about Unschooling Oct 30, 2012
Oct 28, 2012 Having the Confidence to Ignore the Opinions of Others Oct 28, 2012
Oct 26, 2012 Giving My Unschoolers a Maths Test Oct 26, 2012
Oct 24, 2012 How the Girls Are Going to Write Novels in Only One Month Oct 24, 2012
Oct 22, 2012 Tired and Cranky and Lacking Enthusiasm Oct 22, 2012
Oct 19, 2012 Resolving to Go on More Adventures Oct 19, 2012
Oct 18, 2012 Love and Physics Oct 18, 2012
Oct 16, 2012 Real Maths Running Oct 16, 2012
Oct 7, 2012 My Homeschool Records Book Oct 7, 2012

September 2012

Sep 28, 2012 An Education at the Museum Sep 28, 2012
Sep 21, 2012 Another Unschooling Holiday Sep 21, 2012
Sep 19, 2012 Remembering to Trust Sep 19, 2012
Sep 18, 2012 A Main Course of Reading Out Loud Sep 18, 2012
Sep 17, 2012 So How Do You Feel On a Monday Morning? Sep 17, 2012
Sep 16, 2012 Some Maths to Share on One of Those Tired Mornings Sep 16, 2012
Sep 13, 2012 Comparing Homeschooling Styles: a Child's View Sep 13, 2012
Sep 11, 2012 My 'Bad' Homeschooling Days Sep 11, 2012
Sep 8, 2012 Sharing Jane Eyre Sep 8, 2012
Sep 4, 2012 Planning the Next Term's School Work in Half an Hour Sep 4, 2012
Sep 4, 2012 Learning From My Children Sep 4, 2012
Sep 4, 2012 Homeschooling Heidi Sep 4, 2012
Sep 4, 2012 How Younger Siblings Learn by Listening In Sep 4, 2012
Sep 4, 2012 A Little Unobtrusive Help with Reading Sep 4, 2012
Sep 4, 2012 Handwriting Matters or Maybe it Doesn't Sep 4, 2012

August 2012

Aug 6, 2012 Learning about Punctuation the Lewis Carroll Way Aug 6, 2012

June 2012

Jun 14, 2012 Listening Jun 14, 2012
Jun 5, 2012 Why I'm Not a Good Homeschooling Teacher Jun 5, 2012
Jun 5, 2012 Education Doesn't Have a Use-by-Date Jun 5, 2012
Jun 1, 2012 An Absolutely Wonderful Book on the Apostles' Creed for Children Jun 1, 2012

May 2012

May 30, 2012 Great Australian Historical Fiction May 30, 2012
May 29, 2012 A Homeschooler's Thoughts on Her First University Exam May 29, 2012
May 26, 2012 The Rose Round - children's fiction May 26, 2012

April 2012

Apr 21, 2012 Wanting to Learn How to Spell Apr 21, 2012

October 2011

Oct 23, 2011 A Novel Writing Adventure Oct 23, 2011
Oct 13, 2011 Turning Famous Paintings into Jigsaw Puzzles Oct 13, 2011
Oct 11, 2011 Wednesday Adventures Oct 11, 2011

September 2011

Sep 27, 2011 An Unschooling Holiday Sep 27, 2011
Sep 23, 2011 My Maths-Magician Helps Out Sep 23, 2011
Sep 20, 2011 A Mother's Basket Sep 20, 2011
Sep 19, 2011 Sophie's Basket Sep 19, 2011
Sep 17, 2011 Sew Easy Sep 17, 2011
Sep 14, 2011 Did I Doubt? I'm Not Telling! Sep 14, 2011
Sep 6, 2011 Resisting the Temptation to Interfere Sep 6, 2011

August 2011

Aug 26, 2011 Drawing, Geometry and a Happy Girl Aug 26, 2011
Aug 23, 2011 I am a Pirate King! Aug 23, 2011
Aug 18, 2011 Let's Talk Maths Aug 18, 2011
Aug 11, 2011 Yikes! Do They Know About Filtration? Aug 11, 2011
Aug 8, 2011 Lunch with Charles Dickens Aug 8, 2011
Aug 5, 2011 The Photography Girls Head into the Bush Aug 5, 2011
Aug 1, 2011 A Jane Austen Education Aug 1, 2011

July 2011

Jul 24, 2011 An Adventure Hiding in Every Moment Jul 24, 2011
Jul 14, 2011 A Passion for Writing Jul 14, 2011
Jul 13, 2011 Warming My Homeschooling Heart Jul 13, 2011
Jul 8, 2011 Sophie's Unschooling Holiday Jul 8, 2011
Jul 6, 2011 Speed Angel Joy Jul 6, 2011
Jul 1, 2011 Unschooling: The Little Way Jul 1, 2011

June 2011

Jun 30, 2011 Mud Pies, Stews and Cakes Jun 30, 2011
Jun 27, 2011 Doing Nothing? Jun 27, 2011
Jun 23, 2011 Babies, Toddlers and Unschooling (Part 3) Jun 23, 2011
Jun 22, 2011 Babies, Toddlers and Unschooling (Part 2) Jun 22, 2011
Jun 20, 2011 Babies, Toddlers and Unschooling (Part 1) Jun 20, 2011
Jun 13, 2011 In the Kitchen with a TV Chef Dad Jun 13, 2011
Jun 10, 2011 A Typical Unschooling Day? Jun 10, 2011
Jun 8, 2011 What Next? Jun 8, 2011
Jun 2, 2011 Time to Unschool Jun 2, 2011