Three Ring Circus
One of the things I love most about unschooling is the way that our days often take us in places I never could have planned. Today was a perfect opportunity for me to relearn the importance of an open schedule and a fully-present parent. We started off our afternoon going outside. I wanted to make [...]
It’s not a mess, it’s a life learning lab
My home is a full, busy place. In a one and a half storey home, we have two adults, three children, one dog and one cat. As homeschoolers we spend a lot of time at home, and as a mom who tries to make our foods from scratch I create a lot of dirty dishes. [...]
Unschooling The Me
Recently, I wrote about my thoughts on my career path and whether an online program to pursue midwifery was in the cards for me. Long story short, I rolled the idea around in my brain for a few weeks and came to the realization that the program was too time-intensive for what I’m able to [...]
Celebrate!
As an unschooly family our life rolls along all year without holidays or first days of classes and while I appreciate how it means we value the living and learning we do each day I think that it can lead us towards taking for granted the life we have. There is no anticipation for and [...]
Homeschool reflections
In a few short weeks the new school year starts up. This year Nick is registered in grade 5, which is totally baffling to me because there’s no way he should possibly be that old yet. Isn’t he only 6 or 7, not closing in on 10?! Anyhow, the 2010-2011 year will be our family’s [...]
Living and Learning
Tonight I was chatting with some homeschooling moms during a child’s birthday party. One of the moms and I had just met for the first time and we ended up talking about our family’s transition into unschooling. Unschooling, for those of you unfamiliar with the term, is a type of homeschooling and an approach to [...]
Real world
One of the things I love most about homeschooling is how my children get so many opportunities to learn things by doing. Lily, being a very typical 4 year old, loves to help out by following me around and by joining in on everything I’m doing. Somewhere in the past year, her “helping” became real [...]
The little tiny things
When I imagine what my ideal unschooling life with the kids would look like, I always picture really grand and amazing things. Shelves filled with inspiring resources, trips to mind-blowing places, and interactions with really cool people. I forget sometimes, though, that so much of the good stuff that really offers the most to my [...]
A day in the life of…
Some days, I feel like I never get anything done because there’s too much getting done in our home. For kicks and for your reading pleasure, I have documented and photographed the makings of my day. It’s fairly typical of most days spent at home, other than the fact we didn’t go outside because of [...]
Homeschooling update
Alright, I will succumb to the peer pressure. Or spousal pressure I suppose. I’d started out this entry meaning to give an update on what’s been going on in my life, and somehow a rambling post about homeschooling came out. It’s fitting, I suppose, as homeschooling is a large focus of my life (and time!) [...]
