Helping You Turn Your Homeschool Challenges into Your Homeschool Charms
Deschooling means letting go of old ideas about school. We change how we think about learning, so families can build learning that fits their interests. It focuses on trusting kids’ natural curiosity and making learning a part of daily life, instead of following strict school plans.
What are the scientific benefits to play? Can I tell you a story when I first took the kids out of school? I gave them loads of time to free play in the backyard. One of them could mix together clay and water, and make wet, gunky, globs of reddish mud-clay bricks, baked in the sun. She did…
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How do we engage art history in our homeschool that is oriented toward our child? I’ll share how I’ve done it with my four kids.
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Homeschool fine arts are mostly my thing, so how can I do it even if my kids don’t prefer it? I’ve only had one of four kids remotely interested in the arts, and this gal was not the kind of kid that would tell me she liked anything that I was giddy about. So how…
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Who each of our family members is created our homeschool. We get really clear on who we are and what we think an education is anyway and share ourselves with our kids too. (And our kids do this for us as well.) So what is the impact of homeschooling on families? What is the impact…
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Twelve ideas to teach writing in a child-directed way. Twelve ideas that address your real child’s interests.
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You can’t not teach math. When I attempted unschooling for a time, I discovered the unbelievable…there is no way to get away from arithmetic. You need to understand math…add, subtract, multiply and divide, estimate, and understand decimals and percentages. Consumerism requires it. Why you can’t NOT teach math in your homeschool… Why you can’t not teach…
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