Two Canadian sisters, nine spectacular kids, no school.
This week is the ninth anniversary of the day I decided not to send my oldest child to Kindergarten. Where do the years go! This year she would be going into grade 7, and my youngest, who wasn't even born yet at that time, would be starting grade 1. At this time of year, when... Continue Reading →
Amy and I will have to give ourselves a collective slap on the wrist--not a single post in all of July! Summer does that to you, perhaps: a big jumbled mess of busy, languid; travel, lounging; visiting, reading--in a hammock. Always in a hammock! Today I biked to a provincial park in oppressive heat, then... Continue Reading →
Let's get schooly for a moment. Not that I think spending your life comparing yourself to others is a great plan, but when you're living alternatively, occasionally getting schooly has its benefits. It can help to validate one's own choices, and help others to understand said choices, by speaking their language. I come in peace.... Continue Reading →
It’s true, fair readers. You can now say you knew us when because we are about to BLOW UP. Just kidding. But we did have a fun time interviewing with Robyn of the podcast “Honey, I’m Homeschooling the Kids”. She interviews all sorts of people doing all sorts of interesting things, and also us. Have... Continue Reading →
[ Note from Amy: This is a guest post by my 10 year old son. He chose this creepy picture all by himself, hahaha] I think unschooling is fun. I still have lots of friends, I'm as smart as other kids, I spend more time with my family and friends, I don't have to spend... Continue Reading →
I sometimes regret that my kids won't have that classic small-town experience of having gone to school with the same people from kindergarten through high school, because in my fantasy-of-school, those experiences will become the basis of lifelong friendships. I see other kids walking home together from school, laughing and running in the June sunshine,... Continue Reading →
When we moved here to Brooks, one thing I was excited about was the location of our rental. It overlooked the biggest of the town's manmade lakes; very picturesque, and it has a well maintained paved path going all around. It's about 2.5 km, with a nice play structure 1/3 of the way around. In the... Continue Reading →
Here's a thing about unschoolers: we are an incredibly amorphous group. You can't even fairly call us a group--we have no leader, no rule book; we're all over the map. All we have are ideas. Sure, those ideas started with one man, who put them into some great books, but there's still about a million ways to... Continue Reading →
I thought I'd do a little round up of some things that my kids did without coercion this week! Kid 1: Participated in international art competition, learned about spending vs. saving her money, and made a new friend My oldest child (12 years old) is a talented artist and has been working hard with her... Continue Reading →
The sun is bright, the weather warm, the snow melted, and every day life feels amazing. For one thing, it has been reaffirmed to me that my family and I aren't a bunch of no good lumps of lazy. It's just that winter got a bit...long. And we got a bit...bored. But now everything has changed!... Continue Reading →
The Unschool Sisters 