Unschooling allows the freedom to delve immersively into an interest for as many hours and days as they want.
Unschooling For Mastery
Unschool Snapshot
Wednesdays are library day. Every morning we all walk the six blocks so the younger kids can participate in story time, and the older kids can peruse comics (which I now refuse to check out after G wrecked the cover of a $100 manga book) and find chapter books to bring home. After story time... Continue Reading →
There is No Grade Level for Knowing Things
Learning never stops. We don’t need a schedule; just a passion for knowledge, and the confidence and skills to seek it out.
How a Dumb Game Taught my Kid Math by Accident
This week my seven year old learned numbers. At least, numbers into the hundreds. She can identify any number up to 999 and say it correctly. I don't know how or when my three older kids learned to do this, but I do know how my seven year old did it: through a stupid video... Continue Reading →
Counting Petals
Some of our "school" supplies.
DIY Field Trip
Leave kids to their own devices and they’ll come up with some great stuff—like a trip to the local police station!
Unschooling+Technology=RULE THE WORLD
With the world at their fingertips, what child has time for school?
This Week in Unschooling
This is unschooling this week: Recently I really got into the soundtrack of the Broadway musical Hamilton, and after lamenting that I wish I could just see the storyline so I’d understand better what was going on when I listened, my husband Brad found this this video, and we watched the whole thing. Since then,... Continue Reading →
Enjoy Summer THEN GET BACK TO WORK
One of the local elementary schools is in my neighbourhood, so I pass by their sign board relatively often. Over the summer, this is the message they had up: And I thought it was cool how, in principle anyway, we seem to have shared values. The difference, I suppose, is in application. Their admonition to... Continue Reading →
