When I was a child there were strict rules which had to be adhered to on pain of death. Sit at the kitchen table to eat, all together, with knife and fork, at the necessary time “Thank you for my dinner” and “Please may I be excused” were necessary after meals Go to bed at […]

Deschooling is a term you’ll often hear in homeschooling, unschooling, or worldschooling circles. It’s a common term, but one you need to grasp before moving forward with a homeschooling career. Both the parent and the child have to be deschooled. Some give ratios and schedules, one month of deschooling for every year the child was […]

My elder child was 12 last week. It’s not one of the big milestones, he didn’t become a teen and didn’t pass from junior school to high school, but he’s changed so much I thought I’d tell you about it. Homeschooling a 12 year old is very different to homeschooling an 11, 10, or, obviously, […]

I am not a total unschooler, we tried it, we dabble in unschooling but it’s not what we do all the time. Every now and then there is structure because my kids and I just aren’t the unschool type. But this month, just for a change, we designated Project Based Unschooling Month. The kids would […]

Hi, good morning from a rainy Romania. Occasional wet days are a great excuse to stay in and write blog posts so I want to explain today why we opted out of school and why we opted out of normal, or rather why we didn’t. It’s something that’s been on my mind since Jessica wrote […]