Tech & Screen Time as Differently Wired Unschoolers
Technology! We use a LOT of tech in our home education. In fact, when asked recently on the Homeschool Together podcast what was the one thing is our homeschool I couldn’t do without, I answered “the internet”. However, tech and screen time are often controversial topics in homeschooling and even unschooling groups – both from […]
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Unschooling Homeschool Planning
It’s that time of year, when my social media feed is full of homeschooling families planning their academic years, with curricula, planners, schedules, lesson plans and more. As Unschoolers, we don’t really do that. We’re fortunate to be in a place and situation where we do not need to provide a homeschooling plan, or progress […]
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Top Five Tips for New Homeschoolers
It’s that time of year, when thoughts turn to the new academic year in the UK and US, with some US schools starting back any day now, and school supplies up front in the shops. But what if you’ve made the decision to homeschool/home educate this year? After 3 1/2 years, I finally don’t feel […]
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Differently Wired: book review
“Imagine, if you will, what your life would be like if fear, worry, or guilt were no longer part of your day-to-day parenting experience. If you could talk openly about your kid’s wiring without concern that they’d be ostracized or perceived as “less than”. Imagine sending your child to any school or camp or club […]
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1, 2, 3…no eyes on me?
In a classroom, the classic ways of “ensuring” focus may include sitting still, not doing anything other than listening and eye contact with the teacher. But with neurodivergent or differently wired kids, focus can look very different to what is often expected. Asking differently wired kids to sit still, not doing anything else and maintaining […]
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Learning to Read as an Unschooler
We’ve seen our kids, who are now 10 and 7 1/2, learn to read in very different ways. It’s so interesting to compare them now, when we’re the other side of that journey. Our eldest did 3 years of British state primary before we started homeschooling. She was pushed to be reading at 5 and […]
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Homeschool socialisation
“But what about socialisation?” is such a common question to get asked of families who have chosen to home educate. As a society, we have been conditioned to think that being in an enforced group of same age children is the normal way for children to live and socialise. School, after school club, group classes…more […]
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