Podcasts for deschooling
Podcasts have been instrumental in my deschooling journey. They have calmed anxieties – especially in the early days – and introduced me to so many new ideas and incredible people. We wouldn’t be where we are in our journey without them. Listening to a podcast in the car, or when I’m walking on my own […]
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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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The HomeSchooling Starter Guide: book review
The Homeschooling Starter Guide by Dr Gina Riley is a new book that is approachable and easy-to-read, and that aims to give new homeschoolers everything they need to know to homeschool their kids. Gina Riley PhD is a researcher, a clinical professor and program coordinator of the Adolescent Special Education Program at City University of […]
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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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Play The Forest School Way: book review
Play The Forest School Way: Woodland Games, Crafts and Skills for Adventurous Kids by Jane Worroll & Peter Houghton is written as a guide for parents, teachers and guardians looking to bring some of the principles and activities of Forest School into their time with their kids. It works whether you’re looking to bring some […]
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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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Deschooling. What is it? Do I need to do it…and how?
Our eldest did 2 1/2 years in an English Primary School before we started homeschooling. My husband and I both have a traditional education background from early years to university, and I’m a former School Governor (bit like an American School Board). A “schooled” mindset is a big part of our past! Deschooling has been […]
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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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Top 7 tips for visiting National Parks with a dog
One of the joys of RV travelling for us is that the pup comes too. Our dog Waffle is now 3 and has been a part of much of the travelling we have done since moving to the US and starting homeschooling. National Parks in the USA are not super dog friendly, unlike in the […]
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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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