Socialisation, the reason I chose to homeschool
Let’s talk homeschooling… I see a lot of posts from families wanting to homeschool; some are looking at it in order to travel, others due to other reasons. I wanted to share my experiences...
Category: Unschooling
Autism, social skills and the ‘Real world’
Socialisation and home educating is always an interesting topic to discuss. However, when a child on the spectrum is involved, there are often extra challenges to face. The progress that Jaiden has made as...
A Day in the life of an Unschooler
I often see posts asking exactly what an un-schooling day looks like and how it is that child-lead education works, so today we made another ‘day in the life’ video. It’s hard to sum...
Socialisation skills and homeschooling
An open letter to all of the people who’ve ever said “Kids need to learn social skills at school so they are ready for the real world” Off in the distance is an 8...
Unschooling Camp 2016
What happens when you take 40 unschooled children (20 families) camping for 4 days? Well, there was only one way to find out! Earlier in the week Jaiden and I attended an Unschooling...
Bad Boys Bad Boys
Whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do when they come for you?! Well, firstly, you’re going to thank your lucky stars that just 24 hours beforehand you realized your licence had expired (20 days ago)...
Zoo Keeper for a day..
Some days are good, some days are bad. Today, was unforgettable! For his Birthday Jaiden was given a “Zoo keeper for a day” experience at Australia Zoo called “Khaki Sensory”, which is a program...
Letting go.. The road to unschooling.
At the start of the year I did something that I don’t do very well, I gave in, I admitted defeat. I stopped trying. Teaching any child to read can be a long and...
Schooling during school holidays? Sure!
School holidays don’t exist when you unschool! Jaiden runs into the kitchen.. “Dadddd, one of the babies laid it’s first egg! Look how much tinier it is! I’m going to get my measure tape...
Building Projects!
Productive day today! One of the families from football are moving over the coming weeks and have kindly offered us their 8 chickens! We were offered some chooks some time ago but captain procrastination...