We have never particularly followed the school terms, having home educated from the start, and yet, something about September always whispers “fresh start” to me. Even though there’s clearly something schooled about the timing of...
Many of the recent conversations in home educator spaces around anti-racism have been both encouraging and depressing. Perhaps they unveil how white the homeschooling landscape is. I use “homeschooling” to mean education outside of...
Following my post on unschooling for decolonisation, I’m going to unpack what shifting from semi-structured home education to unschooling has meant for our family. On the surface, some people might have considered what we’ve done from...
Colonisation works to bring us all into line. It insists that there is one knowledge stream, one way of doing things, one value system for understanding success. It enforces this agenda to the detriment of all ancestral knowledge, all other ways of...
I’ve been sitting on a post about growing microgreens for years. If ever there was a time to introduce you this grounding activity, it’s now. Microgreens are basically micro versions of plants you would normally grow bigger...
The six year old got into bed with me. It’s not uncommon for Ophelia to do that but all three kids take turns doing it even more these days. They need more reassurance and connection under lockdown. They usually aren’t saying it, even if...
Over the last week, I’ve had so many people message me to say that I’m better placed than they are to face what’s ahead or asking me for tips on how to homeschool when they hadn’t planned to. The truth is, despite having home educated from the...