It’s an unschooler classic to say that kids learn things like maths from baking. And like so many things I eventually came round to (eg bedsharing!), I couldn’t wrap my head around that as surely what you could learn is limited? Au contraire! When...
At the beginning of the pandemic, like many other home educators, I was asked to write to offer advice to everyone who now found themselves “homeschooling”. I turned down most requests partly because I felt overwhelmed at the time but also because I...
For the last couple of months, the kids have been doing live online sessions with Bean Learning. I’ve paid for all of them myself and they’re having so much fun, I’ve been telling everyone about it. Since I’ve been sharing...
Hello everyone, I’ve put together a unique opportunity on Tuesday 3rd November at 8pm for anyone considering life without school, already home educating but looking for more encouragement or wondering what home education looks like for older...
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...