I have terrible trouble coming up with post names. This one is because I have been too concerned about doing unschooling right and transitioning from deschooling that I know more deschooling is necessary. My kids are young, and even though I get the very occasional heart-stopping, breath-taking, wide-eyed “am I doing the right thing” moments, […]
Category: Unschooling
Back on track!
The love of trains is back. Though we’ve realised it’s more than just trains… it’s length. Alex has always liked building long trains. The number of carriages was his pleasure. It got hard when there were other kids around, we just thought he was not ready to share and similar preschool issues. But we’ve since […]
How we spend our time
My kids are night owls. It’s 8am. they’re still sleeping. Because of this, I choose to get up early. By 6am if possible. This gives me a chance to exercise (snigger – doesn’t happen as often as I’d like!), do some work, do some research, write blogs. You get the point. When they do […]
Overwhelmed… again!
So this week has been our first as official homeschoolers. I know many in the homeschool world will tell me I’m not official yet as I don’t have to register till Alex is 6, but he *should* have been somewhere this year. Whether it was the planned early(ish) entry to school or else kinder. Last […]
Are we unschooling yet?
Are we unschooling yet? I’m not sure, but I do know that I’m not worried about this. I had previously planned to deschool until the end of 2014 (mostly for me) and that I would have this moment when unschooling would start. I even thought this after reading several other blogs, most notably Pam Laricchia’s […]
Daniel’s journey to walking
The little man has had a rough time on his journey of mobility. Early days saw him getting osteo treatment for being unable to hold his head up for long which I suspect was due to the way he was birthed. Bit anyway, Daniel responded perfectly to treatment (thanks Penne) and was crawling at 7mths. […]
Lego!
For Christmas, Alex got some lego. He has not been much of a builder with his duplo, except for making towers as high as he could before they fell. A lot of the lego comes in kits – he already has one of a police truck, but I thought I’d just buy a cube with […]
Bitten by a snake
So Alex loves snakes, and has done for more than 6 months now. I decided to join the VHS (Vic Herpetological Society) as a family. This would give us access to information and a reptile expo coming up in March. But as an added bonus, the VHS secretary invited us into his home to see […]
Christmas and New year 2014
So my phone time has significantly decreased and I’m feeling all the better for it – more present. It can get tempting, I don’t know why. Connection to the world I guess. Christmas seemed a bit of an anti climax. I think perhaps this is due to seasons. I still can’t accept Christmas in the […]
Reflection on 2014
Big year! Aren’t they always? We’ve gone through a lot regarding education – being signed up for an independent school, starting kinder, school tours, considering homeschooling and now unschooling. So here are some of the great things that we’ve done besides the backyard play, football, karate, ju-jitsu trials, rollerskating, beach, swimming, zoo, farms, camping, scienceworks, museum, […]