Never let your schooling interrupt your education.
Written by Amida from Journey into Unschooling. Another year, another day in the life! I can't believe I've been writing these for the past four years! Choosing a day to represent your homeschool is no easy feat, but this time around, I thought I'd share how a typical day went when I was …
Amida’s homeschool day in life (with a 4-, 8-, 13-, and 16-year-old)Read More
Written by contributor Amida of Journey Into Unschooling I remember the first time I called myself an unschooler. I had just read John Holt’s Teach Your Own and was impressed with his vision of an alternative educational style in which children were encouraged to learn outside of school. He saw …
And then they hated math: My journey into unschoolingRead More
Written by Amida at Journey into Unschooling. She has met a lot of friendly moms at park days. Socialization seems to be a sort of taboo subject among homeschoolers. More often than not, when questioned, we get defensive and rattle off a whole list of opportunities that meet our child's …
Contributor amida blogs at Journey into Unschooling. She could definitely use a cheat day today. Let’s face it, homeschooling is hard work: you’re with the kids 24/7, with the responsibility of their entire educational experience and academic success, not to mention their emotional and physical …
Contributor Amida is currently obsessed with chickens and often blogs about them at Journey Into Unschooling. This summer, I decided to ditch the school work and focus on a more natural learning style, allowing our interest to dictate which topics we would explore. For my three-year-old, it was …
Raising chickens and the art of project-based learningRead More
