Contributor Amida writes for Journey into Unschooling. I had big plans this summer. Big Plans. This summer, I decided, we were going to catch up, tie up a few loose ends, and get ahead. My preschooler would learn her letters while my grade-schooler memorized her times tables and conquered …
How to pack for anything
Contributer Amida writes for Journey into Unschooling. Sometimes I think mothers are born packers. Starting with that homecoming bag from the hospital delivery room, we have been prepping for our kids’ every away-from-home need. When my own kids were younger, I had filled the car with all sorts …
Amida’s day in a life (with a 3, 7-, 12- and 15-year-old)
Written by Amida of Journey into Unschooling. If you are following a traditional school calendar, then your year may look something like ours: fall semester, winter break, spring semester, summer break. And if you’re like me, then you hit fall semester running and start losing steam around …
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Slow and steady :: On learning at your own pace
Written by contributor Amida of Journey into Unschooling. You know those high achieving homeschoolers who read by age three and recite the times tables backwards and forwards by 3rd grade? The ones with the perfect penmanship, excellent spelling, and an uncanny ability to build complex mechanical …
4 back to school resolutions to keep in mind this year
Written by contributor Amida of Journey into Unschooling. She really did buy 24 tubes of glue sticks. For many of us, it is Back to School season, and with it, all the hopes, relief, and excitement of a fresh start. In a way, it is like the beginning of any cycle, be it the New Year, new house, …
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