Contributor Amida writes for Journey into Unschooling. She didn’t read fluently until she was seven but ended up with a degree in English. One of the first goals I had in homeschooling was to teach my child to read. As a first-time homeschooler (and mom), I was excited, ambitious, and determined. …
Learning through community service
Written by contributor Amida of Journey Into Unschooling About five years ago, I signed my family up for a community service event. It was one of those random, spur of the moment deals. I saw a posting somewhere to participate on some restoration work at a local park and decided to give it a shot. …
10 homeschooling stereotypes (& their rebuttals)
Written by contributor Amida of Journey into Unschooling So you’re thinking about homeschooling. Here are a few basic items you need to get started: A designated school room, where you gather to teach the kids their lessons every day. A schedule, obviously, so you know which topics to …
TV will rot your brains
Written by contributor Amida of Journey into Unschooling I grew up on a lot of TV. The first show I remember ever watching was a cartoon called Xiao Tian Tian. I had lived with a lot of other kids and every dinner, we'd all grab our bowls of rice, leave our families, and gather around the tiny …
Amida’s homeschool day in the life (with a 2-, 6-, 11-, and 14-year-old)
Contributor Amida writes for Journey into Unschooling Homeschoolers as a whole, I think, are quite fascinated about other homeschoolers, specifically their schedules. I know I am. “What are you doing for school?” is one of the most frequently asked questions among my friends. The answer, of …
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