Never let your schooling interrupt your education.
Written by Simple Homeschool contributor Amida of Journey Into Unschooling Ages of my children: 12, 9, 4, and 5 months Educational Philosophies I Pull From: Unschooling, Eclectic History was never my strong point. I blame it on all the instructors who pretty much killed the subject for me, …
Don’t Know Much About History Resources (2011 Curriculum Fair)Read More
Written by contributor Amida of Journey Into Unschooling It’s that time of the year -- standardized testing. The process itself has been ever-changing for us. When we first started, I really wanted my son tested. It meant he was doing fine and I wasn’t ruining him by keeping him out of school. …
Written by Amida of Journey Into Unschooling I've been thinking a lot about simplicity. It seems to be a popular theme these days that is being applied to just about everything, including living arrangements, child-rearing, diet, and life pursuits. A big component of the movement is reduction …
Written by Amida of Journey into Unschooling Perhaps one of the most interesting topics for homeschoolers is that of scheduling, specifically the day to day, hour by hour activities of individual families. If you’re like me, you’ve been following our series, tuning in each week to get yet another …
Amida’s Homeschool Day in the Life (with a newborn, 4-, 9-, & 12-year-old)Read More
Written by contributor Amida of Journey Into Unschooling. It happens every year. It seems like we just came back from summer vacation when, WHAM! December creeps up on us. It is the end of the year. Where did the time go? What did we do? Did we do anything? This is when it is very helpful for …
