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 …
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How to make your homeschool an endless summer
Written by contributor Jena of Yarns of the Heart May is a time of endings and beginnings. Graduation, summer vacation...the world tends to follow a public school clock, and even though we homeschoolers aren't confined by these boundaries, we still find ourselves relaxing more as May comes …
The myth of the uninvolved unschooler
Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool also writes about motherhood at Steady Mom I remember the first time I heard the term unschooling. I was standing on a street corner chatting with a homeschooling neighbor, who used the term. "What's that?" I asked. While I can't remember her exact …
So, how do you homeschool?
Written by contributor Amida of Journey into Unschooling. "You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself." ~Galileo Galilei When people first find out that I homeschool my children, their first response is inevitably, “Wow -- That’s great!” followed closely by, …
Moms Just Wanna Have Fun
Written by contributor Amida of Journey into Unschooling. I’m going to let you in on a little secret. Some days, we don’t do any school-related work at all. These aren’t planned in advanced and they aren’t penciled in on the calendar. These days are brought on by my own inspirations and …
