Messy Times

"We go to many schools" and the decentralization of education

My 5 year old said to me the other day as we were driving to one of their "schools". "We

decentralization

Square Pegs and the complexities we face

I've been reading Square Pegs, a book written from the perspective of trying to support children who don't fit into

unschoolingeducation

Combining activities is crucial for unschooling

I often get asked how it is I do everything I do. I don’t deny I’ve chosen a

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I unschool my 5 kids. This is how much it costs.

We’re a family of two parents and 5 children aged 5 to 19. We live in Brighton, the very

unschooling

Creating flower drawing guides

When it comes to crafting I'm great at getting materials and then by the time I have energy to craft

artlearningwriting

There is so much to learn from our children

One thing I've been thinking about recently is how we can dive more into the minds of our children. Their

learning

My kids taught themselves to read

This isn't really the whole truth, well it is, but it isn't. Everything is about perspective. Two of them have

reading