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Make Your Own Perfume Activity (With Printable Instructions)
  • December 23, 2023
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Make Your Own Perfume Activity (With Printable Instructions)

What do you do when one of your kids asks for perfume for Christmas and there’s no way you want to buy […]

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Advent Calendar Ideas for 2023
  • November 29, 2023
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Advent Calendar Ideas for 2023

Just in the nick of time, I’m here with some advent calendar ideas for this year! I didn’t think I would get […]

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Philosophy Hour: Encouraging Critical Thinking
  • October 8, 2023
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Philosophy Hour: Encouraging Critical Thinking

Some of the best parts of learning and homeschooling are things you can’t actually see. The questions, the conversations, the debates, the […]

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12 Ways to Get Your Homeschool Spark Back
  • October 1, 2023
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12 Ways to Get Your Homeschool Spark Back

Have you ever felt stuck in a homeschool rut? Like the inspiring, joyful, exciting life you imagined is just not coming together […]

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The Myth of School Readiness
  • August 20, 2023
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The Myth of School Readiness

When my oldest daughter was approaching school age, people started telling me how ‘ready’ for school she was. How she would definitely […]

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8 Things to Schedule Into Your Homeschool Week
  • August 15, 2023
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8 Things to Schedule Into Your Homeschool Week

What makes a successful homeschool week? Is it lots of academics packed in? Getting out of the house every day? Making it […]

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School is Unnecessary
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Why I stopped asking my kids to clean up
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The Socialization Homeschooled Kids Don’t Get
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Children spend a lot of their time being told where to be, when to eat, when to speak, when they can move their bodies, what to learn, when they can go to the toilet... and then we say how lucky they are for not having adult responsibilities.

The amount of control they have over their own lives is so normalised that we rarely even question it. But, we should.

You can't take away autonomy, responsibility, and meaningful contribution and then complain kids are lazy and apathetic. What have we given them to care about? What real choices do they have?


How We Plan Amazing Weeks as Unschoolers
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The Unschooling Effect: Exceptional Teens?

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