Unschooling and planning… those two words aren’t supposed to go together, right? Our children are free to follow their interests, there’s no curriculum, no plan to stick to, no boxes we must check. We are free! While we do have … Continue reading
School is different these days. Or so they tell us. If you dare criticise it, you are bound to hear this. “Not MY school. It’s different!”, “It’s not all bad”, “It’s not how it used to be”, “You obviously don’t … Continue reading
I have many criticisms of school. Too many to explain to curious people asking the inevitable question about why we chose this path without overwhelming them. Mainly it comes down to this, school would be an unnecessary addition to our … Continue reading
My 7-year-old says to me often ‘Mum, when I grow up I don’t want to do anything. I just want to be me. Like I am now’. And I tell her that sounds like the perfect person to be. What … Continue reading
This post is a guest post from my husband. I hope you enjoy his musings about education. You can find more of his posts here. At what point can someone claim to be “educated” or to have “received an education”? … Continue reading
‘How will you know what to teach them?’ When people find out we don’t use school, this is one of the first questions they ask. The idea that school equals education is so ingrained that it is hard to imagine … Continue reading