How we deal with critics of our radical unschooling lifestyle
Critics of radical unschooling sometimes challenge both our learning style and our parenting style. Here’s how we respond!
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The days that are anything but picture-perfect: When our unschooling is a hot mess
Sometimes, homeschool blogging can make it look like our family – or any blogging family – has it all together. Ha!! This is a post that looks at the many unschooling days full of pajamas, arguments and glazed eyeballs.
Our scrapbook: In which we become a family of vampire-pirates (sort of?)
After a few stressful weeks, our family unwound with some crazy pirate treasure-hunting creative fun!
To the moon and back: Best resources for space and solar-system study
One of the “learning kicks” we’ve been on for more than six months now has been outer space, specifically our solar system and the moon. Here are some of the coolest books, movies, trips and more we’ve incorporated into our learning!
Cookies, cousins, crazy weather and hickory nuts: This month’s snippets from unschooling
In our November snippets from unschooling, we made some crazy Star Wars scenes, shared time with cousins and roasted hickory nuts.
The Phantom of the Opera is there… inside our minds
Learn about The Phantom of the Opera, including some of the best movie, music and book resources for homeschoolers of all ages. We had a blast studying this!
Family field trip to Assateague and Chincoteague
If you’re headed to Assateague, Md., Chincoteague, Va., or Rehoboth Beach, Del., here are some great tips on what to see, especially if you’re making it a homeschooling field trip.
Our school pictures – now with 50% more livestock
Seventh-grade school pictures with alpacas. That about sums up our informal homeschooling and unschooling approach!
The unschooled version of a seventh-grade-ish curriculum plan for 2012-13
We don’t do grade levels. We don’t do textbooks. Here’s our radical unschooling 7th grade-ish plan, heavy on travel, movies, books and fun.
Advice for starting homeschooling: 10 things that helped us
The best advice for starting homeschooling? TRUST. Here are some other good pieces of wisdom that were passed our way.