Homeschooling Spelling: Our low-stress, child-led approach (including resources)
Homeschooling spelling is a bit like learning times tables – it involves a lot of rote learning, is incredibly boring, the real-life reasons for mastering it aren’t immediately apparent, and it is shoved on children at a too-young age. Or maybe that’s just my opinion. In my head, spelling works a bit strangely. I can […]
How I homeschool grammar (without knowing it myself)
Here’s a question I received recently – “I saw a photo of your son diagramming sentences – I don’t know how to do this but lots of people talk about it on homeschool groups. Where do I even START teaching something like that to my children?” Steph. Ah, that would be this photo. I’m only […]
Math-U-See Review
Maths is important. And like most things, as I learn more about it I realise that it’s far more important than I originally thought. A lot of parents say to me, “Oh, my kids will just pick it up, as long as they can get through everyday life I don’t mind if they know all […]