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 […]
Our Eclectic Homeschool Resource Summary
It’s always fun to have a stickybeak into other people’s homeschools, right? Here’s what we’re doing as of February 2017. Now, this is not ALL we do – this is just the more traditionally academic parts. We also do a lot of sewing, craft, and clothing design (in the last few weeks there’s been […]
A flexible, child-led homeschooling day in the life
Sara is an Aussie mum to two kids. She blogs at Savage Learning, and you can also find her on Facebook. This post details some of the many interesting things they do on typical days, plus their experiences with outside activities. Each January I take some time out to sit down and do […]