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 […]
Project-Based Homeschooling | The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling Styles
Welcome to the eighth post in the Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling Styles series! Click here to view the rest of the series. Project-based homeschooling is based on the Reggio Emilia educational philosophy. The philosophy developed in the city of Reggio Emilia in Italy after World War 2, with the work of Loris […]
An Interest-Led Homeschooling Day in the Life
This homeschooling day-in-the-life was kindly shared by Cat, an early childhood teacher who is now unexpectedly homeschooling her five year old son JJ, along with her 2 year old daughter Chloe. Read about her interest-led, Reggio Emilia flavoured homeschooling day here.
Travelling, Studying, Working, and Homeschooling: Our Day in the Life
Take a look at my life! I’m Kelly, and I run Fearless Homeschool. We’ve crammed a lot of lifestyles into our life – on this day in early 2016, we were travelling Australia in our little rainbow caravan. Read more about us here. We don’t have very many typical days. My husband, Daniel, and I […]
Learning through Unschooling: A Day in the Life
A homeschooling Day in the Life from Amber of Pitter Patter and Constant Chatter, who unschools her two daughters in Alberta, Canada.