Unschooling Blog
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Sparkling
Learning happens when we make connections. When we acquire a new idea and are able to connect it to something that we already know. One way for this to happen is for our lives to be full of new and interesting things. An Unschooling parent will seek to surround their...
People are more important than things
The tipping tea logo here at live.play.learn is a reminder that people are more important than things. That relationship comes first. That connection is vital. That all other things are secondary. I love tea. There is an entire cupboard in my kitchen dedicated to tea....
Prioritising Relationships
You don't get far when reading about or researching Unschooling without coming across the idea that prioritising your relationship with your child is paramount to success. It is the pillar that holds everything else up or the foundation on which everything else is...
Deschooling
Deschooling is the process of moving away from the ideas of school and towards a broader definition of what learning is and how it can happen. If your child has been in mainstream education for any length of time, they will need a period of adjustment commonly...
What is true play-based-learning?
Many have tried to define what play really is. Many have tried and many have succeeded in capturing some of the essence of what play is and what it involves. In its most basic form play is purely what children do. They are born with an innate ability to play and they...
How to Unschool
Unschooling doesn't come with a curriculum or pre-bought step by step programme to follow. The road to Unschooling is bumpy and messy and most of the work you do to get there will be rethinking current ideas as well as the physical act of changing life habits. There...
Home made deep learning
The world is our classroom but sometimes our home is our world. It needs to be a place where our children are welcome, and their passions are supported, and new and interesting things are available to them. In this way learning flows through the home. When our...
Why I chose to Unschool
Previous to officially beginning our Unschooling journey in 2012 I trained as an Early Years Teacher and worked in the Education System for 14 years. It might seem a huge leap to go from qualified teacher to Unschooler but actually the transition was theoretically...
Slow Down
You have complete freedom from outside influences to determine your own rhythm to your day. As with all things Unschooling this will involve observing your children and/or actively listening to older children and what their plans are for the day. Take a step back from...
