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What is the purpose of us playing with our children?
One of the ways in which we can support our children's interests is by joining them in their games. If that seems like a big divide to cross then you can read more here about how to play with your children. Living an unschooling life is about more than allowing our...
If my children are playing, what do I do?
We have a role to play in our children's lives and as we move away from schooling and school like education then we can sometimes be left wondering what our role is. We are no longer required to usher them to school and make sure that they complete their reading...
What if my children play all day?
What if my children play all day and don't do any work? For children play is learning, even if it is not tangible or measurable or test worthy. If they are engaged in an activity then it is plausible that that activity is offering them something that they need and...
Play is…
Making sense of the world around you. Rehearsing the past, present and future. Working through ideas. Practising. Mastering. Repeating. Perfecting. Thinking. Re-thinking. Organising. Rehearsing....
The Six Pillars of Unschooling
Tying it all together Here are the six pillars of unschooling on which the unschooling lifestyle is built. Unschooling is most successful when all six of these principles are implemented seamlessly into our daily lives: Unschooling is putting our relationships first....
Following the Flow
Here is a day in the life of our house, this is what going with the flow looks like and how we support our children's day to day activity. Welcome to the House of Wonders: Our day began with Miss 8 and Miss 5 having a drawing challenge that they set themselves. They...
Facilitating Our Children’s Passions
I have taken one example for each of my children and described how we facilitate and engage with their interests. They all have multiple pursuits on the go and they access them as and when they want to and the degree to which they want to. The things that I have...
The Flow of Learning
When children play all day and they choose the path that their day takes then they enter a state of flow. When they are in this natural state of flow they are responding and in-tune with their own selves. They choose what to spend their time focused on, how long to...
Supporting their interests
Some of our children's interests last a life time, they begin playing with lego as soon as they are able to hold blocks and then they never let go. Thirteen years later they are still buying their own lego models and you have over 25 kilos of lego in your house. Those...
