Welcome to the Five Steps to Unschooling mini series. Here you will find five small things that you can implement in your home as you move towards unschooling. They are in no particular order and I am certain other mini series will follow to give you further ideas of how you can move forward towardsContinue reading “Five Steps to Unschooling: Step 2”
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Support Joy
Comparison is the thief of joy Theodore Roosevelt When we begin Unschooling and move purposefully into a life without school we can easily find ourselves wondering what our children would have learnt if they had been at school today. When my children were younger, we lived on the same road as two Primary schools andContinue reading “Support Joy”
Trusting the Learning Process (Part Two)
Trusting the learning process is essential to Unschooling success. Shifting our perspective on what learning looks like and challenging our experiences and often deeply held beliefs on how children learn will help us move towards being able to better support our children. In our Unschooling homes learning has the potential to take on many formsContinue reading “Trusting the Learning Process (Part Two)”
Loving Ourselves in the Midst of Unschooling
Unschooling focuses on creating a peaceful family environment where learning can flourish. We talk a lot about how to support our children and nurture our relationships. It takes planning and forethought and effort. We pour our energy into facilitating our children’s passions, mediating conversations, playing with them, searching for learning and social opportunities. And ourContinue reading “Loving Ourselves in the Midst of Unschooling”
Run with Sparkle
In my previous post Home Made Deep Learning I proposed that cultivating a life where new connections can be forged and learning embedded is partially reliant on the adults presenting opportunities for children to engage with new ideas. Running with Sparkle really means: 🌟 Embracing moments of connection and joy with each of your children.Continue reading “Run with Sparkle”
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. It isn’t a huge cupboard but it is specifically forContinue reading “People are more important than things”
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 recognised as one month per year of schoolingContinue reading “Deschooling”
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 hour by hour timetabled activity slots and be prepared toContinue reading “Slow Down”
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