The Best Math Apps for iPad That Replaced Paid Tutoring (And What They Actually Cost Us)
When your kid needs help with math and you, as a parent, aren’t able to teach them for whatever reason, you might think that a tutor is necessary. But there are apps that you can use to teach your kids math, from preschool all the way to high school, and they are often very fun, […]
Exciting News For My Son Lee
My beautiful teenager, Lee. Language has been an issue in my home for quite a while. I’m an American, my ex is South African, both of us native English speakers, living in a country whose national tongue is a language that is not English. To make this less complicated, I’ll refer to the locally spoken […]
Fun and Educational Youtube Channels for Kids (And Even Adults) — Screen Time Suggestions for Kids that Teach — Part 2
Now that lockdown has continued for quite a while, some people who’d been strict about doing school at home have eased things up with their kids, and given themselves a much needed break. With all this extra time, you might be looking for things to do with your kids, or even suggestions of educational screen […]
Great Educational Websites for Kids of All Ages- Screen Time Suggestions For Kids That Teach, Part 1
I have never shunned screen time. As an unschooler, I believe that learning comes from everywhere, and text based learning is far from the only useful knowledge that can be gained. Screen time works for me and my family and I don’t limit it. I find that with limitless screen time, my kids regulate themselves […]
Keeping Sane While Corona “Homeschooling”- My Advice as a Veteran Homeschooler- Part 2
I previously wrote this post on what the difference is between homeschooling and “corona homeschooling” and that what is going on now around the world with school closures is much harder than homeschooling ever is, and people need to be kind to themselves, because everyone is going through a rough time. However, for people with […]
Farewell to Homeschooling
It is with a heavy heart that I write this post. After 11 years of homeschooling, it’s time to say farewell. In light of that, I wanted to write up a post chronicling and summing up our family’s homeschooling journey, something I’ve written a lot about on this blog. I was homeschooled for a year […]
Sending (Most of) My Kids to School… Again
Happy Rose after her second day of school I talk about homeschooling a lot. In person but especially here on my blog. I’ve written about why I homeschool, how I homeschool, what unschooling is, how it works, corrected misconceptions about unschooling and homeschooling. In short, other than frugality and gluten free, homeschooling is one of […]
Homeschooling and Schooling My Children, and Bureaucracy
I realized that as someone who was pretty vocal about my homeschooling and unschooling my children, I’ve been pretty quiet about our current schooling situation, and wanted to rectify that. For a while, to be honest, I was a bit afraid to say anything because everything seemed very turbulent and up in the air, and […]
What Unschooling Is Not… and What It Is
My unschooled, not uneducated kids love learning KhanAcademy math. This is a screen shot of what my 9 year old recently covered in KhanAcademy. I never require him to learn math. He asks for it. As someone who tends to be, not only the token homeschooler in most circles I travel, but also the token […]
Autism, ABA Therapy, and My Next Step?
Usually when I write a blog post, it is because I want to share something that is important to me, that I discovered, something that I think will help other people. But this post isn’t going to be anything like my standard posts. Instead of it being my sharing with you, it is my asking […]