How do you define unschooling? A: It means not going to school! Un-schooling. That’s what it means. J: It’s just really really fun and I love it. O: Unschooling is where you can choose what you want to do. You can choose how you want to learn. So if there is a project you want to do; you can choose it. That’s what I really like about it. What is something that you enjoy getting to do now that you couldn’t do before unschooling? A: I don’t think I could
‘Step away from the desks, grab your ideas children and fly beyond what you ever imagined could be possible.’ By the fluke of the universe, the way magic works and sheer luck, if is there such a thing… we have landed a wonderful ‘Workaway’ person who is a script writer and a film maker. This week the kids decided to work on projects. I helped them and I threw a few ideas out there, click here to see the list! One of our daughters ran with one
Workaway is a website that’s aim is to help people who are travelling to find a place to stay for free in exchange for helping their hosts. By creating a swap between the host and the traveller a fine balance is met which enables each party to benefit. It goes like this, if you are a host you provide food and accommodation. Â If you are a traveller you get free board and food in exchange for offering a few hours of help each day. Hundreds of travellers and host families
I cannot do unschooling on my own. So I don’t. I open up the doors, and let other people in. I have an in-built hero habit, where I try to do it all which ultimately serves no one, least of all the kids. So, when I find myself trying to do too much, I get help. I have signed up to a great website called WorkAway and I reply to requests from there. Through opening up the doors we have had the most incredible people come and help us. These people are part of
As I was stacking the wood, Ant, my husband talked about when we should order our next bunch of wood from the wood man. And I said I think ‘I would like to order from another wood man’. And he said ‘WHAT???? After ALL HE GAVE YOU? You should be thanking that wood man!!!’ If you don’t know what I am talking about click here… I gave him a sideways glance and I thought about it, he was right. With out his harsh words I wouldn’t have heard all your
The world is moving fast technologically. Our kids will quickly out-run us with their abilities on a computer and on keeping up with the web. We have decided to embrace it for all its positive aspects and use it as a tool to connect, share and generally be curious about the world, which really is in our living room. How this actually plays out. One thing we is do S.O.L.E projects, what is that? S.O.L.E stands for Self Organised Learning Experiences. This is a programme set up by Sugata Mitra,