I just looked through my most recent (and not so recent) posts and realized that for a supposed unschooling blog, I’m certainly lacking in inspirational posts about my child. Heck, I’ve barely mentioned him! Bad mama! I do have a reason though. And it’s not that he’s been up to “nothing”. It’s actually that he’s [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Deschooling’
On Our Own Today
Zeb made the choice last week to quit our local Life Learners (unschooling) groups. I’m sorta the leader but I didn’t worry about the logistics when my son was talking. He’s been making a lot of maturity strides and running into some walls along the way. Some of it seemed to be labels he was either [...]
Are we done deschooling now?
I remember holding onto the false idea that “deschooling” should take one month per year of schooling, doubled if they went to Pre-K. What a load of sh*t. That’s my first advice to any new home/unschoolers. Forget a timeline for deschooling. It’s crap. Take your time. You’ve got plenty of it. I doubt we’re done yet. But [...]
Unschooling’s 2nd Anniversary
Today marks our 2nd anniversary of unschooling. I was reading through last year’s postand was reminded again of how much we’ve grown. We’re not so much about “doing unschooling right” anymore as we are about just living and allowing life to unfold. Last year still contained so much focus on the “un”, as in what we weren’t [...]
Nature Journaling
Sharing a journal for pinecones, originally uploaded by OrganicSister. I have been so inspired by Amanda Soule’s The Creative Family lately. Today we ventured out to Mt Charleston to escape the heat – and the house – and do some Nature Journaling. We each received our very own sketchbook to use on these special occasions [...]
My name is Tara. I am a mama and a lover, a full-time nomad, a passionate devourer of Life and an Organic Life Coach.
