Blasts from the Past!
On the facebook group, someone wanted to know what our routine was at different stages of age groups. So I thought I'd revisit my other blog* from the year 2010 and see what was going on. And I honestly chuckled because I'm basically saying the same things over and over again about how we unschooled or relaxed schooled or whatever you want to call it.
Here's one called: Why We Do Some Things Formally
I used to (very sporadically) try to record Unschooling Moments of the Week. This was back when my youngest, now almost 18 years old, was nine.
Here's another record of some unschooly and schooly stuff going on at the time.
Here's an example of me journaling a day. It was a mix of play, child initiated learning and formal learning. I highly recommend journaling to get perspective on just how much is going on in the home. It always helped me put anxiety at bay. I do think we women have a weakness in that we tend to blow the couple of things that didn't go well out of proportion and we fail to see all the myriad richness of every day learning from play and simple interactions.
A list of my top twelve books that inspired me as a unschooling/homeschooling mother.
*My first blog was at a homeschooling blog platform, the name of which I forgot and which now no longer exists because I did not know how to import it or whatever you have to do to save something like that. That one was called Dumb Ox Academy which was our affectionate name for our homeschool. I started a new blog in 2010 entitled Strewing. It was supposed to be devoted to sharing how I unschooled and also to keep my own records. But as with most things I was very inconsistent. Later, I renamed it Household Diary because it really became a diary to me and was focused on many things, not just unschooling.
Here's one called: Why We Do Some Things Formally
I used to (very sporadically) try to record Unschooling Moments of the Week. This was back when my youngest, now almost 18 years old, was nine.
Here's another record of some unschooly and schooly stuff going on at the time.
Here's an example of me journaling a day. It was a mix of play, child initiated learning and formal learning. I highly recommend journaling to get perspective on just how much is going on in the home. It always helped me put anxiety at bay. I do think we women have a weakness in that we tend to blow the couple of things that didn't go well out of proportion and we fail to see all the myriad richness of every day learning from play and simple interactions.
A list of my top twelve books that inspired me as a unschooling/homeschooling mother.
*My first blog was at a homeschooling blog platform, the name of which I forgot and which now no longer exists because I did not know how to import it or whatever you have to do to save something like that. That one was called Dumb Ox Academy which was our affectionate name for our homeschool. I started a new blog in 2010 entitled Strewing. It was supposed to be devoted to sharing how I unschooled and also to keep my own records. But as with most things I was very inconsistent. Later, I renamed it Household Diary because it really became a diary to me and was focused on many things, not just unschooling.
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