Erin

This post is based on a weekly piece of writing I do in the Stories of Unschooling Families Community. Here is last week’s post.  Something to Ponder this Week … What is our “Why?”  “I waved. I’m not sure if you saw.”  These words brought me joy.  Early yesterday evening, my son, S, and I […]

Letting experiences and feelings be what they are …  Two small lessons came to me within an hour. If you’re a parent, you’ve likely had the sense of wanting your children to have wonderful experiences, feeling joy and satisfaction as much as possible. Less comfortable feelings are, well, less comfortable. And while some of what

Today is the 20th time that I’ve experienced the first official day of school in our province as a home-educating mum. It’s also the last!  My oldest officially began homeschooling in September of 2003. My youngest will officially finish in June of 2023. Two others fill in the space in the middle. I say ‘officially’

This post was written as part of  the annual opportunity that families have to share A Day in the Life at Simple Homeschool.  Sometimes I find it hard to believe that I only have one child left, my daughter, who is technically school age. Five years ago there were four kids (three boys and a

D retold us a story from his childhood. He’s been clearing a fair bit of snow the last while and I think it triggered a fond memory of his favourite childhood book. When he was little, he got a book from the school library. He loved it. He loved it a lot. He read it

When I first dipped into the homeschooling world, it didn’t occur to me that there would be homeschooling trends to keep up with. The word “homeschooling” didn’t exactly equal “cool” at the time. 😉 However, fast forward almost two decades and there’s a whole new vernacular. Within the world of home education, there’s been a

Buying a camper, sharing a purchase of a camper with my son, getting a new tent instead, opening a resource centre, visiting a different provincial park every weekend, moving east, trying veganism again, switching the bedrooms around in the house, writing a book of short stories …  These are all things that have crossed my

A Course of Interest, Workshop, Webinar and More Curricula can be notoriously hard to stick to. It isn’t always, but it can be! Take a glance at the number of homeschool blog posts about switching and moving around of curriculum. Or perhaps a parent is drawn to a curriculum while a child is not. Or

I sat, two competing membership brochures staring up at me from the kitchen table, and tried to make a decision. Zoo or Science Centre. Science Centre or Zoo. These were two memberships we frequently rotated years with.  Our rhythm had gotten thrown off by an unfortunate incident at the zoo the year prior. I’d been