Tag Archives: learning

Why Your Child Doesn’t Remember Last Months Lessons

One of the reasons I began unschooling was because I was homeschooling and diligently teaching my kids lessons that they didn’t remember the following week. After a few months, I questioned why I was wasting my time, voice, and energy … Continue reading

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Deschooling Ourselves and Growing Trust in Unschooling

Building our trust in the unschooling method of education delivery is a big issue and one that we just have to accept as something we all go through when wading into this new lifestyle, that is so different from what … Continue reading

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Teacher-Directed and Print-Based Programs are the Worst of the Worst of “At-home” School Programs

Asynchronous Teacher-Directed and Print-Based Programs are the worst of the worst of “at-home” learning. Like online, Teacher-directed and Print-based programs are school controlled distance education school programs. But unlike daily online classes, which are synchronous (real time), your child rarely … Continue reading

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Evidence of Learning: If a child breathes, they learn

Assessment. Evaluation. Judgement. To a parent of a homeschooled child, it all means the same. A representative from a school is going to enter one’s home and make a judgement on the learning of their homeschooled child. It feels like … Continue reading

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All Children Have Gaps In Learning, Whether in School or Outside of School

Gaps happen. In an unprecedented year, will your child be missing content this year? You bet! Whether a child is homeschooled, unschooling or in a classroom or online, all children have gaps in learning. Not just this year, but every … Continue reading

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All Children Learn to Read Without Direct Instruction

From our website at http://www.unschoolingcanada.ca Worried that your child is not reading yet?  Tried phonics? Tried Whole language? Tried APPs?  It is not your child’s fault or your fault. It is because your child’s brain needs time to mature. Learning … Continue reading

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You Did It!

You can’t force a child to learn and you can’t stop a child from learning!  Life is learning…and all children are born curious…let them lead their learning. #unschooling     #homeschooling    #letlearnerslead

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16 Problems with Online/Virtual Learning

Is your child not loving online school? Is motivation is a daily battle?  You want to quit but you are worried your child might get “behind”?  Don’t worry. It is not your child’s fault. The fault is an education delivery … Continue reading

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Healthy Families Are Always the Best Learning Environment

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Unschooling and Brain Development/Learning Stages

In this webinar, we will discuss how brain development and learning stages fit with unschooling and self-directed education. http://

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