We're still "deschooling" but I've already been surprised by how much the children are learning. The more we do and the more I read we seem to be being led towards "unschooling".... although I think I prefer the term "interest-led learning" :)
Permanently in my browser right now I have a tab with the Randomiser page from Sandra Dodd's website. Sandra Dodd is an unschooling advocate who has published articles and a book on the subject. She has three children who were always unschooled and all her writing is full of the most wonderful calm, common sense advice. The randomiser page is lovely, it has an image (by the talented Bo King) of what could be seen as an elevator, portal or doorway.
By having this page permanently in my browser I can click each day to be taken to advice and wise words which somehow always seem to be pertinent to my current thoughts. When I was wondering what to do about how much freedom to give the children it took me here.... when I was worrying about how much time Povey spends on the iPad it took me here... and when it seemed all the children had done all day was argue it took me here. It doesn't have all the answers, but it's definitely been a great springboard for my own thought processes. That little portal is helping me deschool ;)
Permanently in my browser right now I have a tab with the Randomiser page from Sandra Dodd's website. Sandra Dodd is an unschooling advocate who has published articles and a book on the subject. She has three children who were always unschooled and all her writing is full of the most wonderful calm, common sense advice. The randomiser page is lovely, it has an image (by the talented Bo King) of what could be seen as an elevator, portal or doorway.
By having this page permanently in my browser I can click each day to be taken to advice and wise words which somehow always seem to be pertinent to my current thoughts. When I was wondering what to do about how much freedom to give the children it took me here.... when I was worrying about how much time Povey spends on the iPad it took me here... and when it seemed all the children had done all day was argue it took me here. It doesn't have all the answers, but it's definitely been a great springboard for my own thought processes. That little portal is helping me deschool ;)
