Erin

Socialisation might be one of the most nuanced and complex “topics” in home education.  Sometimes we treat the “S word” as though it’s a yes or no answer.  A simple thing. An annoying question from friends, family, neighbours and the media that we don’t want to have to answer one more time.  Can children develop […]

I sat across from my kids at my in-laws’ house, listening to one of my sons (23) fill us in on his last few days of a snowboarding trip to Alberta and BC. I heard him talk about some pieces that weren’t easy, yet he didn’t identify them specifically as such and recounted them in

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