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These are interesting times. Choices abound, and so do decisions. Usually it’s easier to just follow the path and yet, suddenly it’s clearer that there isn’t just one path, or even two. Any path we choose will bring with it some benefits and drawbacks. If you’re heading down the home education route, there are some […]

There are some phrases that don’t evoke images of abundance… Home educating on a shoestring budget … Home educating for less … Home educating on the cheap … These each came to mind when I was thinking of a title for this. They feel limiting though. A shoestring gives me the picture of reaching out only so far. And not

It’s so different to have a fox right near you instead of on video. You can see their intelligence. – Shay In the eighth post from A Summer of Stories, I had an opportunity to chat with Shay, 13, and her mum, Vadette, about her lifelong love of animals and her adventure earlier this summer

I feel like I’ve gotten sharper. You need quick hand/finger reflexes to react and build quickly. – Angus So far, since July, I have read over 1600 minutes! – Lucas We took care of our neighbour’s flowers and earned some money so so we went to Toys R Us and bought Nerf guns. – Grady

In the sixth post from A Summer of Stories, which has been focusing on different examples of self- directed learning, I’m sharing snippets and snapshots of the things that pique our interests everyday. And by people, I mean a variety of people – people that I’ve seen out and about, talked to and those in

I would also say you are never too old to learn. – Cameron This is our fifth story/interview from A Summer of Stories. You can read the introductory post and the previous four here. Cameron and I have known each other for a full decade as of this past spring. It seems unbelievable, but it’s

I bought a little book, learned a few tunes and then started playing by ear. – Ian My first “music memory” is of me, as a little girl, singing Suzy Snowflake with two cousins at a ladies’ meeting …  – Sharon  Onto our next story/interview in a Summer of Stories! You can read the first here, the

You have to give them lots of water, lots of sun, and lots of love – Caileigh I like creating my own recipes. – Clare This is our third interview/story in the Summer of Stories. You can read the first one here and the second one here. Now, on with the third:). Clare and Caileigh

Yes, I am an active and lifelong learner.  – Eileen This is our second story for our Summer of Stories which takes a close and personalized look at self-directed learning. If you missed the first one last week, you can read the wonderful conversation Linda and I had, entitled A Life of Learning, Growing and

It’s whatever people have in their heads and hearts that directs them to where they go. – Linda Dawe Linda is someone I have had the pleasure of knowing in one way or another for almost two decades. I had the opportunity to get to know Linda through her daughter, Tiffany, who is my age,