I am reading Goal-Free Living by Stephen Shapiro at the moment, and he is proposing an alternative to the goal-seeking, target setting society that we have become. He believes that goals, whilst admirable, can often send us in the wrong direction – focusing on a result that won’t make us happy or fulfilled, and keeping … More
One of the great things about homeschooling is that we can really tailor our kids education to their individual learning styles – and to our own unique homeschooling styles. Of course one of the problems we face is how to make this work when we join our kids up to a class – or bringing … More
Davian sent me an interesting article recently about sibling rivalry. You don’t hear much about this when you are homeschooling – but I certainly get asked about it a lot from non-homeschoolers. A regular comment is “Gosh, my children would just argue the whole time.” I wonder if sibling rivalry is minimized when … More
Over the weekend I was busy putting the finishing touches to my new ebook – Creative Homeschooling. After editing, there were quite a few chapters that didn’t make the cut! I was a bit sad to see some of them go but I didn’t think they fitted very well. But waste not want not! … More
