Cohorts are not the answer
Of the many things that our government could be doing to improve the lot of kids in the education system, this ISN’T one of them. Yes, I have a bias. I could not envisage...
Category: Educational Theory
The horse, and getting back on it.
Well that was the world’s shortest NaBloPoMo. I fell off the wagon on the third day! Oh well, I figure that I’m always telling my kids not to give up when things go a...
When are kids too young?
This article from Science Alert came wandering across my web view today. It’s called “New study suggests we’re sending our kids to school too young“. My initial reaction to reading the title was, ‘well,...
Joyful illiteracy, the best start
It’s no secret that I have become very interested in the Finnish education system over the last little while and on reflection I think there’s a lot about the way they do things that...
Project Based Home Education – let’s learn
You may have remembered me posting about the difference between teaching and learning at the beginning of the month. Well, I decided to try and get out of my own way. Luckily for me,...
Kids can learn by themselves? Really?
Well, apparently they can. Who knew? 😉 Any home educating parent, that’s who. Especially those who follow an unschooling or natural learning style in their homes. The rest of the world is slowly, ever...
School starting age
School starting age: the evidence is an article from a Cambridge University researcher. It raises some questions about why we are continuing an educational trend that seems to have no benefit to the children....
Conscience prodders
As I’ve written on our About page, we’re pretty eclectic in our approach to homeschooling. There are many aspects of a variety of philosophies and approaches that appeal. Naturally homeschooling is something of...
