A Freeschoolin' Holiday & FREE Colouring Pages!
Illustration by Wendy Elizabeth Hart We are on a quest to find ways to celebrate the happiest, healthiest Holiday possible! Over the...
Finding Your Un/Homeschool Community
How did we find support for our outside-the-box lifestyle? It wasn't easy, that's for sure. Well, the process was essentially simple,...
The Peace of Unschooling/Freeschoolin'
It's Real. Unschooling/Freeschoolin' has brought peace to our home where there would have been fear, conflict and feelings of failure...
You LOVE Being A Mom. You Just Don't Like Being A Stressed-Out Mom! (Or Parent)
Parenthood is an amazing journey! Good Parents know this, but it CAN drain you drier than a summer's day in the Sahara. And have you...
Freeschoolin' Discusses "Sharing"
Of course we want our offspring to be kind and share what they have. But are rules on sharing really invoking these personality traits? I...
Healthy Halloween Tricks and Treats
From the candy to the costumes Freeschoolin' has gathered lots of ideas that are sure to help your family celebrate this Halloween with...
Seasonschooling: Fall
What is "Seasonschooling"? Just a nifty little term I made up (or I've never heard it before) to describe how we determine what areas of...
Unschooling/Learning from LARP
What is LARP? L.A.R.P. stands for Live Action RolePlay. Like Dungeons and Dragons, participants act out their roles and defend their...
Unschooling/Freeschoolin' Myths Debunked
Yes! We Use Books! I was recently exposed to some misconceptions people have about Unschooling/Freeschoolin'. It was even implied we...
What Unschooling/Freeschoolin' Looks Like
How are we learning from life everyday? School creates a distorted view of education that makes it difficult to easily envision a life...
NOT Back To School!!!
The beaches are empty, the parks are clear and printer paper is on sale, because for many families, it's back to school time. For our...
Freeschoolin' Manages "Swearing"
How do we keep Hope's exploration of words from becoming a social nightmare? To start, we didn't swear around Hope until she was mature...
Freeschoolin' On Staycation
We're on Staycation! We run a homestead so taking a vacation isn't easy. I am a bit of a nature nut so I decided I'd like to go camping...
Why We Don't Have Bedtimes
Life Learning/Freeschoolin' doesn't stop because the sun sets. This week is a great example as to why we don't have a specific time to go...
Freeschoolin' Summer Subjects
As a Freeschoolin' Family, we are learning the whole year through! This week we experienced a lot of things we can only do in the warmer...