Freeschoolin' A Funeral
My Worst Fear Come True 11:30 pm May 17, 2019 the police were at the door informing me that my dear son Skylar had been found deceased in...
Freeschoolin' A Farm Field Trip & More!
We Love Field Trips! Our family is all about hands on learning so we plan quite a few trips and events through The Un/Homeschool Club of...
Zoo In My Kitchen!
Hope Turned 9 Last Week! Hope requested a surprise party last year, after we threw her first party with friends, so we had a year to...
Freeschoolin' Through Loss
This past week, Hope's only sibling passed away. Her brother, my beloved first-born, Skylar Matthews-Jones, was 26 and very troubled. ...
Mother's Day Madness
I Love Being A Mother! But it wasn't always this way and my mother did not teach me positive things about Motherhood, nor did she...
Rules & Boundaries
What's the difference between Rules & Boundaries? We are a radical unschooling/Freeschoolin' Family. This means we don't use rules in...
Parenting Without Punishment
We have never punished Hope. Not even once. When we ask the question, "Is there really such a lack of natural consequences in life that...
Kids, Kindness & Our Unschooled Week
A Better World Is a Kinder World 💫I recently read a post about explaining to kids the science of kindness. It was full of positivity and...
Freeschoolin': Helping The Homeless
With Privilege Comes Responsibility Our family has been volunteering with a group called "Friends of the Homeless Living in Barrie!" It...
All Ages Socialization
We don't look for friends Hope's age specifically. Why? At first, it wasn't on purpose. I learned the joy of socializing with people of...
Our Freeschoolin' Journal
How Do We Record Our Life Learning? In 2018, our family published The Freeschoolin' Journal through our publishing company, Hart2Hart aRt...
School is a Tsunami
School is like going to the beach for a dip and getting a Tsunami in your face. As an adult, if I want to learn something, I research...
What is Radical Unschooling?
Radical Unschooling (RU) is Unschooling, Self-Directed Education with no curriculum, applied to all of life. RU Students self-regulate...
The Dangers of Daylight Savings
It's that time of year again. Twice a year we adhere to the practice of turning our clocks ahead an hour in spring and an hour behind in...
The Freedom of Freeschoolin'
Are We Free? There's so much we assume we have to do in life, but step outside society's traditional boxes and eyes are opened. ...
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