Motivated Learning: 3 Assumptions We Need to Rethink
The other day, I stumbled upon Tiffanie Wen's article on BBC Worklife, “Things that do - and don’t - motivate kids to succeed” and something within it sparked an inferno...
Empowered Education: Schooling at Home or Unschooling
The most common profession of home educating parents is teachers. Go figure! You might think, as ex-teachers, we’d home educate by simply schooling at home. You’d be right. As we...
Sensory Overload SOS: 5 Steps to Calm
What is sensory overload? Sensory overload is like a tsunami, flooding your brain with more input than you can handle from all five senses. It cranks everything up to 11,...
Anarchy In The Kitchen (Pt. 3) – Embrace Unschooling ‘Chaos’
Let's be real, as a parent considering home education or unschooling, the thought of your child missing out on crucial academic skills may be keeping you up at night. Perhaps...
Top 10 Reasons Why Parents Home Educate (2023)
Home education, also known as homeschooling, is an increasingly popular choice for parents who want to take a more active role in their child's education. As ex-teachers we were fed...
Anarchy in the Kitchen – Pt 2 – Cooking with our kids
It's scary how many teens, and even adults, don't know how to cook basic meals. So we provide our children with the opportunity and time to learn in the kitchen....
Post-Christmas Blues: Redefining Family Traditions
Family dynamics, logistics, the expense and pressure from every angle can add up to make Christmas a challenging time. Right now, we've got a massive case of post-Christmas blues. For...
Anarchy In The Kitchen – Pt. 1: The Tuff Tray
Our home is a serene, tranquil oasis. Neatly organised, it efficiently facilitates the calm structured learning of our emotionally stable, completely rational and neverendingly cooperative children. NAAAHT! The idillic vision...
Kids Don’t Have To Go To School; Home Educate
You’re probably reading this because you already know the education system is failing your child in some way or it already failed you.
There’s a whole world of learning out there and it doesn’t have to happen sitting behind a desk.
Ecovacs Deebot X1 Omni Review: So Good!!
Once upon a time, there were two loving parents doing their best to shake off the shackles of school, shame and society's narrow expectations of life. Yet they lived-in constant...