English - Stories of an Unschooling Family

Handwriting Matters or Maybe it Doesn’t

Some of my children have beautiful handwriting and some don’t. “What are you going to do when you go to university? Your tutor won’t spend time trying to decipher your essays. If

Learning about Punctuation the Lewis Carroll Way

English

I never used to bother with the finer points of punctuation because I wasn’t sure how to use such devices as colons and semi-colons. For a long time, I didn’t even know

Listening

English

Gemma-Rose’s turn to read. My turn to listen. When I was an eleven-year-old student, our teacher got out her tape recorder and played us a current affairs radio program. It was a hot

The Rose Round – children’s fiction

Books·English

I have just finished reading Meriol Trevor’s book The Rose Round to Sophie and Gemma-Rose. They were enthralled with the story from the very first page. So was I! The book description on

Wanting to Learn How to Spell

English·Primary School·Unschooling

Gemma-Rose isn’t a defiant child so when she said to me, “You can’t make me learn anything I don’t want to learn,” I stopped and listened. We were talking about spelling. Did

A Novel Writing Adventure

English

Imogen is sitting in the family room with her netbook balanced on the arm of the sofa. I look over her shoulder and notice she is writing a blog post…. another one.

A Mother’s Basket

Books·English

It hasn’t been long since the last homeschooling meme. But if you are a book loving mother and would like to join in with another… Read on… Imogen and Charlotte decided to

Sophie’s Basket

Books·English·History and Geography·Primary School

Or Imogen and Charlotte’s book recommendations for their younger sisters We are sitting around the table munching our lunch and chatting. Sophie tells us she wants to learn more about horses

A Jane Austen Education

English·High School

I was on my way to bed when I noticed the older girls’ bedroom light was still on. As I stood outside the door I could hear Imogen’s voice. It sounded like

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Handwriting Matters or Maybe it Doesn’t

Learning about Punctuation the Lewis Carroll Way

Listening

The Rose Round – children’s fiction

Wanting to Learn How to Spell

A Mother’s Basket

Sophie’s Basket

A Jane Austen Education

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