High School - Stories of an Unschooling Family

Never Ending Unschooling

Imogen has started full time university work. She’s studying professional writing and publishing. She’s also having singing and piano lessons and preparing for exams. You wouldn’t think she’d have much time left

A Real Science Education

Books·High School·Science

The other day I was writing about our experiences unschooling high school science. I mentioned a couple of books I thought my chemistry-loving-daughter, Charlotte, might like to read. Of course, I couldn’t

An Unschooling Way of High School Science

Books·High School·Science·Unschooling

I hop from blog to blog, sampling a homeschooling science program here, and one there, and I become alarmed and a bit unsettled. The programs all look so impressive and detailed. I

Imogen’s Unschooling Plan to Get into University

High School·University·Unschooling

One of the most common worries homeschooling parents seem to have is: Will my children be able to get into university? The answer to this question is definitely yes. But what about

From Unschooling to Successful University Learning

High School·University·Unschooling

A couple of days ago, Imogen logged into her Open Universities account to check some details she needed for her youth allowance application. She checked her mail while online and received a nice

When Will I Use All This Maths, Mum?

High School·Maths·Unschooling

My older children all learnt maths in a formal manner, using a text book course. All three started the advanced maths course and all three dropped out partway through, complaining they hated

Nurturing Independent Learners

High School·Unschooling

To me, unschoolers are independent learners. At least mine are. What further can I say? Because one sentence isn’t much of an article, I decided to do a little research to see

Love and Physics

High School·Unschooling

This morning I asked Charlotte what she was planning to do today. “I might have a look at a periodic table video,” she replied. More chemistry. My third daughter is certainly

A Better Way to Get into University

High School·University

The HSC (or Higher School Certificate) is the exam all school students in our state take at the end of their final year of school. Homeschoolers are not eligible to sit the

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