It’s strange to think of myself as being unschooled, but it seems to be true. It was part of an interesting dual existence – part-time schooling and part-time unschooling. I didn’t even think of it as unschooling until an astute parent pointed it out at our local unschooler’s support group. I think it accounts (on some level) for my general disregard for authority and groupthink.

I’ve had no time to blog lately. We’ve been incredibly busy, which is nice. Spring seems finally to be just around the corner. Being so busy has helped give me more confidence homeschooling wise. I know – they are learning things even when they don’t seem to be doing anything. But still, seeing us all doing stuff gives me more tangible proof that we are all learning. It helps me feel productive. The boredom of winter was really getting on my nerves. …

M spontaneously wrote the letters “W” and “N” yesterday. I suppose this should further convince me of the efficacy of unschooling. I don’t know why I’m so amazed. I guess part of me just didn’t believe that it would be possible for a child to learn to write and/or read without a lot of formal lessons on the subject. Now, we have done some work on letter awareness. Lots of signing of the alphabet song, letter puzzles, and discussions every so often on the sound …

I’m still working through the idea of homeschooling. I mean, I’m committed to doing it and convinced by it’s efficacy, but I’m still working through the wheres and hows. For instance, how did I make it to this point, when just 10 years ago I imagined my life so much more mainstream?
Just the other day I was telling M about his birth (at his request). I was thinking how strange it seems now to remember how, just when labor was getting really intense, I walked out of …

It’s been almost a month (I think) since we ditched the TV signal. The point of no return was last week, when we returned the receiver, remote and some doohickey on the satellite dish (which freaked me out since I had to climb onto our roof). So far so good – really good, I’d say. Since mindless TV watching is no longer an option, I tend to read or research stuff on the internet instead. Since I’m getting in the habit of reading, I find myself …