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  • As parents and as human beings, we need a community for support. Creating an unschool community in your life can benefit you in so many ways.
    Play and Learn

    The Importance Of Community – Unschool Life

    As parents and as human beings, we need a community for support. Creating an unschool community in your life can benefit you in so many ways.

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    How Do I Get My Children to LOVE Learning?

    February 1, 2021

    Homeschool Sports – 5 Ideas for Physical Education Classes when Homeschooling

    May 10, 2018
    People often love to share their opinions about how you choose to live your life and parent your children. When you decide to homeschool, be prepared.

    Be Confident In Your Choice To Homeschool

    September 5, 2018
  • My family love to read. We are always looking for new books. Recently, I got the chance to review The Heart Changer from Jarm Del Boccio, Author.
    Play and Learn

    The Heart Changer – Book Review

    My family love to read. We are always looking for new books. Recently, I got the chance to review The Heart Changer from Jarm Del Boccio, Author.

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    Yoga with kids is a fun and challenging experience. I am fairly new to my yoga journey and I love that my children are learning yoga, to control their bodies and minds, with me.

    Yoga With Kids: Learning Together

    August 13, 2019

    Online Learning Resources

    January 18, 2021
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    Cooperative Board Games for Children

    September 22, 2020
  • Two children stare out at the beautiful turquoise water of Grassi Lakes in Canmore Alberta. The warm weather is here, public schools are out. Are you homeschooling in the summer? For us, learning never stops, the opportunities just change.
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    Homeschooling in the Summer

    The warm weather is here, public schools are out. Are you homeschooling in the summer? For us, learning never stops, the opportunities just change.

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    Are you looking for a fun math program to add to your homeschool tool kit? If your children love space themes or retro games check out Maths Invaders Online from EdAlive. Invaders Online from EdAlive.

    Maths Invaders Online

    May 23, 2019
    My family love to read. We are always looking for new books. Recently, I got the chance to review The Heart Changer from Jarm Del Boccio, Author.

    The Heart Changer – Book Review

    July 11, 2019
    child's hand reaches for a card while playing a cooperative board game

    Cooperative Board Games for Children

    September 22, 2020
  • 4 boys of different heights stand beside a size chart and a very large fossil of the leg and foot bones from a dinosaur. School's Out! It is summer and we are excited for warmer weather and new adventures. We just had our unschooling year-end meeting and are officially done!
    Play and Learn

    School’s Out! Unschooling Year End Report

    School's Out! It is summer and we are excited for warmer weather and new adventures. We just had our unschooling year-end meeting and are officially done!

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    Unschooling happens without the use of curriculum, testing, schedules and grades. Am I a lazy Mom? Here is the truth about unschooling.

    I am A Lazy Mom – The Truth About Unschooling

    January 20, 2019
    As parents and as human beings, we need a community for support. Creating an unschool community in your life can benefit you in so many ways.

    The Importance Of Community – Unschool Life

    July 16, 2019
    child sits at a desk with an open book over their face

    Unexpected Educational Opportunities: Stealth Learning

    January 12, 2022
  • Why We Unschool, A hand in silhouette holds a jar up to the sky and is capturing a galaxy of stars within the jar.
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    Why We Unschool

    Why would anyone want to unschool? The reason why we unschool is we want to embrace the curiosity and enjoyment of learning that children naturally have.

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    The Solar System – Techie Homeschool Mom Review

    April 22, 2019

    Raising Resilient Kids: How Homeschooling Families Can Inspire Healthy Choices

    June 6, 2025
    Ancient Greece has been a topic of conversation in our home for many moons now. Incorporating an Ancient Greece homeschool unit has been so much fun.

    Ancient Greece Homeschool Unit

    July 31, 2019
  • white teddy bear reading a book on a blue background. how we discovered unschooling.
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    Our Discovery of Unschooling

    There are so many approached to homeschooling. When we discovered unschooling, we were hooked. Here is our story about how we discovered unschooling.

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    Raising Resilient Kids: How Homeschooling Families Can Inspire Healthy Choices

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    Top 3 Child-Friendly Hikes Near Revelstoke, British Columbia

    July 5, 2018
    Are you looking for a fun math program to add to your homeschool tool kit? If your children love space themes or retro games check out Maths Invaders Online from EdAlive. Invaders Online from EdAlive.

    Maths Invaders Online

    May 23, 2019
  • One of the hardest things, when joining the unschooling world, is learning to trust your children. How will they learn the fundamentals? Trust them.
    Play and Learn

    Trust Your Children to Learn – Unschooling Life

    One of the hardest things, when joining the unschooling world, is learning to trust your children. How will they learn the fundamentals? Trust them.

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    Ancient Greece has been a topic of conversation in our home for many moons now. Incorporating an Ancient Greece homeschool unit has been so much fun.

    Ancient Greece Homeschool Unit

    July 31, 2019
    I love art. As an experienced art teacher, I love inspiring children to get messy and create art. This homeschool art supply list will get you started on your artistic journey.

    Homeschool Art Supplies: K-6

    August 28, 2019

    Roadschooling in Canada: BC To Ontario with Unschoolers

    July 31, 2022
  • What kind of resources work for unschooling? Check out this SchoolhouseTeachers.com review and see if it might be a perfect fit for your family.
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    SchoolhouseTeachers.com Review from an Unschooling Mom

    What kind of resources work for unschooling? Check out this SchoolhouseTeachers.com review and see if it might be a perfect fit for your family. I am always looking for resources and tools to add to the learning environment in our home.  While curricula are not our preferred methods of learning, I love having different resources in our home (both physical and digital).  Recently I had the pleasure of exploring a great website called SchoolhouseTeachers.com (http://www.SchoolhouseTeachers.com/). This SchoolhouseTeachers.com review is for the Ultimate Annual Yearly Membership.  SchoolhouseTeachers.com is a division of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine and a wonderful resource for online learning.  There are over 400 classes currently available with more being…

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    wooden tiles with the letters L E A R N. unschooling is a different way to learn

    What Is Unschooling? A Beginner’s Guide for Parents

    February 28, 2025
    Are you looking for a fun math program to add to your homeschool tool kit? If your children love space themes or retro games check out Maths Invaders Online from EdAlive. Invaders Online from EdAlive.

    Maths Invaders Online

    May 23, 2019
    Two boys smiling as they work on a science experiment from Supercharged Science. you looking for a homeschool science program? Check out this review for Supercharged Science - an interactive science program with lots of experiments!

    Supercharged Science: a Homeschool Science Review

    May 28, 2019
  • Unschooling happens without the use of curriculum, testing, schedules and grades. Am I a lazy Mom? Here is the truth about unschooling.
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    I am A Lazy Mom – The Truth About Unschooling

    Unschooling happens without the use of curriculum, testing, schedules and grades. Am I a lazy Mom? Here is the truth about unschooling. Because I put my life on the internet, people feel the need to comment on me as a person even though they have only watched one YouTube video or seen one Instagram post. It is amazing how many times I have been called a lazy parent on my unschooling videos. You would think that I sat on the couch staring at my phone or having a nap the entire video!  But instead, I am playing with my kids, cooking with my kids, reading stories and playing board games. …

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    We're always looking for personalized learning opportunities to add to our homeschool plan. This IXL Learning Review will explain how we use IXL in our home.

    IXL Learning Review – A Fun Way To Learn

    February 20, 2019

    Homeschool In Pajamas

    June 27, 2018
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    Cooperative Board Games for Children

    September 22, 2020
  • People often love to share their opinions about how you choose to live your life and parent your children. When you decide to homeschool, be prepared.
    Play and Learn

    Be Confident In Your Choice To Homeschool

    People often love to share their opinions about how you choose to live your life and parent your children. When you decide to homeschool, be prepared.   Homeschooling is becoming more common, but it is still not the norm in society. Most of my generation, in my area, grew up in the public school system.  I know more people who went to private school than I do who were homeschooled as children.  Homeschooling just wasn’t that common of a form of education when I was in school. It is amazing how that has shifted over the years. More and more parents are researching homeschooling as a means to educate their…

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    Homeschool Sports – 5 Ideas for Physical Education Classes when Homeschooling

    May 10, 2018
    Are you wanting to increase your children's typing skills and speed (or your own)? Check out this review for Typing Tournament Online from EdAlive!

    Typing Tournament Online – Review

    May 23, 2019
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    Unschooling With Big Brother Watching

    March 2, 2021
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