2015-03

27: The Tricky Business of Registering an Unschooler as a Homeschooler

 
 
This week I report back on our recent homeschool registration visit.
 
 
 
Is it possible for unschoolers to register as homeschoolers and not compromise their way of life? e.g. How can we fulfill strict requirements such as the need to follow the school syllabus?
Is there a gentle way of changing people's misinformed opinions about unschooling?
Is it necessary to find a way of showcasing our children's learning when we are dealing with such people as the educational department?
How did our registration visit go? Did our Authorised Person like my Evernote records?
And do I sound like an Evernote salesperson? (I suppose I did get a bit carried away!!!)
You can find the show notes on my blog, Stories of an Unschooling Family.
You can find my children's novel, The Angels of Abbey Creek on Amazon.
 
Music: 60's Quiz Show by Podington Bear, (CC BY-NC 3.0)
 

26: Forcing Kids to Learn and to Eat, and Should We Test Them?

This week I discuss the following questions:
What kind of records will I be presenting for next week's homeschool registration visit?
I have to make a plan for the next period of registration. How can I do that when we are unschoolers who don't work to a plan?
What do I think is wrong with testing?
Is it possible to make kids learn what they don't want to know?
What if kids refuse to learn what they 'have' to learn?
Can we force children to eat?
Is it our duty to train kids to eat whatever food is given to them? 
Do I have any fussy eaters?
And who does the cooking in our family?
As usual the program notes, including links to related posts, can be found on my blog, Stories of an Unschooling Family.Music: By Grace by Podington Bear, (CC BY-NC 3.0)
 
 

25: Our Reluctance to Trust and Other Croaky Thoughts

This week I try out my new home studio audio equipment, while...
I share a few thoughts on blogging and what the future holds for my Stories of an Unschooling Family blog
I ponder trust: Do people in general have a problem trusting? Do we like to be in control? Can we control all aspects of our lives? Is it wrong to trust too much?
I speak a little about homeschool registration: It's time to re-register my girls as homeschoolers. Am I feeling confident about my Evernote records? Will I need to do any preparation before our Authorised Person, from the education department, comes out to visit us?
My voice is croaky and my thoughts may be muddled, but I think the sound quality of my podcast is much improved!
 
Please visit my blog Stories of an Unschooling Family for the program notes.Music: Frammenti, by Andrea Carri, (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)