We have been exploring the homeschooling world and developing a network of homeschooling friends for the past two years now. One thing that sticks out in my mind is that lots of people say they like the idea of "
Unschooling" or child-led learning, but they just can't quite let go of the idea that the kids might not learn everything they should learn.
As for myself:
- I worked for our local school board for 9 years as an assistant, and I feel comfortable with curriculum.
- I can see the curriculum connections in all that we do
- I can see how much my kids have taught themselves with no intentional teaching on my part.
- I worked with a teacher that is passionate about the Reggio Emilia approach, and spent quite some time learning about it
- I know that it works and have no fear that my kids won't learn
Our province gives funding to home schoolers based on how much of the curriculum and how much school direction you are willing to accommodate. To my family the extra money for being school directed is something that is really hard to pass up, but I still believe that it can be done with a child-led approach. I believe the curriculum can be followed in a more real and meaningful way than how it is done in the classroom. I believe that we are all learning everyday, but we just don't really think about what it is that we are doing.
Therefore the purpose of this blog is to:
- examine activities that we do and how they are related to our local curriculum
- show how you can connect many different areas of study to one activity, and how you can take an area of interest and use it to its full potential
- help people see how life is learning every day without really realizing what you are doing
- to record our homeschooling journey
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