by carl376 | Feb 14, 2018 | Blog, Home Learning, Unschooling
Ethan made a speedy recovery and was pretty much 100% today, which was great news. I really believe that being a homeschooler helped him get better faster. There are a couple reasons why I think that’s the case. The first reason why is because he’s home...
by carl376 | Feb 13, 2018 | Blog, Home Learning, Unschooling
Ethan was still sick today but was in much better condition than the day before. Today, Ethan mostly spent the day in bed watching educational programs on Discovery Education and BrainPop, plus doing some math on Dream Box. Checking his temperature has become a...
by carl376 | Feb 12, 2018 | Blog, Home Learning, Unschooling
Ethan woke up this morning not feeling well. He caught some sort of a cold and had a fever, so it was going to be a day of rest. Well, it was sort of a day of rest because he spent most of the day in our bed watching educational programs online. Not sure where or who...
by carl376 | Feb 11, 2018 | Blog, Home Learning, Unschooling
Today, we had plans for a playdate with Ethan’s cousins again, but this time, Ethan would visit their place. He was quite excited but had to wait until the afternoon. Luckily, Ethan’s pretty good at finding things to do to occupy his time. Morning Ethan...
by Dong Eun Kim | Feb 11, 2018 | Blog, Home Learning, math, Unschooling
Friday’s were usually a day that came very quickly and we were all a bit tired. But with unschooling, our days are far more relaxed and it doesn’t necessarily matter if it’s Monday or Friday. On this particular Friday, though, Ethan was excited...
by Dong Eun Kim | Feb 11, 2018 | Blog, Home Learning, Unschooling
Our early experience with homeschooling and trying to adopt an unschooling style of learning was a challenge. But over the past few weeks, we’ve seen how well unschooling is working for Ethan. He is even more engaged in learning, experimenting and discovering...
by carl376 | Feb 11, 2018 | Blog, Home Learning, Unschooling
Unschooling has been a great experience and one of the best parts has been the opportunity for Ethan to attend nature school. It’s five hours outdoors learning about nature and survival skills, things that we aren’t able to teach him ourselves. Plus,...
by Dong Eun Kim | Feb 11, 2018 | Blog, Home Learning, Unschooling
When Ethan used to get up in the mornings for school, it was always a rush. But with unschooling, the mornings are relaxed and Ethan usually wakes up and starts working on something. Morning This morning, he worked on some origami, just doing some free-folding to see...
by Dong Eun Kim | Feb 11, 2018 | Blog, Home Learning, math, Unschooling
Ethan likes to randomly pick a theme for certain days of the week and today was math day. Ethan really likes the freedom to learn and focus on whatever he likes as an unschooler, so we’re also quite happy with these theme days. Math randomness Ethan started out...
by Dong Eun Kim | Feb 9, 2018 | Blog, Home Learning, Unschooling
Today was going to be an easy day for Dong Eun and I because Ethan’s cousins were coming over for a playdate. Ethan is always excited when they come over but still found some time for some unschooling before they arrived. Morning coding I got a chance to look at...
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