Reading books to my daughter each day, especially before bedtime, was such a cozy, important-feeling ritual through her early childhood. While I am glad that June is reading so well on her own now, her graduation to older-child-oriented chapter books and graphic novels has meant that she now reads most of the time on her…
Tag: unschooling
Why Unschooling?
Our new lifestyle of homeschooling (and under that official umbrella, unschooling) is in some ways influenced by my own school experiences, which were fairly competitive and intense. With the exception of music, foreign languages, and sometimes math and science, I did not enjoy any of my classes in high school. And yet, nearly all of…
Sassafras Homeschool
I recently officially opened a homeschool for my daughter under the name Sassafras Homeschool (sassafras…there is a leaf with varied shapes, varied possibilities). I have been learning more about unschooling recently, and since our return from our travels last year, June has been attending a program called ZigZag several days a week, which is a…