Going Off-Grid with the Kids
By Megen Hibbins As an “off-grid parent” of four children that are homeschooled, we can find challenges in our everyday life. These challenges are no…
Engage and Educate
Can You Still Live a Sustainable Lifestyle When You Have a Baby?
By Emily Folk Babies require a variety of different things, but you can still live a sustainable lifestyle with children. Having a baby will…
The Unschooling Secret
By Lisa Molson Another rainy winter morning. I drag myself out of bed and peel my boy from the covers. We look at each…
Why We’re Choosing to Homeschool
By Israel Butson If your home is anything like ours, your exhausted kids announce their arrival home from school with a jacket in your…
Yes! You Should Take Your Kids To The Library. Here Are Six Reasons Why.
By Hannah Schenker As someone who has worked in various libraries over the years, I can assure you that your loud, messy, awesome child…
Reading The Same Books to Your Preschooler? How To Step Up Your Game
By Ashley Norris Did you know that every night, when you snuggle up with your preschooler and they select that favorite book (you know the…
Tips For Getting Your Child Involved In The Garden
By Hannah Schenker Did your parents keep a garden when you were growing up? For many of us, this was just the norm –…
Creating Innovative Kids From the Early Years
By Amanda Just Have you ever wondered why some kids are inventive and others can’t create anything new? Watching my kids play got me…
Supporting Families on Their Parenting Journeys: The Baby Collective Expo – Newcastle
By Hannah Schenker Learn about the challenges of motherhood, find support for breastfeeding, understand the importance of baby development, and recognise the importance of…
Why Are Kiwi Families Choosing Au Pairs As Their Source Of Childcare?
As a caregiver or parent of young children, the topic of childcare has most certainly crossed your mind. There are many options to choose…
“Girls Can’t Jump In Muddy Puddles” – Unconscious Sexism At The Shoe Shop
By Sofie Thomson When my daughter turned just seven months she did something that completely took me by surprise. She walked. We hadn’t really…
Why I Love Being An Adult Unschooler
By Chantel Quick There is no difference between living and learning…it is impossible and misleading and harmful to think of them as being separate….
Winter Wellness: Childcare at Home
There is nothing nicer than snuggling under a blanket with a book on a cold winter’s day. As adults we often crave that comforting…
Amazing Teacher Uses Costumes as Teaching Tool, Bringing Learning to Life
Mainstream education often gets a bad rap – but sometimes you hear of teachers who go above and beyond in order to instill a…
Why Your Child Should Be Encouraged To Play, Play, Play!
A child rolls a handful of dirt into a ball, places a stick in the top and stands back to admire her creation. It’s…
Are Modern Toys and Full Activity Schedules Hindering Our Children’s Imaginations?
By Alex Koster BOREDOM PROHIBITED I am going to ask a bit of a strange question at first glance, but are we in our…
Silencing the Voice of Conformity
By Ellen Rowland My twelve year old unschooled daughter has been waking up late these days. Around 9 am, the sticky, stubborn residue of…
The Nature of Human Nurture
By Nelle Myrica Donaldson I hear my child groaning in defeat. I look up to see that he is trying to fashion the basket…
6 Reasons to Unschool Your Kindergartner
By Megan Stonelake I remember the first time I heard about unschooling. It sounded way too radical. I thought a lack of formal education…
Lazy Learning – Interest-Based Learning is the Opposite of Lazy
By Wendy Priesnitz Few things seem to trouble parents more than the possibility our kids might be lazy. I guess it’s the legacy of…