No matter what style of homeschooling you subscribe to, strewing is an effective means of engaging your children in self-directed learning and discovery. Strewing is the art of casually leaving items around your house for your kids to pick up, engage with, and discover. An assortment of seashells with a magnifying glass, a history or current events magazine, a book of paintings, a small glockenspiel—all of these are perfect examples of things to leave out where your child mig

s a homeschooler, I didn’t always know I wanted to go to college. Actually, I spent most of my grade school career studying classical ballet (something you don’t really need to go to college for). In other words, I didn’t spend my high school career chasing awards or internships for my college resume. From a young age, I’ve had a passion for storytelling, in any way, shape, or form, and once I was able to, writing became one of my favorite mediums for it. With the freedom of

When families come to me wanting to leave traditional school and “come to the dark side,” my first bit of advice is almost always to do a deschooling period, and I am almost always met with confusion and worry. Unstructured time? Won’t they fall behind? What do mean do nothing? For how long? But, won’t they fall behind? Before we get into what deschooling is, I think it’s important first to discuss why it’s necessary. Why should I Deschool? Traditional education models, inclu