Implementing Gatto’s Guerrilla Curriculum in our Homeschool Part 2

Yesterday I shared some of the ideas the family had about increasing the community service the older ones do, thoughts about team projects they could do together and with friends, in addition to everyone's thoughts on running their own pet sitting business.  We are using Gatto's Guerrilla Curriculum as inspiration for next year's schooling.  Just…

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Implementing Gatto’s Guerrilla Curriculum in our Homeschool

Yesterday I shared with you a quote which had inspired me a little and when I read it out to the family, they were likewise pretty excited.  Here are the main points of Gatto's guerrilla curriculum.  Gatto believes in every child’s learning experience there should be: Substantial community service Apprenticeships Parent Partnerships on school time…

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Incorporating Unschooling into a Project Based School

So, with the help of the children, I have chosen all our curriculum and am continuing to pursue project based learning whenever I can.  Yet everything which pulls me towards unschooling is still pulling, whilst everything in me which rejects unschooling is still rejecting it.  What's a girl to do?  A while ago I read…

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Angelicscalliwags Homeschool: Morning Meeting

I have no intention of resurrecting our home school series, but I did want to add an extra post on our morning meeting.  Our school, whilst fundamentally remaining the same as ever before has taken on a move towards independence and project based learning.  The morning meeting however has stood the test of time.  This meeting,…

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What Type of Homeschoolers Are We, Anyway? Part 4

Unschooling has evolved from simply not being in school (John Holt), to life learning in the 1980's, to child led learning in the 1990's.  These days there is a plethora of radical unschoolers, who to be honest make me feel a little uncomfortable. I am glad I have been looking into unschooling from a place of homeschooling confidence…

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What Type of Home Schoolers Are We, Anyway? Part 3

There is another reason, other than the older ones maturing, for me looking for an alternative method of learning for my guys.  My first four children have been incredibly lovely, easy-going, easy to train and well-behaved children.  I have never really needed to question too much what I was doing.  If they were unhappy they…

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What Type of Homeschoolers Are We, Anyway? Part 2

Over the past month or so I've been trying to organise my messy thoughts.  This is nothing unusual.  Everything about me is usually in a state of disarray.  But to me, this was more important than my usual scatty mumblings. When we first started home schooling, my children's eagerness to learn knew no bounds.  We…

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The Angelicscalliwags School: Art, Artists, Music and Composers

For Part One: Introduction For Part Two: Why History? For Part Three: Era, Person, Dress Up, Geography, Explorer study For Part Four: Reading and Literature Studies For Part Five: Writing, Narrations and Re-enactments Art and artist study has to be one of my favourite past times.  Whilst I can't draw a bit, I am very arty…

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The Angelicscalliwags Homeschool: Wrapping Up with Presentations and Field Trips

For Part One: Introduction For Part Two: Why History? For Part Three: Era, Person, Dress Up, Geography, Explorer study For Part Four: Reading and Literature Studies For Part Five: Writing, Narrations and Re-enactments For Part Six: Art, Artist Study, Music and Composer Study This is my last post in the series for now.  I focused…

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