I just saw this comment on one of my old posts: I am curious what the future outlook for your kids might be? I feel like I’m locked in the “grind” because I’ve been taught that this is what it will take to be successful in the future. Your island life seriously sounds like a […]
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When lockdown was announced here on March 13, 2020, we left the island capital and returned to El Nido the very next day. We had to pull the kids out of their school and there was an online option, but since we knew we wouldn’t return to the island capital, we opted out of it. For […]
We moved to the island capital a year and a half ago, and while it was difficult being apart from Mr. Bee, I think it was a good decision for the kids. They were 6 and 8 then, and had largely been “unschooled” for 2+ years up to that point. Moving to the island capital […]
Since we moved to the Philippines, we’ve been doing things differently with our nine-year-old son Charlie. We’ve been homeschooling him, and giving him a lot more free play than we used to. And now that our costs are so much lower, we’ve also made some changes in our life choices so that one of us […]
Hello Bees! I’m going to be writing more posts about our homeschooling and unschooling adventures here, as you guys have expressed interest in hearing more about it. If you have any specific questions, please feel free to ask and I will turn it into a post! we recently started a garden and will be raising […]
When we lived in New York and Charlie had just started first grade and Olive was in preschool, I had never heard of “unschooling.” While preparing for our move to the Philippines 3 1/2 years ago, Mr. Bee read several books on the philosophy, which was created all the way back in the 1970s, and […]
Deciding to homeschool wasn’t a quick or easy decision. I do think it goes back to when Miles was in preschool at age 2 and his teachers told me he was “behind” on knowing his colors when he couldn’t recognize “rose.” I just remember thinking, ‘Really? He’s TWO! If this is what school is going […]
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