Travelling, Touring, Staying in Johannesburg
5 minute readWelcome to Johannesburg – Or Jozi as we locals like to call it! We imagine that most families attending the conference will be local Jozi residents. We do know that there will be quite a few families coming from further afield. Welcome! Firstly a...
Bringing Up The Parents
A parent’s journey on coming to terms with the role of technology in the lives of her children
Unschooling as a Journey of Self Discovery
Scout reflects on her life as an unschooler in contrast to life in private school.
Living My Passion: Made possible by Unschooling
Emmanuelle discovers the freedoms that come with unschooling
From Homeschooling to Unschooling: A Peek into Daniel’s Journey
5 minute readHi everyone. My name is Daniel Charles Jenneker aka iDanyxBoy aka Mr Salty. I am 16 years of age. I am a homeschooler turned unschooler. I am the second youngest in my family and I like to think that I’m the joker in the family, after my Dad of...
From Boredom to Chocolate: My (partial) Unschooled Journey
10 minute readHi. I’m Juwayria Asvat, and this is my unschooling story written quite a while back. So much has changed now, so this is part one. I will share more recent reflections in another story. My unschooling journey began the year after I completed first grade....
The Freedoms and Adventures of an Unschooler
5 minute readI am Sasha Ismail. I am an unschooled, 12 year old boy who was born and raised in South Africa. I started out going to school for three years, and then my mother told me about unschooling. I was so excited. This meant that I did not have to do any work. I...
On learning to read, write and count
3 minute readHi, I’m Karien, mum to two boys aged 5 and 2. This is short piece about my son’s new interest in writing. I’m writing this because lately I’ve seen so many posts on Unschooling groups asking ‘How will my child learn to read?’ and ‘What can I use to...