Dealing with negative social interactions
Following on from my last socialisation article (here), I’d like to both share a story and address a couple of comments on facebook about the need to develop coping strategies for dealing with difficult...
Category: Unschooling
Learning social skills without schooling.
Do children really need to go to school to learn social skills? I think not.. For whatever reason, there appears to be a notion amongst the general public and professionals (paediatricians and psychologists in...
I sat in a Ford GT40!
Yesterday at Bathurst I went in a rare race car, it’s called the Ford GT40 and it is my favourite car. Henry Ford made the GT40 because Enzo Ferrari did not want to sell...
Unschooling camp 2018!
Last week we went to a unschooling camp at Cobb and Co. I made lots of new friends and saw some old friends but some friends did not come which made me a bit...
Homeschooling and travel – Can it HELP social skills?!
Let’s talk homeschooling… I see a lot of posts from families wanting to homeschool; some are looking at it in order to travel, others due to other reasons. I wanted to share my experiences...
The realities of travelling on a budget…
Whilst most kids his age had a full belly and were relaxing in the PJ’s at 8:30, Jaiden hadn’t had dinner and was busy being my right hand man as we worked on the...
Voluntarily doing math on a Sunday night? You betcha!
One of the things Jaiden loves about house sitting for people with kids is having a new arsenal of toys to play with and explore. Just as I start cooking dinner he comes to...
Autism, bright lights, new people and lots of noise..
Loud music, bright lights, 100+ strangers, a new environment and trying something for the first time…That’s pretty much a recipe for disaster for many kids on (and off!) the spectrum. But, not today my...
Unschooling, it happens everywhere.
Somewhere along the way “Hey Jaiden, we’re out of Sushi rice, let’s ride to the shop and grab some.” resulted in us sitting down at an Indian restaurant for dinner. I’m not entirely sure...
Autism QLD Creative Futures Recognition Award
Throw back… Sunday! Throwing back to 3 years ago when I won the Autism Queensland Creative Futures Recognition Parent/Carer of the year award. As well as being a big surprise, this was such a huge confidence...
