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Montessori vs Public School: What’s the difference?

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Montessori vs Public School: What’s the difference?

Together we’ll slow down, stop rushing our kids through life and raise lifelong learners who will become confident and independent adults.

thealannagallo

Former teacher (M.Ed) → secular progressive homeschooler
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I don’t plan our homeschool once a year 😅 We lear

I don’t plan our homeschool once a year 😅We learn year-round, so our back-to-school prep looks a little different.Every few months I take a fresh look at each kid: what’s working, where they could use more support, and what they suddenly can’t stop talking about.Then we adjust.@outschool has become one of my favorite ways to do this because I can find classes based on what each child actually needs or is interested in right now—without committing our entire year to a plan I made months ago.Because kids change. Their interests change. Their needs change. And I want their education to have enough flexibility to change with them.Want to try Outschool for your own kids?Comment OUTSCHOOL and I’ll send you my link to get $50 off your first classes.#outschoolinsider #homeschooling #backtoschool

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” We ask

“What do you want to be when you grow up?”We ask children this constantly, and what we usually mean is: What job do you want to have?Why do we quietly teach children when we frame adulthood that way? Especially when so many adults are miserable 🤷🏼‍♀️The idea that you choose what you’ll do for work, and everything else—where you live, how much time you have, what your days feel like, how often you see the people you love—gets arranged around it is not my vibe.I want my kids to think about it in the opposite direction and build an intentional life around what they love.So I ask different questions.What do you want an ordinary Tuesday to feel like?Do you want to wake up early or sleep until 9?Would you rather spend your days outside, behind a desk, traveling, building things, working with people?Do you want to live somewhere you can ride your bike out the front door?How much time do you want with your family?What kind of freedom matters to you?Then, eventually: What kind of work could help you build that life?After spending more than a decade teaching, I became increasingly uncomfortable with how early we start funneling children toward conventional definitions of success. Good grades. The right college. A respectable career.I’m much more interested in raising kids who understand themselves well enough to make intentional choices…even when those choices look different from what everyone around them is doing.I don’t know what careers my children will choose.I hope they choose lives they actually want to wake up to.#secularhomeschooling #digitalnomadfamily #raisingthefuture

We are opting out of the algorithm. Here’s a lis

We are opting out of the algorithm.Here’s a list of some of the ways we are intentionally protecting our kids childhood.Slow mornings.
Family meals.
Quality friendships only.
Traveling every chance we get.
Saying no to the consumer mentality.
Daily family reading time.
No access to social media.
Limited and intentional screen time.
Hiking and spending time in nature.
High expectations.
Child-led learning.
Rock solid sibling relationships.
Age appropriate input in family decisions.
Modeling a healthy romantic partnership.This list isn’t exhaustive but it’s a start ❤️Comment NO ALGO to grab my book, Uninfluenceable if you are looking to raise kids outside the algorithm.

Happy not back to school for us! We homeschool yea

Happy not back to school for us! We homeschool year round but we have certain seasons that are more intense and fall (and spring) are usually the ones where we have the most going on. Here’s a quick look into our Monday as we kick off our fall season✌🏻My son started at local microschool today. He is signed up for a few in person classes this fall so we biked to the school. He is taking engineering, website design, mock trial and a few other things.The girls crushed their academics in about 2 hours this morning and then we met some new friends at a creek for some exploring and time outside.We came home, had lunch and the girls did a variety of things including independent reading, practicing their self-selected instruments, art (they are leaning a new technique called texture art).Big brother came home and did some chess and then read for a few hours.Then we had sports (soccer and lacrosse this season) and while watching her sister play soccer my youngest practiced her creative writing and did some independent reading.Home for dinner, more reading all around, and bed.Homeschooling is just an extension of living your life alongside your kids 🙌🏻#homeschooling #secularhomeschool #alternativeeducation

If you’re new here I’m Alanna, a former teacher wi

If you’re new here I’m Alanna, a former teacher with an M. Ed., turned homeschooling mom to my four kids. My family has been worldschooling for the last 4 years living all over the world and educating our kids along the way.We just moved to a new home base and it’s been a whirlwind getting ourselves settled and our fall homeschooling rhythm planned.If anything of this vibes, come say hi and help me get my algorithm back on track 🤣#secularhomeschool #homeschool #homeschooling #notatradwife

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