Resources
A collection of my essays, activities, and case studies for supporting the education of disabled/chronically ill and neurodivergent children.
Learning Spaces, Not Testing Centers
If classrooms are meant to be learning spaces, why are we endlessly testing?⠀ ⠀ Why aren't students granted adequate time to discover and develop ideas, thoughts, and concepts at their own pace?⠀ ⠀ Why do the adults in the school system decide when and how a student...
Yearly Goal-Setting: 3 Main Things (+ Freebie Planner)
Plan the year with three overarching goals for a group or for an individual child. Whether you’re a home educator, teacher, therapist, or support staff, you might find that starting with three main goals for the year will give you additional clarity. Even...
The Necessity of Deschooling
I am ableist and racist, and deschooling is my rehab.⠀ ⠀ As children, we grow up trusting that what adults tell us is right and good and true. We absorb what we hear and what we see. We accept it as fact.⠀ When things feel a little off, we learn to suppress those...
Core Beliefs About Education
You already have a belief about education. Is it merely about an imparting of pedagogical information from one person to another, or is it more? Is the adult the sole decision-maker? Is education the drilling of skills? Or, Do you aim to understand...
Home Education Series
More Essays, Activities, and Case Studies
Fostering Non-Judgement and Nourishing Compassion While Cultivating Freedom of Choice in Your Home
Our world is divided even among sub-communities. From the outside, it looks like there are only two schools of thought when it comes to education: those who choose conventional schooling and those who homeschool. If we lean in, we see that there are many subgroups...
Learning Through Trauma
I cried myself to sleep each Sunday night of the third grade. I was a newcomer to the school where the only other people I knew were my brother and a childhood friend—both not in my class.⠀ In a split 3/4 class where I was among the youngest students, I felt...
We Don’t Need to Be Teachers to Contribute to Education
We don't need to be teachers to make a valuable contribution to education. Learning also happens outside the classroom and it requires community effort. Parents/guardians, step-parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, caregivers, neighbors, and friends come together to...
Flipping Education on Its Head
I have wanted to be a teacher since the age of five. I was the ideal student, so it was no wonder that the school structure appealed to me at the time. When I finally became a teacher, I initially stepped into the role with ease. I taught in the way I was...
Fostering Non-Judgement and Nourishing Compassion While Cultivating Freedom of Choice in Your Home
Our world is divided even among sub-communities. From the outside, it looks like there are only two schools of thought when it comes to education: those who choose conventional schooling and those who homeschool. If we lean in, we see that there are many subgroups...
Learning Through Trauma
I cried myself to sleep each Sunday night of the third grade. I was a newcomer to the school where the only other people I knew were my brother and a childhood friend—both not in my class.⠀ In a split 3/4 class where I was among the youngest students, I felt...
We Don’t Need to Be Teachers to Contribute to Education
We don't need to be teachers to make a valuable contribution to education. Learning also happens outside the classroom and it requires community effort. Parents/guardians, step-parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, caregivers, neighbors, and friends come together to...
Flipping Education on Its Head
I have wanted to be a teacher since the age of five. I was the ideal student, so it was no wonder that the school structure appealed to me at the time. When I finally became a teacher, I initially stepped into the role with ease. I taught in the way I was...