Combining activities is crucial for unschooling

I often get asked how it is I do everything I do. I don’t deny I’ve chosen a somewhat harder path in life by working for myself and not sending our kids to school. However, whilst it seems hard, some things are also just so much easier.

One thing I’ve always done is combine my own activities alongside the kids. And the older the kids get the easier it is to make happen.

I tweeted about one such example today. My youngest is now 5 years old and she can play without direct help from me in many of the parks we go to.

Of course, it’s not all parks, but I know the parks it applies to, so I plan accordingly. Some parks are just too big to do this comfortably and safely.

Also, the time of day matters too, we went late in the afternoon to early evening, perfect timing for it to be super quiet. Only a handful of people were there when we arrived and it was empty when we left.

It’s not always about work either.

Today it was, and I chose to do a bit of writing. Normally I do work things that don’t require deep focus, this could be responding to emails, attending to social media, or responding to community discussions.