Un-schooling Discussion

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Did they all have problems? I thought only the two youngest boys in the family of all boys had trouble with literacy (and mainly the youngest one)? Pretty sure the oldest one had a PhD and worked for Google or something. Their Mum was also a teacher as well so I kind of thought that if she couldn't teach them to read then they would have struggled in school as well and maybe there was some learning difficulties there. Honestly, I'm not sure I'd be ok with it if my children didn't learn to read. I really think that's important. But I don't really see how it's possible unless there are learning difficulties. We have so many books, we read every day, they see me reading and writing all the time, so they see the value of being able to read and are motivated to learn. My DD1 (5yrs) wants to know how to write things and asks me all the time and consequently is reading at the same level as her schooled peers now. So for me personally it's not concerning because it hasn't been an issue so far.

I'm actually kind of amazed at how it all happens. We have no specific sit down learning time every day. It's kind of just when things come up and we talk about it and she wants to know more or she needs to work something out. Or if she's been interested in something I might set up a little activity for her that I think she might like which she can do when/if she likes. And yet, I was looking at the prep curriculum for maths a couple of days ago, wondering where we're at and what she would be doing if she was at school, and we have covered all but two things already and gone further in some areas. How did that happen? Just from her natural curiosity and desire to learn I guess. It's pretty awesome that she is still learning all that and is also able to spend the majority of her time playing, which is what I think she should be doing at her age.