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Tag: homeschooling

  • Three Ways to Effortlessly Develop Reading and Writing in Children

    This article, while relevant to all audience, is specially important for families doing child based education or home schooling or Unschooling. Before we get into the exact three ways, there is a fundamental shift we need to make: we need to realize that reading and writing are not subjects. They are functional skills, and all…

  • How do you solve the jigsaw puzzle called CHILD

    Some parents ask me, don’t we all do child-based parenting? Aren’t we all the time child-based? So my response to the parents are, maybe not. Maybe we are not child-based. Maybe most of us are expectations-based. We operate from our own beliefs, our own anxieties, our own expectations from the child, from the future. We…

  • Child-Based vs. Expectation-Based Parenting

    Some parents ask me, don’t we all do child-based parenting? Aren’t we all the time child-based? So my response to the parents are, maybe not. Maybe we are not child-based. Maybe most of us are expectations-based. We operate from our own beliefs, our own anxieties, our own expectations from the child, from the future. We…

  • DAD’s role in Unschooling, Home Schooling and even schooling

    A lot of mothers frequently ask this question: What is the father’s role in unschooling and homeschooling? Hi, I am Ratnesh from Aarohi Life Education. I am also a father of two children who have grown up without any school or college degrees, and are now successful adults and professionals. To answer this question, let…

  • Magic of Co-Creation: Shifting from Control to Partnership in Home Schooling UnSchooling

    Often, when families choose homeschooling or unschooling as an educational path for their children, a common shift happens: somehow, everything is taken entirely into the parents’ hands. But true education is not about taking all the control into our hands. It is about co-creating with the child. In this whole journey, the child is an…

  • Tied-Up Parent – OR – Unlimited Parent?

    So, imagine that you tie yourself up to a chair. Yeah, nicely tie yourself up to a chair. What will happen? Now, once you are tied up to your chair, obviously you can’t move anywhere. In fact, go ahead and do this. Tie yourself up and see what happens. But you see, if you imagine,…

  • The Misconception of “Playing Away” Time: What Learning Really Looks Like

    One of the most frequent questions I encounter as a parent at Aarohi Life Education is a sceptical one: “Do children actually learn anything at all at Aarohi?” From the outside, a self-directed learning environment can look like a mystery to those accustomed to traditional schooling. To many, the children seem to just be doing…

  • What if we’re stuck in our unschooling home schooling journey

    When families first contemplate stepping off the beaten path and beginning their educational journey with home schooling or unschooling, a common fear often arises: “What if we get stuck along the way?” Because this is an entirely new path for most parents, it is completely natural for this question to loop in your mind. I…

  • Business or Child?

    As parents—especially as homeschoolers and unschoolers—we tend to hold what is right and what is wrong as very important. When a child does something right, we say, “Yeah, this is right!” We are happy, and we want more of it. And when the child does something wrong, according to us, then we want to change…

  • The “Beautiful Loss”: Understanding the Paradox of the Pre-Teen and Teen Years

    Parents of pre-teens and young teens (ages 12 to 17) often look at their children with a mix of love and sudden anxiety. In conventional education, these years—middle school through early high school—are treated as the starting grid for a lifelong race. Parents are conditioned to think, “This is it. It’s time to get serious,…

  • Examinations and Open learning

    Examinations and Open learning

    How does a Aarohi student write/appear for Std 10/12th exams in the mainstream system?  There are many options of giving the board exams as an open or “independent” candidate. Indian boards like NIOS – National Institute of Open Schooling by Central Government of India, and some states allow private candidates.You can look into international certifications…

  • Aarohi Affiliation & RTE – FAQ

  • Guide & FAQs for Homeschooling and Unschooling

    Click / Tap on any question to see our response. If your question is not listed do whatsapp to us and we will respond to you as well as add it here. Also do join us in our online saturday meetups for more detailed discussions. Open Learning, UnSchooling and HomeSchooling –  FAQ – What And…