Comments on: The Evolution of an Educational Philosophy: My Journey of Baby Steps https://simplehomeschool.net/the-evolution-of-an-educational-philosophy-my-journey-of-baby-steps/ Never let your schooling interrupt your education. Wed, 11 Feb 2026 19:57:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Lauri https://simplehomeschool.net/the-evolution-of-an-educational-philosophy-my-journey-of-baby-steps/#comment-528499 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=8013#comment-528499 My journey is about the same…but you let go of the fear better than I have. You are helping me allow myself to create our learning paths without fear.
Thank you so much…I studied Konos and before TJED I found Sally Clarkson..to add a few.

]]> By: Kelli https://simplehomeschool.net/the-evolution-of-an-educational-philosophy-my-journey-of-baby-steps/#comment-376085 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=8013#comment-376085 I love the gentleness of your approach to blogging. Your nature comes through in your writing and it’s one of the only blogs that inspires me rather than makes me feel like I’m “not doing it right” (which is clearly my own stuff, not the fault of the writers–ahem). I, too, have benefitted greatly from the sharing of your journey, have found peace in TJed as a great combination of ideas that mesh well for us–although not in a dogmatic way. I just feel grateful to you for all of that. One of these days, I’m going to find another homeschooling Mama who isn’t at ALL type A, like myself. I often feel that my fluid nature and inability to maintain a strong structure could be an asset if I’d only find a way to use it instead of seeing it as a liability. But that, hopefully, will resolve itself as my kids age…or I’ll reflect upon it years from now as having not been a problem at all! Such is life. Thank you for sharing your journey!

]]> By: A smorgasbord of educational philosophies | Writing on the Doorposts https://simplehomeschool.net/the-evolution-of-an-educational-philosophy-my-journey-of-baby-steps/#comment-117621 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=8013#comment-117621 […] Recently I have been studying the Leadership Education approach, which I am super excited about! We’re in the process of working out how best to incorporate this new style into our learning at home, but so far it’s been an inspirational journey. Today, though, I want to focus on the process of evolving a personalised educational philosophy. One of my favourite homeschooling writers, Jamie Martin from Simple Homeschool, has already written very eloquently on this topic, so I will leave you with a link to her post on The Evolution of an Educational Philosophy: My Journey of Baby Steps. […]

]]> By: A great article found at The Simple Homeschool | Our Intentional Life https://simplehomeschool.net/the-evolution-of-an-educational-philosophy-my-journey-of-baby-steps/#comment-82703 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=8013#comment-82703 […] it wasn’t for me since the idea of traditional homeschooling already freaked me out. But then an evolution occurred. And I now find myself parked most resolutely on the informal side of the homeschooling […]

]]> By: Jamie~Simple Homeschool https://simplehomeschool.net/the-evolution-of-an-educational-philosophy-my-journey-of-baby-steps/#comment-24961 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=8013#comment-24961 In reply to Joni.

This means so much to me, Joni. Thank you so much for taking the time to write with such encouragement. This is exactly why I do what I do–blessings on you and your family.

]]> By: Joni https://simplehomeschool.net/the-evolution-of-an-educational-philosophy-my-journey-of-baby-steps/#comment-24907 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=8013#comment-24907 Jamie, I have been reading your blog for awhile now and I want to tell you how much I appreciate you and what you share. I first read one of your posts on the Phases of Learning and it opened a whole new philosophy to me for our homeschooling. We actually semi-homeschool now, as our state has a vitrual hybrid school with classes held at the school two days a week. This fall I am looking at completely homeschooling them myself. I have already read the Leadership Education books and have incorporated the Learning Phases into our lives. I even created a Reading group for Parents based on the book and we meet every two weeks to discuss what we’re reading and how we can apply new ideas to our family lives. It has been such a wonderful thing for us, and I can trace it all the way back to your post. This post, also, has been inspiring for me and I’m going to read the two books you mentioned here over the summer as well as the next TJED book on the phases of learning. Thanks so much, please keep writing, as it provides so much inspiration and somehow, companionship on this journey!

]]> By: Leslie https://simplehomeschool.net/the-evolution-of-an-educational-philosophy-my-journey-of-baby-steps/#comment-24539 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=8013#comment-24539 What a great post – I feel like this describes my journey, too, in a lot of ways. Looking back, my first year of homeschooling was more about me learning how children learn and developing my own philosophy than anything else.

]]> By: Journey Baby https://simplehomeschool.net/the-evolution-of-an-educational-philosophy-my-journey-of-baby-steps/#comment-19349 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=8013#comment-19349 […] The Evolution of an Educational Philosophy: My Journey of Baby Steps Thanks for visiting Simple Homeschool. If you subscribe to the blog via RSS feed or via email, you'll get helpful tips for homeschooling sent straight to you, for free!Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and founder of . […]

]]> By: Renelle https://simplehomeschool.net/the-evolution-of-an-educational-philosophy-my-journey-of-baby-steps/#comment-18990 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=8013#comment-18990 This post sounds so familiar atm. Appropriate as I am on that journey which I think will be just that a journey. I too love CM but have felt that knowing about other philosophies allows me to take from them to suit us. Take the meat leave the bones maybe. Thank you for your honesty. Blessings, Renelle PS I’ll try to not worry and I know everything will be alright!

]]> By: renee @ FIMBY https://simplehomeschool.net/the-evolution-of-an-educational-philosophy-my-journey-of-baby-steps/#comment-18945 http://simplehomeschl.wpengine.com/?p=8013#comment-18945 Loved this. So much like our own journey. Depending on the season of life we alternate between the approaches you’ve touched on. This past week we were definitely unschoolers!

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