When we first decide our children aren’t going to go to school, it can be daunting to envision how they’re going to learn instead. The great thing is, we don’t need to re-create the ethos of school in …
Seeing the Learning in All Their Activities
Coming to unschooling, how do we begin to see the learning in everyday moments? It’s there, but when we’re used to seeing learning through the filter of conventional school, it can be hard to spot …
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Moving Toward Unschooling Principles
Last week we talked about the first part of a paradigm shift: shifting away from the conventional wisdom that does not seem to mesh with our own experiences and understanding of the world around us. …
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Shifting Away From Conventional Wisdom
This is an incredible moment in human history. The ability to communicate and share ideas with other like-minded people across the globe has burst into our daily lives over the last decade, …
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Isn’t Philosophy Just For Intellectuals?
... or why understanding the principles behind unschooling is so important “My daughter has dumped all of our blocks on the floor, determined to build a tower to the ceiling. Meanwhile, her younger …
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Raising Children and Developing Character
As unschooling parents, our intuition at first and our experience soon after, shows us that our children's best learning happens when it's part and parcel of pursuing interesting things in their …
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