This month I’ve been writing about unschooling days. I talked about some of the goals that guide unschooling parents as we choose our day-to-day interactions with our children: being available to …
Unschooling Days: Outside in the World
What does out and about in the world look like in an unschooling family? One of the especially lovely bits of unschooling is being free to head out and explore places when they are significantly …
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Don’t Get Complacent About Unschooling
We learn so much about unschooling and how it works while we’re deschooling. I mean, that’s the point, isn’t it? Yet in my experience, that learning is never “done”. As a parent, I am always learning: …
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What to Do Instead of School – Part 2
Let’s pick up where we left off last week and dive right in! More stuff to do instead of school when you’re deschooling. Read What to Do Instead of School - Part 1 Don’t Rush The key right now is …
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What to Do Instead of School – Part 1
You're feeling an incredible swirl of both excitement and trepidation: you've decided to try unschooling! You understand that you, and anyone else in your family who has been in school, will be …
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Why Deschooling?
Last month we talked about a couple of the paradigm shifts that typically accompany the journey of learning about unschooling. Deschooling is a general term used to describe this transition to …