meaningful, purposeful, substantial, essential, significant, worthwhile, relevant, important, consequential, valid As we’ve looked at this month, coming to unschooling as adults is a fascinating …
Excavating Our Curiosity
I touched on this a bit last week, in the childhood we wish we had, discussing a couple of solid reasons to play with our children now, as adults. But that’s just a start at excavating our buried …
The Childhood We Wish We Had
As part of exploring and understanding unschooling, we think long and hard about our own childhood: our learning experiences (in which situations did we learn more? remember more?); our school …
Can You Teach an Old Dog New Tricks?
A few months ago I was in conversation with someone and we ended up at the old saying, “you can't teach an old dog new tricks.” Us adults being the “old dogs,” of course because when talking about …
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The Fear of Leaving Curriculum Behind
At its most basic, unschooling is about learning without a curriculum. Moving to unschooling can be scary because there is comfort in curriculum—comfort that soothes our fears. And near the top of …
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Ways to Build Trust in Each Other
In my experience, a trusting relationship with my children is the backbone of our unschooling lives. And that trust goes both ways: my trust in them, and their trust in me. It is so important …