The decision to home educate has always been first and foremost a parenting decision to me. There are countless educational advantages to homeschooling, but it all started with parenting. We chose respectful parenting. From the beginning, we rejected the idea … Continue reading
As unschoolers, the world is our classroom! There is so much to see and explore just by stepping out your front door. Whenever we visit new places I love watching the kids discovering new things and hearing their many questions. … Continue reading
What if my kids grow up and regret being unschooled? What if they are disappointed they never experienced school? I’ve had these questions before. Asked outright, or hinted at. Sometimes ‘but you’ll let them go to school if they ask, … Continue reading
Whoever sold us the idea that the best way to teach children about the world was to isolate them from it and provide direct step-by-step instruction without real world context, must have been one persuasive human being. It’s madness. Yet … Continue reading
I love hearing my children’s thoughts on unschooling and how they learn, and I’ve wanted to do a little interview with them for a while now. It’s so interesting to hear what learning means to them as kids who have … Continue reading
“…people today do not even know what children are actually like. They only know what children are like in schools.” “It is in this context that we set out to research how human beings learn. But collecting data on human … Continue reading