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		By: Unschooling: An interview with children who have never been to school - Happiness is here		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[[&#8230;] the older girls were just 5 and 7 years old I did a little interview with them to get their thoughts on unschooling. Back then it was all about play and learning what they want, [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] the older girls were just 5 and 7 years old I did a little interview with them to get their thoughts on unschooling. Back then it was all about play and learning what they want, [&#8230;]</p>
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		By: Lisa		</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2018 08:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hi, this was wonderful to read, can you please tell me more about the group (Co op) set up for unschooling?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi, this was wonderful to read, can you please tell me more about the group (Co op) set up for unschooling?</p>
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		By: Rebecca		</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2017 19:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I don&#039;t know where you live, but in New York, children are required to take standardized test each spring starting in 3rd grade (and big pushes are being made toward requiring Common Core tests). How does this factor into your approach? Maybe it doesn&#039;t as each state is different, but again, in New York, if your children don&#039;t do &quot;well enough&quot; you have to revamp your approach and address the &quot;weakness&quot; and if you don&#039;t legal issues ensue.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t know where you live, but in New York, children are required to take standardized test each spring starting in 3rd grade (and big pushes are being made toward requiring Common Core tests). How does this factor into your approach? Maybe it doesn&#8217;t as each state is different, but again, in New York, if your children don&#8217;t do &#8220;well enough&#8221; you have to revamp your approach and address the &#8220;weakness&#8221; and if you don&#8217;t legal issues ensue.</p>
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		By: Patricia Hope		</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2016 07:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://happinessishereblog.com/unschooling-what-the-children-think/#comment-30996&quot;&gt;Teacher&lt;/a&gt;.

Dear Teacher, with your examples (read, write, maths, science), it is easy to learn these &#039;subjects&#039; organically on your own or in a group. There is not one way to do those things. and there are many resources available to aid understanding. Also, all these &#039;subjects&#039; can be learned during the process of play. The children would not learn them as &#039;subjects&#039; because that is an artificial construct in order to fit in with the traditional school model. 
 Of course, we can dance in or own way, however, if someone wants to learn a specific skill that needs instruction, like ballet or yoga, it&#039;s easier to have someone instruct us.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://happinessishereblog.com/unschooling-what-the-children-think/#comment-30996">Teacher</a>.</p>
<p>Dear Teacher, with your examples (read, write, maths, science), it is easy to learn these &#8216;subjects&#8217; organically on your own or in a group. There is not one way to do those things. and there are many resources available to aid understanding. Also, all these &#8216;subjects&#8217; can be learned during the process of play. The children would not learn them as &#8216;subjects&#8217; because that is an artificial construct in order to fit in with the traditional school model.<br />
 Of course, we can dance in or own way, however, if someone wants to learn a specific skill that needs instruction, like ballet or yoga, it&#8217;s easier to have someone instruct us.</p>
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		By: My Child is Falling Behind... And I Couldn&#039;t Be Happier &#124; Happiness is here		</title>
		<link>https://happinessishereblog.com/unschooling-what-the-children-think/#comment-34696</link>

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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2016 00:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[&#8230;] about already. She&#8217;s not concerned with what other people think she needs to know. She tells me she can learn things on her own. But she&#8217;ll spend endless hours outside without ever getting [&#8230;]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] about already. She&#8217;s not concerned with what other people think she needs to know. She tells me she can learn things on her own. But she&#8217;ll spend endless hours outside without ever getting [&#8230;]</p>
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		By: Sara @ Happiness is here		</title>
		<link>https://happinessishereblog.com/unschooling-what-the-children-think/#comment-31307</link>

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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2016 00:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://happinessishereblog.com/unschooling-what-the-children-think/#comment-31283&quot;&gt;Colleen&lt;/a&gt;.

A common question! I once thought reading HAD to be taught. Turns out it actually doesn&#039;t and unschooled kids teach themselves to read easily :) This explains it well: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/201002/children-teach-themselves-read]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://happinessishereblog.com/unschooling-what-the-children-think/#comment-31283">Colleen</a>.</p>
<p>A common question! I once thought reading HAD to be taught. Turns out it actually doesn&#8217;t and unschooled kids teach themselves to read easily 🙂 This explains it well: <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/201002/children-teach-themselves-read" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/201002/children-teach-themselves-read</a></p>
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