Unschooling

For those of you who come here and immediately wonder, “What the hell is unschooling?” Or for those of you who could use some interesting reading/helpful resources.

Unschooling is a form of homeschooling that can also be called self-directed learning, child-led learning, or natural learning. Very, very basically, it puts into play the notion that if someone is not forced to learn certain “subjects”, life-long curiosity and love of learning will be achieved. I am fortunate to live in an area with many very inspiring unschoolers and relaxed homeschoolers of all ages. I have seen how unschooling works through these families and by witnessing how my own daughter learns.

Informational Posts from this blog:
Explaining what I’ve learned thus Far: Part I | Part II

Now, let’s let some other people say it better than I can. Some Links–

Common Questions and Objections about Homeschooling/Unschooling:

What is Unschooling?
Reasons To Homeschool
Socialization

Articles:

A Conversation with John Holt
My friend Ren in People Magazine!
Parenting is Making my Brain Hurt
Unschool Days

Articles by Sandra Dodd
Building an Unschooling Nest
Deschooling For Parents
Leaning on a Truck
Rejecting the Pre-Packaged Life
Peaceful Parenting — a downloadable talk by Sandra Dodd and Richard Prystowsky

Unschooling Blogs:
Learning in Freedom (Ren’s blog)
Spish
The New Unschooler — Don’t let the name fool you, Colleen is a wise and honest soul who I very much look up to.
The Parenting Pit — an amazing unschooling blog written mainly by a really inspiring dad.
Laura’s Blog — a good friend of mine in our local group. Laura totally rocks.

Archives of Vast Information– Be prepared to stay awhile!

Joyfully Rejoicing
Sandra Dodd’s unschooling archive
MDC’s Unschooling Forum
Unschooling Discussion