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Shhhhh.... don't scare him. photos by Holly Dodd Almogordo, 2009

People ask whether unschooling isn't like unit studies. Perhaps in the same way there are hexagonal and pentagonal patterns in natur...

Someone once asked: My son (14) asked how Magic Gopher works. He tried several times to stump them, with no luck. He wanted to know...

Schuyler Waynforth wrote: Deschooling doesn't work until you let go of structure. Early days unschooling is about learning how...

Carol/Sognokids wrote, in the middle of something a little longer: One day Colton and Bud returned from the library, thrill...

There IS something to unschooling, and it's not the easiest thing to learn. It involves some simple ideas that can be hard to impl...

Robin Bentley wrote: Seeing kids immerse themselves and being okay with their immersion can be enlightening for a parent! —Robin (o...

One problem that comes up is efficiency. The idea of the glory of efficiency can be a problem. Because people get competitive, we’re a...

Pam Sorooshian wrote: Some kind of learning is happening all the time — but not all learning is good. Learning how to sneak food, le...

In a discussion of something else, regarding an actress, someone wrote: I admit I love her on [a series she was on]. But oh...

Things change. Even in the best of peaceful circumstances, things change. Keep your balance, find gratitude and abundance, and accept ...

Find ways to make your lives better, happier, cheerier, if you want learning to flood in. SandraDodd.com/positivity photo by Jo...

Pam Sorooshian wrote: We can't always fix everything for our kids or save them from every hurt. It can be a delicate balancing ...

Karen James wrote: The best thing I did for my relationship with my son, which, consequently, added to his ease of learning naturally...

Joyce Fetteroll wrote: What sets unschooling apart from other homeschooling approaches isn’t children making choices. It’s parents crea...

Unschooling doesn't mean not learning — it means learning without the trappings of school. It's not unlearning or uneducating. It...

Cally Brown wrote, in 2012: Back in the olden days when #1 son was 6, homeschoolers used to be 'inspected' in New Zealand. The ...

Unschool as well as you can, and lots of the side questions disappear. Part of unschooling well is keeping a fairly peaceful environment....

"Unfortunately most people are convinced that when control fails it's because they didn't control enough." —Joyce Fet...

"An apple seed will never grow into an oak tree. An acorn will never grow into a tree that bears fruit. Knowing that, the best thing...