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One of the filmmakers sent this to me in 2009, with this note: I have recently made a film showing autonomous home ed in action. M...

[As a kid in school...] I asked fewer questions when I heard "that won't be on the test" for the dozenth time. Then wh...

"Real learning comes from play. And it stays longer and means more." —Kelly/mina SandraDodd.com/game/ccg photo by Jul...

The other day Emma, 6, asked me a series of questions to which all of the answers were yes. She stopped and stared at my head for a bit a...

We seek out interesting “scenic routes” in real and figurative ways. Our days are full and our learning is unmeasured and immeas...

Unschooling works best when parents let go of ownership of what kids know. What a child notices on her own, or discovers, or figures ou...

Unschoolers need to be actively involved in things that bring their children into the world, and the world into their children. The best...

Something BIG happens when a person turns away from selfishness to service. Something HUGE happens when a person can care about anothe...

If you're traveling or if you're in a familiar place, the things you see are viewed through your own windows, or doors. You se...

If budding unschoolers will look at how they learned things outside the classroom, and use that as a model and a goal, that helps. They d...

"A lovely 'extra' has been realising that academics absolutely come naturally, in different ways for different kids. It's...

If you start looking at choices instead of "have to's" you will be happier IMMEDIATELY. And wiser. SandraDodd.com/havet...

A mom named Hannah wrote: Unschooling has definitely changed my life for the better. Our family life is more peaceful and happy. I'...

Accept and admire beauty if you can, instead of dismissing things as "just..."       Just a stump.              Just a da...

People learn by playing, thinking and amazing themselves. They learn while they're laughing at something surprising, and they learn w...

When someone wrote "With younger kids, there is no opportunity to pursue my own passions," Pam Sorooshian responded: Make beco...

The more accepting you are when they share with you, the more they will share. From a 2013 discussion of Focus, Hobbies, Obsessions phot...

We cannot see what our children are learning, and to some extent it's none of our business. Hobbies and interests lead to learning ...

Tara Joe Farrell, on topics to inspire confidence in unschooling: I think everything for me comes back to: Deschool Peaceful Nest Principle...

Parents new to unschooling often fear the responsibility of needing to discover things to show their children. More experienced unschoolers...