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What is trivia? For school kids, trivia is (by definition) a waste of time. It’s something that will not be on the test. It’s “extra”...

Ben Lovejoy wrote: The difficulty of having so many rules in your life is not that you can’t get things done; it’s that you find it h...

Nothing on paper is learning. Nothing recited is learning. Nothing in a conversation is learning.... Learning is putting inform...

If you want to unschool, life is better lived around learning, and relationships. Living in a relaxed home, where at least one p...

Karen James wrote: Freedom is a lovely word. It’s a huge concept. It has a very meaningful place in our society. It is important to a...

Any website has a point of view, a reason for existing, and something to promote or spotlight or sell. Every map ever made was made fo...

Create an environment filled with exploration and fun, so that learning will happen. Parent should learn enough about learning to c...

Pam Sorooshian wrote: I didn't get to observe radically unschooled kids before coming to the conclusions I did about how children lear...

Light returns [to tractors (in Wales)]: Solstice and midwinter observances are varied, but seem always to involve light! San...

[A] common question is whether someone who grew up without a schedule and a bed time and could ever hold "a real job." ...

Joyce Fetteroll, from an interview: Unschooling is creating a rich environment where natural learning flourishes.... . . . . ...

I don't look at the state's requirements. I look at my child's opportunities. SandraDodd.com/learning photo by Amy McD...

"If my kids grow up and feel they had a great warm childhood and that they were supported and loved and are now doing what they love...

Our entire life created a learning environment for our children, every day, at home or out in the world. Debating How Kids Learn ph...

Writing done in school is practice writing, mostly. That "math" done in school is the calculations of other people's math. ...

Pam Sorooshian wrote: There are times in life that you won't feel like you can take care of others around you as well as you'd li...

Creativity and courage are useful for unschooling, and they are traits that an unschooling environment nurtures, in both kids and adul...

What you do shines on, and sometimes through, your children. You affect them, and others can see the effect. SandraDodd.com/nature ...

New unschoolers are often afraid. If you feel fear, that's natural. If you've taken a child out of school, there is still a scho...

Glenda wrote: When I'm tired or hungry or don't feel well, I have to be more thoughtful about how I talk to my husband and how ...