The unschooling philosophy

How unschooling works

First questions

How to unschool

Is this unschooling?

Trusting children

Listening to your heart

Learning versus teaching

What is the role of the unschooling parent?

Why I chose unschooling

What's the difference between eclectic and unschooling?

No right or wrong way to unschool

What is a day in the life of an unschooler like?

Responding to doubters

"What, no school today?" and other pesky questions.

How to respond to negative relatives

Socialization

Peer pressure

Why school seems to make sense

How do I stop wanting to see structured learning?

What about testing? I want to know how well they're doing?

I resort to workbooks sometimes when I get panicky about unschooling

My kids want to go back to the structured learning we used to do

Why schools use the methods they do

Children as Products of Education

Why You Can't Let Go

Learning to read

My 6 yo isn't reading yet

Reading isn't natural. It needs taught.

Why are there illiterates if reading is natural?

Phonics is (not) necessary for reading

What if there's a reading problem?

The thought of teens just starting to read gives me the chills

The senselessness of school math

Speaking math

Unschooling math

Math

It's important for my kids to learn to write well

Music lessons