Naomi Aldort

When we (here at this blog or on the unschooling lists) discuss extending the principles of unschooling into other area’s of our lives with our children, Naomi Aldort’s message is very helpful. Naomi does not teach parents how to “get kids to be/do…” but rather how to be with children so that they are free to be their own magnificent selves. Parents say that what they get out of Naomi’s...

Arts And Crafts

Throughout a lot of our unschooling days, we have some sort of art or craft project going on, or in different stages of completion (some don’t get completed, but most do). Here’s a few glimpses of the last few that we enjoyed. Share Tags: arts and crafts Related posts The Artist In All Of Us (4) Origami (5) Making Slime...

Speaking With An Unschooled Child

There was a discussion, on one of my unschooling e-mail groups, about how extended family members seem to have a hard time finding something to say to a child, when they can’t ask about school. It’s like the only questions anybody can think of to ask a kid is “What grade are you in?”, “What’s your favorite subject?” and “How are you doing in school?” lol I’ve found...

Homeschooling Article In Business Week

This article from Business Week was originally posted in 2006 and is mainly about homeschooling, not unschooling. It’s a pretty good article but obviously written by someone who doesn’t have first hand knowledge of homeschooling because they didn’t refute the inaccurate stereotype of homeschooled kids not being “socialized”. A growing number of affluent parents think they can do better than any...

Nurturing Your Teenager’s Soul

10 clear and practical principles for giving teens a much-needed moral and spiritual compass: Nurturing Your Teenagers Soul: A Practical Guide to Raising a Kind, Honorable, Compassionate Teen by Mimi Doe At a time when teens face overwhelming issues-the hazards of substance abuse, issues of sexuality, the stress of high school, the importance of getting into a good college-it’s no wonder that these years often become a...

Unschooling Freedom

Someone posted their concerns about unschooling freedom on an unschooling e-mail list I belong to: Although some kids might think an all day video-game, cookie eating, bath-free world would be fabulous, as a parent we know that would lead to illness in the short term, obesity in the long term. Obviously that’s an extreme example, but it makes the point. Here are two of the replies and as usual, Pam’s response was...