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Category Archives: homeschooling

Unschooling On The Side

27-Jan-08

I guess I AM an optimist. I just went to take a nap in my bedroom which is directly under Son’s bedroom where he and two other teenage boys were playing a board game. You’d think I’d know by now that there are board games - think senior citizens playing checkers - and there are [...]

Instead of School

07-Nov-07

When people ask me what we do instead of school, I hardly know where to begin. If they’re parents of public schooled kids, I know that they probably think we sit down for lessons at 8, break for lunch and then do more lessons until 2:30. Or they think that we’re slackers and just goof [...]

In Other Words, It’s Unschooling

04-Nov-07

Are you tired of trying to explain homeschooling or, harder yet, unschooling to family and friends who just don’t get it?
Would you like a foolproof way to deflect unwanted comments from doctors, dentists and checkout clerks?
How much would you pay… Uh, sorry, got a little carried away there. I mean, read on and I’ll give [...]