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English·Maths·My Podcasts·Record Keeping·Unschooling

Responding to Unschooling and Other Critics

11 February 2016

Earlier this week, I got involved in a long and involved conversation on Facebook. I don’t usually do this, but this time, I didn’t have a choice. The discussion began on my

Maths·Unschooling

Can We Say We’re Unschoolers if We Require Maths?

22 July 2015

Some people will tell you if you unschool everything except maths, you’re not really an unschooler. For how can we say to our kids, “I trust you will learn everything you need

My Podcasts·Unschooling

What I Think Unschooling is All About: the Podcast

7 May 2015

I’ve been having trouble finding the right words to express the ideas swirling around inside my head. But instead of worrying about it, I’ve been heading out the door to run along the

More Featured Posts·My Podcasts·Parenting·Unschooling

Unschooling Experts, Criticism, and Radical Chore Rosters

2 October 2014

Last week, I wrote a blog post called Are You a Proper Unschooler? I scheduled it to publish while we were away on holiday in Canberra. By the time we arrived home,

Unschooling

Are You a Proper Unschooler?

23 September 2014

I used to worry about labelling our family as unschoolers. What if someone came along and said, “You’re not proper unschoolers”? Some people don’t like labels. Labels can certainly divide us. Someone

Unschooling

Crushed by a Label

18 July 2011

When I was a child I loved to sing. I was so excited when our school music teacher announced that we would be performing Gilbert and Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore. I knew that