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Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Who better to teach about unschooling?
An unschooler named Andi wrote this comprehensive how-to on unschooling aka"worldschooling." It's fairly balanced and informative for anyone who's considering homeschooling or unschooling. You can even add to parts of it.
Hi, I'm Andi. I wrote this lens. (In case you don't know, a 'lens' is Squidoo's name for a user-made page about a topic.)
From the time I was six, I was homeschooled. From the time I was twelve, I was worldschooled. Then, this spring, I graduated.
So I've been through the whole thing - all the way until I was accepted into my top choice college and awarded 60% tuition in grants.
And you know what? You can do it too. You can follow your interests during your teens years and have an incredible launch into your adult life.
That's what this lens is about. Read more...
Labels: College, homeschool, unschool, web
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Unschool approach moves to private school
DALE ENTERPRISE - At a new private school in Rockingham County, students are creating their own curriculum.
The school is called Shenandoah Valley Community School and is located on U.S. 33 West behind the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Harrisonburg. It opened last year, serving children in kindergarten through sixth grades with full- and part-time enrollment.
Teacher Sarah Beachy said that unlike traditional schools, where children sit at desks all day and are told what to study, the community school operates "freely," allowing students to decide what they learn and when. Read more...
Labels: homeschool, unschool
Friday, July 20, 2007
Parents ‘unschool’ kids to spark love of learning
BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) — It’s one thing to home-school your child, where parents become the teachers. They can download lesson plans, buy workbooks, and register their kids for online classes.
It’s another thing to "unschool" your child. Kelli Traaseth insists she is not the teacher for her three children.
"I used to describe myself as a tour guide," Traaseth laughed. "I thought that was kind of corny but kind of true, because I help them along." Read more...
Labels: unschool
Thursday, June 14, 2007
Can 'unschooling' spark love of learning?
BEMIDJI, Minn. -- It's one thing to home-school your child. Parents can download lesson plans, buy workbooks and register their kids for online classes.
It's another thing to "unschool" your child. Kelli Traaseth insists she is not the teacher for her three children.
"I used to describe myself as a tour guide," Traaseth laughed. "I thought that was kind of corny but kind of true, because I help them along." Read more...
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
What kind of homeschooler?
Home schooling.
What is the first thing you think of when you hear that word? Hopefully, you think of someone going to school at home. That's all well and good, but let's narrow that down a little, shall we? Read more...
Labels: classical, eclectic, unschool
Monday, April 02, 2007
Homeschooling attacked in UK
An editorial from a Teachers trade journal attacking homeschooling in the UK. They cite anecdotal evidence with no comparison to the abuse and lack of learning in government schools.
One in four parents who home-educate children provides little or no teaching
As many as 35,000 home-schooled children are not receiving even a basic education from their parents, according to inspectors, prompting calls for a change in the law.
Despite the stereotype of creative middle-class parents educating their children at the kitchen table, a quarter of home-schooled children are doing little or no work, officials claimed.
Read more...
Friday, February 16, 2007
Unschooling: It's only natural
But unlike most kids his age, Richie has never taken a test and doesn’t go to school.
He is “unschooled” by his mom, Cindy Fox. Unschooling is a segment of the homeschooling population that doesn’t use a set curriculum, and instruction is driven by student interest. Parents of unschooled children describe the approach as the natural way to learn.
“Fish swim, birds fly, people learn,” Cindy Fox said. “Nobody teaches a child to walk, nobody teaches them to talk. They learn because they want to. Why do people think that stops when they turn 5 or 6?” Read more...
Labels: homeschool, unschool
