http://www.zen-mother.com/2007/03/05/unschooling/ All the stuff that rocks this mom's world... Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:45:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.zen-mother.com/2007/03/05/unschooling/comment-page-1/#comment-3458 Natural Learning - What Is It? | Natural Family Living Blog Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:03:09 +0000 http://www.zen-mother.com/?p=68#comment-3458 [...] Right away I can see I will not be a homeschooler with strict schedules and heavily organized curriculum. It just isn’t me and it isn’t my son. We are both pretty independent and stubborn. We want things the way we want them period…and we don’t like being told what to do. So right away I can see that buying a bunch of workbooks, textbooks, and sticking to a scheduled curriculum will NOT be the best course of action for us. So what is the opposite end of the spectrum…unschooling. It is touted as being the most natural way to learn and as I investigate it more, I see the inherent value. What IS unschooling? Basically, as I understand it….unschooling is allowing children to learn from life and not from a structured school setting. According to Wikipedia, Unschooling (also sometimes referred to as “natural learning”, “child-led learning”, “discovery learning”, or “child-directed learning”) is the term given to an increasingly popular method of homeschooling. Under unschooling education, parents act as “facilitators” and are responsible for having a wide-range of resources available to provide their children with a quality education. - zen-mother.com [...] [...] Right away I can see I will not be a homeschooler with strict schedules and heavily organized curriculum. It just isn’t me and it isn’t my son. We are both pretty independent and stubborn. We want things the way we want them period…and we don’t like being told what to do. So right away I can see that buying a bunch of workbooks, textbooks, and sticking to a scheduled curriculum will NOT be the best course of action for us. So what is the opposite end of the spectrum…unschooling. It is touted as being the most natural way to learn and as I investigate it more, I see the inherent value. What IS unschooling? Basically, as I understand it….unschooling is allowing children to learn from life and not from a structured school setting. According to Wikipedia, Unschooling (also sometimes referred to as “natural learning”, “child-led learning”, “discovery learning”, or “child-directed learning”) is the term given to an increasingly popular method of homeschooling. Under unschooling education, parents act as “facilitators” and are responsible for having a wide-range of resources available to provide their children with a quality education. - zen-mother.com [...]

]]> http://www.zen-mother.com/2007/03/05/unschooling/comment-page-1/#comment-651 Daisy Sun, 23 Sep 2007 01:18:24 +0000 http://www.zen-mother.com/?p=68#comment-651 The bedtime issue makes sense. You are meeting their needs for enough sleep to be healthy, and you are meeting your own need to have them awake when you are. Imagine if you forced them to bed early and they dragged you out of bed before you were ready to be awake! It would be so much worse. The bedtime issue makes sense. You are meeting their needs for enough sleep to be healthy, and you are meeting your own need to have them awake when you are. Imagine if you forced them to bed early and they dragged you out of bed before you were ready to be awake! It would be so much worse.

]]> http://www.zen-mother.com/2007/03/05/unschooling/comment-page-1/#comment-582 Lizzy Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:47:39 +0000 http://www.zen-mother.com/?p=68#comment-582 I was "unscooled" by my mom until 6th grade (and I think I turned out ok). Unschooling is such a broad term because the title doesn't define what it is, just what it isn't. Anyway, good luck with your new adventure into homeschooling. =) I was “unscooled” by my mom until 6th grade (and I think I turned out ok). Unschooling is such a broad term because the title doesn’t define what it is, just what it isn’t. Anyway, good luck with your new adventure into homeschooling. =)

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