Adora Svitak
This is Adora Svitak, a 12-year old author who does public speaking to educators and kids around the country. She exhibits just a little of the wisdom our kids can share, if we're willing to listen to them.
Learning Every Minute AN A to Z ARTICLE
Our daily lives are teeming with opportunities for learning.
If you look at your life closely, you will realize there are
a myriad of teachable moments each day.
Living Joyfully With Children AN A to Z ARTICLE
Win and Bill Sweet talk about how to maximize freedom and success,
minimize fear and failure.
Beautiful Colors of Change
Tammy Takahashi explains why giving up on a once-beloved activity
isn't always such a bad thing for a kid to do. by Tammy Takahashi
- HEM J/A 05
A day in the life of an unschooling family
I have documented a real day for our family. I havent pieced
together what might happen -- I actually carried around a piece
of paper and logged in the activities of our 7 member brood --
at least those activities I was aware were happening. By Catherine
Pillinger.
Free Range Learners
I think children thrive as free-range learners. We encourage them to follow their innate curiosity and explore freely. We guide children to be a meaningful part of family and community, aware of their place as both givers and receivers. By Laura Weldon, HEM M/A 07.
A Gift of Time
By homeschooling, you give them the gift of time to explore the
world. By homeschooling, you give them the gift of time to discover
ideas. By Sue Smith-Heavenrich,HEM S/O 01.
A Matter of Trust
As I congratulated them on their persistence and hard work, I
reflected on how glad I was to have been able to suppress my
doubts and allow them the opportunity for learning and growth.
By Avivah Werner, HEM N/D 2002.
Method Maze: To School or Not To School
As a formerly "school-at-home" family, it amazes me to look back and see the metamorphosis that has taken place in my own family. We have chosen what I like to call "natural learning" method. By Annette Hall.
Stupid Learning
I suggest a curriculum broken down into three areas:
1. What's practical.
2. Familiar interests.
3. New interests.
Unschooling - A typical (?) day
By Sandy Keane: "Can anyone give me an accurate example of
unschooling? What exactly is it? Please if you could, give me
an example of a typical day in an unschooling home. Thank you."
Unschooling High School
If we set their goals for them, externally, if we direct their
learning and their schedule, how do they learn to do this themselves?
How will they ever become internally motivated if someone other
than themselves is always setting their schedule? By Karen Gibson.
A Visit with Mary Hood
If you really want a kid to read a certain book, don't assign
it. Just throw it on the couch. By Janine Calsbeek, HEM.
The Unchained Child
Free Your Child. Free Yourself.
by Chaley-Ann Scott
A candid and comprehensive 'how-to' for radical unschooling; a revolutionary educational and lifestyle philosophy.
Radical Unschooling
A Revolution Has Begun
by Dayna Martin
Radical Unschooling philosophy focuses on trust of a child's innate ability to learn without coercion and invites children to explore their passions. The parent's role is to facilitate their interests and curiosity.
Viral Learning: Reflections on the Homeschooling Life
by Mary Griffith
Mary Griffith pulls no punches with her witty insights into her life as a homeschool mom, the making of herself into a "famous homeschool author," and her part as a vital leader in the growth of homeschooling. Review by Ann Zeise.
The book encourages parents to question and even forego traditional
schooling systems, and to help them better understand what teaching
their children from home entails. Farenga's 2003 edition has
updated many references, statistics and facts of the original,
but keeps Holt's timeless understanding of the ways that children
learn and grow into the world. From review in Wicked Local.
This is a vivid, complex, powerful, triumphant, reassuring
and moving account of a whole family's education.
Learning
All the Time
by John Caldwell Holt
Holt is widely considered the father of the modern-day homeschooling
movement because he grew to believe that schools stifle the learning
process.
