Pit Stops are posts where i choose a theme and profile some sites. According to my web stats only about 30% of the people who visit the Pit are from Australia, so sorry to all you others for whom this is less interest. This month, homeschooling & unschooling online resources for Australians…

LIBERATED LEARNING This is currently one of my favourite online places to hang out. Its a message board (online forum) created by Majikfaerie. Participants are Australian homeschoolers including many natural learners & unschoolers. Its still early days for this forum and its tone is one of non judgement and openess which will surely help it grow into a vibrant supportive online community. Say hi if you sign up… I check in pretty regularly.

BEVERLY PAINE’S HOMESCHOOL AUSTRALIA Beverly Paine is one of the pioneers of Australian homeschooling and this site reflects the breadth of her writing and involvement in the area. The site and contents pitch itself quite broadly with many resources for homeschoolers in general, including unschoolers. Sign up to Beverley’s newsletter to stay informed about all things homeschooling.

OTHER SITESHome Education Network is a group primarily based around Melbourne, who put out a magazine called Otherways. Since the demise of the magazine Education Choices, I believe Otherways is the only homeschooling mag left in the country. Its well worth a subscription with lots of natural learning content. The trick is not to get “homeschool group envy” by seeing all the listing for events that the Melbourne HEN group has planned in its pages for those of us in other parts of the country. Their site is regularly updated and worth a look too.

Home Education Association is the main advocate group for Australian Homeschoolers so definitely worth a mention here.

These resources are great and essential for Australians but if you are getting really into unschooling, especially radical unschooling then i suggest that you also explore sites outside of Australia also, especially ones based in the US which has the main unschooling population. Have a look at some links to sites here or reviews of other egroups here.

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