arun on Feb 16 2007 | Filed under: attachment parenting, aware, homeschooling, nvc & pet, others wisdom, parenting, steiner/ waldolf, unconditional, unschooling
Sick of the jargon? Here are some quick definitions of unschooling, radical unschooling, aware parenting, NVC, PET and more… I wont vouch for their accuracy but they are my spin on these terms and a decent starting point.
arun on Feb 13 2007 | Filed under: education, homeschooling
We have recently moved near Byron Bay, NSW, Australia. Perhaps a region where alternative minds & lifestyles are more common than anywhere else in Australia yet apparently with few homeschoolers. Maybe due to the countless alternative/ community schools? If you have found this post and are homeschooling or interested in it and in northern NSW [...]
arun on Feb 10 2007 | Filed under: education, unschooling
That was the question from our now 5 year old daughter yesterday. She had just heard children talking about school. She asked, “will I ever have to go to school? Even when I am eleven?” (it’s always eleven… its her favourite number). We explained that she never would. She has been asking more questions about [...]
arun on Feb 01 2007 | Filed under: education, homeschooling, looking out, mainstream media, natural learning, unschooling
This one is definitely worth a read. Long but gives a good sense of radical unschooling. It airs the usual criticisms – that it wont work for children who are “not questioners”… which misses the point that if children are given space to follow their interest and develop self motivation that they will. I think [...]
arun on Jan 21 2007 | Filed under: control & connection, education, empowerment & trust, parenting, steiner/ waldolf, unregulating food, tv, unschooling
I recently wrote an article entitled An Unschooling Journey – from Control to Connection which you can read by clicking here. I wrote it for Kindred magazine (formerly Byron Child Magazine) who will hopefully be publishing it in their June edition. I have been very motivated to write such an article because although anne & I feel [...]
arun on Jan 19 2007 | Filed under: homeschooling
It is a common question: “so you homeschool…aren’t you worried about socialisation?” I like unschooling Mum Rue Kream’s response, “Yes, but not for my own children.” This reversal is also creatively captured in the excellent article Conversations From the Future, which is definitely worth a read if you have not seen it already. Today we [...]
