arun on Apr 02 2007 | Filed under: education, family diary, homeschooling, natural learning, unschooling
While holidaying with my family we have been getting a lot of concerned questions about our homeschooling choices. Some of the most interesting questions coming from our daughters’ cousins who are 11 & 14 yrs respectively but others too. Too summarise the arguments/ concerns:
- can she still get into uni (particularly things like medicine and […]
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 28 2007 | Filed under: family diary, natural learning, unschooling
Today our daughter caught her first wave
It was on a body board at Brunswick Head beach. Just a few months ago she was scared of water. A few weeks ago she would not go to any water with waves. Yet today we could not get her out.
At the same time Anne pointed […]
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