By Idzie Desmarais Something I see sometimes that makes me scratch my head: “We use a curriculum that’s really unschooling friendly!” …Which seems to be missing the point more than a little. If a child chooses to do a curriculum of their own free will (as in, there wasn’t strong […]
When asked what education is supposed to do, what it’s supposed to instill in the minds of growing humans, one of the most common answers is “critical thinking.” After browsing through definitions from various dictionaries, all of which amount to essentially the same thing, I found Google’s version to be […]
By Idzie Desmarais / I’m Unschooled. Yes I Can Write! Most of what I share is advice and theory, deeply rooted in my personal experiences, but not often about my own learning journey. So as the new year starts–and thanks to a bit of inspiration from Sue Patterson’s unschooling manifesto–I wanted […]
5 Outrageous Things I’ve Learned as a Practitioner of Unschooling By Idzie Desmarais Negative mainstream media articles about unschooling–like the tides, the changing seasons, and election years–are a perennial phenomena, as familiar in the autumn as falling leaves for those of us who keep an eye out for such things. Sometimes, […]
By PATRICK FARENGA I recently saw the film Being and Becoming with a group of veteran and new homeschoolers and it was a valuable evening in many ways. First, the film is excellent and provided our group with a lot of material to converse about afterwards. The film has a […]
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By Idzie Desmarais I’m Unschooled. Yes I can Write For the majority of people, a new school year has just begun. But for a small yet growing portion of the population, there’s none of this “back to school” thing happening. Instead, they’re celebrating a new year of school-free life learning, and […]
From ‘I’m Unschooled. Yes I Can Write’ One of the greatest sources of so called “concern” when it comes to school-free learning is “socialization.” It often seems that at least 50% of the questions we get asked as home-learners boils down to “but what if they don’t have any friends?” […]
By Idzie Desmarais I’m Unschooled. Yes, I Can Write Passion. We hear the word constantly. Parents and teachers want children to “find their passion,” adults are encouraged to find theirs (as if everyone has just one in the first place), and every new interest found is met with excitement: maybe they’ll […]
By Idzie @ I’m Unschooled. Yes, I can write People just discovering unschooling often have a lot of questions. How do unschoolers learn what they need to? Do schools really have the right idea in dividing everything into separate subjects? And can unschooling really work for every individual? My short […]