Category Archives: Unschooled Kids

The kids speak up–what they are learning, what their passions are, how they are growing.

A Look at Interest-led Learning

August 22, 2008 – 9:36 pm

Peter and I had an interesting conversation yesterday after a friend told him why she didn’t like homeschooling (at least the way we do it). She said she thought homeschoolers aren’t challenged enough, that if something is hard, they just don’t do it. He wondered what I thought. We had a great conversation, and I [...]

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What I have Learned from God about Unschooling

August 13, 2008 – 12:13 pm

God is everywhere working all around us, just as learning is everywhere, and with both all we have to do is open our eyes to see so we can join in. Photo: Trees in bloom. When God really wants us to learn something He speaks to us through our circumstances exactly where we are. Photo: [...]

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A Student’s Take on Classical Education

August 10, 2008 – 12:52 pm

One day I was looking at a website devoted to classical education. We’ve dabbled in this philosophy, and in fact, Peter’s 9th grade private school describes itself as giving a classical education. So I asked Peter, now three years out of that and on his way to the University of Chicago, what he honestly thought [...]

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