Laurie Chancey–The Unprocessed Child

Her mother, Valerie Fitzenreiter, is the author of The Unprocessed Child.  Her daughter, Laurie Chancey, is now an adult in college.  In fact, she’s currently working on her doctorate.  Check out this essay by Laurie…

My Growing Up: An Unschooler’s Reflections

Visit Laurie’s site here.

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Self-Directed Homeschooling

An excellent essay by Lisa Rivero, the author of Gifted Education Comes Home: The Case for Self-Directed Homeschooling.

http://www.homeschoolzone.com/unschooling/rivero.htm

 Oh!  Here’s another good one by a different author on the same site:

http://www.homeschoolzone.com/unschooling/harris.htm

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Step out of your comfort zone…

…and explore Life Without School.

This is a series of inspiring articles that will really get you thinking.  I have explored some of the site and am looking forward to spending more time there.

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Great Essay from Life without School

I agree entirely with the author here.  Wow..I feel like I could have written this!

Education: What’s the Point?  (read on..it’s not what it sounds like)

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Some Links for Unschooling Math

“But what about math?”

 This is what many people ask when they start unschooling or meet someone who unschools.  Thought I’d share these links with you which are all on the topic of unschooling math.

http://www.madrone.com/Home-ed/hs10.htm

http://sandradodd.com/math

http://www.tumon.com/porchswing/math.html

http://home-educate.com/unschooling/unmath.htm

http://www.eclectichomeschool.org/articles/article.asp?artic leid=256&deptid=20&resourceid=324

http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com/2006/05/day-eighty-fou r-unschooling-mathpart.html

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/amalapert/168793/

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Car Seats and Unschooling..

Don’t worry..THis article isn’t what you’re expecting!  After reading the title, I had pictures in my head of children riding around without carseats. LOL   That’s not what it’s about at all.  I love the analogy here..

Article by Alison McKee

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My Article in Live Free, Learn Free Magazine

I’m excited to announce that an article I’ve written is in the new issue of Live Free, Learn Free magazine!  Sorry for the brag.  I’m just so excited!  It’s in the print version of the magazine–not on the site.  However, a slightly different version of the same article can be found on my Bella Online page.

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Unschooled Girl is Accepted to Princeton

This article was just published yesterday. I wanted to share it with my readers because I’m a certified teacher who believes in child-led learning. I’m at the beginning of the journey with my little ones and am enjoying every step of the way.  I am open, however, to my children going to school later on if that’s what they want, so I don’t know how things will turn out regarding unschooling in our family. 

Here’s the article about the unschooler who just found out she’s going to Princeton!

‘Unschooling’ movement leaves education choices up to kids

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Excellent Montessori Page

Just about everything one needs or wants to know about the Montessori Method of teaching–at home or at school.  This page is wonderful.  Plan to spend some time exploring if you’re interested in using the Montessori approach with your child.

http://www.michaelolaf.net/

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