Unschooling

Most of the writing on my blog is related to unschooling in one way or another, but I have written quite a few essays about general and specific aspects of unschooling. Those are listed below. Click a link to open the essay in a new window.

Recent additions to this page

Body love, body unschooling

Formative years

I'm that mom - extraordinary blog carnival - see the comments

Keep your eye on the swimmers

Make a joyful light

Morning conversations

Size to fit

The best sort of report card

The joy of being uncomfortable

The "Must Learn" list

Tiny tidbits: Learn Nothing Day, Part Trois

Transition times

Transitioning from the traditional

Values

Warty, warty mom-warts

When unschoolers screw up

Wrapping the point in silk

Unschooling in general

Accepted (some basic principles follow the movie review)

An intro to unschooling

Freedom to learn

Keep your eye on the swimmers

Morning conversations

New connections

Strewing

The cons of unschooling

The "Must Learn" list

The quirks of unschooling

The reason why

Thirteen frequently asked questions about unschooling

Tiny tidbits: Learn Nothing Day, Part Trois

Unexpected benefits of unschooling

Unschool is an intransitive verb

Unschooling meme

The unschooling journey

About intelligences and learning styles

Careless schmareless

Control

Coping with traditional parenting (circle chat notes)

Easy unschooling

G is for Getting It

Hidden rules

It's a wide sky life

iUnschooling tools

Keep your eye on the swimmers

Maybe I was an unschooler from the beginning

Should

Socialization

The best sort of report card

The homeschoolers you know

This is a test

Unschooling in difficult times

Warty, warty mom-warts

Why we unschool

The radical unschooling lifestyle

A note on spanking

Altered states

Averting intensity

Body love, body unschooling

Colorful metaphors

Gamers are the future (and the future is now)

Helping kids with anger

House Work

How to fight (peacefully)

I'm that mom - extraordinary blog carnival - see the comments

Just sing

Make a joyful light

On free time and frivolity

Rules are not allowed

Scenes from a Mexican restaurant

Should

Size to fit

Stuff and money and space

The joy of being uncomfortable

The last bastion

The reason why

Unschooling all the time

Unschooling and allowance and math

Unschooling and chores

Unschooling meme

Valued hopes

Values

RATS (Respect, Acceptance, Trust, and Support)

Acceptance

Accepted

An open letter to a former math teacher

Breasts reduced

Formative years

Gearing up for the holidays

I love you because

It's all about the moment

K is for Kadzin Kan't

Keep your eye on the swimmers

Lying to kids

On enjoying teenagers

Passion plays

Privacy statement

Profiling

Renewal

Size to fit

The joy of being uncomfortable

Unschool is an intransitive verb

Warty, warty mom-warts

When unschoolers screw up

Unschooling and teens

A date with reality - on arbitrary ages

Because I said so

Breasts reduced

Hormones

iUnschooling tools

Off the leash

On enjoying teenagers

Privacy statement

The best sort of report card

Transition times

When unschoolers screw up

Unschooling conferences and non-cons

Diversity in the unschooling community

Experiencing acceptance (LIFE is Good 2007)

Good Vibrations 2009 (collection of posts)

It's a wide sky life (RU Fun 2009)

LIFE is Good 2009 slices (collection of posts)

Live and Learn 2008 (collection of posts)

My Non-Con North writeup (2008 non-con at our house)

Non-Con '07 (Corvallis)

Now you can see LIFE is Good (2007)

Profiling

Ruled by joy

The LiG list (LIFE is Good 2010)

Unschooling and school subjects

Made for math

The best sort of report card

This is a test

Unschooling and allowance and math

Wrapping the point in silk

Unschooling and school choice

Collection that includes stories about Chloe's experiences at the public high school

Unschooling days

Collection of our typically atypical days

Unschooling in the media

Changing my religion

Unschoolers respond to the GMA piece

Traditional parenting

A note on spanking

Coping with traditional parenting (circle chat notes)

More alternatives to traditional parenting

The destructive effects of coercion

Transitioning from the traditional