Carol
Narigon's Unschooling Curriculum
In case an unschooler is required to submit a curriculum, here
is one Carol wrote, and has generously offered as a model for
other families in need.
Essays by
Heather Madrone
Heather Madrone writes a series of changing essays about her
family's homeschooling life, including Unschooling? Unlikely!
How
Our Daughters Helped Plan Their Education
We trusted out daughters' judgement. They threw out all color-inside-the-lines
material very early in their education. "We don't need that.
We draw and color our own pictures." Indeed, they did, creatively.
All repetitive exercises and most reviews of material already
learned followed color-inside-the-lines pictures into the stove.
By Jon Remmerde.
I
Am An Unschooled Adult
By Susanna Wesley, HEM. I began unschooling the day I quit my
fourth year in college.
Interview with Luz Shosie and Ned Vare
Luz Shosie and Ned Vare are longtime unschool activists. If you are not familiar with them, be sure to visit their website, Unschoolers Unlimited. By Mary Nix, HEM J/A 2008.
Laurie Chancey
I am the "Unprocessed
Child" of Valerie Fitzenreiter's book and am pursuing
graduate work in sociology at Louisiana State University. I have
some unschooling content online and I occasionally add to it.
Life
Provides Our Curriculum
We are what is known as "unstructured" homeschoolers.
We trust in our son's inner drive and curiosity to compel him
to learn what he needs to know. By Gail Nagasako.
One
of Those Days
It is not quite 9 AM, but I can tell already that it is One of
Those Days. You all know exactly what I mean - a day when the
kids bicker, you feel out of sorts, and no amount of Calgon is
going to take you away. - Deb Baker. [HEM]
Unchores
Unchoring does not mean chaos reigns and we are wading though
dust balls and dirty tissues a foot thick. By Karen Kirkwood,
HEM 5/6 03.
The
Unprocessed Child: Living Without School
My book is about the childhood that we gave Laurie. It was not
only a gift to her, but to us as well. In the book, I discuss
sixty topics of concern that were brought to my attention by
well-meaning parents throughout the past twenty years. It chronicles
Laurie's life from birth to summa cum laude college graduate.
Unschooling Teens
I am a 17-year-old unschooler. I was accepted into my top-choice college and was awarded 2/3 tuition scholarship. I have had many successes in local theatre. My local community has asked me to write about how I impressed colleges and navigated the admissions process. So I am working on a Squidoo page (Squidoo is a site where users create a singular page on a topic) about unschooling teens. By Andi Enns.