Over at the Catoosa County News, homeschooler Jeannie Babb Taylor has a bone to pick with the "exit strategy" put forth by some Southern Baptists. It is actually an interesting article, with a few characterizations of conservative Christians which I pers...

[2007-07-26 12:14:00]

This highly opinionated former teacher and original thinker spent the last half of his life challenging widely accepted classroom practices. The author of 10 books that concentrate on early child development and education, Holt is widely considered the f...

[2009-09-09 17:26:21]

I know I’ve talked alot here about how I don’t think homeschooling is for me.  And, I know it isn’t for my husband as he has less patience than I do.  However, he is the one when in a crunch for entertainment will rig up some toy to do som...

[2009-08-10 01:49:00]

I’ve been reading Anne’s writings and have been a member of her unschooling group for a several years now. This excerpt from her Making Connections unschooling conference talk is one of my favorites. Some of you have probably read it, but for ...

[2009-07-17 07:48:00]

I have talked many times about education in general.  I’ve mentioned by thoughts on homework, voiced my frustrations with reading and even take a long hard look at whether I will one day feel comfortable enough to homeschool my kids so we can trave...

[2009-07-11 02:32:44]

As all of you homeschooling parents out there know, people who are ignorant to the world of homeschooling can and will say some of the stupid not so nice things about the practice.  And, Michael Jackson’s children were homeschooled, for those of yo...

[2009-07-08 07:54:00]

**originally posted in 2007** My nine year old daughter wants to be an astronaut and she’s passionate about astronomy and space. I’ve learned more about the solar system from her than I ever did in in all my years in school. A few months ago, ...

[2009-06-29 20:52:00]

Kelly Lovejoy posted this on an unschooling e-mail list a while back. She was answering someone’s question, which was; “What exactly is unschooling? I thought it was another name for homeschooling”. All poodles are dogs, but not all d...

[2009-06-28 11:30:00]

U is for all of US because unschooling involves all of us, as a family. It’s not just all about the kids. N is for NOTEBOOKS…both the electronic and the paper kind. They’re both staples in our lives. Shopping lists, notes to each other, ...

[2009-06-17 08:58:00]

John Holt was a teacher when he wrote How Children Fail and How Children Learn. He eventually quit teaching and became a speaker and supporter of education reform and went on to write several more books. Deciding that schools could not be reformed, he foc...

[2009-06-16 22:38:00]

I’ve been a homeschooling (unschooling actually) mama since 2004 and I’ve made some “mistakes” along the way, but I always tried to look at them as a learning experience. When the Pass The Torch blog asked homeschoolers for their b...

[2009-05-19 20:58:00]

‘Unschooling‘ popularity grows: Children pursue what interests them As other children are waking up and heading toward the school bus on a Tuesday morning, Adele Schiessle asks her children if they want to spend the day playing on a 6,000-squa...

[2009-05-19 12:42:00]

There was a discussion, on one of my unschooling e-mail groups, about how extended family members seem to have a hard time finding something to say to a child, when they can’t ask about school. It’s like the only questions anybody can think of...

[2009-04-17 09:44:00]

This article from Business Week was originally posted in 2006 and is mainly about homeschooling, not unschooling. It’s a pretty good article but obviously written by someone who doesn’t have first hand knowledge of homeschooling because they d...

[2009-04-16 14:53:00]

I know I spend a lot of time around here bashing these poor educators in my son’s school district.  Let me say it now, the whole state of Alabama is not in the funk that we seem to be in here.  With that, I want to introduce you to a service o...

[2009-03-09 03:20:00]

I am a teacher by trade just like Becky Bilby except she is homeschooling and I…I have not gained the nerve for that yet.  She discusses some of the pitfalls of trying to teach writing even when writing is your forte’.  I personally don’t ...

[2009-01-20 03:38:00]

I am a teacher by trade just like Becky Bilby except she is homeschooling and I…I have not gained the nerve for that yet.  She discusses some of the pitfalls of trying to teach writing even when writing is your forte’.  I personally don’t ...

[2009-01-20 03:38:00]

Yes, once again I’m taking the lazy way out.  It’s just that I keep finding this great stuff and naturally I know you guys would rather read something wonderful from someone else than read about my every day terrors.  Before I get s...

[2009-01-10 03:29:17]

And, so goes the ol’ saying, "time to send them youngin’s back to school".  I’m going to assume that the homeschoolers have taken a break as well and I’d be interested to know when you will get cranking again or if you take a ...

[2009-01-04 21:25:22]

I’m trying to be informative even if I find that I’m not telling you anything that you couldn’t find somewhere yourself.  But, hey, if you find it here, then it’s just that much easier, uh? So, what is it that I want to steal ...

[2009-01-03 03:49:49]

I’m trying to be informative even if I find that I’m not telling you anything that you couldn’t find somewhere yourself.  But, hey, if you find it here, then it’s just that much easier, uh? So, what is it that I want to steal ...

[2009-01-03 03:49:49]