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#FloridaBlogger | Photo-taker | Native New Yorker | Wife, Mom to 3, Mom-Mom to 2, Pet mama to 4 cats + a 22 yr old iguana | #RealLife

An Unschooling Life

I took my three kids out of school in 2004, a year after adopting them. In 2005 I created An Unschooling Life, a blog detailing our unschooling experience.

Over time, An Unschooling Life became a hub for unschooling support and advice. It has been featured in print and digital media and was home to the popular Unschooling Carnival (later known as Unschooling Voices). I’m in the process of updating and moving all the posts to this blog where they will be housed in this section. In 2020, I began unschooling my two younger children, so you'll also see updated posts under this topic.

Homeschooling and Adoption: Our Story

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This post was originally written on December 12, 2005. My husband & I decided to homeschool our three children about a year and a half after we adopted them.  I began doing a lot of researching on homeschooling in general, it’s different methods (I was drawn to unschooling) and found out what the laws were…

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Homeschooling And Socialization (Why You Shouldn’t Worry)

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I have to laugh when someone, after finding out our kids don’t go to school, ask about homeschooling socialization. I’ll never understand what one has to do with the other.

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Real Learning (And Why Schools Fail At It)

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“Real learning requires meaning. Meaningless information can be memorized and repeated, but it’s not learning”.

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An Everyday Example Of Learning Without School

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Learning without school happens daily, in many ways. Here’s just one small example with my eight year old.

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Unschooling Movement – A Philosophy And A Lifestyle

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The unschooling movement is not just about learning, it is a philosophy and a lifestyle. 

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Unschooling My Children Has Enabled Me To See (Fill In The Blank)

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The amazing things unschooling my children has enabled me to see.

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