Recently, I was helping my kindergartener with his school bug project—a task that should have been fun (researching stink bugs! The dream assignment for a 5-year-old boy!). But as he struggled to ...
It’s not an educational style; it’s a lifestyle. It may not surprise you to learn the term “unschooling” was coined in the 1970s. Also known as self-directed or “delight-directed” learning, it is a ...
Unschooling is an educational philosophy that relies on a child’s innate curiosity and desire to learn. In families that practice unschooling, students do not attend school and do not follow any set ...
Scroll through TikTok or Instagram and you’ll likely come across families documenting their “unschooling” lives — children learning through nature walks instead of textbooks, kitchen experiments ...
DETROIT, Michigan (WXYZ) — It’s August and many Michigan parents are in their back-to-school era. In some families, school never stopped for the summer. Their ...
This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. We are midway through 2020, and struggling through a ...
The days are about to look very different for most parents in a few weeks as schools let out for the summer. But for Christina Franco, 39, summer days in her upstate New York home are no different ...
ST. CLOUD — For Mandy Spiczka and her 10-year-old daughter Zoe, there's no such thing as summer vacation. Sure, it's summertime, and yes, they're on vacation — but education is still afoot. "Today we ...