The most comprehensive book about unschooling ever. New unschoolers have had the same questions over the years, and experienced unschoolers go through some similar stages of nervous doubts. She reminded us that the way we think and talk about learning is important, and that learning is very different than teaching. Summary of sandra dodds website on unschooling and mindful parenting, with hundreds of practical ideas about how to move from schoolish thinking to living a life of natural learning and joy. Reading is one of the things that some seem to get a bee in their bonnet about.
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