PRESS RELEASE: A practical handbook on learning without school

Posted on 8:02 PM by Sara

National Unschooling Examiner and mother of three, Sara McGrath, has published a practical handbook on unschooling (a.k.a. life learning), Unschooling: A Lifestyle of Learning (Lulu, 2009), available in print and download versions through Lulu Marketplace, Amazon, Kindle, and booksellers worldwide (original press release).

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People who feel drawn to the philosophical ideals of unschooling often ask how to unschool. While acknowledging that each family approaches the unschooling lifestyle from a unique standpoint, I offer the details of my family’s experiences, along with specific advice for meeting legal requirements without sacrificing your ideals. (See What is unschooling?)

The term unschooling offers somewhat of a misnomer inasmuch as people tend to associate schooling with learning or education. However, let’s make clear that unschooling does not imply unlearning or uneducating. Unschooling simply describes living and learning without the limitations of school. Let’s imagine a life of unlimited possibilities!

In the absence of school, what do children do? They play. They do what brings them joy. They do what calls to them. They do what they need to do to get from point A to point B, learning useful skills along the way.

The unschooling approach to life, in general, describes the way we learn naturally when left to pursue our own personal interests. As unschoolers, we own our interests–our passions, dreams, and goals–and also the responsibility for pursuing and attaining them. We respond to our desires. We go after our dreams with enthusiasm.

Unschoolers recognize that
We learn all the time;
All learning has value; and
We learn best by our own motivation, in our own ways.

Unschooling parents and their children live and learn together, helping each other, making discoveries, solving mysteries, and sharing adventures. Ready to have some fun?

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