She also has a Start Here page: http://livingjoyfully.ca/start-here/
| This was the page that started it all for me… Thanks to Sandra Dodd and her amazing website, a plethora of choices, thoughts, inspiration and examples. “Read a little, try a little, wait a while, watch.”
LEARNING ALL THE TIMEPeople learn by playing, thinking and amazing themselves. They learn while they’re laughing at something surprising, and they learn while they’re wondering “What the heck is this!?”I have a discussion group called AlwaysLearning, where the principles underlying unschooling are discussed. There is a live chat each Wednesday: SandraDodd.com/room. CAN IT WORK IN THE REAL WORLD?If unschooling can’t work in the real world, nothing at all can. People will say “How will they learn algebra in the real world?” Is there algebra in the real world? If not, why should it be learned? If so, why should it be separated artificially from its actual uses? “Why?” should always be the question that comes before “What?” and “How?” There is a Sesame Street book called NOT JUST FOR KIDS!The way adults tend to learn things is the way people best learn—by asking questions, looking things up, trying things out, and getting help when it’s needed. That’s the way pre-school kids learn too (maybe minus the looking things up), and it is the way “school-age” kids can/should learn as well. Learning is internal. Teachers are lovely assistants at best, and detrimental at worst. “Teaching” is just presentation of material. It doesn’t create learning. Artificial divisions of what is “educational” from what is considered NOT educational, and things which are “for kids” from things which are NOT for kids don’t benefit kids or adults. Finding learning in play is like the sun coming out on a dank, dark day. [Playing ] LINKS TO OTHERS’ WRITINGSSOME UNSCHOOLING ORGANIZATIONSRegional groups, lists and resources |
