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Is there one book you would recommend on the topic of unschooling? I'd like to learn more about it. I am more interested in the practical aspects of doing it.
Thank you for any suggestions. 
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Jordan, I'm so glad you asked this.....I've been meaning to post this question too. I've found myself really drawn to this forum (unschooling) and perusing the archives.
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I would suggest John Holt he has many to choose from.
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Everyone would probably have a different choice. Yikes, I can't even narrow it down to one. The Unschooling Handbook is quite practical. Perhaps John Holt's Teach Your Own would be good but it was written a long time ago and does not have resource lists, etc.
When I first started unschooling I got the most out of magazines. Life Learning Magazine is good reading and there are back issues archived online in pdf form.
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When I first started unschooling I got the most out of magazines. Life Learning Magazine is good reading and there are back issues archived online in pdf form. |
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I second this. I've been buying "Life Learning" at my local bookstore and I love it. It really "shows" me, bimonthly, how this is done. I suggest you get a year's subscription and see how it works out.
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Thanks Willa and Cay I never knew about this magazine. You buy it locally Cay? Can I go to B&N and get them?
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I read John Holt's Teach Your Own (PUBLIC LIBRARY- can you believe it) in 1980 when my oldest was 3. Convinced me to hs.
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chicken lady wrote:
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Our bookstore (Books-A-Million) just recently started carrying it. You might want to phone B & N to see if they have it or could get it. I hadn't seen it before either. Now I love it enough that I'm scanning the back issues to see which ones to order.
I think you'd really like the magazine, Molly. We've talked about chaos before. It's a favorite subject of mine.  The recent March/April issue has an article on "Looking at Chaos: realizing that chaos and order are both integral to the learning process helps us to relax and to trust life and learning to unfold" by Karen Whitescarver.
I was hooked!
A magazine that looked at the chaos in my home and told me it was OK!  A magazine that looked at the chaos in my home and told me it's perfect for learning!  A magazine that deals with the nature of learning in the mist of chaos. 
I have a whole blog post about chaos floundering and taking up space in my brain.  One day I might get around to writing it.
In the meantime, I absorb this magazine that offers thoughts about:
- Learning Informally
- The Value of Unstructured Free Play
- Talking about Life Learning
- How Unschoolers Reconcile their Alternative Backgrounds with the pull of the Mainstream
- Why Kids Need to Control their own Play
- Fear of Lost Time
- What Really Matters
- The Case Against Teaching
And that's just two issues worth!!!
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Cay Gibson wrote:
The recent March/April issue has an article on "Looking at Chaos: realizing that chaos and order are both integral to the learning process helps us to relax and to trust life and learning to unfold" by Karen Whitescarver.
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I am too!
Cay Gibson wrote:
| A magazine that looked at the chaos in my home and told me it was OK! A magazine that looked at the chaos in my home and told me it's perfect for learning! A magazine that deals with the nature of learning in the mist of chaos. |
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This is such a great topic and focus for a magazine!
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Yeah, once you get your "chaos" under control..... which, of course, is NOT the point!
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There's also a new homeschooling magazine online that's now out...I'm trying to find it but there's that chaos thing again....Leonie, Willa...can you help?
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Teach Your Own has been updated. I think a lot of the unschooling books show you how a particular family has addressed the needs and interests of their own children. I've love David Albert books and would recommend starting at his newest book Have Fun. Learn Stuff. Grow.
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Could it be this one--- Live Free Learn Free
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Cay Gibson wrote:
WJFR wrote:
When I first started unschooling I got the most out of magazines. Life Learning Magazine is good reading and there are back issues archived online in pdf form. |
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I second this. I've been buying "Life Learning" at my local bookstore and I love it. It really "shows" me, bimonthly, how this is done. I suggest you get a year's subscription and see how it works out. |
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Wow! I just looked at the article titles in the back issues! Great stuff!
And, my library has "Teach your own" and "Have Fun. Learn Stuff.Grow."
Thank you!
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John Holt's "Teach Your Own" would be my favourite - the very first book I ever read on homeschooling.
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Thank you all so much for your recommendations. "Life Learning" looks very interesting as do all the books you all have mentioned. It might be hard to choose.
Thank you so much!
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ladybugs wrote:
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Found it!
Here it is....
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chalk one more up for "Teach Your Own" the updated edition.
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In addition to the books listed, I have enjoyed One to One and Unqualified Education. Both books are available from Freedom in Education (based in France) and Fun Books. The Freedom in Education site has many interesting articles (inlcluding his daughter's on higher education) and craft instructions/recipes. Karen
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I love the book "One to One" and use it a lot as a "dip into" book - I dip into it now and then for ideas for maths games, art etc.
I have some reservations about the high school one "Unqualified Education" .
I believe that "One to One" is available via FUN Books, for those in the US.
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It's not really a how-to book, but I loved reading the fictional kids novel, "Surviving the Applewhites", for a dose of unschooling inspiration.
I also liked the highly liberal but enjoyable "Teen Age Liberation Handbook" -gave me a whole new slant on The Big Picture of homeschooling.
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