Table of Contents - Life Learning March/April 2012

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Table of Contents
March/April 2012

Editorial by Wendy Priesnitz
Generalizations and the role of unschooling / life learning parents.

Deschooling a Parent by Darrin Dubowsky
A parent deschools himself when his daughter decides not to attend school.

How do Kids Really Learn to Write? by Patricia Zaballos
Helping children learn to write without forced practice, assigned topics, or other schoolish tricks.

Should Do Versus Want to Do by Beverley Paine
Supporting, accepting, and valuing a child's chosen activities.

The Art of Inspiration by Wendy Priesnitz
Understanding the role that unschooling parents play in living and learning as if school doesn't exist.

Choices by Pam Laricchia
Instead of learning what choices to make, it's better to learn how to make informed choices.

How do They Know That? by Wendy Priesnitz
Although we trust children to learn basic life skills on their own, it's harder to extend that to academics.

Link-Joy by Brian Bayly
Why learning is inherently fun, and how to help others discover the linkages that make it that way.

Focus on Media
Resources about alternatives in learning and parenting.

The Back Page
How reading is like riding a bicycle.

The term life learning refers to a form of homeschooling that trusts children and avoids the trappings of school. It is sometimes called unschooling, radical unschooling, or natural learning. Life learning children live and learn naturally, with the support of their families, based on their own interests and their own timetables, and without curriculum, tests, or grades. Go here, here and here for a more comprehensive explanation.

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