‘Unschooling’ Archives
Fire Station Field Trip!
After many years of sharing a variety of outings and field trips with our son, Ben, when he was younger, it was great fun to be able to have him host us on a trip to the fire station where he’s working as a part time resident firefighter this year. He was working a 24 [Read More]
Hoorah!
This summer, Ben participated in a two-month intensive fire service training academy through the Getchell Fire Department, Snohomish County Fire District #22. It was the first part of their 15 month resident firefighter program. He worked really hard and did well. [Read More]
Happy New Year
It’s a lovely new year, with many new days and months to create new adventures for yourself, your family, and your children. You can start over or keep things the same. You can make big or small changes, or appreciate the things that are going quite well just as [Read More]
Smart, curious, alert, observant…
I once again came across this wonderful quote from John Holt, and thought it deserved sharing: “What makes people smart, curious, alert, observant, competent, confident, resourceful, persistent – in the broadest and best sense, intelligent – is not having [Read More]
Hard Work & Recognition
Sometimes people question the ideas of unschooling because they wonder how kids will learn to work hard if they’re not forced to do things they don’t want to do, or if they’re not given regular assignments or arbitrary tasks to accomplish throughout their [Read More]
18 Years
My sweet son, Ben, turned 18 a little over a month ago. I’ve been thinking about what a pleasure it has been to be with him and watch him grow all these years. When Ben was six years old, I remember thinking very clearly about how much he had grown as a boy during the [Read More]
Not Back To School Camp!
At the end of August, when most teens are getting ready for school, Ben and a few of his lucky friends are happily anticipating Not Back to School Camp at Camp Myrtlewood in Bridge, Oregon. It’s a terrific camp for unschooling teens, created by Grace Llewellyn, [Read More]
Growing Without Schooling
It’s the best not-back-to-school gift an unschooler could ask for: the newly revised www.holtgws.com site! All the back issues of Growing Without Schooling are now available online for free, as well as many articles, videos, and recordings by and about John Holt. [Read More]