What Is Unschooling And Self-directed Learning?

Articles and memes about what unschooling is (and isn't!) and why I've chosen to unschool my son.
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9y
"Rather than strict rules, unschoolers use principles. Instead of imposing limits, unschoolers work with their children to help them live in a balanced and healthy way. Instead of a strict schedule, unschoolers follow a daily rhythm."
SunnyHomeschool/Unschool
"Since we can't know what knowledge will be most needed in the future, it is senseless to try to teach it in advance. Instead, we should try to turn out people who love learning so much and learn so well that they will be able to learn whatever needs to be learned."
How to Unschool - Happiness is here
"Unschooling is about letting go and trusting and following the child’s lead. And most of the time it’s a mindset that doesn’t really happen overnight. It’s a gradual letting go of what you’ve been taught about learning and children and education, and an increasing trust in the process of natural learning."
NameBright - Domain Expired
"My job as facilitator is to help search out options and make recommendations (when asked) and I also keep an eye out for classes, workshops, movies, websites, books, etc., that she might be interested in."
Does Unschooling Mean "Anything Goes"? - The Path Less Taken
"Radical unschooling does not mean that there are no limits. It does not mean that there are no boundaries. It does not mean that anything goes."
Explaining Unschooling…
"Children are natural learners. They want information. But they do not necessarily know what’s out there in the world. That’s the parent’s role in unschooling."
"We have no curriculum. The kids can learn about whatever they want. We give them lots of opportunities but they are never made to learn anything."
When People Ask How My Unschooled Kid Will Get Into College
"This is all foreign to me and not something I’ve taught her. This is self-directed learning. Unschooling."
The Life of an Unschooler
"Unschooling is a form of homeschooling that is based on the belief that children learn throughout life, not just in a classroom and encourages the use of informal learning tools (books, documentaries, and everyday life)!"
"Our children are free to pursue the things that interest and fascinate them – and something always does. It could be sparked by a book or something they’ve found outside or just a question that pops into their head about how something works."
Account Suspended
"Children and their families are outside in the world exposing themselves to new things all the time."
Unschooling: You Just Got Schooled! - Dayna Martin
"Unschooling does not mean Uneducating, or Unparenting! It means offering your children a perfectly individualized education, instead of the same training that everyone else receives through schooling."
Unschooling 101
"The world doesn’t divide neatly into different subjects, and you can’t tell right from the outset what a seemingly unimportant question, interest, or TV show obsession will lead to."
Unschooling
"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."
A Thousand Rivers
"Watch your child’s eyes, what makes them go dull and dead, what makes them brighten, quicken, glow with light. That is where learning lies."