Shifting Into Unschooling

When you decide to unschool, you can expect to receive lots of questions. How you will make sure that your kids are learning what they need and how you will ensure they are keeping up with their peers. None of this concerns me as I have seen how children naturally learn.

Most people have never seen this and they truly believe that school equals learning.

The learning of a child left to discover the world in their own time is very very different to a child at school.

At school, children are taught information in a step by step pattern, a little of each subject each day, gradually increasing in difficulty, whether they are currently interested or not.

Our children learn very differently. An interest sparks and all of a sudden they are very busy and full of ideas. They ask many questions and spend hours, days, weeks, or even months learning about a topic.

Is unschooling for everyone? No, but it can be implemented in an enrichment form to add to your homeschooling rhythm.