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NovelMama · 07-27-2017, 06:24 PM

This totally came out of nowhere, but it hit me like 2x4 the other day that she unschools herself all day, every day, when we're not doing "real school." So why in the world do I keep getting in her way with curriculum?! Haven't talked to DH about it yet, but I'm feeling *very* strongly that we need to give unschooling a shot. The more I think about it the more appealing it becomes for personal reasons, too, like having an excuse to craft again.

If we do then we'll have both ends of the homeschooling spectrum covered: unschooling for one and a hybrid/university model/barely-can-call-it-homeschooling for the other.

For those of you who moved into unschooling from more structured forms of homeschooling, how did you explain to your DC what it was going to be like and how it was going to work? Did you ease in or did you just go whole-hog?

Here are the two things I'm most concerned about:

1. PJ's dyslexia. I know DH will not be cool with us not doing any reading practice at all with her, and frankly, at this point I'm not either. Anyone else deal with issues like this in their unschooling? Do you do direct instruction on them or no?

2. Because "those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it," I feel strongly about teaching history. Anyone else do direct instruction for one particular subject just because you feel strongly about covering it?

07-27-2017, 06:24 PM	#1
NovelMama Rose Garden Our sweet family, 2017 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Woodlands, TX Posts: 8,882	I think I need to unschool PJ This totally came out of nowhere, but it hit me like 2x4 the other day that she unschools herself all day, every day, when we're not doing "real school." So why in the world do I keep getting in her way with curriculum?! Haven't talked to DH about it yet, but I'm feeling very strongly that we need to give unschooling a shot. The more I think about it the more appealing it becomes for personal reasons, too, like having an excuse to craft again. If we do then we'll have both ends of the homeschooling spectrum covered: unschooling for one and a hybrid/university model/barely-can-call-it-homeschooling for the other. For those of you who moved into unschooling from more structured forms of homeschooling, how did you explain to your DC what it was going to be like and how it was going to work? Did you ease in or did you just go whole-hog? Here are the two things I'm most concerned about: 1. PJ's dyslexia. I know DH will not be cool with us not doing any reading practice at all with her, and frankly, at this point I'm not either. Anyone else deal with issues like this in their unschooling? Do you do direct instruction on them or no? 2. Because "those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it," I feel strongly about teaching history. Anyone else do direct instruction for one particular subject just because you feel strongly about covering it? __________________ Alison wife to Daniel mother to AJ (12/28/05) and PJ (03/19/08) Inspirational Women's Fiction author Children's storybook author Homeschool coach

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