Unschooling Voices (unschooling carnival) is a monthly collection of writings (mainly from blogs) on the topic of unschooling. What is unschooling? It's a form of homeschooling that is done with out formal lessons or the use of a curriculim.

This page serves as as index to all the editions and gives all the details you'll

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Four little girls are dead, murdered by a mother who claimed they were "possessed by demons". Despite contact with numerous government agencies, none of which investigated the reports alluding to Banita Jacks' mental illness, the media blames this tragedy on the lack of supervision of homeschooling families. It's not homeschooling's faul

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The monthly unschooling blog carnival.
Unschooling Voices 10th edition.
Come check it out and take a peek into the lives of unschooling families.
Unschooling is a type of homeschooling where there are no formal lessons.
If you're interested in homeschooling or unschooling, this is a great way to read about many familie

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Well, it’s that time again, time for the 2007 Homeschool Blog Awards. Since I am new to blogging, the Homeschool Blog Awards are also new to me. I think the idea is great!

How does it work? There are 23 different categories to choose from and peo

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There was a discussion, on one of my unschooling e-mail groups, about how extended family members seem to have a hard time talking to a child when they can't talk about school. It's like the only questions anybody can think of to ask a kid is "what grade are you in?", "what's your favorite subject?" and "how are you doi

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This article looks at why one family is choosing to homeschool. In the past, most homeschoolers made this choice for religious reasons. Now, parents are choosing homeschool for educational reasons. Increasingly, parents are choosing to homeschool

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Using genealogy is a fun, creative way to cover high school history. Many free online resources are available to gather pertinent information. As your teen gathers information, he or she can record things that affected their ancestors like wars, cultural climate, music, famous people and on and on. Not only will your teen cover the subject of

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Unschooling isn't so much a method, as it is a way of looking at learning. It's seeing the learning in everything. To me, it's much more than just dropping the curriculum, although that's an excellent place to start.

It's changing the way you view learning and education.

It isn't leaving your children to find their

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I've been a a homeschooling (actually unschooling) mama since 2004 and there's never been a moment that I regret it or question if we made the right choice. I've learned some things along the way and I find myself constantly questioning my own thoughts on education, real learning and the school system. With that in mind, he

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The premise is respect for all cultures and faiths. This seems like a very mature antidote to some of the more judgmental blogs around. This blog promises to be a good resource for all homeschoolers.

This blog is written by a homeschooling mom who is disappointed with some of the less-than-thoughtful antics of some homeschool bloggers and

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The most organized among us can have our day carefully planned, when out-of the-blue comes an unexpected "call" that we can choose to say "yes" or "no" to. Other times, when life gets in the way, there is no option, we are forced to say "yes", like it or not. When given the choice, how do we decide? When there is no choice, how do we

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The Washington Times had an interesting editorial about how US history is no longer being taught in our nation's schools. This wasn't news to me and this editorial reminded me once again why the next election is so important. International standards are invading our schools, global citizenship is replacing national citizenship and common mo

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What is unschooling? In this essay, Pam Sorooshian talks about what the principles of unschooling are.  If you're just starting to homeschool or if you follow a more traditional school-at-home approach but are interested in unschooling, please take a moment to read this.  As unschoolers, we know that learning

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It’s times like these that I seriously have to wonder what the hell my profession’s coming to. As many folks know, I’m both a teacher and a homeschooler, which is sort of like being a meat-eating vegan or a talented version of Lindsay Lohan: not really a paradox so much as an utter contradiction in terms.

One of the reasons

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Laurel Springs and YouTube recently held a video contest for homeschoolers. The theme was "Why Homeschool is Cool". Take a look at the winning entries as well as all the submitted videos. My children and I really enjoyed watching them and were impressed with their creativity. Congratulations to all the

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I needed a craft today, in the worst kind of way. Both my babies were under the weather and the oldest was frustrated by all of her normal school work. With all the cookie making and card making I really didn’t want to start a messy craft; but she needed something fun and creative to do while her little sister napped.

Here is what I found…

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