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Home Unschooling

by htunnicliff on 2/10/25, 3:12 AM with 6 comments

• by pyuser583 on 2/10/25, 5:26 PM

  I send my daughter to a school that has an unschooling philosophy.

  Kids set goals on what they want to learn.

  They spend 25% of the class time in normal classes.

  Of the remaining time, half is spent independently following lesson plans created by the teachers.

  The other half is spent creating and following their own lesson plans.

• by intpx on 2/10/25, 6:54 PM

  Tl;dr people, especially kids, who are supported in chasing their curiosity will learn things

• by silexia on 2/10/25, 3:56 AM

  My kids are taught math and reading in the morning by my wife, then go to public school (a small rural K-12 school with six kids per grade) to socialize. They are both quite advanced for their genetic capabilities.