Thoughts on rules
that we had fewer rules than many families — made me think long and hard about the ones I did set.Â
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Jean Nunnally
- Aug 19, 2015
- 4 min
Unschool Parenting 101
don’t worry if you’re not an expert educator. Your big job is to bring your children an awareness of the possibilities around them.Â
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Jean Nunnally
- Jul 22, 2015
- 3 min
Librarians
They don’t impose, but are available as needed. Their role is to aid learning.
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Jean Nunnally
- Jul 8, 2015
- 3 min
One Smart Apple
Even if all the as-yet analyzed and identified macro- and micronutrients found in apples could be isolated and produced in capsule or...
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Jean Nunnally
- May 27, 2015
- 5 min
Proofreading hope
Growing Without Schooling newsletters were the basis for much of my philosophy of education.
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Jean Nunnally
- Apr 29, 2015
- 4 min
Strategies
Rather than risk being laughed at or judged — either by their peers or an adult — saying nothing at all is a safe strategy for kids. Â
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Jean Nunnally
- Apr 15, 2015
- 4 min
Love of learning
Because my kids were allowed to become curious to the point of yearning for more information, they required no pulling, gold stars or reward
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Jean Nunnally
- Apr 1, 2015
- 4 min
Choice words
Choosing is both a privilege and a burden, because it brings freedom and also responsibility.
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Jean Nunnally
- Mar 4, 2015
- 3 min
Visions
Subconscious impressions are all the more powerful because they’re unexamined.
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Jean Nunnally
- Feb 4, 2015
- 3 min
100 years from now
I thank my lucky stars that I was born to parents, grandparents and great-grandparents who valued learning.
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Jean Nunnally
- Jan 21, 2015
- 3 min
Working backwards
How to "teach" without a curriculum?
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Jean Nunnally
- Jan 7, 2015
- 3 min
Unschooling: learning naturally
Babies do it, children do it and adults do it.  If babies didn’t learn naturally, we wouldn’t be here as a species.
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