Homeschooling & Unschooling
Homeschooling & Unschooling
As summer comes to an end, Ravishly wants to know what it’s like to learn in an environment beyond the traditional classroom. Join us for a week of stories surrounding all things homeschooling, unschooling, and the fascinating world in between the two.
How does a 10-year-old Atlanta-based black girl with Jamaican parents, shoulder-length locs, and zero interest in school become deeply immersed in the studies of Finno-Ugric language groups and Eurasian migration?
The argument against homeschooling is always the same: “Kids need to socialize.”
The year we homeschooled our fourth-grade son, it seemed like the best idea. We no longer could afford the private school he had been attending, and weren’t sure the local public school was going to be a good fit.
If I were a SAHM with just my daughter, I wouldn’t question homeschooling being in my capacity. But I’m not. I’m a WAHM with three little ones. Only my oldest is school age; that leaves my days full, split in many directions, and a touch hectic. Well, more than a touch — they’re very hectic. And is hectic a good setting for learning?
Matt breaks down the major differences between unschooling and a traditional classroom setting.
It’s not me teaching them, as if I’m the expert imparting knowledge unto them. We talk and look things up and explore and wonder and experiment. We learn together. I love that.