MSNBC website published article on unschooling o its website today. Over all it was a fair report and was open minded. Worth the read.
A new chapter in education: unschooling
Controversial home-taught approach lets kids take the lead in learning
By Victoria Clayton
MSNBC contributor
Updated: 12:22 a.m. ET Oct 2, 2006
It’s a Monday afternoon in Mar Vista, Calif., and while other 9-year-olds might be fidgeting at their desks, Isobel Dowdee has played all morning and is now joining her mother and two sisters on a big blanket in their front yard.
Mom, Heather Cushman-Dowdee, keeps the younger girls, Fiona, 5, and Gwyneth, 2, busy drawing pictures. For Isobel, she’s made a large grid with numbers down the side and across the top so her daughter can fill in the multiplication answers. Not that Cushman-Dowdee cares if Isobel does the chart. It’s just that the girl actually wants to do it. Occasionally they play math games or sing counting songs.
Read Full Unschool Article on MSNBC Here
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15029646
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