Quote From: winterwarmthOK, that's exactly right. That is unschooling, and it's also what parents (of public school students) are expected to do for their children outside school. Unschooling is simply that, facilitating their knowledge outside of the school environment.
Sometimes it may indeed involve getting a textbook. If little Johnny says to me, "Mom, I want to know everything there is to know about the radius and ulna." I'd help point him to text book, websites, show him where his
own radius and ulna are on his body. And yeah, that may involve getting a textbook and saying, "Look, here's a book which tells you more than I could possibly tell you. Why don't you read it if you like, and tell me things you think I may not know"...
It's very interactive learning. And yes, it can fall into the realm of unschooling even if a textbook was involved. It's similar to a parent helping a public schooled kid with their homework, only they get to choose the subjects.
Then my question is how did he KNOW to ask about a radius and ulna?
And how did he LEARN to read so that you direct him to the book.
Some of the subjects I studied and loved in school were ones I wouldn't have picked on my own because I didn't KNOW to want them. Do you have an idea or a plan as to what to what you want to expose your children?
