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~ (Author) "WHEN I WAS IN THE FOURTH GRADE, I'd spent two weeks learning the skills of long division and still I was confused about when to..." (more)
Key Phrases: unschooled life, homeschooling experience, homeschooled children, Growing Without Schooling, John Holt, Network News (more...)
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...Important book!...Should be a staple, not just for homeschoolers, but...anyone who has interest in how children learn. -- Elena Reyes, Reference Librarian, Madison Public Library

Alison McKee writes with...authenticity about the...triumphs of child-directed learning...This book is nourishing bread for the homeschooling journey. -- Mothering Magazine, Melissa Chianta, managing editor

An honest and touching account of how homeschooling leads to new attitudes and possibilities for learning -- Patrick Farenga, editor, "Growing Without Schooling"

Many...tinker with "unschooling"...Only a few have taken this uncharted path...Alison's work is paramount in this field. -- Rose Sias, The Tutor Shop

This is a vivid, complex, powerful, triumphant, reassuring and moving account of a whole family's education. -- Grace Llewellyn, author of "The Teenage Liberation Handbook"


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A compelling story about one family's journey into the unknown territory of homeschooling, told with skill by Alison McKee, a gifted teacher with a wide experience in traditional education and a special sensitivity to the individual needs of children. Trusting her own children to "show me the way" was a difficult challenge - but one that gave unexpected and rich rewards. Anyone familiar with the writings of John Holt will be interested to learn how things worked out for a family that decided to test his belief that children are the best directors of their own education. McKee offers the reader insights on how children learn, plenty of illustrations and practical advice about how "unschooling" works, and thoughtful commentary on the state of education today. This book will reassure parents considering homeschooling that nurturing children's natural desire to learn can empower their children to become enthusiastic life-long learners.

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  • Paperback: 168 pages
  • Publisher: Not Avail (January 1, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0965780627
  • ISBN-13: 978-0965780629
  • Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.2 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #245,067 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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51 of 51 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb book!, March 29, 2003
This is a wonderful inspirational story of one family's journey through unschooling beginning at their decision to homeschool. This book is not really about the hows of homeschooling, but more about the whys. Reading this book completely reaffirmed our decision to homeschool. It helped us see that a traditional mode of education isn't necessary to help our children become happy well-rounded educated people. This would be a great book to give to others who wonder why we homeschool.
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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Vignettes of Experiences Applaud Unschooling, May 3, 2005
This is the book that verbalizes what so many of us do but have a hard time explaining to questioning relatives, friends, and just the people in the world that wonder why our four children are out and about town in the middle of the school day.
As a former teacher for 7 years in public and private schools, I can relate to the agonizing experiences of having to encourage frustrated students to struggle through concepts for testing, while having to limit time children spend on activities that are meaningful to them.
I have facilitated an unschooling environment for 5 years now at home. This is the first written material I have read that successfully enlightens nonhomeschooling families as to what life learning can be. By drawing on her own traditional school experience, both as a student and a teacher, Alison McKee is able to engage the skeptic and appeal to his/her own realm of learning experiences.
For the families that are unschoolers already, the book refreshes our spirit, guides us to be confident in our beliefs, and informs us that there is a beginning movement of Life Learning within the homeschooling community.
I have recommended this book to other homeschooling families and have purchased a mini stockpile to give to relatives that critique our evolution as natural learners.
This book has also guided us from being an unschooling family to one that is passionate about the life learning movement. It is an easy read cover to cover and a valuable resource.
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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Instructive, November 12, 2003
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The most convincing evangelist is a reformed sinner, and Alison McKee, herself a practicing teacher, comes across as a most credible proponent of homeschooling in this consistently insightful book. No vapid cheerleading here. Like many another anxious parent, McKee and her husband suffer from uncertainties while seeking that elusive balance between structure and free exploration as their two children progress through the elementary and high school years. Readers of this book will come to understand how great a gulf lies between the initial decision to school ones children at home - which for many parents simply replaces one set of rigidities with another - and the real leap off the precipice to unschooling. Whether or not one is prepared to go all the way, as McKee ultimately does (with successful results), the book will undoubtedly bring the reader face to face with one of the most fundamental, and generally unasked, questions of education: what (if anything) does what children learn have to do with what they become? This is a great pick-me-up for home-schooling parents, and a thought-provoking explanation for those who seek to understand homeschooling. But anybody who is interested in learning will find grist for her or his own mental mill here.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommended!
This is a wonderful captivating book. I found it hard to put down. A good description of homeschooling and unschooling. Read more
Published 5 months ago by L. Addoms

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
I've evolved into an unschooler myself. This book does a great job of showing how it is so successful. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Deena Sao

5.0 out of 5 stars great to ease your mind
this book was, and is, very helpful to me as a new unschooling mom. the experience she offers as a teacher is invaluable to compare with fears we all face about whether our... Read more
Published on March 18, 2007 by book addict

4.0 out of 5 stars I'm not an unschooler, but it still was helpful
I read this book after it was suggested to me by some unschoolers in my homeschooling group. It didn't convert me to an unschooling philosophy, but I still found it to be a... Read more
Published on March 2, 2007 by Anne S.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Book on Unschooling
I've been homeschooling my son for a year and a half and ran into some difficulties which sent me back to the books. Alison McKee's book is the best by far on unschooling. Read more
Published on February 13, 2007 by C. Pellerin

5.0 out of 5 stars Recommed for any homeschooler to read
This is an awesome book to read if you are thinking about homeschooling or even if you already are homeschooling. It was written by a teacher that unschools. Read more
Published on January 18, 2007 by DONNA BENNETT

5.0 out of 5 stars Homeschooling
A gentle story of how the author (a teacher) came to homeschool her two kids. Very inspiring and
eye-opening about how children learn differently and how they learn best.
Published on August 13, 2005 by Julie B. Genovese

5.0 out of 5 stars A great read for any unschooling family!
<font color=red>I found this book inspiring -- a great story of an unschooling family's journey through their children's development! Read more
Published on October 9, 2004 by Fililisly

4.0 out of 5 stars Not quite what I had hoped for
As someone spanning the bridge between unschooling their own children and working in the school system, Allison brings great insight into why the school system can't, by its very... Read more
Published on April 5, 2004 by Laurie J. Neverman

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