by Kristin A. Oakley | Feb 19, 2021 | Homeschooling, Unschooling
To give you some insight into what an unschooling community is like, I’m passing along my article “Talent Show” which was published in Home Education Magazine’s May/June 2009 edition. It’s one of my favorite memories of unschooling. Talent Show ...
by Kristin A. Oakley | Feb 5, 2021 | Homeschooling, Unschooling
During the summer of 2007, I listened to Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 while I driving around in my car. It made me wonder why novelists tend to create dystopian futures. I thought, why don’t I write a book with a better future, a better society?...
by Kristin A. Oakley | Jan 22, 2021 | Homeschooling, Unschooling
People often ask me why I decided to unschool my children. The honest, simple answer? I didn’t want them to spend their days in a constant state of boredom. My public schooling – the good times I was an above-average student throughout public...
by Kristin A. Oakley | Jan 7, 2021 | Homeschooling, Unschooling
Unschooling parents believe in letting their children decide what to study, when to study, and how to go about studying, but oftentimes it’s important for parents to exert some influence. For some insight into how I managed unschooling, I’m passing along my...
by Kristin A. Oakley | Dec 16, 2020 | Homeschooling, Unschooling
To give you a snippet of our unschooling lives, I’m passing along my article “Great Moments in Homeschooling” which was published in the May/June 2010 edition of Home Education Magazine. Great Moments in Homeschooling Wow, it’s...
by Kristin A. Oakley | Nov 25, 2020 | Homeschooling, Unschooling
Note: The following essay was written by my daughter, Caitlin Podemski, for her college admission applications when she was seventeen. Caitlin was accepted into the four colleges she applied to and decided to attend Drake University where she graduated cum laude with...
