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What an Unschooling Community Looks Like

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  ...

A Homeschooling (Unschooling) Novel

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?...

Why I Decided to Unschool My Children

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...

Unschooling – To Push or Not to Push

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...

Great Moments in Homeschooling

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...

A Day in the Life of a Teenage Homeschooler

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...
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