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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My friend unschools. They live in FLA ... So technically she home schools because she needs to present "work" to somebody to prove she is teaching.

My son is dyslexic and MOCo schools could not teach him so I looked into homeschooling, but I had to work, so I sent him to school, then taught him everything at night. When I was researching homeschooling she explained her unschooling methods to me, which are not pure unschooling.

Math: they go to the store and weigh fruit and figure out how much grapes cost, then compare the cost to peaches . She has a general idea if he can add, subtract, multiply, etc

Science: they own chickens and raise snakes, they go to the science center. They go bird watching. They fish, 
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English: they read stuff and write about it, or do oral reports.

I am sure I am not doing it justice but basically, they don't have text books or a curriculum. They find learning in their real world and they discuss it.

They are part of an Unschooling group of about 10 families... 15 ish kids and they do activities together. They spend a lot of time in the library, AT&T he science center, museums, etc.

Many people in her family have a combination of up schooling/homeschooling/private/public school and most have masters degrees. She is an accountant! her sister is a doctor! her other sister runs a small business that teaches people to rock climb/kayak/paddle board and her brother is an engineer.[/quote]

Not OP but thanks for your reply. That actually doesn't seem as intense or crunchy as the name makes it sound, especially for younger kids. However, how does it work when the kids get to MS/HS? If they want to go to college, it seems like they would really have to sit down and consciously study more complex subjects, like algebra - while the mom can tell now that her child can add or subtract, it's harder to have an idea of his proficiency at math or physics! Unless they're supplementing unschooling with homeschooling or other arrangements, in which case it kinds of goes against the philosophy?[/quote]

So my friends mom was crunchy... not the cool, I wear REI and Birkenstock kind ... like a really hippy. Her mom jokes that she was lucky, her kids were sick of her at points so she just sent them to public that year. That is why they have a combination of schoolings. They all eventually went to DC/MD private schools for HS.

Now my friends jokes, dang this kid likes me too much may never go to school. But he has not hit puberty so... that may change. But he does camps in the summer and really has not problem socializing or following directions. I think he may go to traditional school in MS/HS... but there really is not a set plan, just see how it goes. Part of her family runs a working farm and she say, well maybe he can help run the farm, they provide farm to table food for DC restaurants. I think there is a really good atmosphere from the it will all work out standpoint, but I am sure she freaks out every now and again that she is "doing it wrong" but we all do.

I asked her DR sister if she ever thought of unschooling/homeschooling and she joked, we do... for German only... her husband speaks German and all their nannies only speak German.

I have another friend that homeschools and her son would complain that she did not actually teach math/physics... he watched videos online, read the book and basically taught himself. I laughed (I have a degree in Math) because most my teachers in HS/college did not really teach math or physics either, you basically read the chapter and answered the questions. He was able to get into the Naval Academy so his science lessons on line must have been pretty good. [/quote]

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