[BikerTrash]

How is un-schooling different? I mean no offense to any homeschoolers here, but how is watching the history channel at home any different than watching the history channel at school?

It's harder to explain than it is to do, but it does require a relatively large investment of time.

Here's the Readers Digest version:

1. Make sure the child is always involved with some project that he/she is interested in at that point of their life, (something valid, meaningful and mutually agreed to, of course).

2. Do step # 1 thoughtfully and you automatically have their full attention and focus, as opposed to "watching the history channel" at a mandatory time when their attention is far removed, (daydreaming).

3. Do the project/activity with the child.

4. Connect the project/activity to real world, real time instruction. For example, (albeit an extreme one), I once taught a killer geometry class while fishing. Taught my then six year old all about angles while angling. Living the good life and learning at the same time.

5. Enjoy and cherish the time you have together.

I hope this is somewhat understandable.

[annyokie]

We do these things with our children all the time. For instance, we had an hours long talk about gyroscopes and flight just days ago. (Hubby was a pilot.)