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http://news.yahoo.com/video/health-15749655/extreme-parenting-radical-unschooling-19218933
warning: there is a 30 sec. ad at the beginninng of the video... for those who don't want to sit through it, i've attached a Wikipedia article on Unschooling:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unschooling
basically the kid gets to design his or her own curriculum, or can just play all day-- the idea being that the kid will naturally gravitate towards learning the things that he or she has an aptitude for.... What say you?
http://news.yahoo.com/video/health-15749655/extreme-parenting-radical-unschooling-19218933
warning: there is a 30 sec. ad at the beginninng of the video... for those who don't want to sit through it, i've attached a Wikipedia article on Unschooling:
Unschooling refers to a range of educational philosophies and practices centered on allowing children to learn through their natural life experiences, including child directed play, game play, household responsibilities, work experience and social interaction, rather than through a more traditional school curriculum. Unschooling encourages exploration of activities led by the children themselves, facilitated by the adults. Unschooling differs from conventional schooling principally in the thesis that standard curricula and conventional grading methods, as well as other features of traditional schooling, are counterproductive to the goal of maximizing the education of each child.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unschooling
basically the kid gets to design his or her own curriculum, or can just play all day-- the idea being that the kid will naturally gravitate towards learning the things that he or she has an aptitude for.... What say you?