{"id":70728,"date":"2020-05-10T11:55:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T15:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=70728"},"modified":"2020-05-10T11:57:20","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T15:57:20","slug":"what-is-unschooling-a-parents-guide-to-child-led-home-education-harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2020\/05\/10\/what-is-unschooling-a-parents-guide-to-child-led-home-education-harris\/","title":{"rendered":"What is unschooling? A parents guide to child-led home education [Harris]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/unschooling-parents-guide-child-led-194033514.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>What is unschooling? A parents guide to child-led home education<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from yahoo.com by Nicole Harris<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Unschooling is a form of homeschooling that emphasizes a child\u2019s interests, rather than a structured academic curriculum. \u201cIt\u2019s a curiosity-led approach to education that relies on the natural creativity of young people,\u201d says Krystal Dillard, co-director of\u00a0the\u00a0Natural Creativity Center, an unschooling center in Philadelphia. \u201cThere is no prescribed curriculum; rather, children are empowered to explore with adults offering guidance along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Parents who practice unschooling don\u2019t set aside hours or places for education. Instead, they encourage learning as a natural part of everyday life. \u201cAs a result, self-directed education looks different for everyone, and can constitute anything from climbing a tree to building a computer to producing a film,\u201d says Dillard. Unschooling can happen in the home, in the yard, at unschooling centers, or virtually anywhere else.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>\u201cAs a result, self-directed education looks different for everyone, and can constitute anything from climbing a tree to building a computer to producing a film,\u201d says Dillard. Unschooling can happen in the home, in the yard, at unschooling centers, or virtually anywhere else.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50273 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MoreChoiceMoreControl-DSC2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MoreChoiceMoreControl-DSC2.jpg 434w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/MoreChoiceMoreControl-DSC2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is unschooling? A parents guide to child-led home education &#8212; from yahoo.com by Nicole Harris Excerpt: Unschooling is a form of homeschooling that emphasizes a child\u2019s interests, rather than a structured academic curriculum. \u201cIt\u2019s a curiosity-led approach to education that relies on the natural creativity of young people,\u201d says Krystal Dillard, co-director of\u00a0the\u00a0Natural Creativity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[343,347,373,419,46,102,7,510,423,199,406,560,279,226,480,66,40,445],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-education-reform","category-homeschoolinghomeschoolers","category-ideas-teaching","category-k-12-related","category-learning","category-learning-ecosystem","category-learning-from-the-living-class-room","category-love-of-learning","category-more-voice-more-choice-more-control","category-motivation","category-parents-guardians","category-participation","category-passions","category-society","category-student-related","category-technologies-for-your-home","category-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70728"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70731,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70728\/revisions\/70731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}