Tag Archives: unschool

Boredom Schmoredom (with Wood and Clay)

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

Can you guess what these are? Of course not, right? Well, they’re the Fimo People that Xi and Echo created the other day with the help of some unemployed wooden blocks they’d picked up from the living room floor. They’ve … Continue reading →

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Curiosity Never Killed a Cat (nor Undercut a Relationship)

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

The other day I wrote a post about letting kids express their curosity, and drive to explore, and entertaining as many of their questions as humanly possible – whether they are asking if the moon is really made of cheese … Continue reading →

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Plays Well with Others…

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

I’m eventually going to write a book (or at least a chapter of one) taking apart, limb by limb, the current idea of “socialization” as defined by making our children spend all day with 30 other kids their age and … Continue reading →

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The Family that Schools at Home pt III

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

Here is the final installment in the epic tale of how we handle education in our home. You’ll no doubt remember (or easily be able to jump back and find out using the following links) that in Part I and … Continue reading →

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The Family that Schools at Home pt II

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

As I’ve continued to think about how best to present what follows, I have had immense difficulty containing what really is a fairly encompassing look at how we live our entire family life. As I pointed out in the first … Continue reading →

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The Family that Schools at Home pt I

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

So last week I mentioned that I would get back to this discussion on the kind of schooling we do in our home. We call it “unschool” because that is the philosophy that most broadly describes our version of educating … Continue reading →

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A Return to Cro-Magnon Education

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Nathan M McTague, CPCC, CPDPE, CMNEC

There’s been a lot of hubbub in the blogosphere and in news media, lately, about education. Primarily, the discussion has been aimed at how we ought to reinforce the public education system in efforts to bolster test scores, take back … Continue reading →

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