Some of our Creators on The Unschooler’s Emporium have sent

in unschooling articles for you to enjoy!

Tara Wagner is a mother, partner, photographer, writer and unschooling coach. She offers phone coaching for parents interested in moving towards unschooling and mindful parenting. She and her family travel the country full-time, working and learning independently and living a passionate, authentic life. She blogs at http://theorganicsister.com. Check out Tara’s unschooling services here.

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Pat Farenga and his wife have learned at home with their three girls, now ages 23, 20, and 17. In addition to writing for GWS for twenty years, Pat has written many articles and book chapters for publications. Check out Pat’s unschooling items here.

  • Pat’s article is on: Unschooling Science ~ The point of this story is that we don’t need an expert curriculum, fancy lab equipment, and highly trained science teachers to help our children learn important facts about science…..Read More Here

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Pam Laricchia is living joyfully and unschooling (since 2002) alongside her wonderful family. She and her hubby have three terrific kids and home is a five acre plot of protected wetland and cedar forest in Ontario, Canada that we have dubbed Alternate Universe. Check out Pam’s Unschooling items here to learn more about Unschooling.

  • Pam’s article is on: “What? No Bedtimes?!” ~ “No bedtimes” is not about not telling them what to do, it’s about giving them a safe and comfortable environment in which they can learn to feel their body’s cues and respond to them accordingly; it’s about helping them learn about themselves…….Read More Here

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Naomi Aldort is the author of, Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves. Her advice columns are published in progressive parenting magazines worldwide. Aldort offers guidance and counseling by phone/Skype internationally regarding all ages, babies through teens: attachment parenting; natural learning; peaceful and powerful parent-child relationships and more. Products, counseling, and free newsletter: www.authenticparent.com. See all of Naomi Aldort’s unschooling products here.

  • Naomi’s article is on: Free To Socialize In Real Society ~ Most schooled children feel intimidated by adults and older children, seeing them as a controlling authority. In contrast, unschooled children feel at ease as they communicate with humans of all ages from day one. They are respectful not out of fear, but out of their authentic joy in being with people……Read More Here

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Sara McGrath, author of The Unschooling Happiness Project, lives near Seattle with her husband and three daughters.

  • Sara’s article is on: My Unschooling Journey ~ Cradling my precious baby in my arms, I knew that I would never hand over responsibility for her care to someone who didn’t love her (even though, at that point, I still pretended that I might make some conventional parenting choices)……..Read More Here

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Diana BunnyKissd is a 30-something graphic artist, scrapper, crafter, writer, sometimes disguised as a substitute teacher, trying to figure out how to reconcile my passions with making a living. She lives in the country with her partner and their four still-at-home, unschooled kids, three cats, and a Guinea pig. See all of Diana’s unschooling products here.

  • Diana’s article is on: My Unschooling Reality ~ People in the unschooling community often talk about the stages of unschooling. The first stage is of course discovering unschooling, reading all you can about it, and then putting it into practice…….Read More Here

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Jan Hunt, M.Sc., offers telephone counseling worldwide, with a focus on parenting, unschooling, and personal matters. She is the Director of The Natural Child Project and author of The Natural Child: Parenting from the Heart and A Gift for Baby.

  • Jan’s article is on: Ten Tips For New Unschooling Parents ~ Because few of today’s unschooling parents were unschooled themselves, they may have many fears about their own competence to create a rewarding learning environment. These fears are based on the parent’s inexperience with unschooling as well as on the false assumptions about learning that their school experiences taught them years ago…… Read More Here