Homeschooling Our Children Unschooling Ourselves

This is an awesome book to read if you are thinking about homeschooling or even if you already are homeschooling. It was written by a teacher that unschools. She tells of how she decided to homeschool her children because of things she was observing. I highly recommend this book, especially if you are struggling with whether you will be able to teach your children all they need to know.

This is the book that verbalizes what so many of us do but have a hard time explaining to questioning relatives, friends, and just the people in the world that wonder why our four children are out and about town in the middle of the school day. As a former teacher for 7 years in public and private schools, I can relate to the agonizing experiences of having to encourage frustrated students to struggle through concepts for... Read Full Review

I found this book inspiring -- a great story of an unschooling family's journey through their children's development!Having been through the controversial practice of unschooling (and now with two grown, successful children to show for it) the author has much wisdom and insight to share. I couldn't put this book down and read the entire thing in one weekend (no small feat with 3 small children!). I borrowed this book from... Read Full Review

The most convincing evangelist is a reformed sinner, and Alison McKee, herself a practicing teacher, comes across as a most credible proponent of homeschooling in this consistently insightful book. No vapid cheerleading here. Like many another anxious parent, McKee and her husband suffer from uncertainties while seeking that elusive balance between structure and free exploration as their two children progress through the... Read Full Review

This is a wonderful inspirational story of one family's journey through unschooling beginning at their decision to homeschool. This book is not really about the hows of homeschooling, but more about the whys. Reading this book completely reaffirmed our decision to homeschool. It helped us see that a traditional mode of education isn't necessary to help our children become happy well-rounded educated people. This would... Read Full Review