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Out of the mouths of babes on redistribution

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This is too funny and cute. Why is it that children understand 'fairness' better than grown ups? Connect with Guerrilla Homeschooling on Facebook!

Which award would you rather win?

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Burdock balls, leaf jumping and pumpkin carving

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What do burdock balls, leaf jumping and pumpkin carving all have in common? As unschoolers they all signified the last remnants of summer and the beginning of our 'official' unschool year. We didn't use the local school calendar to determine our schedule for learning. The way we saw education was that it happens 365 days a year. It didn't make sense to lock ourselves into a meaningless 180 day schedule, nor did we consider classroom learning our only option. In fact, we thought of the world as our school. If we followed any sort of calendar at all it was based on nature. We settled into a routine of structured learning from the time when the leaves fell from the trees until the pussy willows appeared in the spring. That was our unschool year. Any time before or after that was playtime! Time to play, time to travel, time to relax, kick back and let life unfold. There were adventures to live, people to meet and places to explore. We learned lots from our play and travels....

Win a Guerrilla Homeschooling hat!

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Hats by Vistaprint Here's how: During the month of October readers can tell Guerrilla Homeschooling 'why they love unschooling' in 50 words or less. Leave your comments here and the winner will be drawn at random from the best 50 responses on October 31st. Must be 18 or older to qualify and must live in the United States, Canada or UK. Connect with Guerrilla Homeschooling on Facebook!

'Learn Free' is 14 1/2 minutes of pure joy!

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This sweet 14 1/2 minute ditty is titled 'Learn Free' and is an unschooling documentary. These parents have captured the true essence of what unschooling is all about. Kudos to all who produced this little uplifting video of pure joy!   Connect with Guerrilla Homeschooling on Facebook!