Christian Unschooling

by Teri Brown, with Elissa Wahl

Christian Unschooling is just exactly what I needed to read when I first received a copy of it. As a Christian who is committed to homeschooling, (although not totally for religious reasons) yet struggling with the idea of allowing unschooling to become our method of learning, this book was, well.... a Godsend.

The book is divided into two main sections, with an excellent resource guide at the end included. Part One covers the whys and hows of unschooling, while Part Two is a collection of essays from unschooling families around the country.

Brown and Wahl begin with a loose collection of "definitions" of unschooling, especially in a Christian home, and also what unschooling is not. For those of you unfamiliar with the concept of unschooling, I'll give you my own brief definition here: Unschooling is allowing your child's interests and particular methods of learning to determine what and how they will learn. It is often called "child-led learning". The methods and types of unschooling are probably as varied as the methods of traditional homeschoolers, and I won't try to list them all here. It is not allowing your child to play dictator with his schooling, or allowing them to do nothing but play and watch TV all day, but rather it is the parents taking the cues of the child and letting them set the tone for what should be learned and in what way.

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