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reading roundup

04Apr
2

Dare to be different: Homeschool learning from literary rebels throughout history

A collection of books from Candlewick Press gave our homeschooling family a chance to talk about being different through an exploration of literary rebels throughout history.

15May
2

The bookshelves of a house of unschooling bibliophiles

Take a peek at the bookshelves of an unschooling family that loves books of all sorts.

04Aug
23

The unschooled version of an eighth-grade-ish curriculum plan for 2013-14

We don’t do grade levels. We don’t do textbooks. Here’s our unschooling plan for what we might do in what is something like our “eighth-grade” year.

27Jan
10

What we’re reading: Buck-A-Book Week edition

During the 2013 Buck-A-Book Week fundraiser, Ashar collected more than $175 for our local literacy council through her reading efforts.

31Dec
10

What we’re reading: Welcome 2013 edition

We’re reading about everything from unlikely animal friendships to alchemy this month in our family.

25Nov
3

What we’re reading: Lazy days edition

In December 2012, our family read a lot about the American Girl doll Kit, as well as some Ruth Manning-Sanders fairy tales.

30Oct
8

What we’re reading: Bookshelf rotation edition

In October, our family read Neil Armstrong’s biography, several Life of Fred books, and autobiographies of Buzz Aldrin and hacker Kevin Mitnick.

21Sep
10

Biographies, biographies, biographies!

Our family’s reading includes a lot of biographies – what a great way to learn in our homeschool!

15Aug
15

But where do we keep the school supplies?

Our unschooling lifestyle doesn’t lend itself to a school “room.” But you know what we do have? Books. And lots of bookshelves. Here’s the tour.

06Aug
44

The unschooled version of a seventh-grade-ish curriculum plan for 2012-13

We don’t do grade levels. We don’t do textbooks. Here’s our radical unschooling 7th grade-ish plan, heavy on travel, movies, books and fun.

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Hi from the Conciliotto family – a collection of humans and cats starring Ashar, who has been learning with us at home since Feb. 29, 2012. We haven’t looked back since that “Leap Day Leap” out of public school.

We consider ourselves secular unschoolers, or life learners, and the coolest thing about our untraditional approach (besides the ability to stay up til 2 a.m. and sleep late!) is that we’re ALL learning in ways we’d never have expected.

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