Couchsurfed with an unschooling family of two tween-aged boys. They were sooooooooo polite, gracious, good with the kids, helpful around the house without being asked, set the table, made pancakes in the morning, cleaned up the kids' mess, helped carry our luggage - then spent their free time reading or working on their robotics stuff. Told us about living on a sailboat for three years, doing roadtrips around the country, going to museums, taking art classes and music lessons and culture lectures, can't wait to travel to Europe again, volunteer in the community maintaining the trails, etc. Was so awesome to meet a "real live unschooling family" and see how well its working for them.
I don't think I'll be able to do 100% willy-nilly unschooling - I need some kind of structure in my life. Even if its just a weekly checklist - did something related to math, science, history, arts/culture, language, etc. Will definitely do lots of museums and roadtrips, "projects" or "reports", reading, "internships", etc.
So exciting!
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I loved reading about the real life unschooling family, so rad! And thanks for the summary of the cool places to live, that's so valuable!
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