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Newsstand Locations Subscribe Renew Books Advertise Contribute Commentary Editor's Blog Sustainability Statement Ethics Statement Back Issues RSS Feed Natural Life On Facebook Reprints Return to Home Page   Stay informed and inspired with Natural Life and its publisher Life Media. Type in your email address and we'll send you our free e-newsletter. Trusting Children to Learn From Life (selected homeschooling and radical unschooling articles from the archives of Natural Life magazine) Learning to Draw By Observing Nature Living in Nature's School Room Understanding Life Learning by Wendy Priesnitz Challenging Assumptions in Education For the Children's Sake by Leandre Bergeron Beyond Money: Deschooling & the New Society by John Taylor Gatto Vindication of Trust Hope for Heliophobes The Wellsprings of Memory by David Albert The Gifts That Homeschooling Gives Ask Naomi Aldort: Preschool or Not? The Benefits of Boredom by Wendy Priesnitz What Really Matters by John Taylor Gatto Talking About Independent Learning The Natural Paradox Finding My Deschooling Path (at age 15) Leaf Jumpers: A Journey from Home to School and Back A Teacher Questions Compulsory Schooling U of Free The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Rocks the Boat Homeschool Community Learning Center For more articles about life learning and unschooling, visit the Life Learning website. For the Sake of Our Children by Léandre Bergeron, translated by Pamela Levac (foreword by John Taylor Gatto) A journal that chronicles a fascinating year in the life of a rural Quebec radical unschooling (life learning) family. Bergeron is a well-known author and activist who has long advocated for educational, political and social reform. And this book details many of his principles, while providing an inspirational look at how three young girls learn by living. Read an article the author wrote for Natural Life magazine in 1995. Go here for more information about the book. Life Learning: Lessons from the Educational Frontier edited by Wendy Priesnitz - A unique collection of 30 essays about the philosophy and the experience of living the unschoolng lifestyle. These are some of the best articles from the last six years of Life Learning magazine. A great introduction to this progressive style of education, written by parents and young people who have experienced it first hand. Includes learning to read and do math without being taught, the importance of unstructured play, learning when you’re ready, what’s wrong with curriculum, trusting children to do their best naturally, a grandparent’s reaction to unstructured homeschooling, learning in the real world, parents as role models, self-reliance in life and learning, and much more. Go here for more information and to order online with free shipping. Challenging Assumptions in Education by Wendy Priesnitz - Why our assumptions about children and education aren't preparing them for life in the 21st Century. How our assumptions about many aspects of life are crippling both our individuality and our collective well-being. And what parents and policy makers can do to change the situation. This controversial new book challenges readers to revolutionize the public education system, using what homeschoolers have learned about how children learn.  Go here for more information, including a recommendation by John Taylor Gatto, and to order online with free shipping.  School Free – The Home Schooling Handbook by Wendy Priesnitz - An updated edition of the best-selling homeschooling and home-based learning handbook by a well-known deschooling pioneer. All you need to know to help your children learn at home. Homeschooling topics covered include: legalities, guiding self-directed learning, assessment, writing and/or choosing curriculum, computers and learning, dealing with objections, socialization, the teenaged unschooler, dealing with school officials, and much more. An extremely useful, one-of-a-kind guide to home-based, independent learning. This book has received dozens of enthusiastic reviews and hundreds of unsolicited testimonials from parents. Go here for excerpts from some reviews, as well as a table of contents, and to order online with free shipping. July/August 2009 May/June 2009 March/April 2009 January/February 2009 November/December 2008 September/October 2008 July/August 2008 May/June 2008 March/April 2008 January/February 2008 November/December 2007   |  About Us  |  Contact  |  Subscribe  | |  Advertise  |  Contribute  |  Privacy Policy  |