I have submitted an article to Secular Homeschooling Magazine in which I describe the whole idea & practice of “organized unschooling” in detail. Deborah said she really liked the article and it will be appearing in an upcoming issue!!! Woo Hoo!! Be sure to check it out (it’s an awesome magazine)!
In a nutshell, what I mean by Organized Unschooling is: not ignoring YOUR needs for organization. I am a control-freak, always have been (though, with each passing day of living an unschooling life, I have felt my control issues lessen & lessen). I like spreadsheets. I like having a “plan” (however loose of a plan it may be, I like feeling like I have one). So, I give myself everything I need. The key — I force none of it on my children. That’s not to say that my children don’t ever do activities that I have planned. The KEY is that I do not FORCE them to do any of it. If they’re not interested — fine, I drop it.
Encourage everything; Force nothing.
