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Except When It’s Not: Unschooling and The Essential Knowledge Debate [ Rosalie Schultz ] The Family Hammock [ Ann Schuster ] Reaching Their Potential Through Mud: A backyard creek bed provides powerful lessons for the future [ Libby Searles-Bohs ] The Hybrid Commute: Bike Commuting Doesn’t Have to be “All or Nothing” [ Brant Secunda ] Connecting Children With Nature [ Patty Born Selly ] On the Simple Joys of Tree Climbing [ Christy Severn-Martinez ] How Much Math is Enough? [ Christy Severn-Martinez ] Saving Brianna: How Public School Failed My Daughter and Life Learning Saved Her [ Aline Shaw ] Blooming Beauties [ Aline Shaw ] The Art of Educational Illusions [ Theresa Shea ] Am I Giving Them Enough? When Unschooling Feels Like Unparenting [ Theresa Shea ] Enough is Enough: Teaching Children the Valuable Skill of Quitting [ Theresa Shea ] From Skipping School to Choosing School [ Theresa Shea ] Paw Prints: Greening Your Dog's Life: With a Smaller Eco Footprint [ Vanessa Sheets ] Parenting A Child With Food Sensitivities [ Susannah Sheffer ] Learning to Write in Freedom [ Susannah Sheffer ] Writing as Sanctuary [ Susan Rich Sheridan ] The Scribble Hypothesis: Invisible Brain Building [ Rosie Sherry ] Notes From Our Deschooling Process [ Saira Siddiqui ] A Toy-Free Learning Experiment [ Bonnie Silva ] China Walks on the Moon: A Life Learner Tries School [ Anna Simmonds ] Jack-of-all-Trades Learning [ Isa Sinclair ] Life Learning for a Child with Sensory Integration Challenges [ Indra Singh ] Dealing With PMS the Natural Way [ Indra Singh ] Yoga For Children [ David Snieckus ] Our Kitchens As Wellness Centers [ Liz Snyder ] Real Food, Real Kids, Real Love: Ten (surprising!) ways to raise a healthy eater [ Liz Snyder ] Real Food, Real Kids, Real Love: Ten surprising ways to raise a healthy eater [ Liz Snyder ] The Gifts of Creativity and Simple Living [ Mona Sobkowich ] It Takes a Community to Help Children Learn: Creating a Community Learning Center for Homeschooling Families [ Kalpna Solanki ] Pain is Not Normal: Breastfeeding and dreading every feed? You’re not alone! [ Amy Spang ] Unschooling and the Flow of Self-Directed Learning [ Jim Strickland ] A Teacher Questions Compulsory Schooling [ Jim Strickland ] A Week in the Life of a Life Learning Teen [ Jim Strickland ] Hope for Heliophobes and Life After Video Games [ Jim Strickland ] In Search of Great Skills: How we are separating learning and growth from the natural process of living [ Jim Strickland ] The Dark Side of Schooling: The damage school does to individuals and democracy and how to fix it [ Jim Strickland ] What is Your Community Teaching You About Sustainability? [ Wayne Swanson ] Yesterday [ Eva Swidler ] Learning About Culture & Community: Unschooling in the Real World [ Eva Swidler ] Life Learning and History [ Eva Swidler ] Re-imagining School: Public Educators & Unschoolers May Have Much in Common [ Tammy Takahashi ] Low Marks for Good Grades [ Tammy Takahashi ] Unschooling Helps Children Achieve Full Personhood [ Holly Tellander ] Un-Sanity: Five Daily Practices of Unstressed Unschoolers [ Alan Thomas ] Learning Informally [ Alan Thomas ] Learning to Read Without Being Taught [ Rob Thomas ] The Past, Present, and Future of the School Playground [ Junnine Thomas-Walters ] Come and be an Animal – You haven’t done it Today: Is Role-Play Really Play? [ Rashel Tremblay ] Diaper Free: There Is Another Choice [ Rashel Tremblay ] Rethinking, Revising, & Revisioning The 3Rs [ Rashel Tremblay ] We Eat Weeds [ Sue Truscott ] Are There Holes in Their Education? [ Penny Tuggle ] Homeschooling as Redemption [ Roger Turner ] Have Your "Special Needs" Child's Head Examined: Cranio-Sacral Therapy Can Solve Learning Disabilities [ Martina Tyrrell ] Learning by Doing: Lessons from my Inuit Teachers [ Martina Tyrrell ] Learning from Dolphins: Life Learning at Sea [ Jane Van Benthusen ] Free-Range Learning: A Dialogue [ Jane Van Benthusen ] Unschooled Teens Learning On The Job [ Benjamin Vogt ] Five Steps to Obtaining an Almost Maintenance-Free Landscape [ Annee von Borg ] Volunteering Service to the Community [ Lauren Wales ] The Value of Knowledge: Why Aaron Mattered [ John Walker ] Time to Power Down? [ Junyee Wang ] Permaculture: Living and Growing With the Natural World; Living and Growing With the Natural World [ David Wann ] Cover It Up! Protect Your Organic Garden With Mulches and Cover Crops [ David Wann ] Overfed but Undernourished: Re-inventing How We Look at Food [ Kim Weaver ] Re-remembering: Not to Burden Our Life Learning Kids with Our Expectations [ Christopher Wehkamp ] Three Ways a Dirt Pile is Better than Toys [ Laura Grace Weldon ] Create a Lasting Family History [ Laura Grace Weldon ] Dandelions: Good for Body and Soul [ Laura Grace Weldon ] Fostering A Child’s Unique Gifts [ Laura Grace Weldon ] Fried Dandelion Blossoms [ Laura Grace Weldon ] Frugal Kids: Five Ways That Simple, Frugal Living Benefits Kids [ Laura Grace Weldon ] Making Peace in Your Life and in the World [ Laura Grace Weldon ] Organized Sports Aren’t Play [ Laura Grace Weldon ] The Boy With No Toys [ Laura Grace Weldon ] The Drive To Discover [ Laura Grace Weldon ] Where Fascination Leads [ Laura Grace Weldon ] Will Fracking Affect My Family? [ Mary R. Wendt ] Meat May Cause Cancer - Now What? Ten Doctor-Approved Tips to Successfully and Healthfully Reduce Your Meat Intake [ Suki Wessling ] Life Learning in the Internet Age [ Suki Wessling ] Re-educating the Inner Reluctant Homeschooler [ Lael Whitehead ] Children and Power: Raising powerful, self-directed, compassionate individuals [ Lael Whitehead ] Don’t Praise, Celebrate! [ Cadmon Whitty ] I Wrapped My House in Straw [ Teresa L. Wiedrick ] Off the Beaten Path: Learning from a Trip to Kenya [ Susan Wight ] Just Playing [ Susan Wight ] Liberate Your Education: Unschooling Is Not One-Size-Fits-All [ Sarah Wilkinson ] Let Them Sing [ Christine Williams ] What I Learned in One Day at Kindergarten [ Stephanie Williamson ] Reading for Pleasure versus Reading for School [ Theresa Willingham ] Home Learning Walden-Style [ Theresa Willingham ] What’s Right With Being Wrong [ Wendy Wisner ] Better Breastfeeding: On Latching [ Wendy Wisner ] How to Get Through A Nursing Strike: What to do when your little one temporarily refuses to breastfeed [ Wendy Wisner ] Is it Normal Not to Like Breastfeeding? [ Wendy Wisner ] Small Space Living: Making Peace with 600 Square Feet [ Wendy Wisner ] Sore Nipples: Causes and Treatments [ Wendy Wisner ] The Benefits of Breastfeeding [ Wendy Wisner ] The First Week of Breastfeeding [ Lyla Wolfenstein ] Dabbling, Digging Deep and Quitting: The Real Costs of Parental Pressure [ Linda Woolven ] How to Rev Up Your Immunity: Using Herbs, Vitamins, and Other Natural Strategies [ Eileen Wosnack ] Bringing Nature Into Your Home [ Eileen Wosnack ] The Spirit of Interior Design: Building an Organic Color Scheme [ Eileen Wosnack ] The Spirit of Interior Design: Sleep Goes Green [ Eileen Wosnack ] Window Coverings That Are Stylish and Eco-Friendly [ Jeanne Yardley ] Apples and Oranges: An Intergenerational Dialogue about Competition and Learning [ Jeanne Yardley ] Did Einstein’s Mommy Worry? [ Patricia Zaballos ] Homeschooling My MFA: Be Your Own Best Teacher [ Patricia Zaballos ] How do Kids Really Learn to Write? [ Eva Zemlya ] A Mother Just Knows [ Nathalie Zur Nedden ] Learning to Build [ Nathalie Zur Nedden ] The Mocha Moms: Studying Black Homeschooling; An Interview with Monica Wells Kisura