Unschooling Blogs, Podcasts, and Websites
There is an incredible variety of support for unschooling online and some writers have ideas that may not be helpful to you, though they might be to others. With that in mind, rather than act as a gatekeeper to maintain the purity of unschooling (whatever that might be!), I provide this inclusive, broad list to help you find the support you want for unschooling—namely, not doing school at home. This is just meant to be a starting point for your research, not an exhaustive resource. If you have suggestions for blogs and websites to add, please email them to me.
These are sites to inspire you to seek or create your own real-life activities, child-inspired fun, and camaraderie instead of striving for grades day after day.
African-American Unschoolers
"African-American Unschooling is THE Internet resource for African-American Homeschoolers with an Africentric approach to learning all the time. "
Akilah Richards
Akilah Richards "is an intersectional feminist writer with a keen focus on amplifying the spectrum of black and brown voices in the self-directed education (unschooling) movement."
BestHomeschooling.org
A fantastic collection of articles and links curated by veteran homeschooler Lillian Jones.
Blake Boles Off-Trail Learning Podcast. Interviews with self-directed learners, innovative educators, and young people blazing their own paths through life.
CarolBlack.org
A film maker (Schooling the World) and writer whose work and studies with indigenous people deeply inform her advocacy for "what the modern world has forgotten about children and learning."
Christian Unschooling
A simple site that describes in personal detail a family's growth into unschoolers.
City Kids Homeschooling
Kerry McDonald writes about learning with her three young children in urban settings, and brings her unique background as a corporate trainer, author, and education policy consultant.
Crunchy Domestic Goddess
Thought and wit about parenting and many other topics from an unschooling mother and environmental activist.
Scott Noelle, a family counselor, writes: "When I realized that parents need daily reminders to change their way of thinking about children and parenting, The Daily Groove was born … I teach creative empowerment strategies that can transform your parenting and all your relationships. To keep it simple, we focus on four positive pathways to power: Partnership, Authenticity, Trust, and Heart."
Dayna Martin
Dayna writes about radical unschooling, her work as The UnNanny, and is the organizer for the Rethinking Everything conference.
Do Life Right
Lisa Cottrell-Bentley is a publisher, speaker, and unschooler who offers one on one e-mail counseling services for people striving to live a vegan lifestyle and/or an Unschooling Lifestyle. Her family has written a fiction series featuring homeschoolers, which is available at her site.
EDiT—Education in Transformation
A YouTube channel amplifying the self-directed education movement through video storytelling.
Education Revolution
Jerry Mintz and Peter Berg host discussions about different facets of learner-centered education.
Exploring Unschooling. Pam Laricchia’s podcast featuring interviews, information, and inspiration about unschooling.
Each One Thrives
Meredith Collins, a former editor of GWS, writes a fascinating blog about "what we can do for each child until school gets better—or in case it never does—so that every one thrives no matter what or when." Her thoughts about math are particularly helpful.
Free Range Learning
Laura Grace Weldon's website and book, Free Range Learning, will help ease your fears about letting your children learn naturally and introduce you to families and resources that advocate for a child's right to learn naturally.
This Golden Hour
Tim Eaton offers a free eBook course, writing, videos, and consulting about how to customize homeschooling to fit each child and adapt it over time.
I’m unschooled. Yes, I can write.
Idzie Desmarais is a 21 year old lifelong learner who lives in Montreal, Quebec and maintains this interesting blog about her life and learning.
Interest-Led Learning
Christina Pilkington writes about her family's exploration of the world through community-based learning. She also publishes a useful daily newsletter, The Interest Led Learning Daily.
JohnHoltGWS.com
News and information about the life and work of John Holt, self-directed learning, unschooling, and the complete collection of Growing Without Schooling magazine.
Learn in Freedom
A great resource for "how to use your own initiative in learning, so you can use schools and teachers just when they are helpful to you, and voluntarily chosen by you."
Living Joyfully with Unschooling
Pam Laricchia, a Canadian unschooler, has many thoughtful posts and ideas about living and learning with children with unschooling as "more of a lifestyle than homeschooling method."
The Natural Child Project
Many articles and resources about compassionate parenting and natural learning.
Not Back To School Camp
Grace Llewellyn’s camp is a life changing and life affirming opportunity for many teenagers.
Radical Unschoolers Network
Support not just for unschooling, but for how to live an unconventional life.
Rachel Rainbolt. The Sage Family Podcast. Sharing meaningful conversations with inspiring and insightful friends around gentle parenting, unschooling, and simple living.
Sandra Dodd.com
Ideas and principles about unschooling that Dodd has developed.
Stories of an Unschooling Family. Sue Elvis hosts a podcast about radical unschooling.
Sue Patterson
A mother whose unschooled children are now adults writes thoughtfully on a variety of topics related to education and raising children. You can join the Unschooling Blog Carnival from her site.
Unschooled
Nicholas Bergson-Shilcock, a life-long unschooler, lives in NY where he operates the Recurse Center for budding and experienced computer programmers.
The Unschoolers Emporium
Books, recordings, and materials made by and for unschoolers.
Unschooling.com
Connected to Home Education Magazine, this site is devoted to support all unschoolers.
Unschooling Adventures
Blake Boles (author of Better Than College) provides international trips and retreats for people aged 14 to 22 and older.
Unschooling Catholics
Their site's tag line: "Where Catholicism and Unschooling meet."
Unschooling Circuit Riders
This Yahoo group lists all the state-wide and larger unschooling conferences currently going on.
UnschoolingNYC
Amy Brougher Milstein's musings and descriptions about learning in Manhattan.
Use Your Outside Voice!
Living authentically with children and rejecting the school model of relationship.
Wendy Priesnitz.com
A long-time publisher and author about unschooling, self-directed learning, and green family living. Her blogs contain much wisdom and many resources.
What To Do Instead of School
Blake Boles' newest site provides daily inspiration "a fun, productive, and meaningful suggestion for what you can do with your time instead of (or in addition to) going to school or college."
Whole Family Learning
Kerry McDonald writes about unschooling, learning centers, and related education issues. Her latest book is Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Classroom
