This guest post comes to us from another unschooling and traveling mom. So happy we are a growing community. We hope you enjoy this post. For more information about this family, see the links at the end of this post
~Lainie
The World As A Classroom
I was sick of LA.
Not to say Los Angeles doesn’t have some incredible aspects to it. But being stuck in a cramped apartment with a baby, in North Hollywood, wasn’t doing it for me. For any of us. As we began to think about what type of …

What are the benefits of taking an improv class for the traveler?
There are plenty–it’s a skill that encourages and focuses on developing verbal interaction. That means knowing what to say, how to say it, and when. But mostly, it’s about agreeing with whatever is in the flow.

Go with the flow….
And when Miro and I read that there was an Improv class for English speakers, here in Lima, we immediately signed up. Besides being a fun activity we can share with each other, it’s occurred to us, as travelers, improv offers some unique benefits.

Traveling is inevitably …

My Role
I’ve been an unshooling parent now for almost three years. Recently I have found myself reflecting on the role I play in contributing to my son’s education. I do recognize that  ’participating’  means  being hands off in terms of teaching, but it’s really ‘all hands on deck’ in terms of showing up. I have discovered  that as an unschooling parent, I am accountable for being who I am  and contributing a ‘whole self’ to the learning experience.
So this is my responsibility, to be emotionally healthy, to be happy, to be present …

This Raising Miro podcast features an interview between two 12 year old unschooled boys, Miro & Devin Martin. We talk about unschooling & the things one unschooler has learned in Peru.

Recently, Miro was asked by Peter Kowalke, the founder of Unschooler.com to write a guest post.
The article is called :
Respect Me, I am Capable! – Preteen Perspective – Miro Siegel, a preteen traveling around the world, argues that 12-year-olds should get more respect.

Excerpted from the article:

I hate it when people don’t take me seriously, and I know they don’t when they treat me like a child. 12 is an awkward age. It is just short of becoming teenager, and a little too old to be called a child.
Most people don’t …

Interview with Eli Gerzon, an unschooled adult who decided to direct his own education at the age of 15. Episode #24 is Part 3 of the series on the subject of ‘unschooling’. Lainie & Miro explore the concept of child-led education.