Sunday, July 24, 2005

New Unschooling Resources Group

I have just created a Yahoo group for the discussion of cool unschooling resources. After searching and searching, I was unable to find a place that gathered together all the most interesting games, books, websites, toys, movies, manipulatives, and whatnots for unschoolers. Every resource group I found (and there were only a few) were for general homeschoolers - not unschoolers. And, most of those lists had been dead for quite a while, taken over by His Royal Spamminess.

That said, I finally decided to create Unschooling Resources. I've also devoted several pages at the Live Free Learn Free website to listing the resources that members suggest. Here's the description from the Unschooling Resources group:

Found a great board game? Know when a cool show will be on? How about that awesome book your son just finished reading? Here's a place to share what you've found and to discover even more ways to feed your children's passions! Games (of all sorts), books, science equipment, websites, television shows, art supplies, toys, movies, math manipulatives, magazines, etc.... LOTS of etc!

Has your family developed a cool game using spoons, strawberry baskets and beanbags? Tell us about it! Found a great touring exhibit? Fallen in love with a comic book? Found the perfect crayon? Discovered a new science fiction series your daughter just can't get enough of? This is the place to post about it!

Also, if your child suddenly develops a passion for dinosaurs, astronomy, 1950s musicals, calculus, interior decorating, King Tut, Kiwi birds, dragons, or the Union army, this is the place to ask for resource suggestions!

What this group is NOT about: worksheets/workbooks, links to attendance sheets, gradebooks or planners, curriculum of any sort, discussions of home/unschooling theory, discussions of home/unschooling in general, advertising businesses, etc. There are many other lists devoted to these things.


3 Comments:

At July 25, 2005 4:07 PM, Blogger julie persons said...

Yahoo for "Yahoo", we are on our way over to sign up NOW!!! Thanks Julie
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/juliepersons/

 
At August 19, 2005 6:00 PM, Blogger julie persons said...

I have been sooo enjoying the unschooling resources, thanks so much!!!! Cheers, Julie
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/juliepersons/

 
At August 19, 2005 7:17 PM, Blogger Shana said...

Thanks, Julie! It's been a lot of fun so far. I just know I'm going to end up with a wish list a mile long!

 

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