Home - The First School

Jamaican journalist and author Barbara Blake Hannah writes about her unschooling experiences in Home - The First School

Mary Griffith, in her book The Un-schooling Handbook - How To Use The Whole World As Your Child's Classroom, noted that "unconventional learners took a variety of paths for their education".

Some, she said, "had formal tutors to present material their families thought necessary for their education. Some read widely and voraciously. Others accompanied their parents in their work or on their travels; their 'lessons' were simply side effects of the way they spent their time".

It's this same style of unstructured, holistic 'education' that I raised my son with, thinking I was 'home-schooling' him and not even knowing that I was actually un-schooling him. I had no formal programme, and I just did what seemed necessary at the time to teach him what he needed. Most of my work was done by reading books to him.

Read more excerpts from the book here.