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Unschool Australia!
Children living and learning naturally... at home and in the community |
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last updated May 2013
"Everyone crafts a self-directed life doing the things they love to do." Give Unschooling a Try! Do you want to simplify your home education curriculum? Save time 'teaching' your children every day? Are you tired of grumpy kids who won't complete lessons on time and take forever to learn anything? Take advantage of the natural way to learn - the way your kids mastered the most difficult lessons in life during their firts three years... It's easy. It's simple. AND you've already MASTERED the technique! You'll already know from my Homeschool Australia website that I honestly believe that you do not need any special educational qualifications to teach your children at home. And that the only qualification you need is LOVE for your children. Do you qualify? Yes! The most important difference between the classroom your children left behind and your wonderful home learning environment is schools don't, and never will, love your children. They can care for them, look after them and teach them, but the essential successful ingredient in home education is love. I've said it before and I'll say it again - " Love brings success to every learning situation." From the love you offer your children will come the responsibility, commitment and drive to continuously strive for the best education available for your children. Your life-long dedication to your children's health and happiness will drive you to seek out best and most appropriate resources and to facilitate excellent quality learning opportunities and activities for your children. You, too, will become a life-long, passionate learner! And that's the key to successful unschooling too. Learning doesn't happen because we want it to. It doesn't happen because we force it to. Learning doesnt' happen because someone else wants us to learn or think we should... Learning happens because it... simply does! We're learning every moment of every day. Unschoolers and natural learners don't focus on the what, when, how and why of learning. They focus on being in control and taking responsibility for their own learning processes. They are motivated and engaged learners because of this. Sounds good, doesn't it? Want to know how to jump from 'homeschooling' to 'unschooling'? There's nothing to it really. You don't have to DO anything differently - you just have to start THINKING differently. Unschooling is an attitude. Over the next few years I aim to grow this site in the same that over the past decade I have grown my Homeschool Australia website. Basically my philosophy of education is the same, although this website will focus on supporting people ready and willing to leave the industrial age paradigm of education far behind! Either which way, you'll find lots of encouragement, support and friendly advice and information on all of my websites (see www.beverleypaine.com/about for a full list). For a while this site may contain articles also on the Homeschool Australia site - I beg your patience while I sort out my massive archive! Thanks! Unschooling and learning naturally are empowering! Become personally involved in your children's education. Be there to mark those special learning moments. To share in the delight of discovery. To guide your child through the trials and tribulations of childhood. The excitement, the awe, the anticipation, the wonder. Help your children learn at home and in the community today!
From the beginning of May until the end of July I will working on several new exciting projects! In the meantime if you have questions about homeschooling, natural learning or unschooling please join one of the above online support groups - Tamara and April and others will be able to assist you. Or contact or join the Home Education Association of Australia or your state or local home education organisation or group (see State Information for details).
All of the articles now published on ALL of my websites and blogs are now included in my quarterly journal: Homeschool~Unschool~Australia! Subscription is $18 for 4 printed issues, $12 for the e-version. Latest articles posted on this site:
Please check our full list of articles and don't forget to visit our sister site Homeschool Australia with its archive of over 700 articles on all aspects of educating your children at home and in the community.
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Pioneering members of the home education movement in Australia, Beverley and Robin Paine are passionate advocates of true educational choice for families. They began homeschooling their children in 1986 and three years later started the South Australian Home Based Learners network. Beverley wrote Getting Started with Homeschooling in 1995-97 and since then continues to write books and booklets on home education. She balances spending time helping home educators with working in her garden and renovating her home, as well as continuing to build her collection of writing on a variety of homeschooling subjects. Beverley maintains an extensive collection of websites as well as several Yahoo groups supporting families teaching their children at home. In 2007 Beverley joined the HEA and was a committee member for three years during which time she edited and produced the HEA Newsletter, Stepping Stones for Home Educators magazine, annual Resource Directory and other HEA publications. If you'd like to keep in touch with what Beverley is up to her in her life, sign up for the Homeschool Australia Newsletter or visit her Homeschool Australia Facebook page.
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