Birth: July 24, 1953
People learn by playing, thinking and amazing themselves. They learn while they're laughing at something surprising, and they learn while they're won….
Stop thinking schoolishly. Stop acting teacherishly. Stop talking about learning as though it's separate from life..
For those orderly folks who have life all neatly arranged in their heads, who do more accepting than questioning, unschooling is a disturbing thing..
When a child’s life is full of sights, sounds, tastes, smells, textures, people and places, he will learn. When he feels safe and loved, he will lea….
Kids who are in school just visit life sometimes, and then they have to stop to do homework or go to sleep early or get to school on time. They're co….
Unschooling is creating an environment in which children can learn easily and naturally all the time..
School kids don't know the world is a million times bigger than school's version of it..
Given a rich environment, learning becomes like the air—it’s in and around us..
Some people can't leave school because they're carrying it around like a snail and his shell. They live there, still. School became an ingrown, hard ….
When learning is recognized in the fabric of life and encouraged, when families make their decisions based on what leads to more interesting and educ….
The best function of the school in my head, as it turns out, is to remind me where not to dwell. I did my time in and around school, and learned thin….
If your child is more important than your vision of your child, life becomes easier..