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How Children Learn (Classics in Child Development) How Children Learn (Classics in Child Development)
by (shelved 28 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,544 ratings — published 1967
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The Unschooling Handbook : How to Use the Whole World As Your Child's Classroom The Unschooling Handbook : How to Use the Whole World As Your Child's Classroom (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,459 ratings — published 1998
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Teach Your Own: The John Holt Book Of Homeschooling Teach Your Own: The John Holt Book Of Homeschooling (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,728 ratings — published 1981
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The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,365 ratings — published 1991
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Learning All the Time Learning All the Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,408 ratings — published 1989
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Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.14 — 12,130 ratings — published 2002
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How Children Fail (Classics in Child Development) How Children Fail (Classics in Child Development)
by (shelved 22 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,998 ratings — published 1964
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The Unschooling Unmanual The Unschooling Unmanual (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.94 — 378 ratings — published 2008
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Home Grown: Adventures in Parenting off the Beaten Path, Unschooling, and Reconnecting with the Natural World Home Grown: Adventures in Parenting off the Beaten Path, Unschooling, and Reconnecting with the Natural World (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,655 ratings — published 2014
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Free to Learn: Five Ideas for a Joyful Unschooling Life Free to Learn: Five Ideas for a Joyful Unschooling Life (ebook)
by (shelved 16 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.00 — 336 ratings — published 2012
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Sandra Dodd's Big Book of Unschooling Sandra Dodd's Big Book of Unschooling (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.17 — 242 ratings — published 2009
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Parenting a Free Child: An Unschooled Life Parenting a Free Child: An Unschooled Life
by (shelved 12 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.23 — 95 ratings — published 2005
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Instead of Education: Ways to Help People Do Things Better Instead of Education: Ways to Help People Do Things Better (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.08 — 557 ratings — published 1977
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Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,149 ratings — published 2019
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Free to Live: Create a Thriving Unschooling Home Free to Live: Create a Thriving Unschooling Home (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.09 — 127 ratings — published 2013
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Radical Unschooling: A Revolution Has Begun Radical Unschooling: A Revolution Has Begun (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.62 — 221 ratings — published 2009
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Raising Free People: Unschooling as Liberation and Healing Work Raising Free People: Unschooling as Liberation and Healing Work (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.47 — 542 ratings — published
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Unschooling Rules: 55 Ways to Unlearn What We Know About Schools and Rediscover Education Unschooling Rules: 55 Ways to Unlearn What We Know About Schools and Rediscover Education (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,060 ratings — published 2010
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Free Range Learning How Homeschooling Changes Everything Free Range Learning How Homeschooling Changes Everything (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.90 — 435 ratings — published 2010
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The Call of the Wild and Free: Reclaiming Wonder in Your Child's Education The Call of the Wild and Free: Reclaiming Wonder in Your Child's Education (ebook)
by (shelved 8 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.31 — 10,494 ratings — published 2019
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Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through The Dark World of Compulsory Schooling Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through The Dark World of Compulsory Schooling (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.23 — 3,424 ratings — published 2008
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Guerrilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School Guerrilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.90 — 511 ratings — published 2001
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Homeschooling Our Children Unschooling Ourselves Homeschooling Our Children Unschooling Ourselves (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.92 — 292 ratings — published 2002
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The Unprocessed Child: Living Without School The Unprocessed Child: Living Without School (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.68 — 88 ratings — published 2003
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The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.17 — 6,430 ratings — published 2019
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What is Unschooling?: Living and Learning without School What is Unschooling?: Living and Learning without School (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.96 — 323 ratings — published
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Escape from Childhood Escape from Childhood (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.03 — 266 ratings — published 1974
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Deschooling Society Deschooling Society (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.98 — 3,489 ratings — published 1971
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Real Lives: Eleven Teenagers Who Don't Go to School Tell Their Own Stories Real Lives: Eleven Teenagers Who Don't Go to School Tell Their Own Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.86 — 136 ratings — published 1993
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Changing Our Minds: How children can take control of their own learning Changing Our Minds: How children can take control of their own learning (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.32 — 376 ratings — published
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Why Are You Still Sending Your Kids to School? Why Are You Still Sending Your Kids to School? (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.25 — 268 ratings — published
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Balanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children Balanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.17 — 5,687 ratings — published 2016
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Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.16 — 9,055 ratings — published 2005
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Deschooling Our Lives Deschooling Our Lives (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.08 — 118 ratings — published 1995
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The Unschooling Journey: A Field Guide The Unschooling Journey: A Field Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.29 — 48 ratings — published
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Life through the Lens of Unschooling: A Living Joyfully Companion Life through the Lens of Unschooling: A Living Joyfully Companion (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.39 — 57 ratings — published 2014
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College Without High School: A Teenager's Guide to Skipping High School and Going to College College Without High School: A Teenager's Guide to Skipping High School and Going to College (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.14 — 191 ratings — published 2009
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Natural Born Learners: Unschooling and Autonomy in Education. Natural Born Learners: Unschooling and Autonomy in Education. (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.74 — 107 ratings — published 2014
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Everywhere All the Time: A New Deschooling Reader Everywhere All the Time: A New Deschooling Reader (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.43 — 56 ratings — published 2008
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Free-Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts With Worry Free-Range Kids: Giving Our Children the Freedom We Had Without Going Nuts With Worry (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.89 — 7,659 ratings — published 2009
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Freedom and Beyond (Innovators in Education) Freedom and Beyond (Innovators in Education)
by (shelved 4 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.18 — 118 ratings — published 1972
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A Little Way of Homeschooling A Little Way of Homeschooling (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.24 — 188 ratings — published 2011
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Moving a Puddle, and Other Essays Moving a Puddle, and Other Essays (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.64 — 36 ratings — published 2006
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Teach Your Own: The Indispensable Guide to Living and Learning with Children at Home Teach Your Own: The Indispensable Guide to Living and Learning with Children at Home (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.92 — 266 ratings — published
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Sage Homeschooling: Wild and Free (Sage Family Book 4) Sage Homeschooling: Wild and Free (Sage Family Book 4)
by (shelved 3 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.11 — 136 ratings — published
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Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,283 ratings — published 1960
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Passion-Driven Education: How to Use Your Child's Interests to Ignite a Lifelong Love of Learning Passion-Driven Education: How to Use Your Child's Interests to Ignite a Lifelong Love of Learning (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.27 — 369 ratings — published 2016
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Turning Points: 35 Visionaries in Education Tell Their Own Storires Turning Points: 35 Visionaries in Education Tell Their Own Storires (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as unschooling)
avg rating 4.09 — 22 ratings — published 2010
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an unschooling manifesto: how one family found the freedom to live their dreams an unschooling manifesto: how one family found the freedom to live their dreams (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as unschooling)
avg rating 3.99 — 91 ratings — published 2014
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“We still need to offer more to our children than educational factories with the equivalent of terrible working conditions. We need to offer them a place to really flourish–every one of them.”
Michael G. Thompson, Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children

Kytka Hilmar-Jezek
“For most Unschoolers, socialization is not just a box to check—it's a vital aspect of their educational journey. They believe in genuine human connections, fostering relationships that transcend age, wealth, power, and social status. Rather than confining their children to the narrow confines of same-age interactions, Unschooling parents encourage them to engage with individuals from all walks of life.”
Kytka Hilmar-Jezek, The Smartest Kids: Don't Go to School

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