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RE: A 3 year old crypto-connoisseur and two more milestones. Moving up in the Steemit World!
What does 'unschool' your kids mean? I don't think schools teach enough of the things that children need to know, so I don't know how much they would really miss out on except for the interaction with other children (unless it is bullying or peer pressure)...
Sorry for the late reply @plushzilla, unschooling basically means that I adapt the 'lessons' to their interests. Now in our case I think simple maths and language has to be implemented, but for the rest, they pretty much decide what they want to learn. It's more autonomous and depending on age, they work more independently sometimes and sometimes it's something we all do. I learn with and from them as well. It's amazing what they do when you let them.... As for the interaction with others: in school there is hardly any interaction. Besides the breaks in which they have to fit lunch etc. My youngest daughter was in school for two years and had one play date with someone and maybe three birthday parties. She's had more of those outside of her school circle. We have meetups too with other homeschoolers.