Last year, we published a book of essays from Life Learning Magazine, which has been a great hit among unschoolers as well as those who are curious about unschooling. Life Learning: Lessons from the Educational Frontier demonstrates how families are embracing this learning lifestyle – and making it the fastest growing segment of the homeschooling movement. It also demonstrate how it’s way more than an educational philosophy or homeschooling method; instead, it’s a way of life…a way of being with children and young people in the world.

Academics, parents (and some academics who are unschooling parents) and life learning young people describe why non-compulsory, non-coercive, active, respectful, interest-led, family- and community-based learning from life is growing in popularity and will displace prescribed curriculum, standardized testing and the other regurgitation-based relics of our outmoded school system.

They describe how this innovative way of learning through living not only fosters intellectual development and academic achievement, it allows children and young people to develop an understanding of themselves and their place in modern society so they can create a better world.

We’ve just created a Facebook page for the book  and invite you to become a fan in order to help us spread the word about this important set of essays.

You can also visit our Natural Life Books website and purchase it. (Buy directly from us helps support independent publishing!)