October 2008: Your unschooling tribe

[Ren]

One of the issues that seems to be at the forefront of most unschooler's minds, is the topic of community or "tribe". I've read about viewpoints of grown unschoolers who say that was one things they would have changed, they wish they'd had more unschoolers to be around regularly.

Since the Live and Learn and Rethinking Education conferences take place this time of year (early September) this topic is on my mind a lot.

What does it feel like to be surrounded by unschoolers compared to more mainstream families?
If you live near other unschoolers, describe some gatherings or your (or your children's) relationships with these other families.
If you don't have unschoolers near you, what kind of people do you surround yourself with?
If you started a local support group talk about how that works (or doesn't work) and the ways people can find success by starting their own support network.
Some people live in unschooling communities...give us a glimpse of how things unfold in such a group.
There is talk of starting intentional communities in some groups right now, share what is going on with that!
OR
If you are attending either Live and Learn or Rethinking Ed this year, please share a post all about your experiences with THAT!:)

And just fer fun....share some Halloween fun your family partakes in! A recipe or past pictures or anything you think would give us inspiration for the upcoming fesitivies.

Remember, no need to blog about ALL of the above! These are just a series of ideas and prompts to get ya started. Share whatever inspires YOU.:)

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Blog Carnival for October:

Laura waxes poetic about being surrounded by love and friends:
http://sssmommy.blogspot.com/2008/07/not-enough-words.html


Zoa talks about being in the process of developing her "tribe" and
what matters the most to her:
http://zzz-organic.blogspot.com/2008/09/where-oh-where-is-mytribe.html

Jules shares some phrases you'll never hear in most unschooling circles:
http://tinyurl.com/5y8jlf

Flo at Sumbthuckers shares the intense joy of finding a connected, local group of unschoolers from which deep friendships have been born. She talks about the trust that flows naturally with her tribe.
http://sumbthucker.blogspot.com/2008/09/tribal-love.html

Faith at Bearthmama answers the challenges for October here:
http://faithvoid.blogspot.com/2008/09/oct-blog-carnival.html
and talks about their newly formed support group and a really awesome
swimming hole here:
http://faithvoid.blogspot.com/2008/09/thusday-ru-playgroup.html

Nancy from A Happy Childhood Lasts Forever has spent a lot of time developing her community and talks about the strength of that, even when compared to her family of origin.
http://happychildhood.homeschooljournal.net/2008/10/09/my-thoughts-...


At my personal post about Live and Learn, I listed a bunch of links to other Live and Learn blogposts down at the bottom. Check them all out. They're inspirational!
http://radicalunschooling.blogspot.com/2008/09/live-and-learn-confe...

[Nancy Machaj]

I got a big fat post to share!

http://happychildhood.homeschooljournal.net/2008/10/09/my-thoughts-...

[Ren]

Ah, there was a small piece of the address that just wouldn't fit. So I shrunk it.:) Should be fine now. Thanks for the heads-up.

[Heather]

I'd love to see local community in minnesota come together!Anyone out there?

[Ren]

If you build it, they will come.;)