BY NATION
The "Altlearn Map" project
is a worldwide community network of Natural Learning with contacts on five continents.
 U.S. states and regions, click here
 PANAMA
Panama Unschoolers, for those either currently living in Panama, or considering a move to Panama.
 CANADA
Unschooling Canada
Unschooling Montreal
Canadian Home Based Learning
Resource Page
 INDIA
Shikshantar is part of the Swaraj movement in India. This is an excellent website with a message board.
Pune Homeschoolers Members only. E-mail Hema Bharadwaj
Learningnet-India
 NEW ZEALAND
Radical Unschoolers Aotearoa
 AUSTRALIA
a list of Australian blogs and websites
Home Education Association website
Learning naturally in South Australia:
http://homeschoolaustralia.beverleypaine.com (this site is no longer updated, but has many articles and leads to a newer site)
Otherways: Home Education Network (leans toward Victoria)
Unschooling information:
Free Children
Joyous Learning, Australian Home Education Network
Liberated Learning, a natural living home education network
 ISRAEL
In Hebrew: beofen-tiv'ee, "naturally."
In English: Israel Home Education Association
 JAPAN
In Japanese:
Onibabatachi no irutokoro, with Sandra Dodd article
In English:Homeschooling in Japan
 SOUTH AFRICA
This group should be a place to find other unschoolers, even though unschooling isn't their primary focus:
EnvironmentalHomeschooling
The list isn't limited to South Africans, either, so others might want to check it out!
 EUROPE
 U.K.
AEUK (autonomous education UK) and there's a Blog
Unschooling UKyahoogroups list for unschoolers
Learning Unlimited yahoogroups list, European focus
Education Otherwise (United Kingdom Support and Info, with contacts in Europe, Japan, South Africa)
Choice in Education (A London-based site with many local links)
 France
Chroniques De Louves—attachment parenting and unschooling, articles written and collected by Jeanine Barbé and Sylvie Martin-Rodriguez
Parents Autrement, a site concerned with attachment parenting, nursing, etc., but very interested in unschooling as well. There are local meetings listed in Paris, a message board, a photo gallery planned and articles.
about french radical unschoolers
or a-schooling, and a few pages in English and this one English and French.
Grandir ensemble - Grandir libres
 The Netherlands
Vol leven—a place to share experiences, about life with children who learn from life. (In Dutch.)
 Germany
Note from correspondent in late 2007: "homeschooling is illegal in Germany... but not in German-speaking Switzerland"
Leben ohne Schule has
lots of unschooling and gentle parenting articles translated to German, and an
associated mailing list
Although homeschooling is not legal in Germany at this time, there is a site for promoting respectful
parenting and natural learning in Germany. Mit Kindern leben und lernen it's in German
German Unschooling list
Mostly German with a few Austrians and a handful of Dutch and English readers
 Sweden
Homeschooling in Sweden (English)
Riksorganisationen för Hemundervisning i Sverige
(Swedish)
 Italy
Apprendimento Naturale:
L'apprendimento naturale ha un impatto increibilmente positivo sulle nostre vite, e non solo negli aspetti educativi ma in ogni cosa che facciamo. E' un cambiamento nel nostro modo di vivere, pensare, guardare il mondo in generale.
 Estonia
Eesti Koduõppe Keskus (Estonian Centre for
Homeschooling).
Aim of the Estonian Homeschooling Centre is to promote legalizing
homeschooling, gradually trying to move towards allowing unschooling.
Webpage is mainly in Estonian and English page is under development.
International
Taleemnet, "A Multiworld Project, Dedicated to the destruction of “factory schooling” in Asia, Africa & South America"
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BY FOCUS
En Español
Not bound by nation, but a Spanish-language list organized by a mom in Puerto Rico and read internationally:
Aprendizaje natural
Other Languages
Unless otherwise specified, the links lead to English-language sites. There are, in the list at left, sites in Japanese, French, German, Estonian, Hebrew and perhaps other languages.
African-American Unschooling:
AfAmUnschool (yahoo group)
(This list discussed curriculum more than some of its members expected it would, so don't use it as a sole source of unschooling information.)
SCOUTING
Unschooling and Girl Scouts by Joylyn Fowler.
SCOUTING AND HOMESCHOOLING
includes:
Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts
Camp Fire School
RELIGIOUS or as close to Unschooling as I could find for each—some are structured; sorry
Christian:
Radical Christian Unschoolers
"a place for Christians to talk about real, radical
unschooling...no curriculum talk, no coercive parenting, no chore
charts or forced respect of children. It is for people who
already "get" radical unschooling, and are living it in their homes."
The Inspirit site has information on the book Christian Unschooling - Growing Your Children in the Freedom of Christ, and there is a review on a different site, with other useful links (links page on Christian Unschooling) for Christians.
Here is a great list of links to Christian unschooling resources from Home Sweet Homeschool.
Amy Bell's Natural Learning Page with an LDS focus
Moslem:
Mission Islam unschooling page
Muslim Home Education Network, Australia (their unschooling page)
A Moslem mom named Umm Badr has a beautiful site and links.
ArabesQ isn't an unschooling site, but options range from unit studies to a curriculum. "Free for all homeschoolers; Online worksheets for History, English, Arabic, Math, Science. See what learning resources we have to learn about Africa, Egypt, Turkey and more - Inshallah"
Jewish:
Jewish unschoolers will find information here .(see also Israeli sites in international list)
Pagan:
EarthUnschool
For unschoolers looking to become more Earth centered in their
daily life. It is a place to exchange ideas for ceremonies, crafts, altars
etc. This group is open to unschoolers of all religions but will tend to
focus more on Pagan beliefs. Only unschooling principles will be
acceptable, anything not fitting with unschooling principles will be
questioned. If you are unfamiliar with unschooling, please do more reading
on the topic before joining.
Acorns, Pagan and Alternative Homeschool Journal:
"From the tiny acorn grows the mighty oak." Archives
There is a Pagan "cover-school" and website called Goddess Moon Circles.
Two pages with clear information and good links are Pagan Homeschool Page and the related links page.
A Buddhist Homeschooling Mom's Pages will make you wish you could visit their home. Martha Foster provides links to lots of Buddhist resources and inspiration. Various methods of homeschooling, unschooling, school, Calvert... Looks like the kids are making lots of their own choices, and she credits her oldest son with introducing the family to Buddhism. The page is gone, but click the link anyway; she left a note.
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