Unschooling in the World

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
Canadian Home Based Learning Resource Page

Unschooling Canada

INDIA
Shikshantar is part of the Swaraj movement in India. This is an excellent website with a message board.

Taleemnet, "A Multiworld Project, Dedicated to the destruction of “factory schooling” in Asia, Africa & South America"

NEW ZEALAND
Radical Unschoolers Aotearoa

AUSTRALIA

Homeschool Australia Newsletter (email edition) Click and then mail to subscribe.

Learning naturally in South Australia: contacts, homeschooling news, calendar, http://homeschoolaustralia.beverleypaine.com

Bulletin board for Australian homeschoolers, called Lil`Learners

Victoria: Home Education Victoria H.E.N. (Home Education Network) also known as A.E.R.G. (Alternative Education Resource Group)

Unschooling information: Free Children

Christian-specific Australian homeschooling help

Muslim-specific Australian homeschooling help

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

www.unschooling.co.uk ~ UK unschooling forums & links directory

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

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

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.

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: http://www.afamunschool.com/


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.

UNITED STATES
arranged more or less in zip-code order, eastish in the righthand column, westerly to the left

Texas:
          El Paso Unschoolers (statewide)

Oklahoma:
           Oklahoma Unschoolers
           Christian Unschoolers in Oklahoma City

Iowa Unschoolers

Michigan Unschoolers

Minnesota: Unschooling Minnesota or Natural Rhythms Learning Co-op field trips for families

Colorado:
           Fort Collins UR-FREE · Unschooling Radicals of the Front Range Elevating Education (UR-FREE)
          Boulder BLUE SKIES: Boulder's Lifelong Unschooling Enthusiasts Simply Keeping Independent Education Special!

New Mexico:

New Mexico Radical Unschoolers We are a social support group for families who are joyfully whole life learning.

Arizona:
Phoenix Unschoolers—meetings alternate around, and there are members in North Scottsdale, Phoenix, Gilbert, Glendale, Goodyear and Desert Hills.

Southern Arizona Unschoolers webpage, and yahoo list

Idaho:

Southern Idaho Unschoolers, and they have a page too: http://www.idunschool.org/
Nevada:
          Free Choices, Northern Nevada Area.
           Las Vegas Life Learners

Western Region Unschoolers (Western U.S covering: MT, WY, CO, NM, ID, UT, AZ, WA, OR, NV, CA--offshoot of Live and Learn Conference attendance)

California:

SoCalUnschoolers, for sharing ideas and planning get-togethers with other like-minded families

Unschool San Diego

Dragontree Home Learners Long Beach

Santa Monica, Los Angeles

San Francisco Bay Unschooling Network (SFBUN)

Sacramento Unschooling Network

Oregon Central Oregon Open Learners

Southern Maine Unschoolers

New England Unschooling

R.U.N.E.—Radical Unschooling New England

Boston Area Whole-Life Unschoolers

Radical UNschoolers in NY (RUNNY!) a Yahoo list for radical unschoolers in New York

FUNNY (Families Unschooling iN NY) for families who are unschooling in New York state.

West Jersey Homeschoolers[not just unschoolers]

DEUnschoolers - Northern Delaware area, small, active, very unschooly

unschoolersandothers DE/MD/PA tri-state area, large, active, plenty of "others", set to not come up in a yahoo search. The home page is not accessible to non-members. To join, send an email to: unschoolersandothers-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

DelmarvaUnschoolers - Southern Delaware, Eastern Shore of Maryland & Virginia, active

Maryland HAUS (Hagerstown Area Unschoolers Support)

North Carolina: NCUnschoolers

Georgia Unschoolers

Florida:
           Unschooling in Orlando
           Radical Unschoolers of Broward
           Unschooling in the Palm Beaches

Tennessee Unschooling ** Unschoolers of Memphis ** Tricities Fun (East TN and southwest VA)

Kentucky Unschoolers

Ohio:
           Northern Ohio Unschoolers

Unschooling-in-IL

Mid-Missouri – unschoolers, life learners, child led learners welcome

Unschoolers of the Ozarks, meeting Mondays at 1:00, list opened only to those the group's leaders have met, so e-mail Karen if you're in the NW Arkansas, NE Oklahoma and SW Missouri area, and let her know you'd like to come to one of the meetings.

Louisiana Unschoolers

UNSCHOOLING help for new unschoolers

Suggestions and comments are welcome: Sandra@SandraDodd.com Thank you for visiting!