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Yesterday in the life of my 11yo daughter and 16yo son who are both unschoolers:
My daughter spent the morning curled up with a new novel while my son worked on composing music on his keyboard. My daughter came across a place in the novel she had never heard of, so she went to the computer to google it and ended up spending about an hour reading about a town in Alaska; a kind of dessert made in southern Italy; and an artist from the 1700's, before getting back to her book. My son was looking for a certain kind of music on his computer and ended up researching composers and watching a classical music concert from Greece. In the afternoon, they met up with some other unschooling friends at the park and the older kids had an amazing fantasy game going that kept them running all through the woods for hours, while the younger ones played games in the park. At home, the kids made part of our dinner from a cookbook they got at a garage sale. At night we watched a program on the ancient Olympic games.
This was a typical day for us. Other days include the library, museums, hiking, exploring different parts of town, lots of theater and music and researching all different subjects. They also take classes and lessons on subjects that interest them. My son has taken many drama classes, photography and history. He also loves to study different languages and ancient religions. My daughter loves to read and she reads for hours every day. She also plays tennis and takes French and writes stories and poetry and songs.
Because they are allowed to follow their interests, they are able to develop into who they really are instead of trying to become someone else.

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