Anne has become a dear friend of mine over the years and I am honoured to give some of her writing a home. I just couldn't imagine the world wide web of unschooling without her writings to refer to often!

"I was introduced to unschooling when my Jake was born, really (1990). I saw all that he was learning in JOY just from LIVING! And as he grew older, he continued to show me that THIS was the life that he needed in order to Shine. I chose to continue to trust him, listen to him, believe him and follow him... ESPECIALLY when he indicated that "teaching" him anything unbidden was insulting to his mind and spirit, and was also interrupting the flow of his own life and learning. Since then, I have been thinking about, learning about, talking about and writing about how children learn and live joyfully via this glorious path called unschooling."

I Am What I Am is Anne's classic piece! It's the first one of hers that I read and it brought me to tears.

Allowing Your Highly Sensitive/Out of Sync Child to Shine With Unschooling is one of her popular conference presentations.

If after you've read these two pieces you are inspired to explore further, check out Anne's Yahoo email group: Shine With Unschooling.