K-12 math learned in 30 hours?! Learn math without "teaching?"

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Learning what you want, when you want, how you want. That's the general approach followed by unschoolers, and advocates of natural learning or self-directed learning. [See principles of unschooling and unschooling 101]

Unschooling is popular among homeschoolers, even among new "converts" who have seen the emotional damage done to their children by academic environments.

This natural learning or self-directed learning is even "endorsed" by a leading academic scholar .



But how can you learn math without being strictly being taught?

"If you never teach a stitch of math, in a mathematical culture your kids will learn heaps of it anyway. " [Here are 4 ideas to get started.]

And, it turns out that if you wait until a kid is ready and motivated, they can learn everything they need to know about math concepts from K through 12 to do well on an SAT in 30 hours according to David Albert.

Here's some good reading on the subject:

Have Fun. Learn Stuff. Grow.: Homeschooling and the Curriculum of Love


Wounded by School: Recapturing the Joy in Learning and Standing Up to Old School Culture



Unschooling Rules: 55 Ways to Unlearn What We Know About Schools and Rediscover Education


Teach Your Own: The John Holt Book Of Homeschooling


Feel-Bad Education: And Other Contrarian Essays on Children and Schooling


Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes



The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher Standards"



The Unschooling Handbook : How to Use the Whole World As Your Child's Classroom