Stories of an Unschooling Family
Episodes
Friday Nov 30, 2018
142: An Unschooler Talks About Life, Work and Dreams
Friday Nov 30, 2018
Friday Nov 30, 2018
This week, my teenage daughter Sophie (17) joins me to talk about:
How she balances her busy unschooling life with work
Why it's important to trust kids and not squash their ambitions
Why she is choosing not to go to university
Sophie's dream to be self-employed and how she plans to achieve it
How a lot of people react when they hear Sophie is working full time in a cafe
NaNoWriMo events and making friends
How we need to believe in our kids and cheer them on
Show Notes
Podcasts
Episode 133, A Balanced and Productive Unschool Life
Episode 139, Unschool Socialisation: Making Friends, Being Different
Instagram
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tough.turtle
Sue Elvis
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Friday Nov 23, 2018
141: When a Child Is No Longer Gripped by a Passion
Friday Nov 23, 2018
Friday Nov 23, 2018
This week, I'm answering the question: "Have your kids ever been between interests?"
I talk about:
Exciting times when kids are gripped by a passion
Quiet times when they appear to be drifting along
How we can help our kids during quiet times by trusting and strewing
Some strewing ideas
Show Notes
Blog Posts
When Excitement for Learning Appears to Disappear
Regaining Her Enthusiasm for Learning
Preparing our Kids for an Unknown Future: Can We Do It?
What Happened When I Strewed a Painting on the Wall
Unschooling, Strewing, and Unplanning
My Unschool Unplanning Strewing Notebook
Podcasts
Episode 4: Exciting Times, Slow Times, and Unschool Holidays
Episode 83: How to Start a Great Art Conversation
Novel Writing
Camp NaNoWriMo
Coding Lessons
Codecademy
Youtube Exercise Channel
Fitness Blender
My Unschooling Newsletter
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Friday Nov 16, 2018
140: Difficult Things
Friday Nov 16, 2018
Friday Nov 16, 2018
This week, I'm talking about things that are sometimes difficult:
Letting kids do what they want even if there is a risk of failure
Taking risks so that we continue to learn
Not pushing kids to use their talents
Balancing the role of school teacher with that of unschooling father
Talking to reluctant spouses about a desire to unschool
Listening and building up trust
Writing a 50,000-word novel
Losing a child
Reaching out to those who are grieving
Show Notes
Pam Laricchia's Podcast
Exploring Unschooling
Episode 150 of the Exploring Unschooling Podcast: Stories of an Unschooling Family with Sue Elvis
Novel Writing
NaNoWriMo
Instagram
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Friday Nov 02, 2018
139: Unschool Socialisation: Making Friends, Being Different
Friday Nov 02, 2018
Friday Nov 02, 2018
This week, I'm talking about unschooling and friends.
Is it sometimes difficult for unschoolers to find kindred spirit friends because we're different?
What if our kids don't have many friends?
If someone doesn't want to be our friend, is there something wrong with us?
How do you become a cool kid?
Should we pretend to be someone we're not so that we'll be accepted and have friends?
Or is it better to be ourselves?
Do we need lots of friends in order to learn good communication skills and how to get on with other people?
Or maybe some 'socialised' people who have no trouble talking don't actually have many communication skills?
Of course, some unschoolers may be part of big unschooling groups and have no trouble finding like-minded friends!
I'm also talking about
NaNoWriMo and friends
My unschooling book
How I stepped outside my comfort zone and had an exciting adventure!
Show Notes
Podcast
Episode 48: Do Unschoolers Mind Being Different
Novel Writing
NaNoWriMo
Video
Gemma-Rose (9) Talks about Novel Writing
Pam Laricchia's Podcast
Exploring Unschooling
Instagram
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