Stories of an Unschooling Family
Episodes
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
185: Social Media, Hooks, Distractions, and Books
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
This week, Imogen and I are discussing:
Social media and video games: can we break the hooks that pull us in?
Books: is it okay to use someone else’s ideas and create something of our own?
In particular, we’re talking about the documentary, The Social Dilemma, and the books, Dust by Kara Swanson and The Drover’s Wife by Leah Purcell.
We’re also telling a few family stories.
Show Notes
Things we mention in this episode:
Indistractible and Hooked by Nir Eyal
The Social Dilemma on Netflix
Dust by Kara Swanson
The Drover’s Wife by Leah Purcell
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Henry Lawson: poems and short stories
Bleak House and Little Dorritt by Charles Dickens
How to Train Your Dragon: movie and book
The Princess Bride: movie and book
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Jeff Wayne’s musical, The War of the Worlds
My Unschooling Books
Curious Unschoolers: Kindle
Curious Unschoolers: paperback
Radical Unschool Love: Kindle
Radical Unschool Love: paperback
My Amazon Author Page
Where You Can Find Me
Unschooling Community
My Stories of an Unschooling Family community
Youtube
Sue Elvis
Blogs
Stories of an Unschooling Family
Where the Carol Birds Sing
Instagram
sue_elvis
Where You Can Find Imogen
Blog
Write.Rewrite.Read
Instagram
write.rewrite.read
Youtube
Imogen Elvis
Books
The Crystal Tree
The Shattering Song
Frost Hands
Thank you for listening to this episode!
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
184:Trying Not to Complain
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
This week, as the rain continues to fall, I'm telling a few stories:
Wondering Weather I Should Iron
The Elvis Connection
Me? I'm Elvis' Wife
Why I'm Wearing Stiff Undies
Show Notes
My Unschooling Books
Curious Unschoolers: Kindle
Curious Unschoolers: paperback
Radical Unschool Love: Kindle
Radical Unschool Love: paperback
My Amazon Author Page
Where You Can Find Me
Unschooling Community
My Stories of an Unschooling Family community
Youtube
Sue Elvis
Blogs
Stories of an Unschooling Family
Where the Carol Birds Sing
Instagram
sue_elvis
Thank you for listening to this episode!
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
183: Big Ideas and Big Passions,
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
This week, my daughter Imogen is back, and we're talking about:
Writing: the definition of a story, what to write about, how we use our own experiences in stories.
Superhero movies: the big ideas contained in seemingly trivial stories
Behind-the scenes documentaries.
Rock climbing and glass blowing: creativity, and the lengths (or heights!) some people will go to follow their passions.
We’re also telling lots of stories.
Show Notes
Things we mention in this episode:
Camp NaNoWriMo
The A-Z blogging challenge
Masterclass:
Neil Gaiman and his writing class
Margaret Atwood and her writing class
WandaVision
The Making of Wandavision
Captain America: Civil War
Solo Free on Amazon Prime
The Dawn Face on Netflix
Blown Away on Netflix
My Unschooling Books
Curious Unschoolers: Kindle
Curious Unschoolers: paperback
Radical Unschool Love: Kindle
Radical Unschool Love: paperback
My Amazon Author Page
Where You Can Find Me
Unschooling Community
My Stories of an Unschooling Family community
Youtube
Sue Elvis
Blogs
Stories of an Unschooling Family
Where the Carol Birds Sing
Instagram
sue_elvis
Where You Can Find Imogen
Blog
Write.Rewrite.Read
Instagram
write.rewrite.read
Youtube
Imogen Elvis
Thank you for listening to this episode!
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
182: Bad Haircuts and Unschooling Adventures
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
This week, in this solo podcast episode, I'm sharing and discussing a few adventurous stories:
Unschooling: Haircut Courage
Younger Unschoolers: Spur-of-the-Moment Adventures
Enjoying an Unexpected Little Adventure
Show Notes
My Unschooling Books
Curious Unschoolers: Kindle
Curious Unschoolers: paperback
Radical Unschool Love: Kindle
Radical Unschool Love: paperback
My Amazon Author Page
Where You Can Find Me
Unschooling Community
My Stories of an Unschooling Family community
Youtube
Sue Elvis
Blogs
Stories of an Unschooling Family
Where the Carol Birds Sing
Instagram
sue_elvis
Photo
Me and my daughter Charlotte
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Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
181: Writing, Explosions, and Unsuitable Horror Stories
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
After a 4-month break, my daughter Imogen and I are back! And we're chatting about:
Finishing novels and beta reading
My 19-year-old daughter Sophie and 'graduate' unschoolers
Bushfires and exploding trees
How our generous members saved our unschooling community
Vlogging
The TV shows we've been watching
The Masterclass classes we've been enjoying
We’re also discussing the question: is it okay to expose our kids to 'unsuitable' movies and books?
Show Notes
Things We Mention
Masterclass website
Matthew Walker on Masterclass
Neil Gaiman's books including Coraline and The Graveyard Book
Coraline the movie
WandaVision on Disney Plus
The Truth Seekers on Amazon Prime
My Unschooling Books
Curious Unschoolers: Kindle
Curious Unschoolers: paperback
Radical Unschool Love: Kindle
Radical Unschool Love: paperback
My Amazon Author Page
Where You Can Find Me
My Stories of an Unschooling Family community
Youtube
Sue Elvis
Blogs
Stories of an Unschooling Family
Where the Carol Birds Sing
Instagram
sue_elvis
Where You Can Find Imogen
Blog
Write.Rewrite.Read
Instagram
write.rewrite.read
Youtube
Imogen Elvis
Thank you for listening to this episode. If you enjoy my podcast, please consider sharing the link so that we can spread the word about unschooling!
Please feel welcome to visit my blog Stories of an Unschooling Family or Instagram to leave a comment. Perhaps you'd like to join our unschooling community?
Imogen and I would love to hear some feedback about our conversation!
Photo: Imogen took me out for a special celebratory breakfast. I've finished my children's novel!