Stories of an Unschooling Family
Want to know more about unschooling? How about radical unschooling? (It’s not as scary or as wild as some people make out!) Join me as I share ideas, stories, homeschool record-keeping tips and resources for living an unschooling life of unconditional love.
Episodes
Friday Jul 03, 2020
176: How Curious Unschooled Kids Learn
Friday Jul 03, 2020
Friday Jul 03, 2020
This week, I'm talking about how children learn:
0:00 intro
1:30 News: Podcast chapters
2:55 My Homeschooling Global Summit interview
7:25 Unschooling alone: things I’ve been doing and learning about
15:18 Is It Really Okay if Kids Play All Day?
25:53 Comments about the story
30:30 How Ticking Off Boxes Can Be a Waste of Time
35:45 Comments about the story
43:48 Looking ahead and other end things
Show Notes
Blog Post
How Ticking Off Boxes Can Be a Waste of Time
Video
What's in Your Strewing Basket?
The Homeschooling Global Summit
The Homeschooling Global Summit
Our 2019 Homeschooling Global Summit Interviews
My Unschooling Books
Curious Unschoolers: Kindle
Curious Unschoolers: paperback
Radical Unschool Love: Kindle
Radical Unschool Love: paperback
My Amazon Author Page
Other Things I Mentioned
Powtoon
Adobe Indesign
Adobe Font Packs
Skillshare
Where You Can Find Me
My Stories of an Unschooling Family community
Email Me
Youtube
Sue Elvis
Blogs
Stories of an Unschooling Family
Where the Carol Birds Sing
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. A quick review or rating would help too!
Please feel welcome to visit my blog Stories of an Unschooling Family to leave a comment. I hope to see you inside my unschooling community. And perhaps you'd like to watch my Homeschooling Global Summit interview!
Friday Jun 26, 2020
175: More About Starting Unschooling
Friday Jun 26, 2020
Friday Jun 26, 2020
This week, I'm talking about starting unschooling and exciting things:
0.00 Intro
0:53 My First Unschooling Zoom Meeting
11:07 A New Podcast Series
19:20 Time to Unschool
32.25 There Has Never Been a Better Time to Start Unschooling
44:10 End Things
Show Notes
Blog Post
There Has Never Been a Better Time to Start Unschooling
The Homeschooling Global Summit
The Homeschooling Global Summit
Our 2019 Homeschooling Global Summit Interviews
My Unschooling Books
Curious Unschoolers: Kindle
Curious Unschoolers: paperback
Radical Unschool Love: Kindle
Radical Unschool Love: paperback
My Amazon Author Page
Pat Flynn's website: Smart Passive Income
Where You Can Find Me
My Stories of an Unschooling Family community
Email Me
Youtube
Sue Elvis
Blogs
Stories of an Unschooling Family
Where the Carol Birds Sing
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. A quick review or rating would help too!
Please feel welcome to visit my blog Stories of an Unschooling Family to leave a comment. I hope to see you inside my unschooling community. Perhaps you'd like to join me for our next Zoom meetup!
Friday Jun 19, 2020
174: When in Doubt, Just Love
Friday Jun 19, 2020
Friday Jun 19, 2020
This week, I'm talking about love again!
00:00 Intro
00:48 Is Anyone Listening?
02:07 My Homeschooling Global Summit Interview
09:46 Unschooling Zoom Meetups
13:32 Video Plans
14:56 Radical Unschool Love Discussion
15:54 Two Love Stories
16:15 Following Our Mothering Instincts
24:30 Reject What Doesn’t Feel Right and Just Love
33:25 End Stuff
Show Notes
Blog Post
Reject What Doesn't Feel Right and Just Love
The Homeschooling Global Summit
The Homeschooling Global Summit
Our 2019 Homeschooling Global Summit Interviews
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
Email Me
Youtube
Sue Elvis
Blogs
Stories of an Unschooling Family
Where the Carol Birds Sing
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. A quick review or rating would help too!
Please feel welcome to visit my blog Stories of an Unschooling Family to leave a comment. I hope to see you inside my unschooling community. Perhaps you'd like to join our book club!
Friday Jun 12, 2020
173: Unschool Love Stories
Friday Jun 12, 2020
Friday Jun 12, 2020
This week, I'm talking about:
00:00 Intro
01:05 Casual Work and Gemma-Rose
06:22 Unschooling Community
07:11 Unschooling Challenges
09:28 Resources, Links, Questions, Photos
10:57 Book Club Discussion Group
12:14 Nothing Is More Important than Love
17:38 Children’s Book Club
20:02 Homeschooling Global Summit
25:09 A-Z Unschooling Stories
28:21 Clock Watching
35:33 Impressing Other People
43:10 End Stuff
Show Notes
Blog posts
Clock Watching
Impressing Other People
The Homeschooling Global Summit
Our 2019 Homeschooling Global Summit Interviews
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
Email Me
Youtube
Sue Elvis
Blogs
Stories of an Unschooling Family
Where the Carol Birds Sing
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. A quick review or rating would help too!
Please feel welcome to visit my blog Stories of an Unschooling Family to leave a comment. I hope to see you inside my unschooling community. Perhaps you'd like to join our book club!
Wednesday May 06, 2020
172: Discussing Books and Writing Stories
Wednesday May 06, 2020
Wednesday May 06, 2020
This week, I'm talking about:
The unschooling things I've recently been doing.
Our new book club and how we're about to begin discussing my book, Radical Unschool Love.
How we can feel helpless when we lose our freedom.
How kids might feel if we're too afraid to let go of control.
My new blog, Where the Carol Birds Sing
I'm sharing a few stories from my new blog:
Battle
Daylight Saving
Look
And I'm sharing a story from Radical Unschool Love:
Perfectly Them
Show Notes
Blog posts
The Problem With Being Too Nice
Where the Carol Birds Sing
Battle
Daylight Saving
Look
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
Email Me
Youtube
Sue Elvis
Blogs
Stories of an Unschooling Family
Where the Carol Birds Sing
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. A quick review or rating would help too!
Please feel welcome to visit my blog Stories of an Unschooling Family to leave a comment. I hope to see you inside my unschooling community. Perhaps you'd like to join our book club!
Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
171: The Problem With Being Too Nice
Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
This week, I'm talking about the problem with being too nice.
Is it okay to be honest about how we're feeling?
Should we avoid comparing ourselves with other people?
I'm also talking about the A-Z blogging challenge.
And I'm sharing one of my old challenge stories, the Y story: You Come to Visit
Show Notes
Blog Post
The Problem With Being Too Nice
Writing Challenge
The A-Z Blogging Challenge
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
Email Me
Youtube
Sue Elvis
Blog
Stories of an Unschooling Family
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. A quick review or rating would help too!
Please feel welcome to visit my blog Stories of an Unschooling Family to leave a comment. I hope to see you inside my unschooling community!
Friday Mar 20, 2020
170: Learning During Difficult Times
Friday Mar 20, 2020
Friday Mar 20, 2020
I have two free offers so please listen ASAP!
This week:
I'm talking about learning during difficult times.
I tell you how you can get a free copy of my book, Curious Unschoolers (limited time only!).
I share a free unschooling community membership offer.
I'm telling two stories from my book, Curious Unschoolers:
How to Get Kids to Do Their School Work
What Do Children Need to Learn?
And I'm sharing a few Chuck Norris jokes because laughing helps us get through difficult times, doesn't it?
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
My Stories of an Unschooling Family community
Email Me
Youtube
Sue Elvis
Blog
Stories of an Unschooling Family
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. A quick review or rating would help too!
Please feel welcome to visit my blog Stories of an Unschooling Family to leave a comment. I hope to see you inside my unschooling community. And please don't forget to pass on the word about my book!
Friday Mar 13, 2020
169: Unschooling Community Stories
Friday Mar 13, 2020
Friday Mar 13, 2020
This week, I'm sharing some unschool English and Maths stories from my Stories of an Unschooling Family Community:
Unschooling Jane Austen
Collecting Delicious Words
Real Life Toilet Roll Maths
I'm also sharing a Moment from My Day story
And I'm asking, "Is my unschooling community the perfect fit for you?" If you're not sure, listen to this episode for more details!
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
Email Me:
Youtube
Sue Elvis
Blog
Stories of an Unschooling Family
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. A quick review or rating would help too!
Please feel welcome to visit my blog Stories of an Unschooling Family to leave a comment. I hope to see you inside my unschooling community!
Friday Mar 06, 2020
168: BIG Unschooling Ideas
Friday Mar 06, 2020
Friday Mar 06, 2020
This week, I'm talking about unschooling ideas:
Should we encourage our kids' ideas even if they don't sound practical?
Are our ideas important?
Is it okay if our ideas fail?
What is my latest BIG idea?
Will the readers of my unschooling books join my community?
What will my community offer?
I'm also telling three stories:
The Curious Unschoolers Book Club Is Now Open!
Encouraging Kids' Ideas
Why Sophie Is Glad I Am Her Mother and Other Dusty Week Stories
And I have some resources to share.
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
Email Me:
Youtube
Sue Elvis
Instagram
stories_ofan_unschoolingfamily
Blog
Stories of an Unschooling Family
Resources
The Burnt Stick
Codecademy
Bind a Book-Make a Journal Pinterest board
Secrets of the Castle
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. A quick review or rating would help too!
Please feel welcome to visit my blog Stories of an Unschooling Family to leave a comment. I hope you will consider leaving some feedback about my BIG idea that I can share with listeners in next week's episode!
Friday Feb 28, 2020
167: Grammar and Punctuation and Other Unschool Writing Stories
Friday Feb 28, 2020
Friday Feb 28, 2020
This week,
I'm sharing some feedback about episode 166.
I'm telling four unschool writing stories:
What About Grammar and Punctuation?
Learning About Punctuation the Lewis Carroll Way
Wanting to Know How to Spell
The Writing Game: No Shortage of Writing Ideas
I'm also discussing each story.
I have some resources to share.
And I'm talking about podcast chapters.
Show Notes
My Unschooling Books
Curious Unschoolers: Kindle
Curious Unschoolers: paperback
Radical Unschool Love: Kindle
Radical Unschool Love: paperback
My Amazon Author Page
Imogen's novels
The Crystal Tree
The Shattering Song
Blog Posts
What About Grammar and Punctuation?
Learning About Punctuation the Lewis Carroll Way
Wanting to Learn How to Spell
The Writing Game: No Shortage of Writing Ideas
Podcasts
Our Writing Unrules for Unschoolers
More Unschool Writing Ideas and Resources
Resources
Grammarly
Capitalize My Title
Where You Can Find Me
Youtube
Sue Elvis
Instagram
stories_ofan_unschoolingfamily
Blog
Stories of an Unschooling Family
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. A quick review or rating would help too!
Please feel welcome to visit my blog Stories of an Unschooling Family to leave a comment. I hope you will consider leaving some feedback that I can share with listeners in next week's episode!