This week Izzy (13) and single mum, Jen, discuss how the years have been in and out of school for their family of 6, some of whom have special or complex needs.
Jen had the difficult situation of passionately wanting to unschool but not always being able or permitted to because of mental health issues. She describes how she felt forced to take her children out of school.
Izzy gives her impressions of life in and out of school and concludes that parents should ‘Let them be them’
I’d love to know your thoughts on this podcast.
Please email unschooling.lwr@gmail.com with any comments or questions.
This is the last episode on the current run of the first series of 5. We’re having a short break while I learn to edit them myself (eek!) then will be shortly returning with a new series two. We hope to include a dads’ panel, more parent and child combos, a main stream teacher and a grandmother’s perspective among others.
Thanks for all of your support. It’s been a dream come true publishing these.
Massive thanks to my long suffering daughter Nell 😀🙏😀
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This week Izzy (13) and single mum, Jen, discuss how the years have been in and out of school for their family of 6, some of whom have special or complex needs.
Jen had the difficult situation of passionately wanting to unschool but not always being able or permitted to because of mental health issues. She describes how she felt forced to take her children out of school.
Izzy gives her impressions of life in and out of school and concludes that parents should ‘Let them be them’
I’d love to know your thoughts on this podcast.
Please email unschooling.lwr@gmail.com with any comments or questions.
This is the last episode on the current run of the first series of 5. We’re having a short break while I learn to edit them myself (eek!) then will be shortly returning with a new series two. We hope to include a dads’ panel, more parent and child combos, a main stream teacher and a grandmother’s perspective among others.
Thanks for all of your support. It’s been a dream come true publishing these.
Massive thanks to my long suffering daughter Nell 😀🙏😀
Episode Four: Olga 'There are zero battles on this path'
Unschooling: Learning Without Rules
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4 years ago
Episode Four: Olga 'There are zero battles on this path'
Our 4th episode features ‘world schoolers’. Olga, raised in Russia , discusses how it was to unschool her three children in Scotland and then full-timing in a campervan for months in Europe as a single mother holding down an online coaching business.
She talks to me about her introduction to unschooling through attachment parenting and how her confidence grew over the years and how she now considers her family ‘world schoolers’. She found that although they may acquire their milestone skills later in life when they are in control of their time and choices, it is with a wholehearted passion.
The three children have independently chosen to attend courses in subjects such as programming, game design, science and maths club at Galileo: a ‘global school for 8-18 year-old self-directed learners’. Leo, her 11 year old son, talks about how much he enjoys it. He talks about how he feels about being a homeschooler and how he can’t imagine ever wanting to go to school.
Books that we mention include:
The Continuum Concept by Jean Liedloff
Radical Unschooling by Dayna Martin
Green parenting magazine
How Children Fail by John Holt
Growing without schooling website
The Big book of Unschooling by Sandra Dodd
Unschooling: Learning Without Rules
This week Izzy (13) and single mum, Jen, discuss how the years have been in and out of school for their family of 6, some of whom have special or complex needs.
Jen had the difficult situation of passionately wanting to unschool but not always being able or permitted to because of mental health issues. She describes how she felt forced to take her children out of school.
Izzy gives her impressions of life in and out of school and concludes that parents should ‘Let them be them’
I’d love to know your thoughts on this podcast.
Please email unschooling.lwr@gmail.com with any comments or questions.
This is the last episode on the current run of the first series of 5. We’re having a short break while I learn to edit them myself (eek!) then will be shortly returning with a new series two. We hope to include a dads’ panel, more parent and child combos, a main stream teacher and a grandmother’s perspective among others.
Thanks for all of your support. It’s been a dream come true publishing these.
Massive thanks to my long suffering daughter Nell 😀🙏😀
