One of the things that’s been important to each of us at the Virtual Kitchen Table is community, both for the sake of all and also as a way to better support educational options for families. In one of our earliest episodes (linked in Resources/Show Notes) we talked about the benefit of rich and varied community as places to live and learn. Several episodes later, we discussed homeschool communities (also linked). In today’s episode, Kendel from @spark.to.flame.homelearning joins us again as we find some practical ideas for building and contributing to community with the local spaces and people around us as well as specific thoughts in relation to home education. We touch on so much in this conversation and yet it feels there’s still more to think about. We’d love you to have a listen!

Resources:

@spark.to.flame.homelearning

Episode #3 – Choice in Education: Living and Learning in Community, Virtual Kitchen Table

Episode #15: Homeschool Community – Finding, Sustaining and How it Evolves

Who are the People in your Neighbourhood? Ever Learning

Happiness is Here – Is Unschooling Too Focused on the Individual?

Happiness is Here – Nature Journalling: Adopt a Creek for a Year

Novitas Magazine – Grassroots Community Support During the Current Housing Crisis

Novitas Magazine – Project Knotwork: Merging community and education through project-based self-directed learning

Five Ways That Home Education Can Be Healthy For Communities