For some people - December can be so exciting. You get to decorate or celebrate your family’s traditions. 
For others, IT IS STRESSFUL. You’re already adding onto a pretty full plate.

Maybe you're "almost" unschooling or unschooling some subjects but not others. 
What if you try  Unschooling for December only as an experiment?  

Taking a month to unschool - leaning in toward your children - will be such a great thing. 
On so many levels. You have your kids home with you because you want a better life together. Sometimes we have to reframe some of that old thinking that creeps in. 

This podcast will give you some action steps to help you. And I have more resources specific to the holidays below.  

Let me know if you try unschooling for December!  

SUE'S UNSCHOOLING RESOURCES

De-Stress the Mess: 5-Day Challenge
Practical solutions to conquering the mess in your home - which will definitely decrease the stress level! (FULL)

Creating Confidence Membership Group
You don't have to do this alone - this can be a lifeline to try this approach with others who are doing the same thing!

Unschooling Guide: The Holidays
Noticing all the learning that happens with various holiday activities will decrease your anxiety about unschooling - at least through December!
This guide will give you the specifics you're looking for.

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• UNSCHOOLING 101 Course
• Math WITHOUT Curriculum Course
• Unschooling Transcript Course
• Seasonal Unschooling Guides 
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Whether you celebrate Thanksgiving this week or not, you're inevitably going to find yourself in the hot seat at some point with friends and family. I'm sharing some conversational tips and techniques to help those interactions go smoothly!

This podcast also gives a few tips to help your kids through the holidays too.

UNSCHOOLING RESOURCES FROM SUE:

Creating Confidence Membership
Just the hand-holding you need!

Critics & Naysayers Unschooling Guide
This PDF is perfect for those DIY types who'd like to dive a little deeper into handling those relatives!
(This $15 Guide is free for members this month - including some video walk-throughs from me!)

Jumping Into Unschooling Course
$50 off this week! Use the discount code: UM2M50

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• Creating Confidence Options
• UNSCHOOLING 101 Course
• Math WITHOUT Curriculum Course
• Unschooling Transcript Course
• Seasonal Unschooling Guides 
• Private 1:1 Coaching with Sue
  
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www.UnschoolingMom2Mom.com

In this podcast, I'll tie unschooling in with gratitude. It can really make all the difference when it comes to your success with unschooling! 

As parents, our mental attitude has an enormous impact on the kids at home with us. Let's see what we can do to model gratitude. We do, after all, want to see it in our kids, right?  How are you doing with giving them a good example of being grateful for the positive things happening every day? 

Do you need a little help refocusing on Gratitude? Here are some resources for you:

Unschooling Guide: Gratitude
Only available in November! This guide is FULL of ways to help reframe your mind about gratitude and strategies for how to do this at your house!

Creating Confidence Membership
Focusing on articles, activities, and ways to bring a little more gratitude into our lives! Together with other unschooling parents - and me! Join us!

Gratitude - at Pinterest

Gratitude - at Instagram

Let me know what you think of this!

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• Creating Confidence Options
• UNSCHOOLING 101 Course
• Math WITHOUT Curriculum Course
• Unschooling Transcript Course
• Seasonal Unschooling Guides 
• Private 1:1 Coaching with Sue
  
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How DO unschoolers learn to spell without weekly spelling lists to memorize??
And what do you do when you see that your child isn't a good speller?

This week, we'll talk about some ideas to keep in the front of your mind, some suggestions to help improve spelling, and I'll tell you about my son's journey from being terrible at spelling to getting his MBA.

___UNSCHOOLING RESOURCES___

Jumping Into Unschooling Course

Creating Confidence Membership

Private Coaching

Read the transcript with links to resources here.
https://www.unschoolingmom2mom.com/how-do-unschoolers-learn-to-spell

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• Creating Confidence Options
• UNSCHOOLING 101 Course
• Math WITHOUT Curriculum Course
• Unschooling Transcript Course
• Seasonal Unschooling Guides 
• Private 1:1 Coaching with Sue
  
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Many families are moving into unschooling but questions come up about the teen years. If you don't use curriculum with them, everyone wants to know, "What do we DO?"

I have tips, ideas and inspiration for you here!

__UNSCHOOLING RESOURCES:__

Creating Confidence Membership group
So many resources for parents of teens in here - only $49/month! Cancel anytime.

Brainstorming Guide

Conversation Starter Cards

75 Ways to Connect with Your Teen

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Choose the level of support that fits you best—from daily encouragement to live coaching and community.

Come spend a week with us!

• Creating Confidence Options
• UNSCHOOLING 101 Course
• Math WITHOUT Curriculum Course
• Unschooling Transcript Course
• Seasonal Unschooling Guides 
• Private 1:1 Coaching with Sue
  
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  Free Email List with weekly unschooling resources

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Are you new to unschooling?
Or maybe you are moving from more traditional homeschooling to unschooling?

You may have lessons that you need to UNLearn so you can embrace this educational option.
After 25 years of talking with other parents, I've heard the obstacles that get in our way.  Often self-inflicted!!!

Unschooling Resources:
Creating Confidence Membership

Jumping Into Unschooling Course
Perfect to create a solid unschooling foundation

Private Coaching Call with Sue

Go to the website to see all the resources associated with each of the 10 Lessons you need to unlearn!
https://www.unschoolingmom2mom.com/10-lessons-to-unlearn/ 

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• Creating Confidence Options
• UNSCHOOLING 101 Course
• Math WITHOUT Curriculum Course
• Unschooling Transcript Course
• Seasonal Unschooling Guides 
• Private 1:1 Coaching with Sue
  
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I went about 5 minutes longer on this podcast, but hopefully it will be worth it!

Sometimes you need a little reassurance on one or two of these questions. Sometimes you're asking yourself all TWENTY of them!  I can help. And if you want to dive deeper into each of these, I have all sorts of resources available to you!

At the Unschooling Mom2Mom Website, I share resources based upon each question.
Here's the link:
https://www.unschoolingmom2mom.com/20-questions-about-unschooling

And if you need more support from me, you can always join my Membership group!
Creating Confidence Membership

Learning Math Without Curriculum
This new course walks you through EXACTLY how you'll provide the experiences and create the opportunities for your own child. Don't waste another dime on curriculum! Including a section for unschooling teens!


Or grab an Unschooling Guide on any particular concern you may have:
Unschooling Guide Collection

Reach out if you need help! You really don't have to do this alone!

Let me know what you think of this!

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• Creating Confidence Options
• UNSCHOOLING 101 Course
• Math WITHOUT Curriculum Course
• Unschooling Transcript Course
• Seasonal Unschooling Guides 
• Private 1:1 Coaching with Sue
  
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The whole world offers opportunities for a person to learn - and that's EXACTLY the customized education a person needs!

Most of us are moving in the direction of our interests… and when we need more information, we find what we need to accomplish what we want to do. Maybe it’s searching out a YouTube video, or googling some articles, or finding someone in our community that can show us. We really have a variety of ways to learn what interests us.

And kids can do this too. If we let them.
Let's talk a little more about how reframing what we see as educational can be so much better!

__UNSCHOOLING RESOURCES__

Everything Counts ebook - helping you see subjects in everyday life
Creating Confidence Membership - you really don't have to do this alone!
Unschooling Guide: Deschooling - if you need help peeling away the layers of a schoolish approach to learning.

And if it's MATH you're worrying about...

Learning Math Without Curriculum
This new course walks you through EXACTLY how you'll provide the experiences and create the opportunities for your own child. Don't waste another dime on curriculum! Including a section for unschooling teens!

Let me know what you think of this!

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Choose the level of support that fits you best—from daily encouragement to live coaching and community.

Come spend a week with us!

• Creating Confidence Options
• UNSCHOOLING 101 Course
• Math WITHOUT Curriculum Course
• Unschooling Transcript Course
• Seasonal Unschooling Guides 
• Private 1:1 Coaching with Sue
  
  Stay Connected:
  Free Email List with weekly unschooling resources

www.UnschoolingMom2Mom.com

Lots of people ask if children with special needs can do ok with unschooling? 
Parents have a lot of fears about handling the situation on their own, after years of relying on experts and fighting for your child to get the care they need. 

It’s HARD to walk away and say, “Nevermind. This still isn’t good enough. I”m going to do it on my own.”  I get it - the backlash from that is daunting. And you’re tired. 

But school settings are not the best place for kids - and that may even be MORE SO for kids with special needs.   We'll unpack this in today's episode and I have some resources for you!

___UNSCHOOLING RESOURCES____
(mentioned in the podcast)

Parent + Caregiver Summit (FREE)
Sept 20-22, 2021
I'm a speaker there (my talk is Don't Duplicate School) but others are speaking about a variety of aspects unrelated to education. I have a link for you to use since they're trying to help unschooling families know about it too:
https://parentcaregiversummit.com/?ref=surviving-waiting-room&affiliate=suepatterson

Unschooling Mom2Mom Special Needs Webpage
More resources, and the transcript for this podcast

Unschooling Every Family: Embracing Neurodivergent and Disabled Learners
Facebook group for parents

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Choose the level of support that fits you best—from daily encouragement to live coaching and community.

Come spend a week with us!

• Creating Confidence Options
• UNSCHOOLING 101 Course
• Math WITHOUT Curriculum Course
• Unschooling Transcript Course
• Seasonal Unschooling Guides 
• Private 1:1 Coaching with Sue
  
  Stay Connected:
  Free Email List with weekly unschooling resources

www.UnschoolingMom2Mom.com

Are your kids wanting to play all the time?
And you're worried about when they're ever going to be interested in learning?

So much learning happens when humans are having fun! Play isn't something to do AFTER the learning is complete - it's where the learning really happens!

I know, this seems foreign to most of us. Listen to the podcast because I want to show you how unschooling and playtime is connected.

___ UNSCHOOLING RESOURCES (mentioned in podcast) ____

Creating Confidence
Join other parents who are reframing how they look at learning - and get coaching from Sue throughout the week!

Unschooling Guide: Deschooling
Are you having trouble letting go of the schoolish ways - the familiar ways - you grew up with? This Guide will help you see how learning weaves throughout life. The School Way is not the One Right Way! So many other ways to learn exist!

Unschooling Guide: Brainstorming
Once you decide against buying a curriculum, what do you do instead? Brainstorm with the kids! What fun things are available and interesting to all of you? Move in this direction!

Let me know what you think of this!

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Whether you prefer daily encouragement or a supportive community with live coaching, you can explore it all and see what fits your family best.

Choose the level of support that fits you best—from daily encouragement to live coaching and community.

Come spend a week with us!

• Creating Confidence Options
• UNSCHOOLING 101 Course
• Math WITHOUT Curriculum Course
• Unschooling Transcript Course
• Seasonal Unschooling Guides 
• Private 1:1 Coaching with Sue
  
  Stay Connected:
  Free Email List with weekly unschooling resources

www.UnschoolingMom2Mom.com