Episode 54: Parents Can’t Teach Their Children Everything and That’s Okay   This isn’t a criticism of the abilities of home educating parents, but instead reassurance for all parents that there is no need to take all of the things on. Children being taught everything ahead of time isn’t how deep and meaningful learning usually […]

Episode 53: The Strength of Stories – Our Own and Our Children’s   We happily welcomed Pam Laricchia, Anna Brown and Erika Ellis from www.livingjoyfully.ca to discuss the topic of Stories. Pam, Anna and Erika have spoken in depth about the nuances and choices within the stories we tell both ourselves and others.  In this conversation […]

Episode 52: Does Teaching Have a Place in Self-Directed Education or Unschooling?   We read a Substack article by Esther Jones, Unschooling and the Magic of Teaching and were inspired to peel back the role that teaching might play within self-directed learning and a number of aspects that are related. It turned out to be […]

Episode 51: Nervous System Health and Self-Compassion, Our Own and Our Children’s   It was really an honour to speak with Linsey Briggs of @unschoolingstanley about a topic she shares so generously about. Her insights were both beautiful and practical. It’s always amazing to see the different angles and experiences each person has and so […]

Episode 50: My Journey to Taking a Kinder Path – In Honour of Hayley   Oof. This is hard.  This episode is one in which we give the sad news that our wonderful Hayley has passed on.  We also attempt to honour her as best we can by discussing her post, My Journey to Taking […]

Episode 49: Resentment – Our Feelings Toward Other Homeschool Parents, our Spouses and Children, and How We Can Move Through Them   We discuss the topic of ‘Resentment’ which initially sounded a bit unpleasant, but there was real peace and clarity in being honest about our very human experiences of walking the line between what […]

Episode 48: Taking a Kinder Path to the Holiday Season – Planning Together with our Kids   Based on a core section of Hayley’s blog post, Taking a Kinder Path to the Festivities: For You, Your Children and the Planet, we discuss kind and collaborative approaches we can take to the holiday season  With two […]

Episode 47: The Way Children Learn: Living a Life that Supports All Kinds of Learning   Anne fromEclectic Kids, Bird Bound and @obytheby and April Scully from Modern Homeschoolers join for a conversation about the many faces of whole life learning. The conversation is as vibrant, messy, wonderful and meaningful as whole life learning itself […]

Episode 46: The Imagination we Lack When  it Comes to Education: The Kindergarten Years   We Discuss:   Kindergarten in the past in comparison to now (each sharing memories of our own start of school) Sharing stories of our child’s start to the school years  The awareness of making a mistake being unacceptable and when/how […]

High School Diplomas, College Degrees and Future Careers: Is There More Than One Way?    We say “yes” there is! Missy Willis from Let ‘em Go Barefoot and I connected this summer to have a conversation based on one of Missy’s Substack essays, Make the High School Diploma Mean Something Again. In this conversation, we […]