Episode 35: More about the Value of Online Community – Virtual Friendships are Real Friendships    *Virtual Kitchen Table is now an online community as well as a podcast. 😊 Check the link above and listen here for our thoughts.  In this conversation, Anne from @obytheby and Eclectic Kids and Kendel from @spark.to.flame.homelearning, join in […]

Episode 34: The Value of Online Community The Virtual Kitchen Table now includes a COMMUNITY as well as a podcast. 😃 We’d love for you to read on …  Some time ago Hayley had the idea of discussing online community as an episode topic and at first we wondered if it might be part of […]

Episode 33: Gently Easing into the New Year for Parents and Kids    Following our Episode 32, Being Intentional for the Holidays – Finding a Fit for our Families, we continue the theme of deepening our understanding of what works for us, this time as a new year begins. We discuss our thoughts about resolutions […]

Episode 32: Being Intentional about the Holidays – Finding a Fit for our Families   We return this season to the topic of Being Intentional about the Holidays and thinking about what will best fit our own individual crew, including ourselves. Keeping in mind our own rhythms and preferences alongside those of our family members, […]

Episode 31: Unschooling, A Voyage of Discovery – Part Two   We returned to finish our conversation about Hayley’s blog post of the same name as this episode. We recommend listening to Part One first as it will give context to the conversation, but of course if jumping in here suits you, there is still […]

Episode 31: Unschooling, A Voyage of Discovery – Part One   We gathered to discuss Hayley’s blog post by the same name as this episode. Her post is written as a metaphor – the captain and crew symbolize the parent and child. In this conversation we talk about the idea of our lives together being […]

Episode 30: The Rich Experience of Unschooling Science    Have you ever thought about what it looks like to learn science in an organic way? To really celebrate it and live a life where you and your kids are interacting with it through passion and practicality? To see it linked to or naturally occurring in […]