Raising Wildlings

Wild Unschooling: How Nicki and Vicci Do it!


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In this episode, we’re chatting about wild schooling and unschooling, or wild unschooling looks like for our families as part of an exciting upcoming project. 

👉  Nicki and Vicci Share

  • About Wildschooling and Forest School
  • How they do it!
  • What and how their children are learning
  • How they assess learning and “standardise education” if at all
  • A typical day-in-the-life
  • How they school while working
  • How they afford these lifestyles
  • How they plan for trips
  • How they take care of household duties
  • When they knew they made the right choice to homeschool
  • The benefits and drawbacks of schooling this way
  • Their response to common criticism for this way of living
  • The growth they have seen in their own children 
  • What their children have to say about Unschooling, Wildschooling and Roadschooling

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https://www.wildlingsforestschool.com/free-downloadables

👉  Links and Resources

Episodes Referred To
You Just Got 'Unschooled' with Kerry McDonald
Wildschooling with the Wilder Child Creator Nicolette Sowder
Vicci's Leap to Homeschooling
Nicki's Journey to Wildschooling

Resources & References

Check out our Mini intro to Homeschooling course here
Support us on Patreon here

Guest Details

Vicci Oliver and Nicki Farrell are adventurous nature play makers, risk-takers, children’s rights advocates and the co-founders of Wildlings Forest School. We are the hosts of the ‘Raising Wildlings’ podcast and we put the dirt back in childhood.

During any Wildlings Forest School program, you are likely to find Wildlings up trees, sliding down mud slides, whittling with pocket knives, lighting fires and building rafts. We let kids, be kids - because children can’t learn to protect nature if they’ve never had a childhood in it.

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