Homeschool

Podcast Episode #22 – A Focus on Passion in Education

Journey to Unschooling In my continued conversation with Tanya and her 16 year old son Gavin about their educational choices, you’ll hear a refreshing perspective on following your intuition and trusting yourself. Tanya calls on parents to turn trust we’ve traditionally given to societal systems back to ourselves and our children – whether kids are in schools or not. Gavin

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Podcast Episode #21 – From Public School to Unschooling

Journey to Unschooling I’d like to introduce you to Tanya and her 16-year-old son, Gavin. They currently live in New York, but I met them when they were living in St. Petersburg, Florida several years ago. I also had the privilege of hosting Gavin for a month in Mexico with my son, so I got to see firsthand what Gavin

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Podcast Episode #18 – Meeting Unique Needs

Educating Our Kids Consciously parenting runs through all areas of life, including learning environments. Instead of pushing through life, rolling over and shutting down emotional responses – both in ourselves and with our children – consciously parenting takes a different route. Children’s emotions are allowed, valued, and approached with care. The totality of each individual’s temperament and perspective is welcomed

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Podcast Episode #17 – Changing Educational Paths

Educating Our Kids How do you know when it’s time to leap into the unknown and take a new educational path? Can happiness really be the touchstone we turn to when making family decisions? Most of us grew up without the opportunity to choose our own educational path. Once on a particular path, our culture promotes commitment and follow through.

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Back to Homeschool: Summer Break Isn’t For Us

We’ve always been a homeschool family, and we love it. I love the flexibility of being able to travel and visit theme parks during the week (we live about an hour from Orlando), and generally do things however and whenever I want to do them. We are eclectic homeschoolers, taking bits and pieces from different curricula to find the right

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Giving Up Homeschool

I was completely sure of my school decision – to homeschool. I wasn’t going to “cheat” and buy pre made programs or do online classes. No, I was going to create a curriculum based on several states’ requirements, not just the one I was living in. I was going to do this schooling thing completely from scratch. (Or so my

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