Stories of an Unschooling Family

The Curious Unschoolers Book Club Is Now Open!

My Amazon Author Page

Blog Posts

I Am a Pirate King!

When Unschooled Kids Charge Off on Their Own Learning Adventures (includes links to mentioned musicals)

The Curious Unschoolers Book Club

The Book Club Link

Books by Father James Tierney

The Bush Boys books

Where You Can Find Me

Youtube

Instagram

Stories of an Unschooling Family

Blog

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157: Fearing Our Kids Will Fail Jul 19, 2019

Show notes

This week, I'm discussing the following questions:

Do things sometimes seem like they'll never change?
Is 'grinned' a fabulous word?
Do we notice and worry about things that relate to ourselves that others don't notice?
Do our fears for our kids get in the way of encouraging them to do the things they enjoy?
Can our fears deprive our kids of joy?
Is failing really a big deal?
What's my latest unschooling book idea?
Where are we going when we take unschooling on the road?
Does encouragement work both ways?

I'm also sharing the story Fearing Our Kids Will Fail from my book Curious Unschoolers.

Show Notes

My Unschooling Books

Episode 140: Difficult Things

My Amazon Author Page

Podcast

Youtube

Instagram

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156: Building Strong Relationships with Our Kids Jul 12, 2019

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This week, I'm sharing 3 stories about my young adult son Callum (who likes to grin!):

How I Removed an Engine from a Car
Engines, Muscles and Spending Time with Dad
My Fridge Adventure

I talk about building strong relationships with our kids by:

Taking an interest in their passions.
Spending time with them.
Being daring and adventurous parents who like to have fun.

As well, I talk about:

Self-directed learning.
Being honest.

I also share a couple of reviews for my books Curious Unschoolers and Radical Unschool Love.

Show Notes

My Unschooling Books

Youtube

Instagram

Another Way of Looking at Our Kids' Learning

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155: Another Way of Looking at Our Unschooled Kids' Learning Jul 07, 2019

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This week, I'm sharing and discussing the story, Another Way of Looking at Our Kids' Learning.

I talk about my teenager's morning:

What Gemma-Rose did
How I could record that learning in terms of school subjects
And how I could think about her learning in another way

I also talk about the importance of play for both children and adults.

And I share a couple of podcast reviews that I was thrilled to receive. A big thank you to The Simple living Mom and Home Ed Fam!!

Show Notes

Blog Post

My Unschooling Books

Youtube

Instagram

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154: Stories from Radical Unschool Love Jun 26, 2019

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This week, I'm sharing some of the stories from my recently published unschooling book, Radical Unschool Love:

Radical Unschool Love
The Next Instalment of the Unschooling Story
Not as Wild as it Sounds
Unconditional Love
An Active Approach to Radical Unschooling
How Radical Unschooling Might Not Look Radical
What if We Have Differing Beliefs and Opinions?

I also have some odds and ends of news to share!

Show Notes

My Unschooling Books

Youtube

Instagram

The Global Homeschooling Summit

Unschooling books by Suzie Andres

Homeschooling with Gentleness

A Little Way of Homeschooling

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153: More Unschool Writing Ideas and Resources Jun 18, 2019

Show notes

My author daughter Imogen joins me for a bumper episode about unschool writing.

In episode 148, we talked about how unschooling children learn to write. This week, we continue the unschool writing discussion by answering a couple of listener questions and then sharing some ideas and resources for anyone, young child to adult, who wants to improve their writing skills.

We also talk about:

The Global Homeschooling Summit and give a taste of Imogen and Sophie's interview.
My soon-to-be-published unschooling book Radical Unschool Love.
My daughter Charlotte's new design project: her Red Bubble shops.

Show Notes

Go Teen Writers

Go Teen Writers blog

Go Teen Writers book: How to Turn Your First Draft into a Published Book

Go Teen Writers Facebook Group

NaNoWriMo

Camp NaNoWriMo

NaNoWriMo Young Writers Program

Blogging

Blogger

Wordpress

Books

Plot and Structure: Techniques and Exercise for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish by James Scott Bell

Revision and Self-Editing (Write Great Fiction) by James Scott Bell

Bird by Bird: Some Instruction on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

Podcasts

Episode 148: Our Writing Unrules for Unschoolers

Writing Excuses

Charlotte Elvis

Charlotte's Redbubble Shop

The Stories of an Unschooling Family Red Bubble Shop

Instagram: charlotte.elvis

Imogen Elvis

Website

Youtube

Imogen's novel

Instagram

Sue Elvis

My Unschooling Books

Youtube

Instagram

The Global Homeschooling Summit

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152: Stories from My Closet May 17, 2019

Show notes

This week, I've taken my mic into my closet!

Sitting amongst my clothes, I'm sharing:

Why I'm in my wardrobe.
My new book idea.
How I was interviewed for the Global Homeschooling Summit.
My Susan Skeleton story.
A homeschool registration story from my book Curious Unschoolers.
The birthday urn story.
And the huge ornate mirror story.

Of course, along the way, I'm also sharing some unschooling ideas!

Show Notes

My Unschooling Book

Curious Unschoolers

Youtube

Instagram

The Global Unschooling Summit

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151: Stories from 'Curious Unschoolers' May 08, 2019

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This week, I'm sharing the first 3 parts of my newly published book Curious Unschoolers. I hope these stories will give you an idea of what my book is all about. Perhaps after listening to them, you'd like to read the whole book!

6:27 Curious Unschoolers

7:06 Part 1: An Introduction
7:10 Something Important
10:33 The Friend Who Comes to Tea
13:08 Just in Case We’re Not Already Friends
14:53 A Book of Stories

17:22 Part 2: An Introduction to Unschooling
17:28 What is unschooling?
20:48 Why Unschooling Isn’t a Method of Homeschooling
32:01 Does Unschooling Work?

38:04 Part 3: What Unschooling Looks Like
38:10 What is Unschooling All About?
48:12 Is Unschooling Just Living Life?
54:08 The Curriculum of Life
1:03:07 A Typical Unschooling Day

Show Notes

My Unschooling Book

Curious Unschoolers

Youtube

Instagram

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150: Unschooling Books and Bedtimes Apr 12, 2019

Show notes

This week, I'm chatting about unschooling and bedtimes.

What if our kids want to stay up late?
Can kids get up early if they have to?
Do we sometimes want our kids to go to bed early because it suits us?
What if we are criticised because of the way we parent our kids?

I share lots of stories including one about entertaining unexpected guests in my pyjamas while feeding a baby.

Also, I share

My latest unschooling book news
An excerpt from my book Curious Unschoolers.
Some family news.
And a few bits and pieces!

Show Notes

Youtube

Instagram

Episode 27: The Tricky Business of Registering an Unschooler as a Homeschooler

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149: My Unschooler's Homeschool Registration Visit Mar 25, 2019

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This week, I'm sharing details of my daughter Gemma-Rose's homeschool registration visit. I discuss the following questions:

Can registered homeschoolers unschool?
How do we write homeschool plans when we don't know what our unschooling kids will be interested in?
How can we fulfil homeschooling registration requirements without forcing kids to learn things they're not interested in?
Is forced learning real learning?

I also talk about:

How we might be tempted to push our kids to use their talents or extend their interests.
How kids can surprise us. They're often not like us. They do things on their own timetables and not ours.

And I share my latest unschooling book news.

Show Notes

Podcasts

Episode 45: How Registered Homeschoolers Can Unschool

Blog Posts

My homeschool registration and record keeping posts

Youtube

Instagram