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Your go-to library for navigating life without school. Highly focused, research-backed episodes that tackle real questions and challenges as they come up, helping you build a version of home education that works for your unique family. New episodes landing weekly, only available right here.
The myth of early writing (and why it matters for your child) 🎙️
I'm exploring the science of how writing actually develops in the brain (it's fascinating), looking at how different cultures approach it (with some surprising results), and walking you through what to watch for as your child's writing development unfolds naturally.
What to do when your partner doesn't want to home educate 🎙️
"He won't even look at anything I share. Won't listen to my concerns. Just shuts down the conversation completely." How do partners who see such different paths forward for their children find their way to the same page?
What does a 'successful' home education journey look like? 🎙️
There’s a nagging question that sits under almost every thought we have about our children’s learning. How do we know this is working? What does success even look like when we're walking a road so different from the one we knew?
How to foster your child's ability to solve problems (because their future career depends on it) 🎙️
We all know the standard way we're taught to solve problems at school. Start with a clear definition of the problem, follow a proven process, arrive at the right answer. It's clean, it's predictable, it’s measurable…and it's almost entirely useless in real life. Especially in a professional context.
How to REALLY measure your child's progress 🎙️
When you first step away from the school system, you leave behind all their built-in ways of measuring progress - the grades, the tests, the reading levels...In this week's mini-episode, I'm sharing the simple daily practice we use to record, track, and review progress in our family.