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Episode 343 FPN Why Kids Love Homeschool

Family Podcast NetworkJoin us as we discuss:

Why is it that kids love homeschool and unschool.

A few of the reasons that my own kids listed for loving unschooling.

Feedback from several hundred homeschool kids that teach us why they love it even when they can choose public school. 

 

 

SHOW NOTES

50 Reasons Homeschooled Kids Love Being Homeschooled

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Episode 342 FPN Lainie Liberti on Worldschooling

Lainie Liberti and Her Son Miro

Lainie Liberti and Her Son Miro

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Special guest Lainie Liberti on what exactly is worldschooling and how it’s identical to unschooling, but with a huge classroom.  

What is a learning community? 

What Lainie sees as the future of homeschooling…and how I think she’s right.

 

 

 

 

 

SHOW NOTES

Raising Miro on the Road of Life

Project Worldschool

 

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Episode 291 FPN Unschooling: Why Should I

No SchoolToday:

Just why should  you consider unschooling and why it may be for you.

The potential answer to those that are right on the fence on unschooling or homeschooling.  

How modern schools don’t prepare kids for self-governing, but on how to be governed.

 

 

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Episode 288 FPN PT1 Unschooling: It Begins with How Kids Learn

UnschoolingJoin us as we discuss:

Part 1 of an upcoming series on Homeschool and Unschooling.

How I’d RATHER put my kids in public school, but how the failures of the system are just too great.

What kids need in education to make homeschooling and unschooling successful.

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Episode 263 Unschooling Revisited

Hate SchoolJoin us as we discuss:

Unschooling: what is it, how does it work, and can my kid get into college with it.

What is unschooling NOT.

What is unschooling?

Addressing the common criticisms of unschooling and answering how colleges look at homeschooling and unschooling.

 

 

 

 

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Episode 245 FPN What if Our Divorce Rates are Because of School

 

Quick Divorce by fortinbras at Flickr

Quick Divorce by fortinbras at Flickr

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A great article I found over at SydneySteiner.com on not caring about teaching kids shapes, colors, and other school related stuff.  

How we’ve focuses so much on filling our kiddos with knowledge and later with relationship skills.

How this flip-floping of topics, may just be the wrong thing to do to kids.

SHOW NOTES

Why I Do NOT Care About Teaching My Toddler about Letters, Shapes, and Colors – article mentioned in show.  

 

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Episode 244 Modern Education: It’s Not As Good as You Think It Is

 

 

Public Education: Not as Good as You Think It Is

Public Education: Not as Good as You Think It Is

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A look at modern schooling, and how it’s nothing modern.

How our current system of education evolved from Sunday School.

A wonderful article that discusses the failure of our current education system, and a beautiful alternative called self-directed learning.

 

 

 

SHOW NOTES

School is a Prison and Damaging our Kids – great article discussed in show.

 

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Episode 223 Unschooling: Tell Me More About It

 

Anna on her new scooter as mentioned in the show.  Used with Anna's permission.

Anna on her new scooter as mentioned in the show. Used with Anna’s permission.

Join me as we discuss:

A more in-depth look at unschooling, how it works for Corrie and I, and how we handle the different subjects.

How scope and sequence suck for kids in regards to learning and how many public schools are trying hard, but just not getting it. 

What do Corrie and I do when we just cannot answer a question for our kids.

 

 

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