Virtual Kitchen Table

We’d like to welcome you to the Virtual Kitchen Table. We are Hayley from Taking a Kinder Path, Erin from Ever Learning and Ashley from Ashley as Mama and Storytime Shelves. We’re gathering to have conversations about family life and home education, most specifically unschooling, which is sometimes known as self-directed education or, as we sometimes refer to it, whole life learning, consent-based education or natural learning. We’ll be sharing experiences and ideas, learning as we go through relaxed conversation. We hope you’ll pull a chair up to the table and join us.

Virtual Kitchen Table is a education podcast hosted by Erin, with 68 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Erin hosts Virtual Kitchen Table, a education show with 68 episodes published.

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  Episode #59

  Episode 59: What is Unschooling? Part 3: Myths and Misconceptions, Continued

  Aug 5, 20262h 14mS1

  We finally wrapped up Hayley’s What is Unschooling? blog post series in this conversation. Sue Elvis of Stories of an Unschooling Family joined us again as we had a second look at the Myths and Misconceptions related to unschooling. While we do continue “busting myths,” ultimately we burrow deep into the beauty of living and learning curiously and respectfully with our children because, as we came to realize again through sharing our experiences, it’s so much more than just defending this remarkable way at life against the status quo. Part 1 - Episode 56 Part 2 - Episode 57 Part 3 - Episode 58 Resources: What is Unschooling? Part 3: Myths and Misconceptions - Taking a Kinder Path Stories of an Unschooling Family Degree Free 8 Benefits of Learning to Read Later (and taking a more natural approach) - Taking a Kinder Path Unschooling Math - What Does Learning Math/s Naturally Look Like? - Virtual Kitchen Table Podcast The Rich Experience of Unschooling Science - Virtual Kitchen Table Podcast The State of Flow in Learning - Virtual Kitchen Table Podcast Spot the Learning! How Our Children are Learning More Than We Might Think - Virtual Kitchen Table Podcast What Do Our Unschooling Days Look Like? - Virtual Kitchen Table Podcast Unschooling A-Ha Moments - Virtual Kitchen Table Podcast

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  Episode #58

  Episode 58: What is Unschooling? Part 3: Myths and Misconceptions

  Jul 14, 20262h 39mS1

  We discussed Part 3 of Hayley’s What is Unschooling? series. Sue Elvis from Stories of an Unschooling Family joined us to tap back into this next part of the topic. This time we discussed Myths and Misconceptions about unschooling. We were keen to do this because we know how misunderstood unschooling often is, even by people embarking upon it. We found ourselves out of time with some of Hayley’s post to still discuss, so stay tuned for a continuation of the conversation. We’d love you to have a listen! We Discuss: Deschooling - what it is and different ways to think about it Moving in an unschooling direction without having specific language for deschooling The idea of unschooling as lazy parenting The idea of child-led (in learning and in living and whether there’s a distinction) Unschooling as a rejection of curriculums, classes, checklists, routines, timetables The concern about children being ‘behind’, uneducated and unprepared for the real world The different things that the “real world” means to different people Questions of post-secondary education and options Choosing to live a life with rhythm and order Resources: What is Unschooling? Part 3: Myths and Misconceptions- Taking a Kinder Path Stories of an Unschooling Family What is Unschooling? Part One: A Framework of Ideas - Virtual Kitchen Table Podcast What is Unschooling? Part Two: What Unschooling Looks Like - Virtual Kitchen Table Podcast Deschooling Through the Lens of the Unschool Challenge - Virtual Kitchen Table Podcast What is Unschooling and How Does it Work? - Virtual Kitchen Table Podcast What Do Our Unschooling Days Look Like? - Virtual Kitchen Table Podcast Unschooling A-Ha Moments - Virtual Kitchen Table Podcast

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  Episode #57

  Episode 57: What is Unschooling, Part 2: What Unschooling Looks Like

  Jul 2, 20262h 20mS1

  We welcomed Sue Elvis of Stories of an Unschooling Family to discuss Part Two of Hayley’s What is Unschooling? series. It was another rich opportunity to dig deeply into the nuts and bolts of the practical side of unschooling, with concrete examples and shared experiences. We hope you’ll have a listen and learn something new. Resources: What is Unschooling, Part 2: What Does Unschooling Like? Taking a Kinder Path Unschooling: What’s in a Name? – Ever Learning Home Ed Labels and Jargon: Sorting Them Through, Episode 19 – Virtual Kitchen Table Podcast What is Unschooling and How Does it Work? Episode 18 - Virtual Kitchen Table Podcast What Do Our Unschooling Days Look Like? Part One, Episode 1 - Virtual Kitchen Table Podcast What Do Our Unschooling Days Look Like? Part One, Episode 2 - Virtual Kitchen Table Podcast Sandra Dodd's Big Book of Unschooling by Sandra Dodd - Sandra Dodd Ladies Fixing the World podcast EU382: Unschooling Stumbling Blocks: It’s Not the Unschooling - Exploring Unschooling Podcast Understanding Unschooling – Ever Learning

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  Episode #56

  What is Unschooling, Part 1: A Framework of Ideas

  Jun 6, 20263h 14mS1

  Do you ever wonder what unschooling is really about? Or maybe you have a sense of it yourself but wonder how to describe it if asked? This ended up being a very full and nuanced conversation based on the first part of Hayley’s blog post series by the same name. What a joy to speak with Sue Elvis from Stories of an Unschooling Family and reflect about the framework of unschooling in detail based on Hayley’s ideas and our own. We seem to learn as we discuss and think you’ll gain some perspective from this conversation and some fuel for your own realizations. Resources: What is Unschooling? Part 1: A Framework of Ideas, Hayley, Taking a Kinder Path Stories of an Unschooling Family Curious Unschoolers, Sue Elvis Radical Unschool Love, Sue Elvis The Unschool Challenge, Sue Elvis Unschooling: A Voyage of Discovery, Episode 31 Unschooling – What’s in a Name, Ever Learning What is Unschooling and How Does it Work? Episode 18 Do We Deserve Joy? Unpacking Perspectives of Joy in Home Education, Episode 8 Ladies Fixing the World podcast 8 Benefits of Learning to Read Later (and taking a more natural approach), Taking a Kinder Path

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  Episode #55

  Episode 55: Young People Often Do Know What They Don’t Know

  May 18, 20262h 7mS1

  Resources: Episode 54: Parents Can’t Teach Their Children Everything and That’s Okay Episode 16: Lists or Not: How Do We and Those We Love Keep Organized?

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