Unschooling Mom2Mom
The Unschooling Mom2Mom podcast is a quick conversation with Sue Patterson, coach, author, and mother of 3 grown unschoolers. Sue shares inspiration and tips to help you find the unschooling confidence you're looking for! Even if you’re more of a “homeschooler” than an “unschooler,” these 10 minute(ish) podcasts can help you find more joy in parenting, educating and connecting with your children!
Episodes
That's an alarming title, right? But it's something that's been a confusing point within the homeschooling and unschooling community.
Unschoolers focus on the Learning instead of the Teaching.
Yet, that is easily misconstrued as "Unschoolers don't Learn" or "Unschooling Parents are neglectful" - and NOTHING could be further fro the truth!
This topic has surfaced online a lot...
Are you trying to get organized but wonder how that can work with unschooling?
Loop Scheduling is a possiblity!
In this week's Unschooling Mom2Mom Podcast, Sue talks about how to keep the concept of unschooling alive and well AND still do Loop Scheduling if you'd like!
Nope - it's not going to look the same as how traditional homeschoolers will implement it!
Transcript Here
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Gatherings with friends and family can happen all year long!
And when you've decided to do something different, all eyes are on you - or at least it can feel like that.
This week's podcast is to help you manage these tricky situations and feel good about your responses. Thinking specificallly about how to prepare for various questions or scenarios will help you so much.
Here are a few resources m...
Happy Father's Day!
Sharing a Bonus podcast from Unschooling Mom2Mom to help make sense of some of the confusion out on the internet. Sue Patterson shares some stories from her own dad, that offers a little Father's Day insight!
Reach out if you need a little more help.
Private Coaching Calls in June are only $50/half hour!
Get your questions asked and answered!
http://www.suepatterson.as....
Want to dip your toes in the idea of unschooling?
We have so much LESS PRESSURE during the summer months - why not give it a try?
This week's Unschooling Mom2Mom Podcast will show you how you can do that - with ideas and resource links to help you figure it all out!
NEW:
Seasonal Unschooling Guide: Summer!
30 pages of ideas and journaling pages to help you brainstorm ideas - and stay on track!
Have you ever wondered,
How Will I know if Unschooling Isn't Working for my family?
Or maybe someone is asking you how you'll know when to throw in the towel on unschooling?
That's what I'm talking about this week.
6 SIGNS that Unschooling Isn't Working
No judgement - it's not going to work for every parent!
But let's talk about what's going on a little mor...
Let's celebrate in a way that really WORKS for you, Mom! This podcast will help you see that waiting around for others to appreciate us may not be the best approach.
Sue Patterson shares practical tips to help you feel good about Mother's Day this year. Lots of links at the website too:
MOTHER'S DAY ULTIMAE COLLECTION PAGE
http://www.UnschoolingMom2Mom.com/mothers-day
***FREE PDF for M...
If school or curriculum isn't working for your kids anymore, unschooling is an option I want you to know about. Don't dump more money into yet another curriculum suggestion that's going to gather dust or cause power struggles. You home life can be so much better than that!
This Unschooling Mom2Mom Podcast will help you understand a little more.
Here are some of the resources mentioned:
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That's one of the biggest questions from parents looking into unschooling?
It's what we talked about in April's Unschooling Question of the Month.
And even after an hour of talking about it on the video (recording here) Sue Patterson shares even more about how unschooling provides everything your child will need!
Free PDF mentioned on the Podcast:
Follow-Up Unschooling Resources
Academi...
This week, I want to encourage you to examine your ideas about subjects BEFORE you throw money at...
This week, I'm sharing 5 ways you can find the people who are going to make this unschooling journey more enjoyable. It's so great to find others who are also working their way through their fears, deschooling their old ideas, and embraci...
And maybe you're looking for some ideas or wondering what to do if your kid isn't really into it. Let's get real about PiDay!
Collection of 85 Pi Day Memes and Jokes here:
https://www.unschoolingmom2mom.com/pi-day
Pinterest Board: Pi Day
https://www.pinterest.com/umom2mom/pi-day-fun/
Strewing Calendar
https://www.unschoolingmom2mom.com/strewing-ca...
Parents worry all the time about whether their kids are on their devices too much. Our childhoods certainly weren't like this - and now that the kids are home all the time, that can seem like a LOT of time on technology.
So what do we do?
Sue Patterson shares strategies for how to accurately assess the situation and gives some solutions you could use today!
UNSCHOOLING RESOURCES MENTIONED
U...
I have a Bonus Episode for you this week! Last minute add-on!
What's the big takeaway when an unschooling mom looks back?
Lean into the Love.
Originally written in 2012, and now updated for 2024, Sue Patterson share's what she wish she had known... way back when.
More Valentine's Day info:
https://www.unschoolingmom2mom.com/unschooling-valentines-day
Join Sue's Unsch...
Unschoolers don't have to skip out on the fun that Valentine's Day can bring.
I know, it's Hallmark Celebration... and lots of people are not big fans. But you kids might enjoy some aspects of it - and I've pulled together 10 activities your family might like to try.
- Science Projects
- Party food ideas
- Jokes/Riddles
- Arts & Crafts
- Videos
- Love Languages
- TONS of MEMES - some would be so fun to text to your big...
I have 5 Signs that it may be time for you to start unschooling!
Whether you've been homeschooling and it's not working out as planned, or you're looking for alternatives to public schools, I want to share how to get started homeschooling from an unschooling perspective.
I know, it can be scary to do something this unconventional, but gather some information and support, and you'll be able to...
Many of us memorized math facts that we don't use a lot in our adult lives. But what if I told you that you actually DO use many of them - even the Pythagorean Theorem - but you just don't realize it?
This is a little different podcast this week, prompted by something that happened to me after a podcast interview as well as something I've seen recently on social media - you probably have too!
So let...
After spending most of the month talking about typical unschooling days - and how nothing is really "typical", this week, I'm doing a 180!
Turns out, there ARE some things that are typical in the day in the life of a successful unschooling family. And I want you to know what that is! Actually, I've come up with SEVEN Tips that set successful unschooling parents apart from the rest.
I now have a T...
What IS an unschooling day like?
That's one of the most common questions when parents are thinking about unschooling as a homeschooling option. We KNOW what school looks like. We even have a pretty good guess about what traditional school-at-home homeschooling looks like. But unschooling? That's a different story!
Sue Patterson shares insight on what's typical about unschooling days - and what's t...
So many people struggle with deschooling. It's probably less about doing it "right" or "wrong" and more about recognizing that it's not a one-and-done kind of thing. We're in a hurry to get on with it, right?
This Unschooling Mom2Mom podcast is all about REALLY examining deschooling.
Can you do it in a week or a month and then plug the kids into an, albeit modified, version of sc...
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