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The Power of No-School Podcast

Vicky and Paul

Kids & Family

Frequency: 1 episode/12d. Total Eps: 10

In this podcast, we will chat about homeschooling and how we can build a family around connections, not rules. I want to present the different facets of homeschooling - the good, the bad, the victories and the challenges. I hope to help people understand what home education is all about, whether it is the right fit for their family and how to make the leap into home education with the right mindset and information. Home education is a path less travelled and I hope to clear up some of the common misconceptions of home education and to showcase more stories and give confidence to those who choose to embark on this journey.

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12/10/2024
#99
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#87
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10/10/2024
#78
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09/10/2024
#66

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EP 10: The 3 Steps to get started with Home Education in 2025

Episode 10

Saturday, December 28, 2024 • Duration 48:16

In this episode, I chat about what I think are the 3 essential steps to get started with our homeschooling journey in 2025:

1) Defining your WHY and doing a deep dive into it

A 7-layer deep dive helps you to consolidate your reasons to home educate and make it into a mission.

2) Get started with the “de-schooling” process

This process helps you move away from entrenched ideas about how education should be like and embrace the flexibility and philosophy of home education more freely.

3) Spend time connecting with your children

To observe and make notes on their learning style and interests, to build wonderful connections with them and design a lifestyle and education program that is genuinely productive and beneficial.

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EP 9: Embracing the Freedom that comes with Homeschooling Confidently

Episode 9

Saturday, November 30, 2024 • Duration 35:33

In this episode, we explore the idea of "freedom" that comes with homeschooling and what it means:

- why does "freedom" feel like a struggle?

- how can we embrace this freedom (if it exists) wisely, confidently and successfully?

- why it is important to embrace and teach our children to respect this freedom?

“The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage.” Freedom is what allows us as humans to express ourselves, to create new things, to innovate, to pursue our dreams, to live life on our terms not other people's. When we embrace freedom, we are empowered to take control over our choices in life, including choosing how we would like to educate our kids.

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EP 8: "I am so afraid / worried __(fill in the blank)__" - How to overcome fear and worries in Home Education

Episode 8

Sunday, November 17, 2024 • Duration 31:47

All of us Home Educators feel this emotion on this journey - fear, which is related to anxiety and worry.

"Have I done enough for my children?"

"What if I have gotten it all wrong?"

"Am I failing my kids?"

In this episode, I share my reflections on this emotion to unpack it, and suggest some strategies to tackle it:

1) Making Home Education a mission

2) Turn fear on itself and instead of thinking "what if", think about "what if not?" - What is the price or trade off if we are not homeschooling our children?

3) Take action, one small step at a time. Taking action forces us to confront the fear, thinking about it just makes it bigger and more paralysing.

We need to build faith to overcome fear - and faith, as Bob Proctor says, is about seeing the invisible, believing the incredible and achieving the impossible. We need to focus on the way forward, one step at a time.

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EP 7: Dealing with *THOSE* "Oh, you homeschool?" questions

Episode 7

Friday, November 8, 2024 • Duration 34:45

This episode is inspired by a couple of radio and news interviews I gave recently and I realised that when people find out that I am homeschooling my children, their response is often "Oh, you homeschool?" followed by some questions that can be quite hard to answer. In this episode, I will share with you how I answered these questions, the real thoughts that were in my head at the same time, and how I would flip those questions around if I had the time and opportunity to. I hope the episode's deep dive into some of these topics will also open your mind and strengthen your view about home education.

So in this episode, I will share my thoughts and responses to:

"Oh, you homeschool?"

1) What about socialisation and their social skills?

2) How do you know they are keeping up?

3) If your children tells you that they want to go back to school, will you let them?

4) How do you prefer them for life / work / success? What if they want to go to university? They won't be able to if they are homeschooled.

I hope by sharing my thoughts, you will find the confidence to reply to this comment of "Oh, you homeschool? I can never do that." with "Yes, I do, thank you for the compliment, I am very glad I am doing so."

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EP 6: What should I do when Home Education feels like a struggle?

Episode 6

Friday, November 1, 2024 • Duration 33:50

This journey of Home Education is similar to swimming uphill against the current in a river. It is full of adventures, challenges and there will be days that feel like this journey is a complete struggle.

Perhaps you are struggling with one of those days when your kids are not doing whatever you would like them to. Perhaps your child is a stubborn one not just today but every day. Perhaps you have one of those struggling kids, and they have you worried because they are not where they are supposed to be with their academic skills. Or perhaps today is just one of those days you felt you haven't accomplish anything for yourself or your children in you are starting to wonder whether it is time for you to consider mainstream schooling.

We have all been there.

In this episode, I share four strategies that I have found useful in helping me get through those days when things feel overwhelming for me, and I hope they will help you too.

And in listening to this, I hope you also see "struggles" in a new light and know that while they can be frustrating and painful, they are also what gives a story a beautiful ending.

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EP5: Artificial Intelligence (AI) - What it means for us in Home Education

Episode 5

Friday, October 4, 2024 • Duration 40:23

In this episode, I will discuss the impact of the emergence and prevalence of Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) and how we need to shift our focus and approach towards education for our children, such as:

1) the transformational impact of Gen AI and how it will totally change the way we live our lives

2) how we need to change our focus and shift our approach when it comes to education, to move away from emphasizing remembering contents to skills that Gen AI cannot replicate yet

3) what kind of skills do our children need to have to be able to distinguish themselves from what machines and AI can do

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EP4: The Other Big Q - How can I homeschool my kids? I am not a teacher?!

Episode 4

Friday, September 27, 2024 • Duration 37:34

This is the other Big Question that many home educators have on their minds and are asked by people around them (the #1 question is about Socialisation - that is in Episode 3!)

The question: "How can I homeschool my kids when I am not a teacher / trained as a teacher?"

In this episode, I share why you don't have to be one and why you shouldn't be one. This episode will help you:

- examine your role as a home educator, and how we are in fact we should act as facilitators and coaches for our children to bridge them with the contents / information and instructional teaching that is already out there.

- reaffirm your decision to homeschool your children and why traditional ideas of education and school does not suit our children

- introduce the idea of facilitation and problem-based learning as an approach to education

- why traditional instructional teaching methods in schools will not prepare our children adequately for jobs that are in fact not yet in existence

- what we should be doing as a coach and facilitator in their educational journey

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EP3: The Big Q - What about Socialisation

Episode 3

Friday, September 20, 2024 • Duration 36:34

The #1 question about homeschooling - What about socialisation?

Whether you are homeschooling, thinking about homeschooling or have decided to inform others that you are homeschooling, you will be faced with this question about "socialisation".

In this episode, we will try to understand the many layers of the word "socialisation" and what it really means. Socialisation does and really should start at home and it is not the school's responsibilty to teach our children the skills they need to navigate relationships in life. Some ideas to think about:

1) Social life - what does this mean for children and is school designed for this? (hands-up if you have had a teacher tell you "You are here to learn, not socialise!")

2) Social skills - why homeschool settings are different from a school setting in helping kids build social skills.

3) Social connections and social capital - what relationships are they forming that will serve them (or not)? Here, we discuss the ideas of peer pressure and the power of family connections.

And in its truest sense of the word - if you haven't been able to find your tribe, build one! Socialisation is about finding the inner strength and confidence to put ourselves out there in the world and connect with our people.

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EP2: Top 3 considerations - Should I homeschool my kids?

Episode 2

Saturday, September 14, 2024 • Duration 37:13

In this episode, I am going to try to provide the top 3 points to consider if you are thinking about these big questions:

"Is homeschooling better than mainstream schooling for my children? Should I homeschool my kids?"

Interestingly, I haven't had many people ask me in person about this, but I know there are many people out there trying to seek information to try to decide if they should homeschool, and here I discuss the top 3 things that a parent should consider before they come to a decision.

1) Why they are thinking about homeschooling?

2) Are they willing to accept the trade-offs that come with homeschooling including - time, effort and money.

3) Are their life partners on board with this idea?

The truth is, there is no right or wrong answer - homeschooling is not always a better option. Every family has different circumstances, and what's most important is finding the right option that works for them as a family.

I hope you find this episode useful and if you did, please pass on the information to anyone else who needs it, so that they can make an informed decision too.

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EP1: How We Got Started with Homeschooling - A Personal Story

Episode 1

Thursday, September 12, 2024 • Duration 21:26

In this episode, I share our family's personal story about how we got started with homeschooling.

- How I had mistakenly thought that we were "accidental homeschoolers" and with some thought, I realised that there were so many past experiences that led us to this point.

- The emotional roller-coaster we went through during this process

- Why we chose to homeschool and how the reasons become clearer as we came on this journey

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