by Erin | Mar 11, 2018 | child-lead, deschooling the adults, meeting needs, play, safe spaces
We’ve been running City School as pop up sessions for families who are curious to check us out. Slowly we’re creating a community of regulars but we still get new families popping in. When adults observe our pop ins and see non stop play, I sometimes...
by Erin | Feb 24, 2018 | child-lead, deschooling the adults, meeting needs, trust, youth empowerment
A few weeks ago, Gee suggested that we go on a field trip at City School to the local pizza store. A few kids showed interest and so we went about planning our first field trip. I didn’t realize it would be an exercise in deschooling for me! An adult question was...
by Erin | Sep 28, 2017 | child-lead, deschooling the adults, meeting needs, respecting boundaries
This week my kids are participating in a children’s market and they are so excited. This children’s market idea was initiated by Meaghan Jackson through the Burlington-Hamilton Unschoolers and has grown to include the entire local homeschooling community. Children...
by Erin | Mar 25, 2017 | conferences & guest speakers, deschooling the adults, trust, wln podcast
In this podcast, Erin Fleming talks to We Learn Naturally Community Member Anita Kaiser as she reflects on the World Schooling Conference 2017, the worldschooling lifestyle, and the topics of trust and health as they emerge in Self-Directed Education and deschooling...
by Erin | Feb 15, 2017 | advocacy, deschooling the adults, trust
Ha!…said no unschooler ever. But if that title grabbed your interest, I suspect you might be new to unschooling and perhaps you will find my list to be helpful. Or perhaps you have been unschooling for a while, scoffed at this title, and clicked on it for that...
by Erin | May 29, 2016 | child-lead, deschooling the adults, meeting needs, respecting boundaries, trust
The irony of our outdoor program “Learning in the Woods” is that sometimes the most valuable learning is done by the adults involved; parents and facilitators. The program is child-lead and sometimes the themes and topics that arise challenge the adults to reconsider...
