Imagine making play your life’s work. In today’s podcast I talk with professional playworker and child advocate, Marc Armitage, who has done just that. We are chatting all about the role of adults and he asks us what is our agenda when it comes to providing play opportunities for children.
Read MoreIn this episode, we’re chatting with Natalia Krysiak, founder of Cities for Play, about making play a priority in the design of our urban spaces and how to make the changes we want to see for our children.
Read MoreIn today's episode we travel to the other side of the country to chat with Daniel Burton, CEO and co-founder of Educated By Nature. I am really excited because these nature immersion programs inspired so much of what we do at Wildlings. Settle in for an enlightening show!
Read MoreIn this episode, we’re chatting with Pasi Sahlberg, author, Professor of Education Policy and Deputy Director of the Gonski Institute at the University of New South Wales about inequality in the australian education system, some of the excellent things happening in the Finish education system and how we can help rebalance this inequality.
His journey that led him to where he is today
The Gonski Institute of Australia and his work there
Equitable Education Systems and what that looks like in Australia
The Australian education funding system
The discrepancy of compulsory instruction hours in schools around the globe
Finnish education initiatives that would translate well into the Australian education system
The importance of play in schools, and how language and educational regulation can make a difference to how play is perceived.
How to communicate the importance of play to principals in schools
Two weeks ago, we had a lot of fun when Vicci interviewed me about our family's unschooling journey. Today, we’re flipping the table and I will be interviewing Vicci about her family’s journey. We will delve in to her story of how they made the decision to homeschool based on their children’s personality and how, after doing all the research, she took the leap.
This is part four of our series on families that unschool, homeschool, wildschool and world school that will run until the end of the year. Last week we spoke to Lucy AitkenRead about unschooling in a yurt, the school wound and child autonomy. You can head on over and check it out, it’s episode #29.
Wondering if home schooling or unschooling is for you? This series and these stories may help!
👉 Vicci shares with Nicki
1. What the one thing was that made her decide to homeschool
2. How she communicated her thoughts about homeschooling to her partner
3. How her family manages financially
4. How her children are socialised
5. How she fits in self-care
6. Whether she worries about her children falling behind
7. What the future holds and if University an option
👉 Vicci's details
The ocean has always been home for Vicci. Living in South East Queensland has been the perfect backdrop for a life of adventure chasing dolphins and whales on a mission to spread a love for the natural world.
After spending a few years teaching in traditional schools, Vicci's world was soon opened to alternative models of learning, particularly the Forest School philosophy, after the birth of her first daughter. The philosophy embodied many of Vicci's own lifestyle values and seemed to be the perfect blend of world-schooling and wild-schooling.
Vicci's passions and expertise lie in marine education, respectful communication, child empowerment and educational freedom of choice.
Vicci is available as a guest speaker and to run workshops and consultations Australia wide.
👉 Wildlings Forest School Contact Details
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