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When the Olympics roll around, it’s easy to feel pressure to “do something educational.”
You don’t need a unit study, curriculum, or lesson plan for real learning to happen.
Big cultural events like the Olympics are already rich with opportunities for curiosity, connection, and noticing — if you let them be. In this episode, Sue talks about how to strew the Olympics: leaving learning invitations available without turning them into lessons or checklists.
You’ll hear what strewing actually looks like in everyday life, how to follow interest without forcing it, and why resisting the urge to document or capture learning often creates more space for it to happen naturally.
Whether your kids are glued to the events or barely paying attention, this conversation will help you relax and trust that learning doesn’t need to be organized to be meaningful.
Resources mentioned:
The Strewing Guide and Strewing Calendar — both included inside the Creating Confidence Membership.
Strewing Guide
Strewing Calendar
Creating Confidence Membership

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Feeling lost about teaching is common when you step away from school. Sue Patterson explores why the urge to teach more keeps showing up — and why learning doesn’t depend on parents doing more teaching, but on staying focused on the learner.

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“I want to do more to teach, but I feel lost.”
If that thought has crossed your mind, you’re not the only one. That feeling often shows up when you step away from school-based learning and realize you’re still carrying old ideas about what teaching is supposed to look like.
Let’s talk about why parents feel lost when they start on the unschooling path, how we’ve been conditioned to believe learning only happens when someone is teaching, and what to focus on instead when your days don’t look like school. This is a calm, reassuring conversation for parents who are doing something unconventional — and want steadier footing without more pressure.
Additional Unschooling Support:
If you’d like more examples and a little support, you’ll find related resources here: Blogpost: "I Want to Do More to Teach" — Why that feels so confusing
Deschooling Toolkit (for that 365 Days of Deschooling guide)
 Creating Confidence membership

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How do kids really learn without curriculum?
What if learning is hiding in the things we almost dismiss as “just for fun”?
Let's use Appreciate a Dragon Day as a real-life example of how learning shows up naturally — through curiosity, imagination, conversation, and play — without planning lessons or following a curriculum.
Parents exploring unschooling or questioning traditional homeschooling can learning how to notice learning instead of trying to engineer it.
You’ll hear about:
How everyday interests connect to real learning
Why play, storytelling, and imagination matter
What learning without curriculum actually looks like
How to see subjects woven into ordinary moments
For more ideas and specific ways to weave multiple subjects into a day, check out the blogpost with 
10 creative ways unschooling shows up through dragons here:
https://www.unschoolingmom2mom.com/what-do-dragons-and-homeschooling-have-in-common
You can read the transcript at this link too.

 📅 Want daily sparks like this — without having to come up with them yourself?
The Strewing Calendar delivers interesting ideas and everyday celebrations that invite curiosity and connection all year long:
https://www.unschoolingmom2mom.com/category/Strewing-Calendar-Subscriptions
 
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Many parents expect deschooling to work like a big reset button — pull kids out of school, give it a little time, and everything will fall into place.
But when kids seem to be “vegging out,” parents often panic: Is this really how it’s supposed to work?
In this episode, I unpack what’s actually happening in those moments — and why that panic makes sense.
Leaving school doesn’t automatically erase the habits we learned growing up. Even when unschooling feels right, school-shaped ideas about productivity, pace, comparison, and structure can quietly shape how we interpret learning at home.
We’ll talk about:
Why deschooling isn’t instant — and why that’s normal
What kids are actually doing when it looks like “nothing”
Why deschooling is active parent work, not passive waiting
How connection, partnership, and shared life replace school-based frameworks
Why successful deschooling doesn’t lead kids back to school thinking — it helps school fade into the background entirely
Deschooling isn’t about rejecting learning.
 It’s about letting go of patterns that belonged to a system built for sameness — not real families.

Read Transcript at the Blog
https://www.unschoolingmom2mom.com/why-deschooling-is-really-for-parents

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DESCHOOLING TOOLKIT - for kids and parents!
The practical support resource for parents who find themselves in that in-between space — where unschooling makes sense, but school-shaped thinking keeps creeping back in.
The Deschooling Toolkit is a collection of parent supports designed to walk alongside you as you step away from system-focused ideas and sort through what actually supports your family’s learning now. It includes:
365 Days of Deschooling — gentle, real-life prompts for kids and families
A Parent Deschooling Guide — to help you recognize school-conditioned habits and rethink them intentionally
Deschooling Affirmation Cards — steady reminders for moments when doubt or outside pressure shows up
There’s no schedule to follow and nothing to “complete.” You can return to it whenever old patterns surface.
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When traditional homeschooling stops working, there’s nothing wrong with exploring your options.
The Unschooling 101 mini-course can help. Let’s talk about what’s going on together.
-> Unschooling 101
-> Creating Confidence Membership (Unschooling 101 is included)
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If you’ve been homeschooling for a while — especially in a more traditional or school-at-home way — there often comes a point when it just doesn’t feel like it’s working anymore.
Not because you’re doing something wrong.
Not because your kids are failing.
But because the structure you started doesn’t fit your family.
In this episode, Sue Patterson talks through what it really means when traditional homeschooling stops working. She explores why so many families reach this place, why it often shows up midyear, and why unschooling frequently enters the conversation at this stage.
You’ll hear about the difference between homeschooling and unschooling, what “deschooling” actually looks like in real life, and why questioning your current approach is a thoughtful, responsible response — not a failure. This episode is especially helpful if you’re searching for alternatives to traditional homeschooling or trying to understand whether unschooling might be a better fit for your family.
Rather than offering quick fixes or rigid plans, this conversation focuses on clarity, reassurance, and next steps you can take without panic or pressure. If homeschooling isn’t working the way you expected and you’re wondering what comes next, this episode will help you slow down, make sense of what you’re noticing, and feel less alone as you explore your options.
Sue also shares how the Unschooling 101 mini-course can support parents who want a practical, grounded introduction to unschooling — especially those transitioning away from school-at-home methods and looking for a clearer understanding of what unschooling actually looks like day to day.
Read the Transcript at the blog
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UNSCHOOLING 101 Course
Math WITHOUT Curriculum Course
Unschooling Transcript Course
Seasonal Unschooling Guides
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www.UnschoolingMom2Mom.com