Workshops

Workshops on SDE and unschooling for Learning While Living parents

When parents send their children to a progressive school, it is often the school that offers the “progressive”. Parents might or might not examine their internalized views about learning, children and childhood. (on some of the differences between progressive education and SDE see here).

Unschooling, however, is a family affair. Whether we ourselves were “good students” or struggled, SDE inspires new constellations. By the very act of offering our young people a new form of respect and autonomy we sometimes learn that no matter how progressive or gentle we might be as parents, we likely are deeply schooled in our approach to education. We might notice more about how schooling defined our assumptions about learning, work and play, and our expectations of what educational outcomes and “success” should look like. This can be a beautiful and liberating experience for a whole family.

I will be offering workshops for parents or members of the community who would like to learn more about SDE/unschooling. Even if you children are in school rather than homeschooled, practicing SDE might have a positive effect on your child’s learning journey, or the choices your make as a family about what to do in children’s free time. For more information on workshops, email me at learningwhileliving00@gmail.com