This is a podcast about stepping out of line, challenging the norms of schooling, recentering the child, and letting go of control for control's sake. Whether you're schooling, unschooling, deschooling, or homeschooling, this podcast is for you.
Therapist Rachael Koeson joins Annie Friday once again to talk about ways we can support our youth, expecially those who identify as LGBTQ+. Rachael supports families as they navigate the specific ch…
Annie and Candis go straight to the source in this episode as they are joined by Bria Bloom, Executive Director of the Alliance for Self-Directed Education. Bria breaks down the term self-directed ed…
Annie and Candis are joined this week by Rachael, a parent and social worker, who shares personal experience and her perspective of working with youth who identify as LGBTQ+. Together they talk about…
Sarah from Simplifying Play is joining Annie Friday on this episode to talk about why less is more in play - fewer toys, less adult interference, more uninterrupted time.. Sarah shares 4 components o…
Nikolai Pizarro joins Annie and Candis in this episode to talk more about why her program Raising Readers is reclaiming literacy instruction as something to do in the home. Her literacy course called…
Annie Friday and Candis Ogilvie share a bit on their shared purpose, obstacles to it, and what first brought them together in their journey into the world of Self-Directed Education or SDE. They also…
Candis Ogilvie and Annie Friday take a brief look back on their third year of stepping out of line with conventional education. Together they continue to look at their de-schooling experience as they…
Often times, educators are told to center relationships but not necessarily given the tools or time to figure out what that looks like in practice. Latoya Nelson joins Annie Friday once again to expl…
Ashley Jefferson and Kisa Marx join Annie to bring their wisdom and experience with racial and cultural equity and inclusion in the natural world. As Black women and educators rooted in play and natu…
Annie Friday is joined by Ashley Jefferson to talk about some of the disparities in who is playing outside despite knowing nature is essential to our mental and physical healthy. Ashley shares some o…
Latoya Nelson joins Annie Friday this week to talk about how her classroom management strategies have shifted over the years. By centering the humans in her classroom, Latoya creates authentic relati…
Karla Marie Williams is back joining Annie Friday and Candis Ogilvie once again to bust some of the myths and traps commonly surrounding unschooling. There are seven common pitfalls that Karla the Un…
Candis Ogilvie and Annie Friday are joined this week by Dan and Kai from the Unschooling with Kai podcast. Dan and Kai share about some of their favorite video games to play. They also dive into the …
Kisa Marx is back to talk more about moving her program from a playful space to a genuine space. Relying on her intuition, experience, and awareness, Kisa leaned into the deprogramming she had to do …
Kisa Marx of Kid Crew Adventures joins the show to talk about what's normal and what's not normal about after school overwhelm and what has come to be known as "after-school restraint collapse." For …
Host Annie Friday invites her 92-year-old grandmother-in-law to join the show and share some golden nuggets of parenting. "Adventure Grandma" - as she is known for always promoting play and adventure…
Ben and Genevieve are two unschooling teenagers who are setting out on a new project dedicated to youth liberation. The two will embark on a journey to explore various styles of unschooling and self-…
Sometimes self-directed learning seems like something for the privileged who have nothing but time on their hands to wander through the woods and slowly cook meals together in the family kitchen with…
Raquel Knack joins Annie this week to share how after raising two children in conventional schooling, she took a different route for the second time around with her youngest child. Raquel shares how …
Troy Salazar joins again to troubleshoot some sticky areas in his first few months of running a self-directed learning space. Annie, Candis, and Troy talk out the schoolish need to be constantly impr…
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