035_ What Is Education Really?

Lar joins me at the mic again for this week's podcast. We talk about what it has been like to be educated The Yummy Way, where joy and interest lead the education process. We  share a little of our history, mostly Lar does, and what it has been like to let go of our old ideas of what education is so our children could really learn from a place of joy, exploration, curiosity and wonder.
We talk about dismantling our beliefs about what education is... About letting go of traditional education models & fostering natural learning with our children.
Lar shares his story about education, how he came to re-evaluate what he thought was necessary for education, and open his mind to the actuality where the learning is happening. 

The truth is, we only really learn what we want to learn. Freedom is our inherent right and natural state of being, as is curiosity and a hunger to learn, and play, explore, invent, build, fail and succeed. 
We ultimately chose Unschooling or Child-led learning because it felt like what was naturally already happening.  

We discuss being present with our children so we are able to see where the learning is already taking place and to foster their ability to grow and learn what they want to learn.
As parents we are our children's partners - hanging out with our kids, watching them play video games, or playing with them... We are part of the world our children invent.  
We are the ‘Yes posse” not another ‘no’ in their lives. We are their champions for our children to explore their own interests and the providers of supporting materials to do so.

The characteristics as human beings we want our children to come out of their education experience, show up naturally, and blossom -- Things like self-confidence, a sense of agency and autonomy, responsibility for themselves, enjoying learning and courageously go for it. 

They are explorers, creators, inventors, and builders where they expect somethings not to work out, so they try something else - all for the joy of it!! Success and failure aren’t concepts  but rather malleable aspects of the learning process and taken in stride with a sense of knowing themselves better. 

It has been amazing standing back and letting the child feel the victory of a project working out or the disappointment of it failing and troubleshooting another way... 
We became students, ourselves involved in the process of learning and growing and enjoying life together.
Thank you for joining us. 
Have a yummy week and a yummy day!!!