Ep.40 My First Year Unschooling ft. Amy Lakeberg
Hey friends! It's obvious that unschooling is radically different from institutionalized classroom learning. For many families, unschooling helps children to unlock their potential and takes away the pressure to perform under distress and unwarranted circumstances. Unschooling children fully embrace their interests and discover new ideas and concepts. This is exactly Indiana native, wife, and librarian, Amy Lakeberg, realized with her son. This week, I invited Amy to share how she has addressed her son's unique learning needs through unschooling and how she empowers him to be free to find the right learning strategies that work for him. Amy joins the show to share her family's first year experience with unschooling. Don't miss it.
In This Episode
In this episode, Amy and I converse about her family's first year experience with unschooling. She shares why she decided to remove her son from the public school registry following her observation of his interests. She shares how she maintains her faith when facing conflicting opinions from others regarding unschooling. Amy believes that parents are the first advocates for their children's educational needs and she thinks supportive legislation policies should be created to legally protect unschoolers and homeschoolers. Amy values community and has found many community support groups online and within her personal network. Amy embraces nature based and interest-led learning as she follows her son's lead and his passion for putting things together and discovering the mechanics of objects.
What We Mentioned
Indiana homeschool regulations
Nature-based learning
Project-based learning
Scheduling and planning
Using manipulatives to teach math
Traveling and exploring outdoors
Understanding your why
Importance of research skills
Modeling behavior for your children
Resources Mentioned
KiwiCo subscriptions
Alice H. Parker heating furnace invention
Gabis Arboretum (Valpariso, IN)
Washington Park Zoo (Michigan City, IN)
Indiana Dunes National Park (Porter, IN)
Tallgrass Sudbury School (Riverside, IL)
Crown Point Library (Crown Point, Indiana)
Nuture Nature Facebook Group (Cedar Lake, IN)
Amy encourages us to help our children manifest their creative and scientific ideas. She encourages us to have confidence in your decision and understanding your why. We should all remember to trust our children in their learning journey.
Connect with Amy Lakeberg via email at aljack927@yahoo.com. Subscribe to the Friends of Cabrini Podcast on Google, Spotify, and Apple. Follow the Friends of Cabrini Podcast on social media.
