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Come with us on a virtual travel adventure all the way on the other side of the globe, where we find out about how Forest Schooling is done in Spain with Forest School Leader and fellow unschooling mother, Vicky Mateau. 

👉  Vicky shares with Vicci

• What led her to make the choice to homeschool her two children
• About the homeschooling community in Spain
• About the program she created and how they name their groups
• About the dynamic wild space she uses
• The benefits of connecting children with a changing environment
• About running her program in a National Park in Spain and how the bureaucracy and red tape compares
• How her children discovered autonomy
• What unschooling life looks like for her and the beauty of the present moment
• Her advice for other families about the individual journey and flexibility of this lifestyle
• About her contextualised training in the UK, and how she had to adapt her training to be more relevant to her forest school in Spain. 
• About “Wildcrafting” in Spain
• How they include indigenous and ancestral learnings in their programs
• About the deeper themes of learning in nature and how they translate in communication and relationships between adults and children

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https://www.wildlingsforestschool.com/free-downloadables

👉  Links and Resources

vickymateusimeon@gmail.com

www.pasdinfant.org

Book Recommendations:
Robin Wall Kimmerer- Braiding Sweetgrass
Annie Davy- A Sense of Place 

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Vicky Mateu has specialised in child development, education and emotional intelligence. She is a Forest School leader in Catalonia, Spain and also offers parenting support for families. She lives in a small farmhouse at the Natural Parc of El Montseny where her family is unschooling their children Nara (9) and Saüc (7). 

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