Screen Addiction: How to Support Your Teen's Healthy Relationship with Technology Tea and Guest Episodes are on 'Early Release' to LivePlayLearn Monthly members. You can find out more and join at https://ko-fi.com/liveplaylearn/tiers In this episode Dr Naomi Fisher and Heidi Steel discuss the complexities of Screen Addiction. So, pop the kettle on, grab a cup of tea, and listen in. We jump straight in with answering the question that we all need the answer to:  How can we tell if our child is addicted to screens? But you won’t find any gaming shaming here.  Listen to the whole co ..read more

Join Heidi Steel from Live.Play.Learn and Alice Khimasia as we discuss Unschooling Teenagers. An episode that predominantly looks at exams,  how unschooled children are equipped to self study,  the options that are open to them if and when they choose to pursue exams, the array of possibilities that are currently available to our teenagers as they look to use their interests, skills and talents in the wider world. Alice can be found at Organic Education and her Tedx talk on unschooling is here https://youtu.be/GFg-4Ez_AKU ..read more

SUPPORT THE PODCAST ON Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/liveplaylearn Lainie Liberti joins Heidi Steel this month, to talk about her journey into radical unschooling and her recent book Seen, Heard and Understood. As a result of the 2008 California economy crash, Liberti closed her Los Angeles based branding agency. Liberti and her then 9-year-old Miro decided to “be the change” instead of victims and chose a life of adventure. After, selling all of their possessions, Lainie and her son hit the road for what was to be a one year adventure in 2009. After thirteen years and almost 50 countries, the pair calls G ..read more

SUPPORT THE PODCAST ON Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/liveplaylearn Tamsyn Fortune-Wood joins Heidi Steel this month, to talk about her experiences as an unschooled person. We discuss: · Making the decision to Home Educate her own children and ditching those school registration forms in the bin 3:00 · What are the most common questions that Tamsyn is asked when people find out that she was home educated 7:00 · A listener question is answered: What did learning look like for you, including how it changed as you grew up? 9:40 · The experience of structured work and taking exams after being autonomously educa ..read more

SUPPORT THE PODCAST ON Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/liveplaylearn Summer Jean Campbell joins Heidi Steel this month, to talk about her experiences as an unschooled person We discuss: Introducing Summer Jean Campell and welcome to the podcast How Summer spends her days as a grown unschooler 2:00 Reflections on how life would have been different had Summer been in school 4:00 The value of exploring your own pursuits and in your own way 8:00 Seeing the development of skills and knowledge with hindsight 10:00 How to maintain connection and magic of learning 14:00 A personal insight into family relationships p ..read more

SUPPORT THE PODCAST ON Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/liveplaylearn Alice Khamisia joins Heidi Steel this month, to talk about Creating Community We discuss: · How to begin finding the community that you need and the snowball effect 3:00 · The necessity of finding the right community for encouragement and support 10:00 · Dealing with discouragement, the reality of not having a ready made group given to us, and the effort required from us 12:00 · Our success stories and positive experiences of finding learning communities 13:00 · Genuine relationship building that is enriching 14:00 · Unexpected and ..read more

SUPPORT THE PODCAST ON Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/liveplaylearn Rachel Evans joins Heidi Steel this month, to talk about How our Children Learn without Curriculums We discuss: · Snapshot of our households 3:00 · What does learning look like? 8:10 · Move from discovery to mastery learning, unconscious and conscious learning · Web of learning and individual learning journeys 12:40 · Creating a rich and supportive environment 14:50 · Knowing our children well 15:30 · A reflective activity when it looks like our children have been only interested in one thing, forever 17:30 · How do our children learn new ..read more

SUPPORT THE PODCAST ON Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/liveplaylearn Lainie Liberti joins Heidi Steel this month, to talk about her journey into radical unschooling and her recent book Seen, Heard and Understood. As a result of the 2008 California economy crash, Liberti closed her Los Angeles based branding agency. Liberti and her then 9-year-old Miro decided to “be the change” instead of victims and chose a life of adventure. After, selling all of their possessions, Lainie and her son hit the road for what was to be a one year adventure in 2009. After thirteen years and almost 50 countries, the pair calls G ..read more

Angela Harders joins Heidi Steel this month, to talk about Gentle Parenting, our journeys into unschooling, and the importance of community. Angela is a bilingual special education teacher near Washington DC, she has been teaching for over twelve years. She is a single mum to two children, Sophia aged 7, and Benjamin aged 3. SUPPORT THE PODCAST ON Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/liveplaylearn We discuss: · What a typical unschooling day looks like in Angela’s household 4:00 · UK Guidelines for HE parents and the Local Authority 5:00 · Further info on responding to the LA for UK listeners 12:00 · Ho ..read more

SUPPORT THE PODCAST ON Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/liveplaylearn Tamsyn Fortune-Wood joins Heidi Steel this month, to talk about her experiences as an unschooled person. We discuss: · Making the decision to Home Educate her own children and ditching those school registration forms in the bin 3:00 · What are the most common questions that Tamsyn is asked when people find out that she was home educated 7:00 · A listener question is answered: What did learning look like for you, including how it changed as you grew up? 9:40 · The experience of structured work and taking exams after being autonomously educa ..read more