200 - Learning from Dragons - Without Planning a Thing!

About this episode

The episode discusses how children can learn naturally through curiosity and play without a structured curriculum, using Appreciate a Dragon Day as an example.

Text Sue what you think! How do kids really learn without curriculum? What if learning is hiding in the things we almost dismiss as “just for fun”? Let's use Appreciate a Dragon Day as a real-life example of how learning shows up naturally — through curiosity, imagination, conversation, and play — without planning lessons or following a curriculum. Parents exploring unschooling or questioning traditional homeschooling can learning how to notice learning instead of trying to engineer it. You’l...

People in this episode

Host: Sue Patterson

Topics covered

• unschooling
• learning
• curriculum-free education
• parenting
• imagination
• play

Keywords

• unschooling
• learning
• curriculum
• Appreciate a Dragon Day
• parenting
• education
• imagination

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