29 min
Cultivating a Family Culture of Nature, Adventure & Wonder Stories Begin At Home
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- Parenting
It was such a blast getting to chat with Laura (fireflynatureschool) & Lauren (chickieandroo), 2 of the 3 authors of Nature School and creators of the Wild Mag subscription. Stephanie Hathaway (stephhathawaydesigns) is the 3rd, by the way! I have enjoyed following these ladies on Instagram and being in the homeschool community with them as well as collaborating with them for a few years now and it was so fun connecting in this way. Their heart for adventure, nature, & home education is so pure and passionate! We chatted about their new book, Nature School, their why behind it and what they hope it provides for families.
We talk about so many of the benefits of being outside in nature like: Health, happiness, life skills, attention to details, taking risks, promotes independence, & connection, relationships, and team work, leadership, relaxation, peace
We talk about set backs for why it’s hard to get outside. Such as pressure for academics instead, & how we often have a negative view of play, even when we don’t realize it, forgetting it’s amazing benefits for learning and connection. Nature has all the core subjects and helps us make deeper connection with what we learn inside.
We talk about how we often get a Romanticized view and set unrealistic expectations for ourselves about nature or nature activities and get it in our heads what we think it “should” look like, and that, this can cause us to shrink back from it. But, embracing what is and the challenges that come are a part of the life skills and adventure!
We chatted about how to keep it simple, but stay consistent and to just keep going, as we really believe the benefits outweigh all the hurdles.
I hope you enjoy listening just as much as we did chatting and be sure to check out Nature School. Also, be sure to check out Wild Mysteries Podcast & Wild Mag, their monthly nature subscription.
It was such a blast getting to chat with Laura (fireflynatureschool) & Lauren (chickieandroo), 2 of the 3 authors of Nature School and creators of the Wild Mag subscription. Stephanie Hathaway (stephhathawaydesigns) is the 3rd, by the way! I have enjoyed following these ladies on Instagram and being in the homeschool community with them as well as collaborating with them for a few years now and it was so fun connecting in this way. Their heart for adventure, nature, & home education is so pure and passionate! We chatted about their new book, Nature School, their why behind it and what they hope it provides for families.
We talk about so many of the benefits of being outside in nature like: Health, happiness, life skills, attention to details, taking risks, promotes independence, & connection, relationships, and team work, leadership, relaxation, peace
We talk about set backs for why it’s hard to get outside. Such as pressure for academics instead, & how we often have a negative view of play, even when we don’t realize it, forgetting it’s amazing benefits for learning and connection. Nature has all the core subjects and helps us make deeper connection with what we learn inside.
We talk about how we often get a Romanticized view and set unrealistic expectations for ourselves about nature or nature activities and get it in our heads what we think it “should” look like, and that, this can cause us to shrink back from it. But, embracing what is and the challenges that come are a part of the life skills and adventure!
We chatted about how to keep it simple, but stay consistent and to just keep going, as we really believe the benefits outweigh all the hurdles.
I hope you enjoy listening just as much as we did chatting and be sure to check out Nature School. Also, be sure to check out Wild Mysteries Podcast & Wild Mag, their monthly nature subscription.
29 min