Australian Homeschool Stories

Australian Homeschool Stories

A celebration of homeschooling families living life according to their values in connection with the beautiful lands we are fortunate to call home.

  1. 12/22/2024

    Marieka’s Story - Perth, WA / Whadjuk Country

    “Dream big. What do you want your homeschool to look like? What do you want your whole life to look like? Go after that.” Marieka, her husband and their five children aged 16, 11, 9, 7 and 1 have been homeschooling family style for the last 6 years in sunny Western Australia. As a teacher who’d become disillusioned with the classroom, she decided she would much rather teach her own and they haven’t looked back. I couldn’t have asked for a more inspirational guest to round out this season of Australian Homeschool Stories. Enjoy all the gold Marieka has to share and stick around until the end to hear what 2025 has in store for this podcast. This is episode 41 of Australian Homeschool Stories, Marieka's story. FULL SHOW NOTES HERE Follow the link above to find the detailed show notes for this episode along with quotes, links and references to all that Marieka and I discuss. CONNECT Instagram - @mariekalake Youtube - Marieka Lake Sign up to our mailing list HERE to receive new episodes and their accompanying show notes delivered straight to your inbox as they are released. This podcast was recorded on the land of the Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my respect to elders past, present and emerging and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. This always was, always will be aboriginal land.

    1h 8m

  2. 12/10/2024

    Nicola’s Story - Marlo Merrican, NSW / Birpai Country

    "Stepping back and letting kids learn is really what's at the heart of home education." Meet my friend, Nicola. We originally connected via substack and then in person whilst her family spent time down on the Peninsula. Our daughters, who are similar ages, hit it off instantaneously and in truth so did Nicola and I. This was prior to their move to the mid-north coast of New South Wales where they now call home, but Nicola’s story takes us on journey from Melbourne to Byron Bay, Vanuatu to Far North Tropical Queensland. Hers is a story of profound loss and grief, of spirituality and discipline, of wanting to be the person to teach her daughter to read and of being deeply connected to the natural world.  This is episode 40 of Australian Homeschool Stories, Nicola’s story. FULL SHOW NOTES HERE Follow the link above to find the detailed show notes for this episode along with quotes, links and references to all that Nicola and I discuss. CONNECT https://surrendernow.substack.com/ Sign up to our mailing list HERE to receive new episodes and their accompanying show notes delivered straight to your inbox as they are released. This podcast was recorded on the land of the Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my respect to elders past, present and emerging and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. This always was, always will be aboriginal land.

    58 min

  3. 12/01/2024

    Anna's Story - Killabakh, NSW / Biripi Country

    "I had this really strong feeling that she was just a number in this place and that's not good enough." Anna is a worm farmer, author and homesteading mother of three children aged 15, 7 and 2. In this episode she shares her journey from suburbia to living off the land and her eldest daughter's winding educational road to homeschooling. We also talk about permaculture, living life by design, managing chronic illness and her brilliant book Homegrown Healthy Living. This is episode 39 of Australian Home School Stories - Anna’s Story. FULL SHOW NOTES HERE Follow the link above to find the detailed show notes for this episode along with quotes, links and references to all that Anna and I discuss. CONNECT Website - homegrownhealth.au Instagram - @homegrown_healthy_living Sign up to our mailing list HERE to receive new episodes and their accompanying show notes delivered straight to your inbox as they are released. Alternatively you can stay in touch with us on instagram @australianhomeschoolstories This podcast was recorded on the land of the Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my respect to elders past, present and emerging and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. This always was, always will be aboriginal land.

    1h 18m

  4. 11/24/2024

    Melanie's Story - Newcastle, NSW / Awabakal and Worimi Country

    “I’m going to look back one day on this and think those were the glory years." Teacher by trade, Canadian by birth, Melanie is here to share how she wound up calling Newcastle home and why she and her partner chose home education for their two boys, aged 7 and 4. In this episode we talk about longing for community in the early years of motherhood, not being ‘ride or die’ homeschoolers, how play evolves as children mature, intentional living, why screens have become the new social playground and the magical power of asking the question ‘What If…?’ FULL SHOW NOTES HERE Follow the link above to find the detailed show notes for this episode along with quotes, links and references to all Melanie shares. CONNECT Instagram - @freespirithomeschool Instagram - @digital_wellbeing_teacher Sign up to our mailing list HERE to receive new episodes and their accompanying show notes delivered straight to your inbox as they are released. Alternatively you can stay in touch with us on instagram @australianhomeschoolstories This podcast was recorded on the land of the Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my respect to elders past, present and emerging and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. This always was, always will be aboriginal land.

    51 min

  5. 11/17/2024

    Kacey's Story - Perth, WA / Whadjuk Country

    “If you can’t find your village or community - build one.” This is the story of Kacey’s blended family from Perth who have called themselves eclectic homeschoolers for the last three years. Her four children aged 19, 17, 6 and 4 have all had contrasting educational experiences, from thriving in the system, to never being able to catch up, to sidestepping school all together. In this honest and candid conversation, Kacey and I chat about school trauma, holistic, child-centred learning, finding yourself in homeschooling, the ins and outs of building a community co-op and yearning for something outside of motherhood. FULL SHOW NOTES HERE Follow the link above to find the detailed show notes for this episode along with quotes, links and references to all Kacey shares. CONNECT Instagram - @homeschooling.our.wildflowers Instagram - @wildlingshomeschool.collective Sign up to our mailing list HERE to receive new episodes and their accompanying show notes delivered straight to your inbox as they are released. Alternatively you can stay in touch with us on instagram @australianhomeschoolstories This podcast was recorded on the land of the Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my respect to elders past, present and emerging and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. This always was, always will be aboriginal land.

    1h 13m

  6. 11/10/2024

    Holly & Gemma's Stories - Brisbane, QLD / Turrbal Country

    “We said, I don't know if it's forever. I don't know if it's temporary. But we're making a change. Now we say we'll never go back.” This episode is a delightful doubleheader with Holly & Gemma, sisters who live 6 minutes apart in Queensland’s capital city where they homeschool three girls between them. You may already know their cheery voices from their podcast Sisters Who Homeschool, of which I had the pleasure of being a guest on earlier this year. I loved reconnecting with these ladies and diving deeper into their stories of how and why they came to choose home education for their families. As well you will hear us discuss Canaries in the Coalmine - Teachers who Choose to Homeschool, Gemma’s new book she has written which is due out next year, creating a micro village, prioritising mental wellbeing and connection, why none of us like the word ‘resilient’, granny hobbies, interest based learning and busting homeschool myths. FULL SHOW NOTES HERE Follow the link about to find the detailed show notes for this episode along with quotes, links and references to all Holly & Gemma share. CONNECT Podcast - Sisters Who Homeschool Instagram - @sisterswhohomeschool Email - hello.sisterswhohomeschool@gmail.com Sign up to our mailing list HERE to receive new episodes and their accompanying show notes delivered straight to your inbox as they are released. Alternatively you can stay in touch with us on instagram @australianhomeschoolstories This podcast was recorded on the land of the Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my respect to elders past, present and emerging and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. This always was, always will be aboriginal land.

    1h 17m

  7. 11/03/2024

    Assunta's Story - Hunter Valley, NSW / Wonnarua Country

    “Have trust in the kids, know that they can follow their passions intuitively. We don’t have to set all these standards of where they should be or would be or could be if they were in the system. Just trust.” Assunta, her husband and two daughters (aged 11 and 8), live on 2.5 acres in the upper Hunter region of New South Wales, where she is never happier than with her feet on the earth and her hands in the dirt. In this conversation we cover how their family navigated the transition from Steiner education to homeschooling, mourning the loss of the life they had envisaged whilst being accepting of change, permaculture, craft clubs, screen boundaries, travelling as a form of deschooling and Assunta’s Seeds of Gratitude curriculum. FULL SHOW NOTES HERE Follow the link above to find the detailed show notes for this episode along with quote, links and references to all Assunta shares. CONNECT Instagram: @seedsofgratitude_ @lola_sage_homeschool @assunta.layla Sign up to our mailing list HERE to receive new episodes and their accompanying show notes delivered straight to your inbox as they are released. Alternatively, you can stay in touch with us on instagram @australianhomeschoolstories This podcast was recorded on the land of the Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my respects to elders past, present and emerging and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. This always was, always will be aboriginal land.

    49 min

  8. 05/12/2024

    Stephanie - Mornington Peninsula, VIC / Bunurong Country

    "Before we had kids, we were both adamant that we wouldn't put our kids in daycare. We wanted to raise our kids at home. We always knew we were aligned on that. So that's where it started. We were at home. We were together.” The tables have turned and it’s me, your host Stephanie, in the hot seat. Helping me tell my story is the tech-side of this operation, my husband Daniel. For those who have listened to this podcast for some time you may have pieced parts of my story together over previous episodes, but I’m sitting down to share it all in what will be the final episode of Season Three. SUMMARY: Our family live on the Mornington Peninsula, Bunurong Country, in a sleepy little country town beside the sea. We left our Melbourne roots when I turned 30 to pursue a slower, simpler life and to raise our kids immersed in the natural world.I had a fairly typical, carefree 90s childhood, spent running around the streets with the neighbourhood kids. At primary school my fondest and most vivid memories are of spending recess and lunch up trees with my friends, deep in imaginary play. Even though I hadn't come across the idea of homeschooling until after we had our daughter, the roots of homeschooling had naturally been embedded into our lives unknowingly as we were adamant we wanted to keep them close and at home whilst they were little.The irony of feeling pulled towards homeschooling whilst having our baby daughter on the waitlist for private high schools.Once the idea had taken hold in my heart, I began devouring anything and everything I could get my hands on to do with homeschooling. I spent years deschooling myself through book and podcasts because the vision of what our lives could look like if we followed this path was so clear.I had faith that if it meant enough to me, Dan would find his way to where I was too. But I knew it would take time, for him to even consider it, so I was patient but remained persistent.When setting up our lives to adopt a homeschooling lifestyle we moved houses to a more affordable area, we went from being a two car to a one car family, and these descision all aligned with the vision we had for our future.We have four tenets in our family that guide our days. They are art, music, books and nature. Community and food and are also hugely important. That's what I always come back to.The hardest thing about homeschooling is toddlers. CONNECT Substack - Splendid To Be Instagram - @splendidtobe NOTE: This is an abridged version of the show notes. Follow the link below to find quotes, links and references to all Steph shares in this episode: FULL SHOW NOTES HERE Connect with us: Instagram - @australianhomeschoolstories Substack - Australian Homeschool Stories This podcast is recorded on the lands of the Bunurong people of the Kulin nation. I pay my respects to elders past, present and emerging and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. This always was, always will be aboriginal land.

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A celebration of homeschooling families living life according to their values in connection with the beautiful lands we are fortunate to call home.

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  • Creator
    Australian Homeschool Stories
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    43
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2024 Australian Homeschool Stories
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