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Feeling lost about teaching is common when you step away from school. Sue Patterson explores why the urge to teach more keeps showing up — and why learning doesn’t depend on parents doing more teaching, but on staying focused on the learner.

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“I want to do more to teach, but I feel lost.”

If that thought has crossed your mind, you’re not the only one. That feeling often shows up when you step away from school-based learning and realize you’re still carrying old ideas about what teaching is supposed to look like.

Let’s talk about why parents feel lost when they start on the unschooling path, how we’ve been conditioned to believe learning only happens when someone is teaching, and what to focus on instead when your days don’t look like school. This is a calm, reassuring conversation for parents who are doing something unconventional — and want steadier footing without more pressure.

Additional Unschooling Support:

If you’d like more examples and a little support, you’ll find related resources here: Blogpost: "I Want to Do More to Teach" — Why that feels so confusing

Deschooling Toolkit (for that 365 Days of Deschooling guide)

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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’ll hear about:

• How everyday interests connect to real learning
• Why play, storytelling, and imagination matter
• What learning without curriculum actually looks like
• How to see subjects woven into ordinary moments

For more ideas and specific ways to weave multiple subjects into a day, check out the blogpost with

10 creative ways unschooling shows up through dragons here:

https://www.unschoolingmom2mom.com/what-do-dragons-and-homeschooling-have-in-common

You can read the transcript at this link too.

📅 Want daily sparks like this — without having to come up with them yourself?
The Strewing Calendar delivers interesting ideas and everyday celebrations that invite curiosity and connection all year long:

https://www.unschoolingmom2mom.com/category/Strewing-Calendar-Subscriptions

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• Creating Confidence Membership Group
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• UNSCHOOLING 101 Course
• Math WITHOUT Curriculum Course
• Unschooling Transcript Course
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• Private 1:1 Coaching with Sue

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Many parents expect deschooling to work like a big reset button — pull kids out of school, give it a little time, and everything will fall into place.

But when kids seem to be “vegging out,” parents often panic: Is this really how it’s supposed to work?

In this episode, I unpack what’s actually happening in those moments — and why that panic makes sense.

Leaving school doesn’t automatically erase the habits we learned growing up. Even when unschooling feels right, school-shaped ideas about productivity, pace, comparison, and structure can quietly shape how we interpret learning at home.

We’ll talk about:

• Why deschooling isn’t instant — and why that’s normal
• What kids are actually doing when it looks like “nothing”
• Why deschooling is active parent work, not passive waiting
• How connection, partnership, and shared life replace school-based frameworks
• Why successful deschooling doesn’t lead kids back to school thinking — it helps school fade into the background entirely

Deschooling isn’t about rejecting learning.
It’s about letting go of patterns that belonged to a system built for sameness — not real families.

Read Transcript at the Blog
https://www.unschoolingmom2mom.com/why-deschooling-is-really-for-parents

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DESCHOOLING TOOLKIT - for kids and parents!

The practical support resource for parents who find themselves in that in-between space — where unschooling makes sense, but school-shaped thinking keeps creeping back in.

The Deschooling Toolkit is a collection of parent supports designed to walk alongside you as you step away from system-focused ideas and sort through what actually supports your family’s learning now. It includes:

• 365 Days of Deschooling — gentle, real-life prompts for kids and families
• A Parent Deschooling Guide — to help you recognize school-conditioned habits and rethink them intentionally
• Deschooling Affirmation Cards — steady reminders for moments when doubt or outside pressure shows up

There’s no schedule to follow and nothing to “complete.” You can return to it whenever old patterns surface.

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• Creating Confidence Membership Group
  Podcast listeners can join without the sign up fee - so use this link!
• UNSCHOOLING 101 Course
• Math WITHOUT Curriculum Course
• Unschooling Transcript Course
• Seasonal Unschooling Guides
• Private 1:1 Coaching with Sue

www.UnschoolingMom2Mom.com