13. Christina's Family Band: Unorthodox Music Education, Real Purpose

13. Christina's Family Band: Unorthodox Music Education, Real Purpose

Christina recently enrolled her homeschooled kids in school, but their family band continues to be a pillar of their education. Christina's husband, Ryan, shares his unorthodox approach to teaching his children piano. Sandy and Angel focus on letting kids do REAL things in the real world, and specifically how giving kids opportunities to contribute their talents and skills to a REAL collaborative purpose is one of the most motivating and inspiring forces in their education.

12. MTB Trail (Pt 2): What Matters More Than Academics

Kristi continues her story and Sandy and Angel help analyze the learning and growth that it yielded. --Why developing passion is important. --The skills that matter more than academics.

11. Harrison Builds a MTB Trail in His Yard

Kristi--homeschool mom and chief experience architect at Forethought Wealth--shares the learning and growth that happened when she decided to let her son Harrison pursue his passion and dig up their yard to build a mountain biking jumpline.

10. Can We Trust 7-year-olds to Plan a Trip?

Ben Savitt, a homeschool dad and teacher at an alternative high school for ten years, tell us what happened when he let his 7-year-old daughter and her friends plan and execute a camping trip. He teaches us how to develop mutual trust with our children, and be a resource (not a taskmaster) as they lead out, do the work and even fail.

9. Elise: Self-Directed Learner & Contemporary Dancer

Elise, age 23, tells us about her experience growing up as a self-directed learner. The foundation of her education was great books, real experiences and pursuing her passion for dance.