A single mum has chosen to ‘wild school’ her two children; a method of education with no set curriculum and an emphasis on the natural world. They now live in a van, travelling the United States to find natural spaces to settle and learn 🚐
Birdie Wood worked as an early childhood education teacher and became disillusioned by the traditional school system
The single mum chose to ‘unschool’ or ‘wild school’ her children; a method of education with no set curriculum, with an emphasis on the natural world. ‘A lot of cases of anxiety and depression in adults are linked to the traditional school system – I went to public school and I was bullied. ‘They love it and they’re so happy – I think part of the reason depression and anxiety are so high is that we are so disconnected from nature.
So Birdie looked into ‘wild schooling’ – which she defined as ‘a method of home schooling that is child-led and interest based’.When Birdie’s second child, Mavie, arrived, the mum kept up the wild schooling plan. ‘Or look for animals – my youngest daughter loves snails so we count them and use them to do maths and science.
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