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Building a strong foundation
Good morning my friends! This week I’ve been coming across and learning about the importance of a strong foundation and this is what I’m focussing on at the moment. Building the foundation for APTB. How…
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Field trip to Quinta Pedagogica Camacha
Hello again! The Quinta Pedagogica Camacha is an organic farm that sells local fruits, vegetables and eggs and offers tours around the plot for children to experience and learn the life on a farm. We…
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Looking for land in Madeira
Hey there! Last week we went to see 3 different plots of land in Madeira. All around Funchal. After asking my subscribers about their preferences, all came back with the same answer: We want a…
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Barcelona vs. Madeira
Hello!You might know that Rob and I lived over 11 years in Barcelona and it still is one of our favourite cities in the world. If you’ve ever been there you know why. If you…
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Podcast with Pablo Fernandez
Hey!I had the pleasure of interviewing Pablo Fernandez on my podcast UnHamsterwheeled this week and below you can see the video recording. It actually didn’t feel like an interview but more like a really good…
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A wonderful day
Last week I got a glimpse of what the APTB experience will be like because we had 2 families visiting from abroad who also unschool and are interested in APTB and with another unschooling family…
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Misfits and outcasts
homeschooler Enola Holmes
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Community inspirations
Hello! I hope you’re having a great day! In my last blog post How distorted is our society I talk about how Jean Liedloff’s book The Continuum Concept has impacted me a great deal and…
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Just How Distorted is our society?
Hey!Most of my latest posts, whether they’re on our blog or social media are about Jean Leadloff’s book The Continuum Concept because it continues to have such a big impact on me. I can’t stop…
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Deschooling your inner baby
How to stop generational trauma, heal your inner child using deschooling
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Keeping children safe
Hey there! If you’re following us on social media you might have seen our post about the Parenting Safe Children workshop that Rob and I participated in by Feather Berkower. We learned how to keep…
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Alternative Education Meetup
Hey! Every first Saturday of the month I organize an Alternative Education Meetup here in Madeira. This time, on May 6th we’ll be meeting at Quinta Magnolia Park. We held our first meeting in December…
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Learning never ends
I've signed up for this course by Summerhill School, the one that inspired me to create APTB. Learning from the BEST... You can join me here: https://www.asneillsummerhillcic.co.uk/online-course-role-of-the-adult/ The course is called ‘The role of the…
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Podcast with Daniel Prince
My very first podcast episode I did with Daniel Prince. The second one was with his twins Lauren and Sam and you can watch it here. With Daniel I talk about his experience of getting…
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Kids still don’t need schools
Hello folks! I did this video after realizing that the meaning behind my first video about kids not needing schools goes even deeper than I thought. Disagreeing with somebody can be a catalyst for some…
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Kids don’t need schools
Hi there! In this video I did a couple of months ago I explain that the ability for children (or adults) to integrate into a place doesn’t depend on whether the person speaks a language,…
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Madeira Troll Hunting
Troll hunting in Madeira
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Interview: 13 year old homeschoolers
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