“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 l...

"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 daug...

"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 jou...

“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 educatio...

“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 ...

“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 apa...

“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 husban...

"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...

"Even all the times when it was really, really hard, if I could go back right to the beginning now, I would make exactly the same choices to do it all over again. It's just been the most beautiful experience of my life.”Today I...

“How many of us are in our 40s now only just learning how to be artists again because we were told we weren't any good at it?”Bel is raising her two boys (aged 8 and 5) alongside her sister and daughter (aged 6) with the loving...

"I want to unschool to give her more freedom. I can't start the journey by forcing her out of school... you can send your kids to school and still be an unschooler in my view. The point is they have the choice”Italy may be Ilar...

“They spent their preschool years when they were three and four years old playing all the time. But then they went to school and they forgot how to play.”Elisa is a newly minted homeschooler. This is the episode you are going t...

“Children learn best intrinsically motivated, following their own interests and when adults step back.”One year ago, we hit publish on the first episode of the Australian Homeschool Stories podcast with Vicci Oliver’s story. I ...

“That's the beauty of an unschooling lifestyle, it’s just continuing what you’ve always done with your children.”Having always homeschooled and having been homeschooled herself, Debbie’s story spans across both analog and digit...

“I hope at the end of all this I’ll have raised two kids who love learning.”If they are not home, chances are Anna and her kids (ages 9 & 4) can be found in their local library. So great is their love for this community hav...

“Don’t let fear guide you. You’ve chosen this path, lead it with love.”Richa and her husband, who were both born and educated in India, now live in Melbourne and home educate their two children, aged 7 and 2. We cover a variety ...

I can think of no better spokesperson for unschooling in Australia than Sara, whose four daughters (aged 15, 13, 10 and 8) have never been to school. This inspiring family of six who call sunny Queensland home, have collaboratively and creative...

Danika's homeschooling story takes place on opposing sides of the country, beginning on the Gold Coast in Queensland, where she and her children (aged 6 and 3) were born and raised, up to where her family are currently based in Bunbury, Western...

"These are amazing schools and amazing teachers, but the overarching curriculum that is forced upon them gives them no space to breathe or be creative"Kickstarting season three of the Australian Homeschool Stories podcast, is t...

This short and sweet episode is a preview to Season Three of the Australian Homeschool Stories podcast. Dropping in to say a quick hello is me, your host Stephanie, with happy not back to school wishes as well providing an update on th...

On the cusp of becoming a mother to three kids under 3, Adele certainly has her hands full in this season of life but her conviction to home educate her children is unwavering. In this, the final episode of season two, she share her naturally e...

In the forest of the Adelaide Hills is where you will most likely encounter Celeste and her three wildings (aged 9, 7 and 4). Their family embrace the philosophy of wildschooling, where they live and learn outdoors through free play with likemi...

If the thought of adding homeschooling to your load seems daunting, Jasmin may be the person to inspire you. She is a multi-passionate mum, who in partnership with her husband, juggles homeschooling her two children (aged 6 and 3) and running t...

Have you wondered what school actually looks like for teens today? Aaron, a high school teacher and home educating father to three girls (aged 6, 5 and 2) is here to lift the veil. In this episode he shares his perspective on the challenges stu...

If you are curious to know what a Charlotte Mason education can look like for a modern Australian family than this is the episode for you. With three children (aged 17, 15 and 11) whom she has homeschooled from the get go, one of whom is now at...