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Homeschooling Homegirls

Homeschooling Homegirls

By Tiffany Sandoval

Sharing lived #Homeschool & #Unschool BIPOC experience. Elevating the voices that for far to long have been silenced in the name of white fragility
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How I Plan Our Unschool Week

Homeschooling HomegirlsJan 15, 2021

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How I Plan Our Unschool Week

How I Plan Our Unschool Week

Today I am talking about ow I plan our Unschool week. This is new we have lived radically Unschooled lives for the last 19 yrs but with covid our learning  Join me as I cover how I tie traditional school subjects to parts of selves, how I balance work/kid life & how I plan work samples for our charter.  Check out the Blog for LINKS to Resources  Website: https://homeschoolinghomegirls.com/how-i-plan-our-unschool-week/

Jan 15, 202130:55
5 Questions Every Homeschool Parent Should Ask Themselves

5 Questions Every Homeschool Parent Should Ask Themselves

I have been listening to a lot of homeschool podcasts & watching a lot of YouTube videos.  There is an overwhelming theme going on people talking about the "Have To's"  the " Homeschool Burnout" .  I want yell YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO ANY OF IT! I have learned a lot of lessons these last 19yrs raising 3 very different self-educated kids. These are the questions I wish I would of ask myself before we started our journey:

BLOG POST : https://homeschoolinghomegirls.com/5-questions-every-homeschool-parent-should-ask-themselves/

YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/-KYQfRmRqnU

Jan 07, 202117:05
Unschooling Marriage Q&A {EPISODE 9}
Dec 12, 202017:57
{EPISODE 8} UNSCHOOLING DAD Q&A / AN HONEST LOOK AT HOMESCHOOLING FROM A DAD'S POINT OF VIEW!
Dec 07, 202001:22:32
Episode 6 Ancestral Self Directed Education

Episode 6 Ancestral Self Directed Education

Welcome to Homeschooling Homegirls Podcast , join us as we take up space by sharing our BIPOC experiences in the homeschool / unschool world .  Today we are kicking it with our homegirl Ancestral Schooler.  She talks about her expereince as an Unschooler , Homeschooling her daughter , the  ZAPATISTA PRINCIPALS OF UNSCHOOLING  and so much more.  Join us for the conversation

BREAKDOWN OF PODCAST:  1 MIN HOW WERE YOU UNSCHOOLED? 7 MIN DROP-OUT vs .UNSCHOOLER 10MIN LEARNING BY PITCHING IN 15MIN HOW DO YOU HOMESCHOOLYOUR KID? 20MIN HOMESCHOOLING HOMEGIRLS WHAT DID IT MAKE YOU FEEL? 24MIN SHARING MY LESSONS LEARNED 28MIN PANDEMIC SCHOOLING 29MIN HOMESCHOOLING LOOK LIKE FOR YOUR FAMLIY 32MIN ACOMEDIDO 36MIN LEARNING PODS 44MIN ROOTS OF UNSCHOOLING 45MIN WHO'S NOT AT THE TABLE 47MIN LANGUAGES ARE A WAY OF THINKING 49MIN ZAPATISTA PRINCIPALS OF UNSCHOOLING 55MIN PRINICPALS OF HARVESTING  58MIN BIPOC   

Website : https://www.tiffslyfe.com/post/ancestral-self-directed-education-episode-6

Oct 16, 202001:04:51
EPISODE 7 Traditions Ancestral Schooler

EPISODE 7 Traditions Ancestral Schooler

Welcome to Homeschooling Homegirls Podcast , join us as we take up space by sharing our BIPOC experiences in the homeschool / unschool world .  Today we are kicking it with our homegirl Ancestral Schooler.  We will be talking about TRADITIONS and so much more.

BREAKDOWN OF PODCAST:  2 MIN TRADITIONS 5 MIN HISTORIAN 12MIN SELF EDUCATION OUR KIDS LEAD US TO OUR PATHS  16MIN BEING A GUEST IN ANOTHER CULTURAL 22MIN GRITO  26MIN GRIEF OF LOST TRADITIONS 33MIN DANGERS WE BRING INTO CELEBRATING TRADITIONS WE WERE NOT RAISIED IN 36MIN PLANTING  & HARVESTING 40MIN IMPACT VS INTENTION 42MIN BEING UNSCHOOLED 44MIN PRINCPALS OFRESPECTFUL HARVEST 44MIN RETHINKING WHAT YOU KNOW 51MIN DECOLONIZING FANTASY RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOUR CULTURAL

Website : https://www.tiffslyfe.com/post/ancestral-schooler-traditions-episode-7

Oct 15, 202057:43
EPISODE 5 PART 2 - SHADOW WORK & MAKING HOMESCHOOL GROUPS INCLUSIVE

EPISODE 5 PART 2 - SHADOW WORK & MAKING HOMESCHOOL GROUPS INCLUSIVE

Welcome to Homeschooling Homegirls episode FIVE PART 2 SHADOW WORK & MAKING HOMESCHOOL GROUPS INCLUSIVE } {EPISODE 5 PART 1} Welcome to Homeschooling Homegirls episode five part 1- This episode was broken into 2 episodes. Part 2 Covers BLOG POST  PART 2 HOMESCHOOLING GROUPS EXPERIENCES PODCAST PURPOSE PROBLEM SOLVING & DECOLONIZATION CANCEL CULTURAL HOW TO MAKE YOUR HOMESCHOOL  GROUP INCLUSIVE Part 1 Covers BLOG POST  PART 1 SPARK FINDING THE WORDS COMING INTO WHITES SPACES & CONNECTIONS DOUBTING OUR INTUTIVE KNOWING- DEFERING TO A SYSTEM/ EXPERT CREATING BOUNDARIES AND LISTENING TO FAMILY NEEDS SHADOW WORK AS A FORM OF DECOLONIZATION BIPOC SPACES INTERSECTION OF OPPERSESSED PEOPLE GOODNESS
Sep 21, 202001:10:25
EPISODE 5 PART 1 SHADOW WORK & HOMESCHOOL GROUPS
Sep 21, 202040:09
EPISODE 4 Gaming Q&A with My Gamer Son Dylan
Aug 23, 202033:20
EPISODE 3 RAISING STRONG WILLED KIDS & SELF-CARE
Aug 18, 202046:08
Episode 2 Coming into Relationship with Your Kids
Aug 18, 202032:07
Welcome to Homeschooling Homesgirls Podcast

Welcome to Homeschooling Homesgirls Podcast

Welcome to the homeschooling home girls podcast. Join us as we take up space by sharing our bipc experiences in the homeschool unschool world. I'm your host, Tiffany Sandoval. I spent most of the last 19 years in the homeschool unschooled world listening to the advice from narratives that did not include me or anyone that was not from the white or white adjacent lived experience. This podcast is about elevating the voices that for far too long, have been silenced in the name of white fragility. My hope is that by sharing our stories, others can see that homeschooling and unschooling is one of many paths to raise empowered, educated people. stories will be shared from lived experiences, not theories, and different perspectives are encouraged to grab your coffee or your cocktail. And join us as we expand our perspectives.

Hey, this is Tiffany. Thanks for kicking it with me today. You're listening to homeschooling home girls podcast. This is a place for BIPOC parents and the homeschool and unschool community to share lived experiences while expanding our perspectives. I wanted to introduce myself today so that you know where my perspectives are being shaped from. I'm a 40 year old Chicana that has been raising three unschooled kids for the past 19 years. I'm an introvert. I'm a serial entrepreneur. I'm a teen mom. I'm a childhood abuse survivor. And I'm currently the Co-President of the Homeschooling Association of California. I speak my mind bluntly I am uncomfortable failing out loud and I jump headfirst into things like this podcast. I'm also trying to keep my inner Wild Child alive.

I was born in Whittier, raised in Southgate until we moved to Chuco town, El Paso, Texas. It's where I found my voice became more connected to my culture, and became a teen mother. I am the oldest of four raised by a single mother that gave me unconditional love without judgment. I love my kids unconditionally. But I am failing so hard at being non judgmental. I'm opinionated as a motherfucker, even if I don't say it with words, my kids Say it, I say it with my face. I've been with my husband for 19 years raising three amazing humans that have been unschooled their entire lives. Jade is 23 Dylan is 17 and Logan is eight. There's 15 years between the oldest and the youngest and six years between the older two. I've been able to homeschool differently three times. Each time I learned something new. The things I would do different if I could start all over will be a series of episodes.

So how did we get to this podcast? I have been in the unschooling /homeschool world for the last 19 years, I spent the first 17. Much like I spent my childhood in spaces that were not meant for me. I tried to twist myself and fit. And I was getting advice from people that had no clue like I was never going to be white. They were not never not going to be white. And yet, they're spewing this information like it's for everybody. And I took it that way here. I always say I drank the unschooling Kool Aid. But the last couple of years, I've found my peoples and it's just let me tell you like just real conversations, the way we commune the way we are real. And it felt like, like coming home. And so we've had a lot of these side conversations when we're sharing advice or talking about lived experiences without someone telling us how wrong we are. We just need to look at it a different way or any way violent ways that they're shut down. So that's where this podcast came from some a lot of side comments. sessions that were happening, I thought, you know, like, having these conversations out loud, to share for people with no community or also doing what I did twisting themselves, their kids to fit in spaces that aren't meant for them. Find out more at
www.tiffslyfe.com/post/homeschooling-homegirls-welcome-episode
Aug 10, 202013:28