Podcast appearances and mentions of nicolette sowder

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 likeminded community and from their interactions with the natural world. SUMMARYCeleste's full circle journey of growing up in Adelaide before travelling extensively both interstate and overseas as a young woman, only to return to South Australia to start her family in a place where her heart had always belongedBeing an intelligent kid who struggled in school due to an undiagnosed learning disability that wasn't picked up until year 10Wishing she could go back in time and pluck herself out of school, bring herself over to her house, now, and learn all the things she wanted to know, that the teachers always told her noAfter initially viewing home education through a Steiner lense, over time her kids showed her that an unschooling approach was more suited to their learning  styles and personalities "My kids are just not the type of kids that sit around randomly finger knitting at the table or building a lemonade stand out the front - they want to climb trees, throw rocks and play with sticks" Celeste defines Wildschooling (term coined by Nicolette Sowder) as having a home education environment that's deeply rooted in the natural world and shares what this practically looks like for her familyThe benefits of having a nature rich childhood which Celeste has witnessed with her own kidsThe trap of overscheduling - trying to manage their time well but wanting to do all of the thingsThe burden of responsibility - the buck stops with us for everything. You can't palm anything off onto school, it's all on us as homeschooling parents.“I don't feel like I need a holiday from my life. I've tried to build a life that they can be a part of too.”Her tips for getting kids outdoors more - having all the gear, being prepared and sticking with itINSPIRATIONNicolette Sowder - Wildschooling websiteUnconditional Parenting - Alfie KohnThe Brave Learner - Julie BogartChanging our Minds - Naomi FisherA Different Way to Learn - Naomi FisherCall of the Wild and Free - Ainsley ArmentConsider asking your local library to order in a copy of these books if they don't already have them in their catalogueSage Family PodcastExploring Unschooling PodcastWild and Free Podcast CONNECT@freerangejourney InstagramHave you got a story to tell? Connect with us on instagram @australianhomeschoolstories or email australianhomeschoolstories@gmail.comSign up to our substack to be notified of new episode releases:Australian Homeschool Stories Mailing ListThis podcast is recorded on the lands of the Bunurong people of the Kulin nation. I pay my respects to elders past, present and emerging and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. This always was, always will be aboriginal land.Original Music by Daniel Garrood @garroodcomposerListen on Spotify here

Kisha Reid is in conversation with Nicolette Sowder about the wonderful story behind her journey to creating "Wilder Child" and "Wild Schooling". They discuss how her observations of her child's needs for movement and connection along with her need to reconnect with the land inspired her to create these nature-based communities she so passionately calls Village-led. 

Nicolette Sowder is the founder of A Wilder Child, Wildschooling and the Kid's Moon Club. Nicolette gives all of us permission to be creative about how we structure our lives - to be purposeful and creative in doing so.  She reminds us that we are enough and that we have enough to help our kids bond with the nature that is around them, whatever that looks like.  Nicolette is a poet, a dreamer, a farmer and an entrepreneur, and her ideas will help you expand your thoughts about what your life could look like if you slow down and sync up to nature's rhythms. 

A quote from Nicolette Sowder describes Chris Molloy to me 'Give me the wild children with their bare feet and sparkling eyes', Chris describes herself as having been a wild child, she became a mother while she was still at school. Having a child so young presented many challenges that Chris overcame, she went to college and started work in the financial sector and then in recruitment and she got married and had more children. Chris loved going to yoga classes and a few years ago she trained as a yoga teacher and she now has a very successful teaching practice using her skills and time in the business sector to help her with her teaching practice. Chris teaches online and when there are no covid restrictions she loves to teach outdoors in parks, in studios, in companies and in colleges. She also is involved in a new program with the national maternity hospital for young teenage mothers. You can find Chris on line at chrismolloyyoga.com, insta @chrismolloyyoga and facebook chrismolloyyoga and linkedin Christine Molloy

In this episode, we’re talking to Nicolette Sowder, founder of the global nature play movement, Wilder Child, about Wildschooling, creating an online nature connection movement and running a business. Prepared to be so inspired, this girl is golden. 

Educational Consultant, Nicolette Sowder lives on Honeybird Farm, a pastured meat and berry farm, in North-West Michigan with her husband Jon and their 7 & 4 Year old daughters. Show Notes: Reggio Emilia Approach: https://www.reggiochildren.it/en/reggio-emilia-approach/ Kristin Stoddard: https://www.ourstrongroots.com/meet-our-guides Phenology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenology Wilder Child Website: https://wilderchild.com/ Wilder Child Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/awilderchild/ Wildschooling Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wildschooling/ Kids Moon Club: https://wilderchild.com/kids-moon-club/ Connect with Nicolette: info@wilderchild.com Untaming Contact: FB: https://www.facebook.com/Untaming-396582437559159/ IG: @untaming_podcast Email: untaming.podcast@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Hi everyone! This week I am so thrilled to be interviewing Nicolette Sowder from Wilder Child. If you don't know Nicolette, you really should get familiar with her and her community...   Nicolette leads an amazing community for those who are really passionate about raising a wilder child and getting back to nature with their children. So Nicolette, hi! And thank you so much for being here. Nicolette Sowder: Hi, thank you so much for having me on, I'm so excited. Ashley: So, Nicolette... Could you start by telling our listeners a little bit about yourself and your mission and how you got started with Wilder Child? Nicolette: Sure, so right now, I live with my husband and my two little girls and we're wild schooling on sixty acres in Michigan. We actually run a pastured farm, but we weren't always here. We were on a trip five and a half years ago... the time's gone so fast... but so much has been packed into such a small amount of time. So we moved from Northwest Indiana -- it was really like a satellite suburb outside Chicago -- so we did have a little bit of property, but once we moved here, I mean, we are now just surrounded by nature. I always grew up appreciating nature with my parents, so that really instilled some key values within me. This was all enhanced when I got here, just us being dominated by nature. It was all around us, and I was able to form such a close relationship with our animals. At that time I had my one year old, my daughter who now is almost six (which I can't believe!), but when we came here she was one. It just had such a profound impact on me being in this environment with her. I felt like I really had to start writing about it. I think that's how a lot of bloggers start, with trying to express this totally transformational experience that you're having with your children. This was all enhanced with us being really with mother nature as well. I like to think of her now as the third parent. So this whole experience was mind-blowing, I thought I had to write about it. Then it became so much bigger than me. It just felt like there were so many parents who just wanted to talk about it, talk about how to reintegrate and heal that bond with nature from a parenting perspective. I feel like at that time, there was a lot of nature-based educational information, although there wasn't that much in the parenting context. That's really where Wilder Child has moved and really, really speaks. That's my passion, it's working with parents, working with families. Ashley: You know, I think this is such an interesting story because you had this experience growing up yourself as a child who was very connected to nature. It's not just something that you're interested in on your own, but that your parents really encouraged. Then when you became a parent yourself, it sounds like it was almost not only about  creating this connection for your own child but also in some ways, it was maybe a reconnection for yourself and learning to understand the natural world in a different way, through a parent's eyes. Nicolette: Oh my gosh, that's exactly what it was like. The role of nature and how it fits into your parenting life is a very special and very different thing to just nature on its own when you're growing up. There's a completely different energy when you're growing up, and I think you tend to miss a few things. It's still immersive when you're a child and it's so instinctual, that connection with nature, it almost goes unacknowledged. I don't mean that in a bad way, it just is. Mother nature should've always been with you, then and now. It's just that now, mother nature has become much more of a support system for me, one that I am fully able to appreciate and acknowledge. Everyday, I'm more and more thankful, more and more aware of the role that Mother Nature is playing in my life. Ashley: Sure, that's so beautiful. I'm not a parent myself but I remember spending so many days a...

Today I’m here with my friend Nicolette Sowder talking about nature. Nicolette is a nature-connected educator and founder of Wilder Child and Wildschooling. Most days you can find her being led through her farm and forest by her two wildlings. We go over wildschooling, benefits, fears, lifestyle choices, and bringing nature indoors.   Get the full show notes here: www.sageparenting.com/podcast11   Support the Sage Family Podcast here: www.patreon.com/sagefamily

You’ve heard of homeschooling, but how about wildschooling? Nicolette Sowder is the creator of Wilder Child and the wildschooling Facebook group, which has grown to over 17,000 members! The Wilder Child community is for those who are passionate about raising a Wilder Child and getting back to nature. Nicolette coined the term “Wildschooling” as an extension of this, for families who are passionate about supporting a nature-based, active, and joyful childhood. While Nicolette’s family purchased a farm and are literally able to homeschool their children with a focus on nature and farm life, you don’t have to do all of this to reap the benefits! The Wildschooling group is open to everyone, whether you’re able to spend a little time outdoors or a lot! You can learn from and exchange ideas with like-minded people for exploring life outdoors! Links: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wildschool