What is Forest School? - Sharon Cortez

As we close this season of the Shaking Parenting Podcast, we share the very things that we learned from all the wonderful interviews and processing episodes we have done, what we think about the overall experience, and some final words to you—our loyal listeners—who, with us, dream and try our best to create a better world for our children. It is our hope that this podcast has inspired you to dig deeper and go further into your parenting journey.

In this episode, we talk about the things that we liked about Classical education coming from our interview with Keren Chu of @raisingcovenantchildren. How it is about instilling virtue and wisdom to both the child and the parent, the flexibility in the books that you read, the more mature learner knowing when to let go and when to persevere, training your soul what to love, cultivation of habits, and remembering that there are objective truths and objective good.We'd love to hear your own takeaways. Visit us on instagram @shakingparenting.podcastMusic:https://soundcloud.com/vgl9/palm-trees-free-download/https://soundcloud.com/vgl9/golden-hour-free-download/

In this episode, we talk about Classical Education with Keren Chu of @raisingcovenantchildren. She walks us through the history of Classical Education (which dates back from the great thinkers like Plato and Aristotle) to what modern educators of today do as they try to retrieve and renew this philosophy of education that gives emphasis on cultivating wisdom and virtue in our children and in the more mature students—the parents. She gives us a peak into their day-to-day homeschooling journey and offers practical tips on how we can apply Classical Education at home. Join us as we discover this pedagogy that introduces us to the seven liberal arts and to what is true, good, and beautiful.We'd love to hear your own takeaways. Visit us on instagram @shakingparenting.podcastMusic:https://soundcloud.com/vgl9/palm-trees-free-download/https://soundcloud.com/vgl9/golden-hour-free-download/

What do you do with the knowledge that everybody has different smarts/intelligence? What do we think becomes the adults’ responsibility given this knowledge? Join us in this episode as we discuss the things that sat with us from our interview with Teacher Ella of Ella Labs… over wine.We'd love to hear your own takeaways. Visit us on instagram @shakingparenting.podcastMusic:https://soundcloud.com/vgl9/palm-trees-free-download/https://soundcloud.com/vgl9/golden-hour-free-download/

In this episode we explored the theory of Multiple Intelligence by Dr Howard Gardner. With the help of Teacher Ella Basco-Inventor of Ella Labs who has 20 years of teaching experience, we gained insights on this theory used by several schools. She shared with us how parents and educators alike can help children determine their “smarts. Listen to anecdotes of confident children who early on know their learning strengths and how parents can apply this theory at home. We'd love to hear your own takeaways. Visit us on instagram @shakingparenting.podcastMusic:https://soundcloud.com/vgl9/palm-trees-free-download/https://soundcloud.com/vgl9/golden-hour-free-download/

In this episode, we talk about the things we and children observe and learn because of what’s fleeting and ephemeral in nature and also the relationship we build with nature when we keep going back to it as something that’s constant; how with nature we are hardened and healed at the same time; keeping the child’s wildness so he can contribute uniquely to the world and how nature always provides. Those and more as we process our Forest School interview with Sharon “Shawie” Cortez of @forestschoolph.We'd love to hear your own takeaways. Visit us on instagram @shakingparenting.podcastMusic:https://soundcloud.com/vgl9/palm-trees-free-download/https://soundcloud.com/vgl9/golden-hour-free-download/

Have you heard of forest school? Does it have to happen in an actual forest? How do children learn about letters and numbers in a forest school? What will my children learn there? All these questions will be answered by Forest School Leader, Sharon “Shawie” Cortez, founder of Forest School Philippines. In this interview, she also talks about how nature provides the important lessons every child needs: resilience, persistence, problem-solving, among others… and how forest school is the perfect place to learn how to learn.We'd love to hear your own takeaways. Visit us on instagram @shakingparenting.podcastMusic:https://soundcloud.com/vgl9/palm-trees-free-download/https://soundcloud.com/vgl9/golden-hour-free-download/

In this episode, we chat about the very things that stirred us from our interview with Gina of @ourlivinglearning. The conversations that emanate in your home bringing forth many wonderful ideas; living in living books and approaching things with humility and openness to different voices; the value in learning different sides of history, our being just a tiny speck in this vast universe, the role of the adult in a Charlotte Mason home, plus all those popular notions we were able to debunk or gained a deeper understanding of.We'd love to hear your own takeaways. Visit us on instagram @shakingparenting.podcastMusic:https://soundcloud.com/vgl9/palm-trees-free-download/https://soundcloud.com/vgl9/golden-hour-free-download/

“A person of will has the power to project himself and shape his life upon a purpose.” Learn about this quote from Charlotte Mason and more about her philosophy from Gina Guerrero-Roldan, Founder and Directress of Living Learning Homeschool, a Charlotte Mason homeschool provider in the Philippines; and a homeschooling mother of four. In this interview, she helps us understand better what a Charlotte Mason education is all about, how a CM-inspired home is like, its approach to literacy and numeracy, how it accommodates different worldviews, religions, even children with different needs. She also talks about morning baskets, living books, and echoes our question as to what twaddle really means. All these and more in this episode.We'd love to hear your own takeaways. Visit us on instagram @shakingparenting.podcastDisclaimer:This is a gentle reminder that nobody is really an expert in the philosophies we are discussing here except the ones who created it themselves. We chose our guests because we've seen their passion in their chosen philosophy and we would love to learn with them. Our goal here is to share these learnings with you and then who knows, maybe it will encourage you to dig deeper and go further. Happy listening!Music:https://soundcloud.com/vgl9/palm-trees-free-download/https://soundcloud.com/vgl9/golden-hour-free-download/

Introspection. Unschooling the self. Having confidence in your decisions. Embracing the child's uniqueness. Doing something with no agenda. Discipline. These and many more, in this processing episode where we discuss the things that shookt us from our interview with Trix Clasara.We'd love to hear your own takeaways. Visit us on instagram @shakingparenting.podcastMusic:https://soundcloud.com/vgl9/palm-trees-free-download/https://soundcloud.com/vgl9/golden-hour-free-download/