Latoya Nelson returns to talk to Annie about her perspective as an educator freshly leaving the conventional school system behind. Latoya shares more about what the back-to-school season looks like in her homeschool community learning space. Focused on relationships and needs first has reshaped the whole game of school and education for Latoya. Latoya’s learning community, The Attuned Community, is reshaping childhood for all in attendance. It’s a unique program centering unschooling and self-directed education in a community way. For Latoya, tending to the emotional needs of the community takes precedent over any kind of learning goal or objective.
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Annie Friday is an educator, entrepreneur, podcast host, and birth doula. Most recently, Annie co-founded Blue Bridge Agile Learning Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Blue Bridge serves families engaged in self-directed education pursuits. Annie considers herself a recovering teacher engaged in the ongoing process of deschooling and relearning everything she has ever known about education. Annie is a public school parent who is actively working to decenter school in her family life. Annie believes all learning needs to be learner-led, consent-based, and rooted in play. Annie holds a master’s degree in early childhood education. Her teacher and family training focuses on supporting young children through play, nature, and mindfulness. Annie lives in Michigan with her husband and two young children. Together they enjoy playing outside hiking, camping, boating, and skiing as well as inside with board games, video games, dancing, doing yoga, and cooking.
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