Hey Reader!
A parent told me this week,
"These ideas are fun, but it still feels like fluff. How do I know it really counts?"
That feeling is so common. We were all conditioned to think learning only “counts” when it looks like school — worksheets, grades, and structure.
But real learning doesn’t need a curriculum. It needs curiosity, connection, and a parent who notices what’s already happening.
This week’s tip helps you see it for yourself.
🎃 Learning Circles
I made you a simple printable with two pages:
- A Halloween Learning Circles page to get you started, and SHOW you the learning!
- A blank Learning Circles page you can use for anything
Here’s how to use it:
- Write an activity in the center — like “Halloween,” “LEGO building,” or “playing pretend.”
- Around it, jot what your kids actually did - put them near the subject that might have a little bit of connection.
- You may discover that some activities have a little bit of math, a little science, a little language arts, etc.
Real Life overlap, right?
When you start noticing how much learning happens in one ordinary activity, it becomes impossible to unsee it.
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Learning Circles & Connections
I made this 2 page PDF for all of you on the email list!
1 Page shows how to see the learning for Halloween, the other one is blank and ready for you to use!
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What You’ll See on the Halloween Example
- Carving pumpkins = science + art
- Dividing candy & estimating time = math
- Decorating the porch = fine arts
- Visiting neighbors = social studies
- Texting costume photos, watching Halloween movies = tech
- Telling ghost stories, learning funny rhymes = language arts
None of this is fluff — it’s learning in motion.
Even as I wrote them out, I could see how other subjects are in each of these activities too!
Try This Today:
Print your blank Learning Circle and use it for whatever’s happening this weekend — maybe baking, building, gaming, or even a lazy Saturday.
The more you practice noticing, the more confidence you’ll build in your ability to see learning as it unfolds.
P.S. The Unschooling Halloween Hub is filled with podcasts, videos and ideas. But this PDF is only here in your email (an end-of-the-week subscriber perk) and in the Creating Confidence Membership - where so many resources are waiting for you!
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