#142: She Quit Teaching After 24 Years to Build THIS School | Barefoot Unschooling Success Story

The Homeschool How To

Discover how former UK teacher Kate transformed 24 years of mainstream education experience into "The Hive Adventure" - a revolutionary barefoot unschool in the Dominican Republic. In this inspiring episode, Kate shares her journey from French grammar teacher to creating a human-centered learning environment where students grow their own food, tackle global sustainability challenges, and learn emotional regulation from the inside out.

What You'll Learn:

• How to create child-led, project-based learning experiences
• Teaching emotional regulation and self-awareness to children
• Building a food forest and garden-to-plate education program
• Implementing social impact projects focused on UN global goals
• The difference between coddling feelings vs. teaching healthy emotional processing
• Why barefoot learning and outdoor education improve mental health
• Starting alternative education programs (micro-schools, learning pods, unschools)

Perfect for homeschool families, alternative education advocates, and parents seeking nature-based, child-centered learning approaches. Kate's story proves you can create meaningful educational change anywhere in the world.

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1. #142: She Quit Teaching After 24 Years to Build THIS School | Barefoot Unschooling Success Story (00:00:00)

2. Setting The Quest: Why Homeschool (00:00:05)

3. Meet Kate And The Hive Adventure (00:00:33)

4. From Traditional To Alternative Teaching (00:01:10)

5. Inside A Barefoot Unschool (00:02:40)

6. Why The Dominican Republic (00:04:04)

7. COVID Context And Outdoor Pods (00:05:26)

8. Garden To Plate Learning (00:07:28)

9. Feelings Without Coddling (00:08:23)

10. Self‑Regulation Tools That Work (00:11:17)

11. Training Parents And Professionals (00:12:57)

12. Grounding, Triggers, And Going Barefoot (00:15:01)

13. Life In DR And Teen Adventures (00:16:51)

14. Six‑Week Global Goal Programs (00:18:05)

15. Clean Water Projects And Systems Thinking (00:20:20)

16. Wonder, Local History, And Curiosity (00:22:36)

17. School Trial And Learner Agency (00:24:06)

18. The Cycle Of Learning And Confidence (00:25:41)

19. Food, Fulfillment, And Mental Health (00:27:10)

20. Pineapples, Legacy, And Community (00:29:00)

21. Refugee Work And Human‑Centered Design (00:30:44)

22. Replicating The Model And Micro‑Schools (00:33:00)