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Topic Challenge: Thoughts and Feelings, Fostering Emotional Maturity in Children
Welcome back to The BIG Home Ed Conversations Podcast with Kelly Rigg and Ashley Vanerio.
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This week’s topic: Feelings and journaling (real life edition) We recorded in the middle of a heatwave, so...
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Town Planning & Street Furniture (Home Education UK Topic Challenge)
In this episode of The BIG Home Ed Conversations Podcast, Kelly and Ashley continue their weekly home education UK “topic challenge” — choosing a theme and exploring it with their children through real-life learning,...
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Special Guest: Jenn Hodge Interview: The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Now the Act) — What Home Educating Families Need to Know
In this episode of The BIG Home Ed Conversations Podcast, Kelly shares a powerful interview with Jenn Hodge, founder of Doing Education Differently.
Jenn is a leading voice in neurodiversity and education reform, and...
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Topic Challenge: Lesser Known Sports (Weird & Wonderful Games, What Counts as a Sport, and Why Movement Matters)
In this episode of The BIG Home Ed Conversations Podcast, Kelly and Ashley explore this week’s “topic from the hat” challenge: lesser known sports.  They start by going down the rabbit hole of strange and wonderful...
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Topic Challenge: Food Around the World
Welcome back to another episode of the BIG Home Ed Conversations Podcast. Kelly and Ashley are continuing Season 5’s “topic from a hat” home education challenge — where they pick a theme, explore it with their kids...
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Topic Challenge: Capital Allocation & Investment with Kids
Welcome back to the BIG Home Ed Conversations Podcast. In this episode, Kelly and Ashley share how they tackled a surprisingly big topic with their kids: capital allocation and investing — including spending vs...
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Season 5 - Welcome Back! New Season, New Topic, New Sponsor!
Welcome back to Season 5 of the BIG Home Ed Conversations Podcast.
In this short “we’re back!” episode, Kelly Rigg (home ed mum of two, qualified mindset + ADHD coach) and Ashley Vanerio (home ed mum of three, former...
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Season 4 Finale – Our Home Ed Year in Review
It’s the final episode of Season 4 of the BIG Home Ed Conversations Podcast, and we’re keeping up our (now official!) yearly tradition: a relaxed, honest Year in Reflection.  Kelly and Ashley look back on what’s...
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Challenging Adultism, Respecting Children & Rethinking the Power Dynamic in Parenting
In this episode of the BIG Home Ed Conversations Podcast, Kelly and Ashley get real about adultism—the often-unquestioned power imbalance between adults and children. Inspired by fellow home educating mum and...
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Refugee Education, Prejudice & Shared Humanity: Learning From Displaced Young People
In this episode of the BIG Home Ed Conversations Podcast, Kelly and Ashley sit down with Catherine Gladwell, founder and CEO of Refugee Education UK, to explore what education really looks like when your whole life...
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SEND, Ableism & Neurodivergence in Education: Rethinking 'Standard'
In this powerful episode of the BIG Home Ed Conversations Podcast, Kelly and Ashley sit down with author, educator and neurodivergent advocate Helen Daniel to unpack ableism in the education system through the lens of...
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Changing Perspectives: Prejudice within the Home Education Community
In this episode of the BIG Home Ed Conversations Podcast, Kelly and Ashley dive deep into the often-unspoken topic of prejudice within the home educating community.
From unschooling vs. curriculum-based approaches, to...
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