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S2E16: Nature is Within Us with Vicky Mateau

April 27, 2021 • Season 2 • Episode 16

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Come with us on a virtual travel adventure all the way on the other side of the globe, where we find out about how Forest Schooling is done in Spain with Forest School Leader and fellow unschooling mother, Vicky Mateau.

👉 Vicky shares with Vicci

What led her to make the choice to homeschool her two children
About the homeschooling community in Spain
About the program she created and how they name their groups
About the dynamic wild space she uses
The benefits of connecting children with a changing environment
About running her program in a National Park in Spain and how the bureaucracy and red tape compares
How her children discovered autonomy
What unschooling life looks like for her and the beauty of the present moment
Her advice for other families about the individual journey and flexibility of this lifestyle
About her contextualised training in the UK, and how she had to adapt her training to be more relevant to her forest school in Spain.
About “Wildcrafting” in Spain
How they include indigenous and ancestral learnings in their programs
About the deeper themes of learning in nature and how they translate in communication and relationships between adults and children

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Vicky Mateu has specialised in child development, education and emotional intelligence. She is a Forest School leader in Catalonia, Spain and also offers parenting support for families. She lives in a small farmhouse at the Natural Parc of El Montseny where her family is unschooling their children Nara (9) and Saüc (7).

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