Welcome to PERMIE KIDs!
PERMIE KIDs is a “do-ocracy” community designing an education with children that empowers in learning and life.
PERMIE KIDs is a community – children, parents, teachers, coaches, mentors, and anyone involved in the lives of children – dedicated to empowering children to take a solutions-based, active approach to life and become fully-realized, responsible people capable of caring for themselves, others, and the Earth.
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PERMIE KIDs will empower your inner-educator. Then, in turn, we will work together to design learning opportunities that empower your child in learning and life. Together, we can create a new world, a world of PERMIE KIDs who are problem-solvers, empathetic, resilient, mindful, innovative, ethical, kind, inquisitive, and driven. You are invited to check out our podcast, join our community, get help transitioning out of a traditional educational mindset, get 1:1 help with your educational questions, and learn about and share in the surplus of community knowledge, ideas, lesson plans, and resources. To paraphrase “the father” of permaculture Bill Mollison, “The solution, the only ethical solution, is to take responsibility for ourselves and that of our children.” Taking responsibility starts with the quality of education we provide our children. This community empowers children to become PERMIE KIDs – Problem-solvers, Empathetic, Resilient, Mindful, Innovative, Ethical, Kind, Inquisitive, and Driven. And, a PERMIE KID will make responsible decisions. A PERMIE KID will live a rewarding, successful life. Your child will not follow the beaten path or even those less taken, but instead forge his or her own path in life.
On the PERMIE KIDs website and in the podcast, you will learn about topics such as:
- Helping Children Develop the Ability to Self-Regulate
- Empowering Yourself as an Educator in the Lives of Children
- Hands-On, Skills-Based Learning
- Connecting Children with Nature
- Empowering Children to Take Responsibility and Become Fully-Realized People
- “Evolutionizing” Learning and Education
- Teaching Children to be Thoughtful, Reflective, and Driven to Action
- Lesson Plans
- Educational Resources
- PERMIE KID Characteristics
- How to Teach Permaculture to Children
- Teaching Techniques
- Suggestions for Effectively Incorporating a Garden or Food Forest in a School Setting
- Teaching in Ways that are Meaningful for Children
- Skills and Knowledge Often Long Forgotten
- Child Development: Academic, Social, and Emotional
- Creative Ideas for How to Effectively Use Children’s Literature
- History of Education
- Ethics: Care of People, Care of the Earth, Return of Surplus
- Specific Knowledge for Subject Areas: Reading, Writing, Math, Science, Social Studies, Music and Arts, and More
- Integrating Subjects, Concepts, and Knowledge Rather Than Teaching in Blocks
Help Children See Patterns and Make Connections- Reviews of Adult Books on Education, Teaching, Homeschooling, and Unschooling
- Designing a “Classroom”
- Educational News
Our community has a surplus of knowledge to share with you! Join me and others in the PERMIE KIDs’ “do-acracy” community, designing an education that empowers in learning and life. (*Note: Thanks to Jack Spirko for coining the word and the TSP and permaculture community in general for supporting a “do-acracy” like this. I appreciate the encouragement and inspiration.)