Episode Details

Homeschooling is often less about curriculum and more about how children learn to think, engage, and grow through everyday life. In this conversation, we explore what it looks like to raise curious, capable children in a world that often prioritizes convenience over resilience. 

In this episode of Wild and Well, I am talking to Jess Drover again, a homeschooler and mother who also runs a children’s book business. We discuss curiosity-led learning, emotional resilience, and how everyday family life becomes the foundation for education when children are given space to explore, participate, and contribute meaningfully. Listen to episode 67 of the podcast to hear more about homeschooling from Jess. 

Jess and I talk about: 

• What homeschooling looks like when learning is integrated into everyday family life
• How curiosity-led learning replaces rigid curriculum in her homeschooling approach
• Why children benefit from discomfort, boredom, and doing difficult things
• How activities like walking, gardening, and chores build resilience and responsibility
• Why she believes children need space to struggle rather than be constantly accommodated
• How intrinsic motivation is strengthened through real-world participation
• Why she avoids over-structuring learning in favour of child-led curiosity
• How dopamine, screen exposure, and external stimulation impact motivation 
• How everyday experiences become opportunities for learning and growth
• Why capability and confidence matter more than comfort or convenience

Jess Drover is a homeschooler and children’s book seller who focuses on curiosity-led learning and child development through everyday life. She integrates education into family routines, nature-based experiences, and real-world responsibilities. Jess is passionate about raising intrinsically motivated, resilient children who learn through participation, exploration, and connection.

Books that Jess mentioned: 

• The Anxious Generation 
• Simplicity Parenting 
• Hunt Gather Parent  

Links: 

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Find out more about the books Jess sells at nocobooklady

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