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THE TAY TAI LETTERS

A different way of thinking about childhood, learning and family life.

Weekly reflections on childhood, learning outside conventional systems, community, freedom, and building family life a little differently.

There are some things you only learn by living them.

Tay Tai began as a small homeschooling community in Hoi An.

But somewhere between the beach days, workshops, mixed-age friendships, field trips, experiments, mistakes and ordinary afternoons together, it became a much bigger exploration of childhood itself.

What do children actually need?

Where does meaningful learning happen?

What makes a childhood rich?

How do we create community when the conventional structures don't fit?

And what happens when we stop trying to fill every hour and leave a little more room for childhood to unfold?

The Tay Tai Letters are where I explore those questions.

INSIDE THE LETTERS

Childhood - what children may need more of, and less of.

Learning - the education happening outside lessons, worksheets and classrooms.

Community - what becomes possible when children and families have somewhere to belong.

Family life - reflections on choosing a slightly less conventional path.

Not a curriculum.

Not parenting instructions.

Not another list of things you should be doing.

Just one thoughtful letter each week from what we're living, noticing and questioning.

Come and think about it with me.

One letter at a time.