The Lost Pines Learning Collective

The Lost Pines Learning Collective Connecting Families w Edu-centric Resources. Helping to build the village we seek. We're building the village we seek.

The Lost Pines Learning Collective connects families in Bastrop and its surrounding counties with the local education, enrichment, and therapeutic resources they need. Our aim is to help create a collaborative, sustainable education ecosystem that makes quality education-related resources more accessible here.

🧘‍♀️Monday Mantra🧘‍♀️Nat'l PTSD Awareness Day was this past Saturday. I'm taking a moment to reflect on the realities of...
06/29/2026

🧘‍♀️Monday Mantra🧘‍♀️

Nat'l PTSD Awareness Day was this past Saturday. I'm taking a moment to reflect on the realities of a particular kind of parenthood.

We've all seen the memes comparing the lived experience of parenting special needs children to PTSD-like stress responses in war veterans. While the research isn't a direct 1:1 correlation, the overlap in symptoms is real: chronic hypervigilance, disrupted sleep, sensory and emotional overload, and the constant need to stay "on."

We build schedules that function more like scaffolding than plans. We choose flexibility over consistency because regulation matters more than appearances. We look permissive from the outside, but we're doing the hardest kind of real-time advocacy on the inside.

It's hard. And it's also beautiful. So when you question yourself this week (or any week), remember: You're not off track. You're building a different map.

🔍Wednesday Resource | 6.24.26🔎Highlighting one local resource built to support the dads in our community as we follow Fa...
06/26/2026

🔍Wednesday Resource | 6.24.26🔎

Highlighting one local resource built to support the dads in our community as we follow Father's Day and wrap up this Men's Mental Health Awareness month.

Hosted by Bastrop County Cares, the 24/7 Fatherhood program is bringing dads together to build parenting skills, strengthen family relationships, and connect with other fathers who want to do the same thing.

For many dads, finding community can be one of the most powerful tools for improving mental health, reducing isolation, and remembering that they don't have to carry everything alone. This group meet up may be a perfect step toward local dads finding their people too.

Check out this blog post I found, and see how you or the dads in your life might benefit from the 24/7 Fatherhood program: https://www.bastropcares.org/blog/finding-support-through-fatherhood/

📸 Source: Bastrop County Cares website

🧘‍♀️Monday Mantra | 6.22.26🧘‍♀️It's Men's Mental Health Awareness Month, and following Father's Day weekend, we're takin...
06/26/2026

🧘‍♀️Monday Mantra | 6.22.26🧘‍♀️

It's Men's Mental Health Awareness Month, and following Father's Day weekend, we're taking a moment to applaud those fathers who are doing the work their children may never fully see.

Researchers have identified "breaking the cycle" as a major theme among dads intentionally choosing to parent differently then they were parented, and we're here for it.

Cheers to dads showing up in new ways. It's not easy, and we see you 👏👏

This mantra's for the dads: Healing myself is part of loving my children.

🔍Wednesday Resource | 6.17.26🔎Another hidden gem in our town is Coach (Coyote) Curt! If you've been to Bastrop's parks, ...
06/26/2026

🔍Wednesday Resource | 6.17.26🔎

Another hidden gem in our town is Coach (Coyote) Curt!

If you've been to Bastrop's parks, you've probably seen this guy surrounded by a gaggle of kiddos learning the best ways to climb, balance, jump, and yes, even fall.

Years ago, he created Parkour & Explore (formerly Parkour in the Park) for homeschool families all around the Austin metro area, and he's been in Bastrop every Wednesday morning since, helping learners become more confident moving through the world.

Through play, they build balance, flexibility, body awareness, and trust in their own abilities. Coach Curt always finds a way to weave in a little science each week as well.

If you have a child age 3+ who loves being outdoors, this drop-in program is worth checking out. My kiddo enjoys the program so much that even when we aren't homeschooling, we still find ways to make it to a Wednesday or two each season!

https://lplcbastrop.com/directory/parkour-in-the-park/

🧘‍♀️Monday Mantra | 6.15.26🧘‍♀️Just ahead of this year's local Juneteenth celebrations, this is a reminder of our respon...
06/26/2026

🧘‍♀️Monday Mantra | 6.15.26🧘‍♀️

Just ahead of this year's local Juneteenth celebrations, this is a reminder of our responsibility in raising kind humans who know that every person belongs. We all have so much to teach each other, and still so much to learn.

Our mantra for this week: Every flower in the field grows differently, and that's what makes the meadow beautiful.

🔍Wednesday Resource | 6.10.26🔎Coach Roger's Swim Program started in September 2023. Simply a handful of homeschool famil...
06/25/2026

🔍Wednesday Resource | 6.10.26🔎

Coach Roger's Swim Program started in September 2023. Simply a handful of homeschool families (including mine) who came together and said, "our kids need this."

On Friday afternoons for one month, we gathered at the pool for swim lessons that were part skill-building, part community, and fully rooted in fun. No big system. No polished structure. Just us showing up with our kids, and a one-of-a-kind coach who met us there.

That small start became the seasonal program serving hundreds of local families you know today. Coach Roger brings a decade of experience (and sometimes the patience of a saint!) to get our swimmers focused on water safety, confidence, and skill building.

If you've been thinking about swim lessons, there's still time to join Coach Roger this season! More info here: http://lplcbastrop.com/swim

🧘‍♀️Monday Mantra | 6.8.26🧘‍♀️We intuitively know our learners aren't meant to spend their summers standing still. And r...
06/25/2026

🧘‍♀️Monday Mantra | 6.8.26🧘‍♀️
We intuitively know our learners aren't meant to spend their summers standing still. And research even suggests they do most of their physical growing during summer break.

So for this season, let's say, "Less box checking, more bug catching," shall we?!

🔍Wednesday Resource🔎It's Great Outdoors Month, so I *must* share: If you're looking for a summer adventure that's well w...
06/03/2026

🔍Wednesday Resource🔎

It's Great Outdoors Month, so I *must* share: If you're looking for a summer adventure that's well worth the drive, check out Lockhart State Park!

About an hour from Downtown Bastrop, this one packs a lot into one park:

🥾 Hiking trails
🎣 Fishing spots
💦 Creek wading
🏕️ Tent and cabin camping
🏊 A swimming pool

Whether you're planning a day trip or a family weekend away, it's the kind of place where summer memories seem to make themselves.

Our family first discovered Lockhart State Park through K.I.N.D., a Bastrop-area parent-led community group and LPLC Guide Member. Since then, we've spent countless days exploring the trails, attending classes and events, and cooling off at the pool.

If you haven't been yet, add it to your summer bucket list. (If you have, it's probably on the schedule already!)

10/10. Highly recommend.

Dropping links to both the main listing AND the swimming pool because 'tis the season!

May lessons are a wrap and June session begins this weekend! Half of June classes are already at capacity, but I see (1)...
06/02/2026

May lessons are a wrap and June session begins this weekend!

Half of June classes are already at capacity, but I see (1) spot left in a few of them. And Coach Roger opened up an extra Preschool class on Saturdays to make room for a handful of extra Beginner II swimmers!

Jump in while you can 💦 We'd love to have you! 🤗

http://lplcbastrop.com/swim

🧘‍♀️Monday Mantra🧘‍♀️Today is World Parents' Day. And I almost didn't post. But not because I forgot. If you're a busy w...
06/01/2026

🧘‍♀️Monday Mantra🧘‍♀️
Today is World Parents' Day. And I almost didn't post. But not because I forgot.

If you're a busy workin'-plannin'-doin'-mom-preneur only one week into summer, and already feeling stretched thin or like you need a clone to get it all done like me? I see you.

Let me remind you. You're doing great. Breathe. And repeat after me: "I am one person. I am doing the best I can."

Happy World Parents' Day!

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