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This week, Elizabeth brings some basic questions about what Bonnie believes about joy.  As the episode unfolds, they discuss what the ideal day might look like, the proper place of curriculum in our homeschool life, all those unused curriculum sitting in storage...

Some thoughts on structure and planning our day, and balancing self care with the sacrifice we make as parents. 

4:07 - The importance of having ideals
5:02 - Leading by modeling virtue 
9:09 - Challenging children appropriately 
11:46 - Planning for self-care 
16:19 - What does a typical homeschool day look like? 
23:03 - Routine over schedule 
24:02 - Homeschool curriculum 
33:56 - Importance of keeping records 

Some resources were mentioned, here are those links

Ruth Beechik, The Three R's

Homeschooling, simplified: dictation

Bonnie's full day workshop in four parts on YouTube

Planning our time (blog post, with templates)

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