Podcast Episodes

106. (S6E19) What’s Worth Fighting (About) For?

When you signed up for the task of homeschooling, you surely imagined what the ideal homeschooling life would look like. This is the life you are fig…

5 years, 10 months ago

105. (S6E18) That Pernicious Topic: Chores

The number one question I get is not how to prepare kids for college, or what you need to start homeschooling, or even about homeschooling at all — i…

5 years, 10 months ago

104. (S6E17) Rigor vs. Relaxed Alertness: The Sweet Spot

How do parents ensure that homeschooling is challenging and rigorous enough for their kids to become smart, successful adults?

Many parents are under …

5 years, 11 months ago

103. (S6E16) When You Worry About Public School Standards

I heard from a mom who wanted to know how to shed the fear that her children won’t be ready to enter the school system one day. She wanted to be able…

5 years, 11 months ago

102. (S6E15) Growing Minds

Did you ever think of learning as training your brain chemistry?

The goal of skill-building in learning is automaticity, fluency, ease of use. It’s as…

6 years ago

101. (S6E14) Creativity in Teaching

Are you one of those people that thinks you just aren’t inventive enough to imagine creative learning experiences?

We tend to think of creativity as s…

6 years ago

100. (S6E13) Joy-Centered Learning for the Reluctant Learner

This episode addresses a specific question: What do I do about children who refuse to learn—children who balk, who throw fits, and who are consistent…

6 years ago

99. (S6E12) Healthy Diverse Homeschool Communities

Ideally, homeschooling as a common interest should be enough to unite us and drive us forward to forge friendships with a variety of people and learn…

6 years ago

98. (S6E11) Marriage, Divorce, and Homeschooling

I have been asked the same question repeatedly over the past 10 years: How do I know if I should get a divorce? And this question has a friend: I am …

6 years ago

97. (S6E10) Out of the Classroom: Brave Schooling

Is it possible to work from home while doing homeschooling?

This school year is different from any other. We are not going into it with the same sense…

6 years, 1 month ago