Podcast Episodes

67. (S4E25) Learning How to Learn | with Barbara Oakley

We recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Barbara Oakley, Ph.D., educator, writer, engineer, and perhaps most importantly, a female Indiana J…

7 years, 11 months ago

66. (S4E24) Unschool Undefined (& Other Home Education Philosophies)

Do you ever feel stressed out talking about home education philosophies? When Unschooling, Classical Education, or Charlotte-Mason come up, do you ev…

8 years ago

65. (S4E23) The Top 10 Things to Have Done by the End of High School

Before getting into the topic of this episode – the top 10 things to have done by the end of highschool – we want to make something clear: you can’t …

8 years ago

64. (S4E22) Exploring Learning Differences: ADD, ADHD, Dysgraphia, Autism, Dyslexia

A disclaimer for this episode: we are not trained experts and our specialty is not special needs, so anything we share today is based on our own effo…

8 years ago

63. (S4E21) Are you one big happy family? Homeschool advice for the frazzled!

Are you a happy family… or are you not? Today, we hope to solve that dilemma!

There’s a temptation to only consider the family identity when we think …

8 years ago

62. (S4E20) Partnership Home Education: Finding Friends for You

We often see families join Brave Writer or The Homeschool Alliance who get excited about this style of living, but then we struggle to find other lik…

8 years, 1 month ago

61. (S4E19) Family Dynamics in Homeschool: The Roles Your Kids Play

Today we want to talk about the roles in our families – and the incredible power of choice. We delve into the labels and roles we use to characterize…

8 years, 1 month ago

60. (S4E18) No Silver Bullet: Searching for the Perfect Homeschool Curriculum

Julie spends a lot of time looking at the homeschooling zeitgeist, and she notices a common theme coming up every so often: the search for the one th…

8 years, 1 month ago

59. (S4E17) Brain-Based Learning - Part 2

In the last episode, Julie started breaking down some research on brain-based learning, or the science behind what it looks like to be a good learne…

8 years, 2 months ago

58. (S4E16) Brain-Based Learning - Part 1

When Julie started learning about home education, she read a lot of work by home educators. Of course this makes sense because she wanted to understa…

8 years, 2 months ago