Melanated HomeSchoolers

This pod we briefly go over the books I think your younger children will enjoy. If your kids like S.T.E.M. like mine then this is the episode for you!

We get into a little A.I. talk, climate worries and having kids " look it up"

Lets look at how Florida has decided that lying to our kids is more important than teaching our kids. Erasing "woke" culture isnt an option.

R.I.P. Yogurt. I just needed to take a few minutes to give my thoughts on the passing of Dave aka Plug 2 from the Iconic group De Le Soul.

This time I will give my take on how Homeschooling allows us to keep holidays in proper context and not allow our children to fall vicitm to the falsehoods these holidays push .

This go round we discuss the fine line between Representation and Tokenism. Why are you there? Are you there for inclusion or the illusion. We discuss how to make sure your children see themselves represented in multiple facets of society .We also how to talk to them about being aware of the true reason people have you in their spaces.

This go round I discuss cancel culture and how to make sure we arent cancelling our own kids by stifling their expression and ideas. I also discuss my love of reading and a few tips on how to get non readers to see its benefits.

In this episode I'm asking for the Twitterverse to lend a hand.

Today we discuss how to get kids out of vacation mode. I also speak about incorporating extracurricular activities into academic modules.

Let's discuss what you all do for Summer and what goals you set for your kids during this break

As a lot of our sessions wind down let's keep in mind that it starts with us as parents/teachers. That being noted here are a few tips to keep your energy up and keep our kids energized

This episode I discuss my first ever large scale home conference and how I felt afterwards. The good , the bad and the in between.

Just a short stop through to acknowledge Spring Break and what we've had success and struggles in.

This episode let's discover who has been to any major Homeschooling Workshops. The wife and I have one we will be attending and it will be our first larger scale event with attendees from all 50 states. Looking forward to that!

This week we will focus on the Russian invasion of The Ukraine. War is a very stressful word for everyone, especially children. Let's take some time to break it down.

Let's take a short look at the holiday vibe

This time around we put away the books and get into "Financial Literacy". We explore how to give our kids a broader perspective of their money and how we as parents can learn from our own mistakes and use those experiences to help guide our children in todays times.

In this Pod I give my thoughts on dealing with the way we explain combating the anger in the media. How we show kids we can be different and stil love one another. We get into sharing kid's interest and how we can support them in their endeavors even at a young age.

Spring Break is a good time to look back on your child's progress as well as your own. What has worked and what hasn't worked? What are you looking forward to working on after the break?

This episode we just take a few minutes to talk about shared concerns and observations of kids.

In the episode we will discuss the differences between Homeschool expectations and Distance learning expectations. We will get into Voting for a bit as well as entrepreneurship

This episode we discuss why we are motivated to homeschool our children . We also run down looking into other countries who homeschool

The first day of school is here,let's get into it. Let's think about goals,expectations and how to adjust.

This episode discusses how to give children a broad view of important topics and moments in a way that can be tailored to their age level.

Discussing how to help older students adapt to this change and how to move forward with the choice of going back to the classroom or staying online.