Called To Homeschool

I am so excited to have my coach on the podcast today. I have worked with Kami Banks for the last couple of years. She helped me cross the finish line for an Ironman 70.3 when I didn't think that that was possible. Kami and I talk about the importance of taking care of yourself and having your own goals and dreams. It not only helps you, but it inspires your kids too.

All month long I have been I have been focusing on tools to help you to stop yelling at your kids. I am wrapping up the last podcast for November with your questions about how to not yell in certain situations. From what to do when feeling overstimulated, to what to when your kids don't listen after you have already asked them multiple times. I am answering these questions, and more in today&#...

Sonya Carson was one of 24 children. She had a third grade education, and couldn't read. She was married at 13, and was later divorced with two young children. She cleaned homes and noticed that the successful people all had one thing in common, a library. She came home and turned off the TV and told her sons that they had to go to the library and read two books a week and give her a report. T...

Are you worried about the upcoming holiday season? How will you do all the things you feel like you need to do, AND homeschool? Well, I can’t do your Christmas shopping for you, but I can help you with your homeschool. I created the Christmas Curriculum that is a full curriculum for the whole family. Not only does it give you lesson plans for each day, but it has writing activities for your kids,...

You get to choose how you show up, but you don't get to choose the consequences from that choice. If you choose to be patient with your children, it will often create openness and connection with them. If you choose to yell, it will often create fear from your children. All month long I am helping you to stop yelling for good, and help you have the homeschool you want. Check out this week'...

I recently had the opportunity to explore parts of Germany with my daughter. We went to several sites from World War II and the Cold War. I came away with ideas that help us to not repeat mistakes from the past.

This line is from one of my favorite poems, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle is the Hand that Rules the World by William Ross Wallace. I have a lofty goal to help restore the family, and in today's episode, I am sharing with you four ways that I plan on doing that.

I am so excited to share what I am doing when this episode comes out. I am currently living my homeschool dream that I had three years ago. I want to talk to you about what I am doing right now, and what you need to be willing to do to achieve your dream.

On the podcast today, I am sharing some highlights of my schedule for Unit 2!! I will share with you some of the books we will be reading and some of the games. I am hoping that this helps others to make homeschool easy and doable.

I went down a rabbit hole of what complaining does to you. Did you know that it not only affects your mindset, but did you know it also affects your body as well? I want to dive into what complaining does to you and the person you complain to. I also want to share what to do instead.

Have you ever felt anxious or depressed? Maybe you have kids who have struggled with it and you're not quite sure the best way to help them? If you answered yes to either of those then you need to listen to this week's episode. Click here to join the Rocktober challenge

Have you ever looked at your homeschool or your kids and have just felt lost? You keep trying to make things work, and it feels like nothing you do matters. Or maybe, you tell yourself that you have tried everything and nothing is working. In today's podcast episode, I Have Tried Everything, I want to help you with what to do next when you feel like there is nothing else you could do.

Do you ever wonder how someone is able to pick the right curriculum for a kid, but you are left scrambling and nothing seems to work? I want to share with you the secret to picking the right curriculum for your kid.

I recently just got to live one of my dreams of traveling with my family. I wanted to share some of my thoughts from the trip, and what I think is the most important thing in homeschool.

Today is a day to celebrate homeschooling. I want to share with you some of the benefits of homeschoolers nationwide, and some of the benefits I have seen in my own home.

What is narration? Simply said, narration is the ability to tell something back in your own words. In today's episode, I want to talk about narration, why you should consider having it in your homeschool, and how to implement it.

Why can't homeschool just be easy? You have the desire to teach your kids, and now you are feeling overwhelmed, you are wondering how to get your kids to do their work without screaming at them, and you are also running a house on top of teaching your children. It's easy to see why so many people are struggling. I want to show you how you can make homeschool easy. Yes, that really is a pos...

Sometimes we get so worried about our kids getting messy or making mistakes, that would forget to look at the good. I recently had an experience with my son who went to church a bit messy. Some people made jokes about it to me, and it made me think about why are we so worried about these things? Not only do we worry about our children looking messy, but we can get worried about messy handwriting,...

It's that time of year again. Time to share my homeschool schedule for 2023-2024. These are some of my most listened to episodes, so I am so excited to share it with you. I am also going to do a live webinar where I will be giving you six weeks of curriculum. All the books, the activities, and so much more! Click here to register for the live webinar August 14th.

Have you ever wondered what is your homeschool dream? I have had a homeschool dream for years now and it is finally happening this summer, and I cannot wait to tell you all about it! I also want to challenge you to find your homeschool dream and how can you actually create it.

Do you ever feel afraid in your homeschool? Maybe you are afraid that you aren't smart enough to teach your kids? Or maybe you are afraid of what other people say or think about your homeschool? Whatever you are afraid of in your homeschool, I want to give you some help to get over your fears.

This weekend we will be celebrating our 23rd year of marriage!! It had me thinking of what advice I would give to my kids before they got married and what things to do (or not do) to have an amazing marriage. I want to share with you 5 tips for marriage in this week's podcast episode.

Have you heard the expression of you only get 18 summers with your kids? Does that statement make you panic? I know when I thought about that with my oldest, I started to worry that I had not done enough. I want to share with you my thoughts about that phrase, what how to thought that brings you peace instead of panic.

We studied Korea last school year and I wanted to share with you some of the books we loved. I have ideas for younger kids, tweens, and your mature teen. I also share some ideas of things we did as we studied Korea. You can check out the book list here .

I want to start giving you some short and sweet episodes with a tip to help you in your homeschool. Today's tip is what to do with a child with a lot of energy. I know it can be frustrating when a child won't sit down and just do their school. I want you to try out this tip and see if it will help your energetic child.