Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool Podcast

In this week's episode, Carrie talks about the homeschool struggle no one tells you about when you start homeschooling:  Your Job as the Cafeteria Lady!  As a homeschool mom, you really do spend a lot of time in the kitchen.  Cooking and KP duty is something every homeschool mom deals with on a daily basis.  And with the cost of food and gas these days, we really need to be organized, creativ...

Less really is more!  Do you want to stop doing "school at home"?  Do you want to make your home education more of a lifestyle?  Create a creative and stress-free approach to homeschooling by using the  "Moore Formula." In this week's coffee break, Carrie talks with homeschool pioneer, Carolyn Forte, homeschooling mom and expert and along with her husband, Marty, the found...

Would you like to skip the teenage years?   What should you expect your teen to do while homeschooling high school? What is your teen actually capable of and willing to do during his high school years? What does your teen want to do post-high school graduation? Should your teen attend college? Is there a healthy balance between achieving academics and pursuing passions? Is homeschooling through hi...

It's summertime!  Whether you take an extended summer sabbath or you school year round, you don't want to miss this special summertime coffee break.  In this week's episode Carrie shares how to keep (or create) a summer rhythm that will bring peace, joy, and contentment to your less structured time together this summer. If you do these six simple things during the summer, you will h...

Parenting a strong-willed child comes with many blessings and challenges. When you are that child’s teacher too, then you kick it up a notch (or two)! As a mom to a strong-willed child (and as a strong-willed child all grown up), Carrie has “been there, done that” on many occasions and for many years.  In this week’s episode, Carrie shares lessons she learned from her mom as her mom tried to disci...

During the last month of the school year, it's time to celebrate not cram!  It's the time of the year to celebrate your child’s achievements this past year and to acknowledge all of the ways God has been faithful to you and to your family during the school year.  Even if you school year round or you don’t do grade levels, it is important to acknowledge milestones and to celebrate accompl...

It's time for some straight talk!   There are several hard topics Carrie wished veteran homeschool moms would have talked more about when she was in the midst of her homeschooling journey.  In this week's episode, Carrie talks candidly with Leigh Nguyen, host of the Little by Little Homeschool Podcast and homeschool mom, about four hard topics every homeschool mom faces at least once in...

We are in the homestretch!  Summer break is just around the corner.  Just breathe... You've got this!  Even if you school year round, you will appreciate the advice Carrie shares in this episode.  Trying to get to the school year finish line can be a stressful time for homeschooling moms.  In this week's episode, Carrie asks three simple questions that will help moms end the school year...

Start homeschooling this week!  If you are thinking about homeschooling, this episode will get you started!  Homeschooling is legal in all 50 states.  Don't be overwhelmed by the process.  You really only need to do 7 simple things.  If you are an experienced home educator, this is the perfect episode to share with friends.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and take a little c...

Are you a slave to your teacher's guide?   Are you in a "curriculum cult"?  If you are overwhelmed with curriculum choices, or if your bank account is overloaded with curriculum expenses, then take a little coffee break.  You can successfully homeschool with only 3 things!  What are those 3 things?  Take a listen to this week's episode.  Carrie talks with Erin McGhee, a veteran...

Any day is a good homeschooling day if you start in God's Word.  God's Word will not come back void!  Even five minutes a day reading and reflecting on God's Word will bless you and your family.  Keep Bible time or family devotion time simple.  In this week's episode, Carrie shares some of her favorite family-friendly Bible study resources and devotional books and how to make f...

As a mother and home educator, you are standing on holy ground.  Motherhood and homeschooling is a calling.  They come with many blessings and challenges.  In this week's episode, Carrie shares how to dig deep into God's Word and how to study the Bible using the 3 Question Method.  All that is needed is a Bible, a notebook, and a pen and highlighter.  As Carrie expounds on the truths in...

Praying with your kids can be a time of connection and fun.  In this week's episode, Carrie talks with Steph Thurling & Sarah Holmstrom, the authors of Raising Prayerful Kids:  Fun and Easy Activities for Building Lifelong Habits of Prayer about how to  make prayer fit naturally into your daily routines. Carrie, Steph, and Sarah share relatable stories of their successes and failures alon...

How do you homeschool and get all of the chores and errands done too?  It is definetely balancing act!  In this week's episode, Carrie shares eight simple tips for balancing homemaking with homeschooling.  It is doable!  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up and join Carrie for little coffee date. Support the show Support the Show Purchase A Home Education Handbook: 9 Questions to A...

Carrie has a special treat for you this week!  She is talking with Leah Boden, also known as Modern Miss Mason.  Leah is the author of Modern Miss Mason:  Discover How Charlotte Mason’s Revolutionary Ideas on Home Education Can Change How You & Your Children Learn & Grow Together and the host of Modern Miss Mason Podcast.  In this week's episode, Leah shares the five big ideas of usin...

In this week's podcast, Carrie shares how to do simple and engaging art history lessons in five minutes. What are art studies?  Since we are created in God's image, we have a natural desire to create too.  Learning about different artists and their artwork is just another way to bring beauty into your home and into your children's lives. (And they are super fun and easy to do too)....

What is one of the hardest things about motherhood and homeschooling?  It is extending (and receiving) undeserved grace.  God calls us to give to others the kind of grace He so graciously gives us.  In this week's episode, Carrie is full of candid confessions and transparent talk about being a homeschooling mom.   She shares several ways to apply 2 Timothy 1:9 to your hearts and homes and how...

The midyear slump is real!  Every year for almost twenty years of homeschooling, Carrie hit what she called the “February Wall.” If you have been homeschooling for at least a year, you know that "wall" and you know how hard it is to scale it this time of the year.  There's no need to scale the February Wall.  It will only add more bruises and fatigue.  Instead, look for the door in...

Do you have a calm, cool, and collected homeschool friend?  Do you know her secret?  She probably has cultivated seven simple habits into her homeschooling routine.  In this week's episode, Carrie shares the 7 habits that all highly effective homeschool moms possess and how you can cultivate these habits into your homeschooling too.  You might be surprised by a few of them. Pour yourself a cu...

Just breathe… You can homeschool the high school years (and enjoy it too)!  Carrie's new book, Homeschooling High School:  A Handbook for Christian Education, will be released on March 1st, 2024!  In this week's episode, Carrie shares what is in the book, gives a sneak peek inside one of the chapters, and explains how you can be a part of the Book Launch Team.  Carrie's kids homesch...

Have you ever seen the movie, City Slickers, with Billy Crystal?  This week, Carrie shares her advice for homeschooling in 2024.  It is borrowed from Curly, the crusty old cowboy in the movie:  Focus on your ONE Thing.  In this week's episode, Carrie helps you figure out what is your one thing and then she shares how to simply set realistic homeschooling goals for the new year.  This is the p...

Moms need real friends on this journey of motherhood and homeschooling. As moms, we may be in different seasons and on different journeys, but we all need a place to belong.  God didn't expect us to do this life alone.  In the first episode of 2024,  Carrie has a transparent (and fun) conversation with her Torri Oglesby of The Womanhood about making community and building friendships a priori...

Carrie is celebrating Coffee With Carrie Homeschool Podcast's 200th episode with a fun reversal!  The tables are turned!  This week, Carrie is the guest, and her friend, Nicole Skeber, a long-time listener and Coffee With Carrie follower, interviews her instead.  Get the T on Carrie!  In this week's little coffee break, Nicole surprises Carrie with questions about her family, her homesch...

Taking time to reflect on the character and nature of God is vital to our spiritual growth.  Praying the attributes of God is a simple way to worship and deepen your relationship with the Lord.  In this week's episode, Carrie talks with Kristi Menashe, author of Faithful & True:  Devotions & Prayers on the Attributes of God , about how to pray and mediate on the character of God.  Car...

Most moms are familiar with different homeschooling methods such as Charlotte Mason,  classical education, and interest-led learning, but many homeschooling moms are not familiar with the Leadership Education Approach, or A Thomas Jefferson Education. In this week's episode, Carrie sits down with Heidi Christianson of Realizing Genius to discuss the tenets of Leadership Education, which is ba...