Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool Podcast

Carrie asked her listeners to share the best Homeschooling advice that they have ever received. In this week's episode, Carrie shares their answers as well as a few extra pieces of advice from her experiences along the way.   You will love these answers! They are very encouraging (and practical).  After you listen to this week's episode, you need to share this episode with all of your fr...

Just breathe... You've got this!  The end of the school year 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 strong and with confidence. Carrie shares how to use a homeschooling mission statement (or yearly goals) to help answer three simple questions and gives suggestions, helpful tips, a...

In this week's coffee break, Carrie talks with one of her favorite people-her son, Joseph!  Joseph shares the challenges and blessings of being dyslexic, and Carrie shares the struggles and privileges of teaching a child with learning differences. Last February at  Carrie's annual Homeschooling Mom Conference, Joe was on the Homeschool Graduate Panel during the Q & A Session. He was...

Homeschooling the high school years allows your teen to chart his or her own course.  In this week's episode, Carrie talks with one of her favorite people- her daughter, Francesca, who charted her own course for meeting her state's graduation requirements. During her high school years, Francesca traveled, interned, volunteered, started a few businesses, pursued her passions, discovered G...

What is a daily rhythm?  If you have been homeschooling for at least six months, you know your  family has a certain "groove.”  It might be somewhat different each day, but the basic rhythm is the same.  In recent years, homeschooling moms refer to their family’s unique groove as their “daily rhythm.”  The terminology may have changed but the concept is still the same.   Whatever you call it,...

"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”~ Albert Einstein.  In our marriages, parenting, jobs, and homeschooling, moms often discipline the same way, teach the same way, and work the same way and then we are surprised and disappointed when nothing changes.  In this week's episode, Carrie shares a few words of encouragement from John 21 and how a s...

A garden is a magical place!  It all began in a garden.  Mary, Colin, and Dickon discovered a garden's healing powers.  Children find themselves while playing in and tending to a garden.  “Time in nature is not leisure time; it's an essential investment in our children's health (and also, by the way, in our own)" Richard Louv.  In this week's episode, Carrie shares simple...

In this week's episode, Carrie shares one of the sessions from her 6th Annual Homeschool Mom Event and answers the questions "Am I enough?" and "Are the kids doing enough?"  At some point, every homeschool mom expresses these fears. Whatever you give to Jesus is enough. In this week's coffee break, Carrie calms your fears about not being enough, gives practical insigh...

Prepare ye the way of the Lord!  It is the season of Lent.   In this week's episode, Carrie shares simple yet meaningful ways your family can celebrate Lent during the next 40 days.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and join Carrie for a little lenten coffee break. For resources mentioned in this episode, go to https://coffeewithcarrie.org   Support the show Support the Show P...

Do you and your children have the homeschool blahs?  The winter blues are real.  The February Wall is a thing.  March Madness is around the corner.  In this week's episode, Carrie shares simple ways to banish the homeschool blahs this time of the year.  Doing (or not doing) these five little things will help you beat the winter blues, scale the February Wall, and prepare for March Madness.  P...

What's the secret to kicking up your home education a notch or two?  Field Trips!  Sure, you can homeschool without field trips.  But when you include learning outside the four walls of your home, you take your homeschooling to a whole new level.  Take advantage of the freedom and flexibility you have because you homeschool.  Don't let guilt or a tight budget keep you from adding a few m...

The countdown has begun!  It's almost February which means Valentine's Day is just around the corner.  Join Carrie this week for a super special coffee break.  In this week's episode, Carrie shares 10 simple and fun ways to celebrate Valentine's Day by focusing on God's love and God's call to love others.  Carrie explains how to use a Valentine's Day Countdown to...

Is your New Year's Resolution to read more this year?  Is your goal to read more of God's Word, to read more aloud with your family, and to read more for enjoyment?  If so, then take a little coffee break and listen to this week's episode.  Carrie shares two ways she reached her reading goals and how she helped other moms stay accountable to theirs.   In this week's episode, Ca...

It is the week of Christmas!  Join Carrie for this special Bible study coffee break.   In this episode, Carrie digs deep into Luke 1 for an in-depth look at Jesus' mother,  Mary.  Mary had a heart of worship.  Single moms, married moms, young moms, confused moms, scared moms, and homeschooling moms can learn many lessons from Mary that can be applied to motherhood, parenting, and homeschoolin...

In this week's episode, Carrie talks with Desiree Lang about planning holiday parties and homeschool dances.  Desiree is a homeschool mom of three who has a knack for planning elegant yet simple parties as well as planning fun homeschool proms on a budget.   If you are feeling overwhelmed this holiday season or you have a high schooler who would like to attend a prom this year, you don't...

Before you get caught up in the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season, listen to this week's episode of Coffee With Carrie Homeschool Podcast.   Advent season allows believers the opportunity to draw near to the Savior and to remember the reason for celebrating.  In this week's episode, Carrie talks with Kristi Lynn Menashe, author of Come & Adore: An Advent Devotional.  In this...

You have permission to say NO in December.  If needed, permission is granted to take the day off, the week off, or even the entire month of December off.  It's ok to take time to rest, to celebrate, to clean, to mourn, to just breathe.....  Permission is granted to say NO this holiday season.  Actually, you have permission to say NO to many things while homeschooling.  In this week's epi...

This Thanksgiving week, Carrie is taking a little break. Enjoy one of Carrie's favorite Thanksgiving episodes.  It's an oldie but goodie.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, crank up the volume, and listen while you cook and get your hearts and homes ready for Thanksgiving.  Check back next week for a new episode! Support the show Support the Show Purchase A Home Education Handbook: 9 Questi...

Thanksgiving kicks off the holiday season, which brings  much hustle and bustle and unrealistic expectations.  Don't ramp things up; scale things down.  In this week's Coffee With Carrie episode, Carrie shares how to use your Thanksgiving traditions and prep work as well as your family devotions and read aloud time as your homeschooling "lessons" for the week.  Carrie gives lot...

For most students (and homeschooling moms), math is either a thing of beauty or a thing of torment. Finding a math curriculum that works well with your child should not be stressful and doing math lessons doesn't have to be stressful either.  There is no perfect math curriculum out there but there is a math program that can meet the majority of your child's needs.  In this week's ep...

Ain't nobody got time for that!  Homeschooling moms spend way too much wasted time cooking in the kitchen, driving in the car, planning lessons, cleaning messes, and reinventing the wheel.  In this week's episode, Carrie shares an eclectic list of 20 Homeschooling Hacks that will save you time, money, and printer ink.  The tips range from planning, scheduling, and scrolling social media...

This week's Coffee With Carrie podcast is Part Two of the "Less is More Curriculum" episode.  This episode focuses on the high school years.   Carrie shares how to make the most of your teen's high school years by doing less in order to accomplish more.  The Less is More "curriculum"  which uses a Christ-centered, literature-based, interest-led, family-style integrate...

Are you looking for chapter books that will engage and entertain the whole family?  Do you need suggestions for books to read aloud to your family that meet the Philipians 4:8 standard?  "Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things.”  In this week's e...

We all ask the questions:  "Are my kids doing enough?  Am I doing enough?"  If your children have opportunities throughout the day to learn, then they will learn.  When homeschooling, students complete formal lessons in a shorter amount of time than students in traditional school.  With so much extra time on their hands, moms begin to self-doubt, and kids begin to complain, "I'...

In this week's episode, Carrie shares how to do less in order to accomplish more.  The Less is More "curriculum"  educates the whole child using a Christ-centered, literature-based, interest-led, family-style integrated approach.  This week's episode is also a preview of Carrie's all-day, in-person seminar, "Just Breathe...  & Simplify Your Homeschooling." Du...