Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool Podcast

Gameschooling.... Yes, it's a thing!  And it is a great way to homeschool too.  In this week's episode, Carrie focuses how to put the FUN back into learning the FUNdamentals.  In this week's coffee break, Carrie shares:   why it is beneficial to incorporate more games into your lessons, the hidden blessings of gameschooling, easy ways to include more games into your homeschooling, h...

It is time for do-overs and fresh starts.  The new year and the month of January is a perfect time to reevaluate and reassess how your school year is going.  In this week's episode, Carrie helps you reflect on the fall semester and helps you take an honest look at how things are progressing.  She offers tips on how to readjust or recalibrate your schedules, lessons, and priorities.  As you wr...

We are celebrating the release of Coffee With Carrie Homeschool Podcast 100th Episode! Join Carrie for this special celebration coffee break.  In this week's episode, you will hear advice from homeschooling moms from around the country, and Carrie will answer several homeschooling questions sent in from moms around the world.  Carrie will also share some exciting news about this year's C...

The best science lab is closer than you think!  It is  your backyard and it is waiting to be explored.  Sometimes the best place to discover God's creation is in your own backyard.  In this week's Coffee With Carrie episode, Carrie shares simple (and inexpensive) ways to do nature studies, science experiments, and outdoor observations without leaving your home.  If you can't go on a...

This week, Carrie sits down with Georgina Tanefski for a heart-to-heart talk about being a mom, a mentor, and (eventually) a friend to your children.  It's a raw and real conversation about how to build relationships with your children when they are younger so that hopefully when they are older, they consider you not only mom but mentor and friend.  Georgina, who is a wife, mother of three ad...

As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, there is so much to be thankful for.  God provides exactly what we need when we need it.  He provides daily manna in the form of provisions, answered prayers, and peace that surpasses all understanding.  God also provides miracles, big and small, each and every day and each and every year.  In this week's Coffee With Carrie episode, Carrie shares words...

It's time to bring your children home and to keep them home!  In this week's Coffee Break, Carrie explores reasons why you should educate your child at home, and if you are already homeschooling your child why it is important to continue home education.  If you are on the fence about about bringing your child home, this episode will explain why you should.  If you are thinking of putting...

"I had a little tea party, this afternoon at three. Twas very small, three guests in all, Just I, myself, and me. Myself ate all the sandwiches while I drank all the tea; Twas also I who at the pie and passed the cake to me." One of the easiest ways to introduce poetry is to host a poetry tea time.  It is also a great way to inspire children to compose and recite original poems.  In this...

Are you ready for a little break?  This is Carrie's Sabbath Week!  Carrie shares in her book, Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee), the idea of taking a Sabbath Break every 7th week of school.  Are you wondering how to do that and what it might look like?  As Carrie explains in this week's episode, rest can be ceasing from activity, but it can also be engaging in a restful activity. ...

Does this describe you?  "You might be a homeschooler if you consider math a foreign language!"  Moms, math does not have to be a burden this school year.  If math lessons stress out you or your child, then make sure you check out this week's Coffee With Carrie Podcast.  Moms asked for an episode on making math more meaningful and fun.  Here it is! In this week's coffee break,...

Join Carrie for a little coffee and conversation with Cynthia Garcia.  Cynthia is a homeschooling mom, photographer, and writer for Wild + Free who incorporates nature studies and nature days into her family's homeschooling adventure.   In this week's episode, Carrie picks Cynthia's brain about her weekly adventures with her homeschooling nature group,  how she incorporates their we...

In this week's coffee break, Carrie continues her conversation on the basics:  reading, writing, and arithmetic.  Yes, teaching the basics is important but many well-,meaning moms focus too much energy, time, and money on teaching the "extras."  Homeschooling moms also tend to overcomplicate the teaching  of the basics.  Join Carrie for Part 2 of "Homeschool Basics:  The 4 R&ap...

And you thought there were only 3 R's!!  Home education gives a mom the freedom and flexibility to focus on the basics:  Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, AND Relationships.   Homeschooling gives us the gift of time to build relationships and, in some cases, even restore them.  Before you spend tons of time (and money) planning and teaching, join Carrie in this two-part podcast on the 4 R's:...

If you are ever in doubt about your calling to homeschool, or if you need to subdue those fears that you are "messing up your kids," then talk with a 2nd Generation Homeschooler!  In this week's Coffee With Carrie episode, Carrie has a conversation with Christa Svoboda of Seek Wholly Living Podcast.  Christa was homeschooled through high school and now she and her husband homeschool...

Join Carrie this week as she gives you a sneak peak into her morning basket time.   Carrie shares what her first month of morning time looks like and the resources she uses to learn  together as a family.  She also lists the five core activities her family does every morning  and then explains how to use a rotating schedule to include everything else.  Just like homeschooling, every family's...

In this week's episode, Carrie continues her conversation on how to think and homeschool outside the box and outside the classroom.  Join Carrie as she shares practical ways to teach without using tons of boxed curriculum.  Carrie also gives suggestions on how to get out the "classroom" and into the real world to learn in fun and engaging ways.  This week's episode just might i...

It's time to think outside the box!  The number one reason veteran homeschool moms burn out or give up is because they try to do school at home.  The first mistake many new homeschooling moms make is they try to replicate traditional school at home.  Why are you modeling your home education after the very thing you are trying to escape?  Don't do school at home.  Think outside the box. ...

One year ago this week, Carrie's book Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee):  Homeschool in Step with God  was released!  To celebrate, Carrie shares one of her favorite chapters from the book, "Less is More."  This month, many moms are also planning for the new school year. This is a perfect chapter and great book to read to encourage you, inspire you, and help you prepare.  This...

What is the one thing you should have while homeschooling?  It is a Homeschool Mission Statement!  Whether you are new to homeschooling, you have been homeschooling for a while, or you are ending your homeschooling journey this year, it is always best to plan with the end in mind.  Join Carrie for a little coffee and conversation about why you need a homeschool mission statement, how to use it to...

Do you feel called to educate your child at home but your husband is doubting the idea of homeschooling?  Then listen to this week's Coffee With Carrie Podcast and then share it with your hubby.  Over the years, dads have asked Carrie and her husband  the same three questions about homeschooling: 1). How much will this cost me? 2). Will my kid turn out weird? 3)  Can my child get into college...

Our Nation Needs God!  Join Carrie for a summertime Bible study of the life and boldness of young King Josiah.  In this week's episode,  Carrie digs deep into 2 Kings 22-23 and the many lessons we can learn from Josiah.  Through restoring the temple, reading God's Word, renewing the covenant, removing idols, and remembering God's faithfulness, young King Josiah reformed a community...

If you have a child who struggles with school work, then teaching that child can become overwhelming at times.  If your child struggles to read, to remember steps of math problems, or can't spell the simplest of words, then you may feel like you are beating your head up against the wall day in and day out.  Whether your child is dyslexic, has attention issues, or is just a late bloomer, homes...

You can homeschool for free and on a tight budget!  Still don't believe Carrie?  Then join her for this week's summertime podcast special.  Carrie continues her conversation she started last week.  Learn how to homeschool with only your library card, a stack of index cards, and some creative homeschooling friends.  You can homeschool with little income (and without charter school funds)....

You can homeschool for free and on a shoestring budget!  Don't believe Carrie?  Then join her for this week's summertime podcast special.  When Carrie chose to quit her job so she could homeschool her children becoming a one income family was a huge adjustment.  Many sacrifices had to be made.  Carrie and her husband learned how to rely on God to provide exactly what their family needed...

This week, Carrie continues her conversation she started last week.  Over the years, she has heard just about every reason and excuse for not homeschooling.  In this week's podcast, Carrie shares how and why you can homeschool your dyslexic child (or any student with learning challenges), why homeschooling is not an expensive option, how to homeschool if you are a working or single mom, and w...