Peaceful Homeschool Podcast

Are you struggling to get your homeschool hours/days in? Are you feeling like you have to sit with a curriculum to get hours/days and wishing you could cover the subjects in more engaging ways? Today we’re giving examples for activities in each subject to get your state hours/days in. Listen in to hear enjoyable ways to cover the various subjects so you can get your hours/days in without the drudg...

Today we’re talking about creating free unit studies for any topic that you want to focus on. We give some impromptu examples for ideas that we came up with on the spur of the moment for earthquakes and mummies, but we also share our recipe for creating a unit study for any topic. What are some topics that you want to cover but haven’t had much success in creating a unit study?  Send us Fan Mail S...

Does your kid love playing sports? Are you curious about whether homeschoolers are able to play on sports teams, get scholarships, etc? Listen in as we talk about some various ways that homeschoolers participate in sports and why we think it’s important to learn the basics of sports whether your child is sports-minded or not (pssst, ours aren’t, but they still learn how to play various sports). We...

It can be SO hard to make time for ourselves, and sometimes we feel selfish for doing so. But it makes us better moms! On this episode we’re talking about some of our favorite mom time activities, why we need them, and some ways to make them work in any situation. You do such a great job taking care of others; you deserve to take care of yourself, too!  “Almost everything will work again if you un...

Today we’re talking about a bunch of fun subscription boxes for kids of all ages. Emma gives reviews of many of the boxes they’ve used from science to literature to art to history to cooking to outdoors, and we both share some of our favorite magazine subscriptions for kids. This is a great episode for Christmas/birthday gift ideas for your kids, and easy to share with grandparents, relatives, and...

Looking for Christmas gifts? Our two families love board games and today we’re sharing some of our favorite games for different ages. From big group games, to two-person games. From competitive games to collaborative games. From super silly games to super intense games. We talk about them all! Links to Games Mentioned & Gingerbread House Game Instructions Board Game Closet   Send us Fan Mail S...

Struggles in homeschooling? Maybe YOU, the parent, need to deschool. If you attended public school, you may be pushing your kids into public school ways without realizing it or without realizing many aren’t necessary in a homeschooling setting. Homeschool toward learning, not toward checking boxes. There is nothing that says you have to complete Chapter 17 today. You’re the boss of your homeschool...

Today we’re talking about homeschool learning styles and how our kids learn best. Some kids learn best by reading, some by listening, some by seeing, and some by doing. If we are teaching a child who needs hands-on learning by only having them read out of a textbook, they may not be learning much. If, instead, we figure out how each of our kids learn best, we can tune into the best ways to homesch...

What do you do when your child is struggling to get their homeschooling done, or when you feel there is an attitude struggle going on in regards to homeschooling? Listen to the quick mental assessments that Emma and Beth do when a struggle arises with their kids. We might be having technical difficulties on this episode, but we’re still able to share our experiences and encourage you in your journ...

The laws in your state determine what is required for homeschoolers in your state. Are you aware of the bills in your state each year? Listen to today’s episode about how Emma & Beth (and their kids) have advocated for homeschooling by speaking out in the legislature against cumbersome bills that affect education and homeschooling. Teaching your children to advocate for themselves and others,...

Can’t find a homeschool group near you or can’t find one that meets your family’s needs? On this episode we’re chatting about starting and running a homeschool group and sharing Emma’s experience with this while Beth randomly yells, “Blueberry.” We’re sharing what has worked in terms of running a group for over a decade and why we recommend some of these strategies. Starting a group is not as diff...

WHY are you homeschooling? WHY do public schools do things the way they do? Do we need to replicate that at home? Does that best serve your children and meet your goals fit homeschooling? Today we’re talking about the differences between having a lifestyle of learning vs. a public school at home lifestyle. We also go through some examples for counting hours/days outside of time doing sit-down work...

On this episode, we’re talking about whether academics take priority over your relationships with your kids when you’re homeschooling. Are you educating the whole child, or just working on academics? What do you do when your child is struggling with a math worksheet or just having a rough day? How do you deal with it? Hear Emma and Beth share their experiences with their kids and why they’re grate...

Today Emma and Beth discuss their experiences with homeschool learning centers and co-ops.  Send us Fan Mail Support the show This Week's Sponsor is actually Beth! Find her book on Amazon - Find Your Homeschool Vibe Thank you  for supporting the show! Get your Peaceful Homeschool Merch! If you enjoy the content and would like to keep it coming, helping us cover the cost of the show with a sma...

Wanting to homeschool but feel like it’s not within your budget? What if we told you there were plenty of ways to homeschool for free or on a budget? Listen to this week’s episode where we share some of our favorite free/inexpensive homeschool options. You don’t have to spend hundreds, or thousands, of dollars on a curriculum to give your kids an amazing education!  Here are some links mentioned i...

So much to do, so little time. Some days that’s how it feels with cooking, cleaning, errands, activities, homeschooling. Today Emma and Beth share some of their experiences with making things more peaceful and less hectic at home. From the time your kids are toddlers, they can be learning that in a family everyone helps. From cooking once and eating twice (or three times), to “stacking up” errands...

Can you successfully homeschool your child with special needs? Today Emma and Beth share their experiences homeschooling with their kids with autism, ADHD, OCD, sensory processing disorder, auditory processing disorder, and other learning disabilities, and how their kids have been able to learn in the way that they learn best - and it’s not by sitting at a desk for 7 hours a day. Spoiler alert: th...

It’s not as hard as you think! Today we’re talking about why public school teachers grade papers and whether you, as a homeschool parent, need to grade all of your child’s work (guess what our answer is). We also give some tips for building your portfolio in various ways.  Here are some links mentioned: Free Homeschool Vibe Weekly Tracker Beth's Book  Find Your Homeschool Vibe Send us Fan Mai...

Today Emma and Beth discuss planning a homeschool schedule.  Do you preplan everything down to the day and page numbers? Or do you plan weekly? Or do you do a general flexible plan? Find out what they learned through trial and error throughout the years. Here are some links mentioned: Free Homeschool Record Keeping Tracker PDF Beth's Book - Find Your Homeschool Vibe Support our Podcast at Buy...

Are you terrified of homeschooling your kids for high school? Worried you might mess up their chances of going to college? So were we!! We now know that homeschooling high schoolers is actually really enjoyable! And we didn’t mess up our kids’ chances of going to college!  Listen this week as Beth & Emma share options for high schoolers, paths to college, dual enrollment, creating your own cla...

Planning to homeschool your little one starting from the beginning? Tune in as we talk about homeschooling for Kindergarten and/or Preschool and what that can look like. What should you realistically expect of your little one? Does your Kindergartener have to sit at a desk for 7 hours, trying to read chapter books and write essays? No, silly, of course not!  Beth & Emma share their insight and...

Ahhhhhhhh, curriculum!!!!! This is one of the biggest stressors for new homeschoolers. Is there a perfect curriculum? Is an all-in-one curriculum the best? Should I just choose a curriculum and make my child do it? What do I do if the curriculum we chose isn’t working? Hear Emma’s & Beth’s perspectives in today’s podcast. Spoiler alert, for some subjects, we didn’t even use a specific curricul...

Babies, job changes, divorce, moving, death/illness in the family, and even a burglary - in today’s episode, Emma & Beth are talking about big life changes and how they’ve been able to successfully homeschool through the death of Emma’s mom and through Beth’s divorce, among other things.  Life can be very challenging, and changes (even wonderful ones like a new baby) can throw off your family’...

In this episode, Emma & Beth are talking about learning outside of a textbook using unit studies, hands-on experiences, and out-of-the-box thinking.  We’re sharing ideas for a geology study and a country study, and some life skills ideas for all ages. We also talk about how Emma’s kids started earning flight hours and started learning to fly a small plane, and Beth’s opinion on Charles Ingalls...

In this episode, Emma & Beth are talking about the big socialization question. Do homeschool kids have friends? Do they know how to play with other kids? Do they stay home all day? We’re chatting about the idea of socialization and what that really means (does it mean sitting with 30 kids of the same age in a class all day, or does it mean something else?), along with sharing lots of ways our...