The Homeschool Advantage Podcast

  Intro Bryan & Renee Webb   Bryan is an Author & Speaker. He has written 3 books Sons of Cannibals, Hungry devils  Mrs. MacKenzie's candle all based on his experiences as a missionary and they will rock you ! Bryan and Renee Webb have served as missionaries with Assembly of God World Missions for twenty-four years with their four amazing children. The majority of that time in the Republic...

Intro  Cathy Duffy has been reviewing curriculum for the homeschooling community since 1984. She also reviews other resources she believes are important for those interested in homeschooling, education, the origins debate, and related political and spiritual topics. While they stretch beyond homeschooling, their primary goal always remains the same! Her newest book 103 top picks for homeschool cur...

Intro  CEO of Classical Conversations is a job that Robert Bortins was born to do…literally.  Leigh Bortins dissatisfied with the education options she found as a new mom, decided first to homeschool her four sons, and then decided to develop her own curriculum, and Robert, her oldest son, was her first pupil.  Robert has a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University in 2006. Aft...

  Intro  Shahla And Jay are CEO and Founders of Strikeschool.org they believe that the foundation of a healthy community is strong, healthy family units. Having come from generations of broken families ourselves, we are painfully aware of the impact, especially when it comes to children.  They believe that as business leaders, they have the privilege to make a difference in the lives of their staf...

Intro  Mike Zietsma CEO and Founder of www.homeschoolamericanhistory.com and in short Mike loves teaching history, whether its directly to kids in his classroom or through the material he produces for homeschool learning. Mike feels history is undervalued in education, and has a passion to show how very essential it is to our future. In this episode Mike talks about how history reveals everything...

Intro  DeeDee and Ximena, also known as the Chips & Salsa Ladies are the CEO's and Founders of chipsnsalsahomeschooling.com. A little behind the scenes about how they got the name "Chips & Salsa" so many people had said they blended so well when they sang together at church that these best friends decided to keep the name and applied it to one of their biggest passions: homeschooling. You...

Intro  Melissa Brander is CEO and Founder of Pockethomeschool.com and the creator of the SMART Learning Collection - SMART stands for Simple to Implement, Meaningful Family Experiences, Academically Oriented, Reasonably Priced, Tools for Explorative Learning. This is her mission and vision for Pocket Homeschool. In this episode Melissa explains how Some really Good friends of Melissa encouraged he...

Intro  Jael Penn is CEO and Founder of Penn Academy she is also a Texas state certified educator with decades of experience including elementary, special and gifted education.   This preparatory program will help your child succeed academically and equip them to walk with the Lord as Kingdom builders. She offers live instruction rather than pre-recorded videos. At Academy they desire to glorify Go...

Intro  Penny Mayes is a professional art teacher, a professional educator, and a veteran home-school mom of 20 years. Her passion is integrating hands-on art projects with art history and history unit studies. She is also a wife and the mother of three adult children. She holds a master’s in education and makes her home in North Carolina. Her story from homeschool mom to curriculum developer will...

Intro  After using IEW’s curriculum, Diana decided to become an Accredited Instructor at the Certified Level with the company. She believes IEW is the “gold standard” of Language Arts curriculum and encourages parents to use both Fix-it Grammar and IEW’s level appropriate Theme-based writing (her personal favorite), or their Style and Structure for Students. Parents who want to outsource this subj...

Intro  Cameron Curry CEO of The Classical Academies is an organization of award-winning, tuition-free, California Public Charter Schools serving North San Diego County since 1999. With 7 campuses serving in the Northern Region of San Diego, Escondido, Vista, and Oceanside, The Classical Academies is open to all students in San Diego, Orange, and Riverside Counties.  Top three takeaways  How Classi...

Intro  Merry Marinello gives a stellar interview and description of the Founder of All about Learning Press Marie Rippel, who had a child with severe dyslexia. They were told he would never read or write. She researched, figured out how to teach her son and also tutored kids for 20 years. She doesn’t want anyone to have to go through what they did. Merry also talks about the powerful results that...

Intro  LITTLE NUGGET Learning!  Tiffany Bynum is CEO and Founder of this family owned and operated business (based in South Florida). She is dedicated to finding products that encourage sensory exploration; help improve motor skills; foster language development, inspire creative play & more! They are very selective in the products they carry in their store--quality being top priority and affor...

Intro  Agustina A.K.A. Maria A. Burgos is a homeschool mother who majored in Finance with a Commercial Real Estate Concentration from Rutgers Business School in New Jersey, where she was a star student and President of the Real Estate Society. She has worked on over $2 billion of real estate transactions in major cities of the United States. Is also creator of Uncommon education and online program...

Intro   Sam Sorbo is an Education Freedom Advocate. She is an author, writer,  podcast host of the Sam Sorbo show. She is also an actor and producer and is known for  Miracle in East Texas  (2019),  Andromeda  (2000) and  Hercules: The Legendary Journeys  (1995). She has been married to  Kevin Sorbo since January 5, 1998 and they have three beautiful children.  Top takeaways  One foundational less...

Intro  The MLLC was founded by Kristine Dizon who wanted to combine her passions for language and music to share with students all over the world. The Music and Language Center provides high-quality, interactive, online music and language instruction to learners everywhere. Their mission is to provide the highest quality and level of language & music instruction for all levels. The Music &...

Intro  Amy Villeda is a mother of 4, group fitness instructor, and piano teacher. Coming from a musical family, she began to learn the piano when she was 7 years old.  She graduated in 2005 from Dixie State University with a degree in teaching.  After graduating, she spent time traveling the world and seeking adventure.  She  has many years of teaching experience, both abroad and domestic.  She lo...

Intro  Dr. Melanie Wilson is a Christian psychologist who became a homeschooler and is a mother of six. Two of her sons are now attending college, leaving her with children ranging from a 5th-grader through a high school junior that she is still homeschooling. She credits God and her husband of 24 years for the time to write, speak, and homeschool too. While she doesn’t practice anymore, she does...

Intro  Author of More Before Five in Row, Carrie Lambert Bozeman is the daughter of Author Jane Claire Lambert of Five in a Row, and  sister of Author Becky Jane Lambert of Beyond Five in a Row,  and a granddaughter of a former teacher who taught first grade for more than 30 years, and with a great-grandmother who owned a private preschool, perhaps it was inevitable that Carrie Lambert Bozeman wou...

Intro  Krista Thomas - Academic Coach & Publicist  TAN Academy is a curricula provider of Catholic homeschool materials covering all subjects including faith, science, history, and literature. Now in our second year, enrolled families receive lesson plans, unlimited coaching, deep discounts on TAN Academy products, and report cards at the end of the year. Our philosophy is to provide the best...

Intro  About Dad, How Do I?: Rob Kenney is the official Dad, How Do I YouTube channel Dad!  There you will find "How To" videos by a dad who has raised 2 adults and they still talk! He does his best to provide useful , practical content to many basic tasks that everyone should know how to do. On this channel you will find a variety of content like How To’s, Story Times, Dad Chats and more! Make su...

Intro  Janna Koch is the Community Manager. Janna used  BookShark  curriculum with her three daughters for several years, and she eventually joined the team as a convention representative, helping homeschoolers choose the right programs for their families at in-person events. Now she assists homeschoolers across the world in her new role as a community manager and host of the BookShark-sponsored p...

Intro  Ingrid Moats Is CEO and Founder of Tampa Bay Test Prep she is a brilliant mathematician with a bright and bubbly personality. She has a degree from UC Berkeley in Mathematics, and a Masters in Education from Holy Names University. She received a perfect score 800 on her GRE Math.  She is a credentialed teacher in California and Florida. She has over 17  years of teaching, tutoring and helpi...

Intro  Señora Andrea Castillo CEO and Founder of Español En Tus Manos, Together with 8 Mexican Teachers offer interactive online classes. Language classes not just for kids but for teenagers and adults!  Top three takeaways  When you are able to teach with love, patience and time your child has the best advantage to succeed in anything  they put their mind to and that may seem challenging like a f...

Intro  Author Lynn Dean wrote Discover Texas Online because she hated history! She remembers only how bored she was and nothing else! Her husband loved History and felt terrible that she hated it so much and one day asked her a question that would change her perspective forever! Was there nothing that you liked about History? Then she remembered one teacher bringing in a coffee washed stained shee...