The Homeschool Advantage Podcast

Intro  Garritt Hampton – Director   Garritt is a movie industry veteran with credits on some of the biggest movies of the last decade, including Interstellar, Furious 7, TRON: Legacy, GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, and many more. He is passionate about using his talents to build up the family and glorify God. His newest movie is called Schoolhouse Rocked – The Homeschool R...

Intro  Willow Chenoah Founder of Fields of Daisies, after "finishing" homeschooling her 3 children, she found myself still constantly thinking of fun ideas and topics that she wanted to teach. Our family had homeschooled in many circumstances and different parts of the world, so she also wanted to share the things she'd learned along the way. She wanted to encourage families who might be facing a...

Intro  Andrew Pudewa director and speaker of IEW Institute of Excellence in Writing is passionate about teaching and equipping parents to instruct their children's education. What makes IEW stand out from other language arts programs is the focus on teaching the parent or homeschool teacher to know the material. This not only brings confidence to the parents but the child by fostering strong writi...

Intro   Bethany Hutson and Kelsey Harms are the founders of Prairie & Pine Homeschool Curriculum. Both are a certified teachers, endorsed in English Language Arts for grades 6-12th, and collectively have taught for over a decade. Bethany and Kelsey decided to leave the classroom to pursue their passion for creating an accessible curriculum that empowers parents and can be used by any family. T...

Intro  Since 2007, Joan Mary Brennan, experienced educator and Founder/CEO of Brennan Innovators, LLC, has designed and provided sensory reading tools and Mac/PC apps for a variety of readers in all age and ability groups. Ms. Brennan and her company also provide professional development and consultation services that include strategies to help children, teens, and adults focus and read better.  ...

Intro  Amir Nathoo CEO and Co-Founder of Outschool. Outschool is a learning platform that offers live, small group classes conducted over video chat. Independent teachers sign up to teach what they want on Outschool. Currently, there are over 140K live classes listed, taught by over 8,000 teachers. Outschool makes it easy to find classes that help kids stay engaged, inspired and learning about top...

Intro  Bonnie Rose is the founder of Write Bonnie Rose. Bonnie has always loved writing and knew at a young age that she wanted to be a writer of some sort. So in creating her site she adds resources for all grades within a variety of subjects, both full-year curriculum options as well as a huge number of supplemental resources that everyone can use to add fun and variety to any homeschool day.   ...

Intro  Chris Fugelsang CEO and Founder of Exceptional Path. Chris has a passion for helping students with executive functioning delays, this passion stems from his own experience. Executive functions are the brain skills needed to plan, organize, prioritize, manage time, get started, and stay focused.   Chris was always a good student but he found he was often forgetful, disorganized, and scattere...

Intro  Kumi Alderman Executive Director of Knox Asian Festival worked as a Tour-Conductor based in Tokyo, Japan. She took many Japanese groups all over the world. She discovered a passion to educate and share Asian culture through organizing the Asian Festival and other educational events.     She has a big dream to create an Asian Culture Center in Knoxville, which will provide an outreach progra...

Intro  Betsy Mays Founder and Creator of Games by Absolute Zero. As a Math teacher and an instruction specialist, she knows the importance of a good foundation in Mathematics. She also knows the anxiety and struggles many kids and even adults encounter when faced with math so she created games to help.      Games by Absolute Zero are fun while reinforcing foundational Math skills. Betsy's goal is...

Intro  Sally White Creative Director and OwlCrate Jr. Sally studied and worked within the Children's book industry for years before launching OwlCrate's Middle Grade box. There is nothing more fulfilling to Sally than connecting with kids over the books they are obsessed with, and pairing kids who don't think they are readers with the book that changes their mind.     Top three takeaways  Overcomi...

Intro  Veronique Trang Founder and CEO of Telmi. Veronique couldn't find a podcast creation platform that was child user-friendly that would give her daughter Anouk the ability to create episodes independently. Anouk was 5 when she started recording her first mini podcasts! Veronique immediately saw Anouk's confidence, verbal communication and presentation skills grow! She gathered over 50 kids an...

Intro  Georgia Bonney Founder of The Thinking Kid. The Thinking Kid focuses on embracing people of all cultures and exploring the world together while establishing personal integrity, individuality, and intelligence. They prepare students for the rapidly changing emerging future by fine-tuning communication and presentation skills, leadership qualities, critical thinking, as well as foundational l...

Intro  Kesya LeCoz CEO and Founder of Ozeya Life. She studied herbalism at two different schools with two entirely different approaches and she also attended numerous workshops and conferences. She also has a Nutrition degree, worked as a nurse and a certified fitness trainer and worked as a recreation and health and wellness program manager which lead her to create her own curriculum when she had...

Intro  Dustin Stevens is a Writing Tutor and he is the CEO of Good English Tutors with over 10 years of teaching experience in writing. Dustin wanted to ensure that his students not only thrived in their current grade but also beyond it. He wanted to help students thrive in a world where skillful communication and literacy create countless opportunities, and to connect parents with transformative,...

Intro  Dr. Robin Dickinson MD is a family physician, medical school faculty, and the Dr. Robin behind Dr. Robin's School. From teaching patients to teaching students, Dr. Robin's experiences caring for patients lead her to develop her unique teaching style. She believes that anyone can and should learn about their bodies.  Dr. Robin's School is geared towards 3rd through 8th grades and focuses on...

Intro   Bethany Hutson and Kelsey Harms are the founders of Prairie & Pine Homeschool Curriculum. Both are a certified teachers, endorsed in English Language Arts for grades 6-12th, and collectively have taught for over a decade. Bethany and Kelsey decided to leave the classroom to pursue their passion for creating an accessible curriculum that empowers parents and can be used by any family. T...

Intro   Candace Smothers Author and Creator of Math Sharp Kids, homeschooled her children for 14 years and began work on a Math book in 1991. The first book she wrote was like any other, so she had to rethink what it was that she wanted to accomplish. She wanted her kids to learn simple math facts, not count on their fingers.     She didn't want to use the standard addition algorithm. Instead, she...

Intro  Angela Hansen President and Founder of the American Academy, created to support parents to ensure that their children receive an education that works best for them.  She began to realize that traditional education is truly a one size fits all model, but that most students do not fit that framework. Angela founded America Academy Of Strategic Education to allow parents and students to partne...

Intro  Emily CEO of Teacher Tutor Mom, her goal is to equip parents to empower their learners. This includes providing resources for parents to access or print out, suggestions for helpful physical and online resources like where to find good prices on used books, go-to websites for purchasing curriculum, supplies that she find helpful in my homeschooling. She also enjoys researching and sharing w...

Intro  Dr. La Vergne Thatch She is a teacher and Math tutor. You can find her on Outschool. Dr. Thatch received her Bachelors and Masters in Mechanical Engineering and later added School Administration & Supervision and earned a Specialist Diploma as well as Ph. D. in Science and Mathematics Education with a Physics specialization."  Dr. Thatch truly believes that with diligence and hard work anyo...

Grab Your Freebie Here!  41 Ways to Teach Entrepreneurship in your Homeschool Now!   Health is here!  Nutrilite Adult Vitamins   Nutrilite Kids Vitamin Gummies    Nutrilite Balanced Probiotics    Nutrilite Kids Complete Immunity Fast-Melt Powder   Intro  Suzike, CEO of Bertinha and By Suzike. Suzike lives in Portugal and  she began to notice that there was a huge influx of Americans coming to live...

Grab Your Freebie Here!  41 Ways to Teach Entrepreneurship in your Homeschool Now!   Health is here!  Nutrilite Adult Vitamins   Nutrilite Kids Vitamin Gummies    Nutrilite Balanced Probiotics    Nutrilite Kids Complete Immunity Fast-Melt Powder   Intro  Deborah L.  Wuehler is the Senior Editor of The Old Schoolhouse(R) Magazine and has been for almost 20 years. She is a writer, editor, and speake...

Health is here! Nutrilite Adult Vitamins Nutrilite Kids Vitamin Gummies  Nutrilite Balanced Probiotics  Nutrilite Kids Complete Immunity Fast-Melt Powder Intro CEO and Founder Sarah Harmeling of the Homeschool Art Box understands art is challenging to fit into the homeschool schedule which is why Sarah has created easy “Open and Go” boxes. These boxes include Art History, Art Appreciation, and Art...

Health is here! Nutrilite Adult Vitamins Nutrilite Kids Vitamin Gummies  Nutrilite Balanced Probiotics  Nutrilite Kids Complete Immunity Fast-Melt Powder Intro David and Elli are a husband and wife team. David has been teaching for 21 years 11 in public school and 10 in the Homeschool arena. He homeschooled his 5 girls and says every single one of them couldn't be more different than the other! El...