The Homeschool Solutions Show

Everyone has challenges! But we all have a choice to make  regarding how we respond to our challenges and the challenges of those we love (and teach.) Do we let them challenge us to the point that we can't deal with the issues lovingly? Or do we deal with the challenges in a Christlike way? This has to do with our challenges and our children's challenges. Today we're talking about turning our kids...

Judy Sarden encourages moms not to feel like their homeschooled kids are "missing out" if they are not attending public school. She gives reasons as to why moms should feel confident and be encouraged that your child is receiving an education that schools could never begin to give your child. Connect with Judy:  www.judysarden.com/homeschool Books: Sarden's Practical Guide: How to Start Homeschool...

Sometimes the stress in our marriage affects our parenting, which can directly affect our homeschooling days. Unresolved conflict with our spouse can create more conflict with our kids. In this episode of The Homeschool Solutions Podcast, Amber Lia joins us for a conversation about some of the Marriage Triggers that tend to create Homeschool Triggers! After co-authoring the parenting book Triggers...

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All good things must come to an end and this is one of those cases. I have decided to turn my focus to Morning Baskets in 2020 and beyond and therefore am stepping down as host of the Homeschool Solutions show. But never fear, I am leaving you in great hands. Enter Wendy Speake, homeschool mom and blogger extraordinaire. She is taking the helm of the show and carrying it into the next decade. Join...

A Little behind My sweet mother-in-love used to have this little ceramic doll that sat on a shelf in her living room. I remember seeing it long before I ever made the decision to homeschool. If memory serves, it was a gift given to her back in her homeschooling days...back when The Hubs sat at her dining room table poring over books about World War II and sloughing through algebra worksheets. The...

It's no secret that comparison is a thief of joy. That's true in all of areas of life, including homeschooling. We all know that nothing good comes from comparing our homeschools, yet too often we spend our days drowning in homeschool comparison and looking for that next surefire thing that will magically bring us up to some self-imposed standard. I'm not a "fun" homeschool mom. You'd come to that...

Tell me I'm not the only one… You spend hours crafting the Ultimate Book List… You incorporate hands-on-projects… You basically make learning awesome and fun… And a few years (or maybe even months or – worse – weeks) later, your children don't seem to remember any of it. It's tempting to get a little grumpy about the perceived waste of time and effort. Listen or read more at https://humilityanddox...

Each day as we wrap up school I take a moment to return our table from desk back to gathering place. I stack books, collect papers and brush up the eraser dust from the day's lessons. Eraser dust. Everywhere. From the small eraser at the end of the pencils that fail to be enough, to the eraser caps we buy by the dozens, to the 'big guys' that can handle the jobs the others can't, erasers are alway...

I never like to admit when I'm barely treading water, but it happens almost every year as Thanksgiving approaches. The moment the leftover turkey is put in the fridge, it seems that December and its giant to-do list overwhelm me. Besides the regular crazy that we call our day-to-day around here, December kicks it up more than a notch or two. Listen or read more at https://ourjourneywestward.com/ta...

Today on the podcast I am joined by my good friends Sarah Mackenzie and Colleen Kessler to chat about our new adventure next year -- the Real Mom Tour with Great Homeschool Conventions. We are so excited to share this new event with homeschool moms all over the country.   Join the conversation as we talk about our favorite things about going to the convention, our insider convention stories, and h...

Why do we homeschool? Our story to coming to terms with what is really best for our family – and getting over-explaining it to everyone on the street. "You're homeschooling? How lovely. WHY would you want to do that?" Going against the mainstream opens the door to big questions about big life choices to random strangers at the post office. Listen or read more at  https://thehomeschoolresourceroom....

I don't know about your kids, but mine love to bake. There is something about getting in the kitchen and making a mess while making something yummy that appeals. This summer I had the pleasure of meeting Tiffany Dahle who has a brand new baking book out for kids. My favorite thing about it (other than the gorgeous photos)? It makes things easy. It is written in clear, kid-friendly language. I coul...

How many times have you heard the phrase that kids just can't stick to an instrument long enough? Or that kids like to explore music but don't like to commit to anyone instrument? As a music teacher, I hear this complaint all the time. I hear it from parents and I hear it from other music teachers. They just say things like "Oh well, the child quit again! They have a short attention span, that's j...

Andrew Stanley was homeschooled through eighth grade and gets it. He knows homeschooling makes the fodder for some funny jokes. Join me and Andrew on this episode of the podcast as we chat about how a finance major ended up as a standup comedian, if his years as a homeschooler somehow uniquely prepared him for his current profession, and other things he might not want his mother to know (as if she...

So you've been doing Morning Time in your home and that now your kids are getting a little bit older, you're wondering should I still be doing Morning Time? Can I still be do Morning Time and how is that going to work? Maybe you've been doing Morning Time for quite a while and now some of your kids are starting to get a little bit older. They might even become a little reluctant to keep participat...

Morning baskets are something that have been taking the homeschool world by storm. Everywhere you look there they are. So you might be wondering what is this morning basket thing and do I want to do one? Morning basket is just another name for a practice that has been going on in homeschool circles for over 30 years now. Simply, it's a time in the day when everyone in the family can come together...