This Golden Hour

In today’s episode, we get to spend time with my very own mother-in-law, Elizabeth Dehghani from Edmonton, Alberta. Elizabeth is a mother of 4 and homeschooling grandmother of 17. If she could go back, Gramma Elizabeth would definitely choose the homeschool route. She explains how homeschooling would have fit their families schedule, or lack thereof, her husband's work schedule, and their gen...

In today’s episode, we get to spend time with Angelina Robillard from Southern Alberta. Angelina is a recent homeschool mother of four and founder of Academy in the Wild forest school. Like many parents, Angelina discovered how much she enjoyed being with her kids and watching them learn during the Covid days, so she decided to keep them home and has loved it. Although many new homeschool parents...

In today’s episode, we get to spend time with Kimberly Farley from Tennessee. Kimberly began her career as an occupational therapist but left the field of pediatric OT to invest in full time home education. Although the Farley's were blessed to have their children in a mostly idyllic public school and district where they lived in Ohio, enough concerns emerged that led them to choose homeschoo...

This short episode provides listeners with an explanation of why "This Golden Hour" was chosen as the title for the podcast. Just as photographers have a brief window of time, a golden or magic hour, to capture stunning pictures at sunrise and sunset, we, as parents, have a small window to maximize our time and experiences with our children before they leave us to be on their own. Also,...

In today’s episode, we get to spend time with Patty Marler from Alberta. Patty was a homeschool mom of four, and all her children experienced their entire education without the public system. Initially, Patty wanted to homeschool to teach her children to read, but over time homeschooling became the way her family wanted to live life. Patty strongly believes that parents are best equipped to help t...

In today’s episode, we get to spend time with Mary Prather from Atlanta, Georgia. Mary is a homeschool mother of two who have both graduated and are currently working on their respective degrees in university. When her children were young, Mary was a public school music teacher and advocated for parents sending their kids to school. But things changed when her daughter was in second grade. Mary’s...

In today’s episode, we get to spend time with Candace Scott from Alberta, Canada. Candace is a homeschool mother of three, an author, and a blogger. She experienced a small period of homeschooling as a child with her siblings but confesses that she did not love it then. Candace had a pivotal encounter with an impressive homeschooled young lady of 13 at a church activity that piqued her interest an...

In today’s episode, we get to spend time with Daniel Allers from central Alberta, Canada. Daniel is a homeschool graduate, director of his church choir, assistant director of the Central Alberta Homeschool Choir, he works with four different theaters, and he's the founder and creator of History Plus, previously known as History Alive. Daniel is the oldest of four siblings and they have all be...

In today’s episode, we get to spend time with Vanessa Wright from Raleigh, North Carolina. Although she never imagined homeschooling her children, after Vanessa attended a holistic meeting for moms where she hoped to learn about kombucha and sourdough bread, she found herself ready to take the plunge into homeschooling. Vanessa's friends wondered why she would choose homeschooling because the...

In today’s episode, we get to spend time with Whitney Ebert from Carlsbad, California. Whitney is a Third-Grade teacher with a master’s in Instructional Media, a mother of two, and founder of Blimey Box. When Whitney and her husband observed that critical thinking and problem-solving were not being taught in school as they had hoped, they decided to use her husband’s strengths as an attorney and W...

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In today’s episode, we get to spend time with John Muir Laws, well-known naturalist, artist, educator, and author of many works. John, called “Jack” by his friends, grew up struggling with the challenges of dyslexia. But the love of his kind parents, the caring of two incredible high school teachers, and a love of art and nature, led Jack to discover the gifts and advantages of his dyslexia to pur...

In today’s episode, we get to spend time with Ranae Broadhead from Arkansas and Alison Broadhead from Texas. Ranae and Alison are sisters-in-law who married brothers, and neither of them thought they would ever homeschool! Alison has been homeschooling several years longer than Ranae and has older children, so Ranae is thankful to have Alison as a mentor. In our conversation, we jumped from topic...

In today’s episode, we get to spend time with Leslie and Matt Call from Texas. In this discussion, we talk about a range of topics including dyslexia, mental health for both our children and ourselves as homeschool parents, preparing for postsecondary studies and career, and building family culture around basketball, God, and playing in a family rock band. We grappled together about the tension be...

In today’s episode, we get to spend time with Suzanne Gose from central Texas. Spanish teacher turned homeschool Spanish tutor, and homeschool mother herself, Suzanne has been homeschooling for 21 years and teaching Spanish longer than that. She decided to homeschool her children as she observed differences between the homeschool kids she tutored and the kids she taught in school. Listeners will b...

In today’s episode, we get to spend time with Audrey and Carl Gutke from Texas. In this conversation, we are reminded about how intimidating and overwhelming it can be to start homeschooling. Most people start homeschooling by trying to do things like they are done in the schools, but then they slowly become more comfortable with their own style and they adjust and evolve. The Gutke’s love the fle...

In today’s episode, we get to spend time with Tricia Ross from Salem, Ohio. Many listeners of this podcast might know Tricia best from her amazing online and brick and mortar shop, nature+nurture. Tricia shares how she was introduced to homeschooling, principally by her mother’s cousin whose family made quite the impression on Tricia during a visit to their home. Tricia loved homeschooling her chi...

In today’s episode, we get to spend time with Christa and Albert Voravong from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The Voravong’s started homeschooling about 9 years ago because they wanted more time with their children. In our conversation, we discuss many of the benefits of homeschooling, including unrushed mornings, time with family, time for music, and flexibility to be in several activities. But we al...

In today’s episode, we get to spend time with Jacquelyn Cornish from Alberta, Canada. Although relatively new to homeschooling, Jacquelyn shares many valuable insights and much wisdom. She stresses the increased quality of life that homeschooling is affording her family, specifically by fostering unrushed mornings, more time outside, and more focus on the kids’ own interests. She loves the flexibi...

In today’s episode, we get to spend time with Marie Morphis from Alberta, Canada. After having three of her eventual eight children, Marie left being a police officer in Quebec to explore homeschooling. As a devout believer in God and Jesus Christ, Marie prayed often on her own and with her children to know if they should homeschool and to be guided in their decisions along the journey. They start...

In today’s episode, we get to spend time with Heather Burton from Alberta, Canada. Heather, prolific writer and mom of nine children with over 25 years of homeschooling experience, was always curious growing up and loved to read and learn. As a young mother, she began to discover how much she loved her kids, and she became protective and wanted to be with them as they experienced and mapped the wo...

In today’s episode, we get to spend time with Kathryn and Mike Parker from southern Alberta, Canada. These veteran homeschool parents share their wisdom about engaging in homeschool communities, reading great books and discussing them as a family, and taking time to nurture yourself as a homeschool parent. They explain how important it is to remember that we make a lot of mistakes in our homeschoo...

In today’s episode, we get to hang out with Savannah Penny from New Brunswick, Canada. Savannah knew as a senior in high school that she would homeschool her children because she could tell her education was lacking and that it was dumbing her down. In our conversation, Savannah talked about homeschooling as the best educational option out there, navigating friendships and busy schedules, and prep...

In today’s episode, we get to spend time with Brittany Stanford from southern Alberta, Canada. When she was young, Brittany’s family explored educational alternatives and decided to move to Mexico where they did both homeschool and public school. Later, Brittany and her siblings did homeschool and took some classes in the school as a hybrid approach based on subjects they wanted to study in school...