FOLLOW US ON: APPLE PODCASTS | SPOTIFY | PANDORA Keeping Homeschooling Interesting: 5 Key Takeaways to Reignite the Spark Homeschooling is a beautiful journey—but let’s be honest, even the most passionate homeschool families hit a rut now and then. If your days are starting to feel a little too routine, don’t worry—you’re not alone, and you’re […]

FOLLOW US ON: APPLE PODCASTS | SPOTIFY | PANDORA For some parents, the thought of homeschooling melts their hearts. But, today’s podcast is about sharing with the world that YOU CAN homeschool and there is no reason to fear! Joining Jamie today is Carrie Strong, author of the book “You Can Homeschool!” Her book is designed […]

Join our host, Jamie, as she shares her best tips for keeping your homeschool sanity! As a homeschool mom of six, she’s had to gather survival skills for juggling all the parental duties, housekeeping tasks, work-at-home responsibilities, and homeschooling. It’s a challenge for each of us. But there are a few tried and true methods […]

In this podcast you’ll hear from our host Jamie and her special guest educator, Nikki Wilson on the topic of handwriting.

Children are often bored or struggle with the fine motor skills involved with learning how to write letters. Nikkie shares several tips for helping them overcome these roadblocks along with ways to get them to smile!

As an educator, Nikki found several ways to help children enjoy handwriting and remember the process. Using rhythm in an exciting way, children become motivated and begin to enjoy handwriting time. Listen in for easy tips on how to help your little one using rhythm.

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FOLLOW US ON: APPLE PODCASTS | SPOTIFY | PANDORA For some homeschoolers, homeschool assessment can be confusing and even challenging. Join Jamie, homeschool mom of 6, as she shares how you can make it simple and easy. Once upon a time, in the quiet corners of suburban homes, families embarked on a unique educational journey: homeschooling. […]

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Join Jamie as she interviews Kimberly Langen, a highly educated and gifted educator who started Spirit of Math in 1994 to challenge learners to think differently!

Kimberly has developed an alternative way to helping gifted and high performing learners stay motivated and learn mathematics in ways that align with their particular style of thinking. This podcast was very enlightening and if you have a gifted or high-performing learner you’ll want to listen in. Kim shares a great many practical tips on how to homeschool and keep your learners motivated.

One of my key takeaways was that mathematics needs to be taught in 4 steps:

1 Drill to build automaticity

2 Core Content including topics and spiral learning for younger children

3 Problem Solving in real world application that allows students to use reasoning and logic

4 Collaborative Group Work that elevated thinking, let them talk about it out loud it will stretch them to new reasoning

And something else I learned, in case you were wondering what the difference was between a gifted learner and a high performing learner:

1 Gifted Learner is a student classified as gifted by demonstrating a high level of intellectual ability.

2 High Performing learner is a learner that is simply very motivated to learn!

Don’t forget that it is also important for these learners to learn from failure. Learning from failure often brings about a new level of logical reasoning that wasn’t accessible before.

If you have a gifted or high performing learner and are feeling challenged on how to homeschool them reach out to Spirit of Math. They have regional classes as well as online options for homeschool students.

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This episode is one of my favorites! In honor of School Choice Week, I was able to join several other homeschooling mamas who shared their ups and downs and encouragement for homeschoolers new and experienced! We had a great time talking about homeschooling and this episode is full of nuggets of wisdom from four very experienced homeschool parents!

If you are interested in learning more about homeschooling please visit our Getting Started Guide to Homeschooling.

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If you’re not sure if you can or even should homeschool, then this podcast is for you. Join Jamie and Stephanie Palazzolo as they chat about the rights you have as a parent and how to get started. Remember, you can start homeschooling at any time!

Some of the best advice for homeschoolers is that you know your child better than anyone, including a teacher. Don’t sell yourself short, you have been your child’s first teacher since the day they were born, and now that you want to homeschool… you can still be that amazing first teacher.

Take time to visit Stephanie at her site The Homeschool Expert to find help and get your questions answered!

Find more information about Getting Started Homeschooling here. Understand the steps to getting started and watch advice videos from our host, Jamie Gaddy. You’ll soon see that homeschooling is a wise educational option for your children.

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