The Homeschool Sisters Podcast

Episode 160: What Made The Biggest Difference In Our Homeschool with Shawna Wingert Our homeschool cousin, Shawna Wingert, is back in today's episode! Shawna is a veteran homeschool mom who has graduated her two children. In this episode, Shawna is reflecting on what made the biggest difference in her homeschool- and it might not be what you think! So, grab a cup of coffee and let's chat! This episode is brought to you in partnership with Homeschool Planet. Homeschool Planet just released its own app! To learn more and get a free trial, visit the show notes for this episode: https://my-little-poppies.com/what-made-the-biggest-difference-in-our-homeschool-with-shawna-wingert-episode-160/

Episode 159: Support for Stressed Out Families, with Debbie Fear of Wild Psychology If you are a parent or caregiver and feel like you're drowning in stress, you're not alone. Many of us feel like we are struggling to stay afloat amid a torrent of midlife changes and challenges. We're trying to homeschool and tackle our to-do list while also navigating relationship stress, child-related stress, and work stress. Plus, many of us are part of the growing "sandwich generation" where we find ourselves caring not only for our own children but for aging parents. In today's episode, we are joined by Debbie Fear of Wild Psychology. Debbie has over two decades of experience as a psychologist and she's also mum to two neurodivergent children. Now, Debbie provides online coaching, counseling & psychotherapy for big-hearted people who want to make a difference through her website, Wild Psychology. This episode is brought to you by Night Zookeeper. For all show notes (and a special offer from Night Zookeeper), please visit the show notes below: - Support for Stressed Out Families, with Debbie Fear of Wild Psychology [Episode 159]

Episode 158: A homeschool DITL of an outside-the-box family, with Amy Milcic One of the benefits of homeschooling is that we can customize the homeschool experience to meet the unique needs of our children and teens. We have the freedom to create an educational experience that honors their strengths and helps them with any unique challenges. In this episode of The Homeschool Sisters Podcast, we are joined by Amy Milcic of Rock Your Homeschool. Amy is a veteran homeschool mama to five unique boys. Parents of outside-the-box kiddos will love learning about Amy, her family, and how Amy works to meet the needs of her children. So, grab a cup of coffee and let's chat! This episode is brought to you by Night Zookeeper. For all show notes (and a special offer from Night Zookeeper), please visit the show notes below: - Episode 158: A homeschool DITL of an outside-the-box family, with Amy Milcic https://my-little-poppies.com/ homeschool-day-in-the-life-of-an-outside-the-box-family /

Large Family Homeschooling: Meeting Each Child's Needs, with Robyn Calvi Homeschooling, much like parenting, is a long game. So much of the journey involves trusting your gut and believing in the process. This week, Robyn Calvi is back on the podcast to discuss large family homeschooling and how it is possible to meet each child's unique needs. Get ready to feel your shoulders relax and get a dose of homeschool inspiration from Robyn's words. Grab a cup of your favorite warm beverage and let's chat! This episode is brought to you by Night Zookeeper. For all show notes (and a special offer from Night Zookeeper), please visit the show notes below: - Large Family Homeschooling: Meeting Each Child's Needs, with Robyn Calvi [Episode 157] https://my-little-poppies.com/large-family-homeschooling/

Episode 156: Film Study in Your Homeschool, with Lydia Rosado Have you ever wanted to incorporate film study into your homeschool routine? Did you even know that family movie night could "count" as part of your homeschool and lead to heaps of learning? In this episode, Lydia Rosado discusses how watching movies as a family can be a form of connection, memory-making, and incredibly educational. Lydia has long been a master of incredibly inspiring unit studies and now she's sharing her creativity and love of film with the larger homeschool community. You're not going to want to miss this episode, sisters! This episode is brought to you by Night Zookeeper. For all show notes (and a special offer from Night Zookeeper), please visit the show notes below: - Episode 156: Film Study in Your Homeschool, with Lydia Rosado [Episode 156] https://my-little-poppies.com/film-study-homeschool/

Episode 155: Teaching Reading In Your Homeschool and How to Keep it Fun, with Sarah Constantine Sarah Constantine is back on The Homeschool Sisters Podcast to discuss reading and how to keep it fun. She has an M.Ed in Early Childhood Education focused on literacy development and is LETRS certified. Sarah taught kindergarten, first, and third grade before leaving to be with the kiddos full-time. You're not going to want to miss her valuable insight and incredible reading resource recommendations (especially allll the games)! This episode is brought to you by Night Zookeeper. For all show notes (and a special offer from Night Zookeeper), please visit the show notes below: - Episode 155: Teaching Reading In Your Homeschool and How to Keep it Fun, with Sarah Constantine

Episode 154: "Can You Teach Homeschool Math Without A Textbook?" with Jessica Waldock If math has ever been a pain point in your homeschool, please know you're not alone. So many of us have encountered power struggles regarding homeschooling math. And no one is learning when a kid is crying over a math book. Have you ever wondered if you can homeschool math without a textbook? Do you want to make mathematics more fun and work it into your everyday family life? Well, you're in luck because Jessica Waldock from The Waldock Way is joining us to discuss all of this and more! This episode is sponsored by Night Zookeeper. Enjoy a very special offer for listeners of The Homeschool Sisters Podcast – A 7-day free trial and 50% off annual membership. To get your special offer, click the link in our show notes (link below). To view the episode show notes and the special offer from Night Zookeeper, click the link below: - Can You Teach Homeschool Math Without A Textbook? with Jessica Waldock https://my-little-poppies.com/can-you-teach-homeschool-math-without-a-textbook/

Episode 153: The Importance of Finding Daily Joy, with Vanessa Wright Often, when you're in the throes of parenting, homeschooling, and doing all the things, taking time to notice JOY might not be high on your list. But it should be! Cultivating a daily joy practice can help shift your mood, mindset, and mothering journey. In this episode, Vanessa Wright is back and she's sharing some simple tips on cultivating a joy-filled daily practice to help boost your energy and creativity. This is one of those episodes that will inspire you to search for the daily joy, and will have a positive impact on everyone in your orbit! So, grab a cup of coffee and let's chat! This episode is sponsored by Night Zookeeper. Enjoy a very special offer for listeners of The Homeschool Sisters Podcast – A 7-day free trial and 50% off annual membership. To get your special offer, click the link in our show notes (link below). To view the episode show notes and the special offer from Night Zookeeper, click the link below: - Episode 153: The Importance of Finding Daily Joy, with Vanessa Wright https://my-little-poppies.com/daily-joy-vanessa-wright/

Episode 152: Finding Your Midlife FLOW, with Vanessa Wright If you're a mother in midlife, you're going to love this episode. Vanessa Wright is back on the podcast and she's sharing the importance of caring for yourself, amid the chaos that is parenting and homeschooling. And we're not talking about bubble baths and candles- because honestly? Not everyone loves those things! If you're finding yourself feeling overwhelmed, stuck, and wondering what you want to do with your next chapter, this conversation is for you. (The self-care travel bag suggestion is worth its weight in GOLD, mamas!) So pull up a chair, pop in those earbuds, and take a minute to focus on you and find your FLOW! This episode is sponsored by Night Zookeeper. Enjoy a very special offer for listeners of The Homeschool Sisters Podcast – A 7-day free trial and 50% off annual membership. To view the episode show notes and the special offer from Night Zookeeper, click the link below: - Episode 152: Finding Your Midlife FLOW, with Vanessa Wright

Episode 151: *BONUS EPISODE* Struggling Readers, with Shawna Wingert [Episode 151] Our Summer 2024 Poolside Professional Development Series for Moms has been an absolute hit! Each time we aired an episode of the series, we'd receive a slew of emails, and all of them essentially said the same thing: More Shawna, please! Here at The Homeschool Sisters Podcast, we aim to please. You ask, and we love to answer. This week, we have a BONUS episode for you. Shawna is back on the pod discussing one of the biggest pain points for homeschool parents: struggling readers. View show notes: - Episode 151: *BONUS EPISODE* Struggling Readers, with Shawna Wingert [Episode 151]

Episode 150: Executive Functioning and Unique Learners, with Shawna Wingert Welcome to the FINAL episode of our Summer 2024 Poolside Professional Development Series for Moms! This summer series has covered the following subjects: online learning, sensory needs, anxiety, and executive functioning, and each topic has a special focus on unique learners. Today, our final episode covers executive functioning and unique learners. And it also touches upon parenting when you also struggle with executive functioning. So, pour a cup of coffee, grab those earbuds, and put your feet up. You're going to want to listen to this one! Visit the show notes: - Episode 150: Executive Functioning and Unique Learners, with Shawna Wingert

Episode 149: Anxiety and Unique Learners, with Shawna Wingert This week, we are happy to share our third of four podcast episodes focused on the needs of unique learners. These four episodes with Shawna Wingert are part of our Summer 2024 Poolside Professional Development Series for Moms, sponsored by Homeschool Planet. This Summer 2024 Poolside Professional Development Series for Moms covers the following subjects: online learning, sensory needs, anxiety, and executive functioning. All of these topics have a focus on unique learners. This week, we are answering all of your questions about anxiety. Visit the show notes: - Anxiety and Unique Learners, with Shawna Wingert [Episode 149]

Episode 148: Sensory Needs and Unique Learners, with Shawna Wingert Our homeschool cousin, Shawna Wingert, is back on the podcast for the final four episodes of our summer 2024 Poolside Professional Development Series for Moms. Shawna is going to be discussing homeschooling unique learners. These episodes will cover the following topics: online learning, sensory needs, anxiety, and executive functioning. In this week's episode, Shawna shares about sensory needs and unique learners. You won't want to miss it! Visit the show notes: Episode 148: Sensory Needs and Unique Learners, with Shawna Wingert

Episode 147: Unique Learners and Online Learning, with Shawna Wingert Our homeschool cousin, Shawna Wingert, is back on the podcast for the final four episodes of our summer 2024 Poolside Professional Development Series for Moms. Shawna is going to be discussing homeschooling unique learners. These episodes will cover the following topics: online learning, sensory needs, anxiety, and executive functioning. In this week's episode, Shawna shares the ins and outs of using online learning methodologies with unique learners. You won't want to miss it! Visit the show notes: https://my-little-poppies.com/online-learning/

Episode 146: Connecting With Your Kids Through Cooking, with Samantha Barnes In this fourth episode of our Summer 2024 Poolside Professional Development Series for Moms, we are chatting with Samantha Barnes of Raddish Kids about the importance of connecting with our kids through cooking. And if you're a parent who could maybe use a little help with meal planning (um, hi, it's me), be sure to listen in to learn more about Raddish Kids' Supper Club, which takes all the guesswork out of meal prep and planning for us big kids! View the show notes here: - Episode 146: Connecting With Your Kids Through Cooking, with Samantha Barnes

Episode 145: On The Importance of Nature, with Linda Åkeson McGurk I n the third episode of our Summer 2024 Poolside Professional Development Series for Moms, we explore the importance of nature in the lives of our children, teens, and ourselves. This week, we are sharing a conversation with Linda Åkeson McGurk, a Swedish-American writer, author, and blogger. If you're a lifelong nature enthusiast, or if you'd love to include more nature into your days but don't know where to begin, you're going to love this episode! View the show notes here: - Episode 145: On The Importance of Nature, with Linda Åkeson McGurk

Episode 144: On Simplicity, with Kim John Payne In the second episode of our Poolside Professional Development Summer Series for Moms we are sharing a conversation with Kim John Payne. Yes, that's right, sisters- he's back! Kim John Payne, M.ED, is an award-winning author and has been a school counselor, adult educator, consultant, researcher, educator, and private family counselor for twenty-seven years. In this conversation, we discuss child development, adolescence, homeschooling, media consumption, and how to simplify it all! View the show notes here: - Episode 144: On Simplicity, with Kim John Payne

Episode 143: Poolside Professional Development 2024 It's the last few days of May, and you know what that means, sisters: Poolside Professional Development! In this first episode of our 2024 summer series, Cait shares the titles in her summer book stack. Plus, get a sneak peek into our upcoming summer series, "Poolside Professional Development for Moms," where we will share inspiring conversations all summer! When you finish listening, drop us a comment and let us know about YOUR poolside reading plans! Our summer 2024 series is sponsored by Homeschool Planet. Learn more about Homeschool Planet and get a FREE 30-day free trial (no credit card required) and an integrated lesson plan of your choice by click in the link in this episode's show notes (below). Visit the show notes for this episode: - Poolside Professional Development 2024 [Episode 143]

Episode 142: A Conversation with Kara Anderson, Part 2 of 2 We are wrapping up the Winter-Spring 2024 Homeschool Sisters Podcast season and we have saved the very best for last. Kara Anderson is back for a 2-part conversation that you're going to adore! Join the sisters as we chat about everything, from the weird bittersweet season of finishing the homeschool journey, to figuring out what to do when you grow up, to the very best glasses for middle aged ladies, how to stop searching and just BE, perimenopause, morning routines, and more. Kara also shares a personal update on her new writing and podcasting adventure, Where the Beauty Is! Join us for the final installment of this 2-part conversation. We can't wait to hang with you again, sisters! View the show notes for this episode: - Episode 142: A Conversation with Kara Anderson, Part 2 of 2

Episode 141: A Conversation with Kara Anderson, Part 1 of 2 We are wrapping up the Winter-Spring 2024 Homeschool Sisters Podcast season, and we have saved the very best for last. Kara Anderson is back for a 2-part conversation you will adore! Join the sisters as we chat about everything, from the weird bittersweet season of finishing the homeschool journey, to figuring out what to do when you grow up, to the very best glasses for middle aged ladies, how to stop searching and just BE, perimenopause, morning routines, and more. Kara also shares a personal update on her new writing and podcasting adventure, Where the Beauty Is! Join us for the first of this 2-part conversation. We can't wait to hang with you again, sisters! View the show notes for this episode: - Episode 141: A Conversation with Kara Anderson, Part 1 of 2