HST#297 – 500 Hours of Summer

Listen to our podcast above, subscribe using your favorite podcast service, or watch on YouTube. Do you feel like you’re always inside the house, staring at screens, looking at the world through windows? We feel you. So do other people! We need to be outside. It’s invigorating and fun for everyone. What better to push […]

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HST#293 – Going Beyond Core

Listen to our podcast above, subscribe using your favorite podcast service, or watch on YouTube. The core subjects (language arts, math, science, history) can oftentimes dominate our homeschool planning. How do we find time for other studies like a foreign language, logic, fine arts, practical arts, etc.? Today on the show, we’ll be discussing the […]

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HST#291 – The State of Homeschooling with Jeanne Faulconer

Listen to our podcast above, subscribe using your favorite podcast service, or watch on YouTube. In today’s episode, we welcome back Jeanne Faulconer as she discusses the ins and outs of the homeschooling world, pre and post-Covid. We talk about the biggest challenges homeschooling families are seeing, from personal “how do I do this” issues, […]

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HST#287 – Homeschool Morning Routine

Listen to our podcast above, subscribe using your favorite podcast service, or watch on YouTube. One of the best ways to increase your chance for success in whatever you do is to prepare appropriately. Today we are discussing morning routines, best practices, some good ideas, and how we prepare for our homeschooling day. Principles of […]

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HST#285 – Blossom and Root Early Years Vol. 1 Review

Listen to our podcast above, subscribe using your favorite podcast service, or watch on YouTube. We’ve just recently finished the Blossom and Root Early Years Vol. 1 Curriculum with our 3.5 yo. This episode is our review of the curriculum. We talk about what we enjoyed, what we changed, and where we recommend new homeschooling […]

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HST#283 – Get Back in the Groove

Listen to our podcast above, subscribe using your favorite podcast service, or watch on YouTube. Disruptions to your homeschool happen. Holidays, vacations, family illness, etc., all cause you to fall out of the groove that works for your family. Today we’re talking about how to jumpstart your homeschool and get back to your normal routine. […]

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HST#275 – Our 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, Pre-School Homeschool Year (2023)

Listen to our podcast above, subscribe using your favorite podcast service, or watch on YouTube. Today we discuss what our plan is for this coming year. We’ve got two kiddos to consider now. We have to think about balancing curriculums, weighing our activities, and managing our time. It’s going to be a great year! Touring […]

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HST#267 – Creating a Tablet-Based Learning Platform

Listen to our podcast above, subscribe using your favorite podcast service, or watch on YouTube. Screens are everywhere. Today we talk about bringing a screen, purposefully, into our homeschool environment as a learning tool and a one-stop-shop to aid the educator. With a tablet, we can take our books on the go, reference our curriculum, […]

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HST#265 – Reading Fluency Strategies

Listen to our podcast above, subscribe using your favorite podcast service, or watch on YouTube. Every early year’s homeschool is laser-focused on teaching their student to read. We are following curriculums. We are reading to them all the time. But we don’t yet see the reading fluency we hope. In today’s episode, we talk about […]

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HST#263 – The Over-Scheduled Homeschooler

Listen to our podcast above, subscribe using your favorite podcast service, or watch on YouTube. People outside of homeschooling circles often have a vision of homeschoolers who are gathered around the dining room table learning all day. This is rarely the case. Typically we can be just as busy, if not more busy, than traditionally […]

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