With homeschooling on the rise, there are reasons now more than ever to homeschool. I sit down with my friends Josefa Ciccarelli and Jenna Strubhar to share all about our homeschool routines, the reasons we homeschool, tips to keep the magic alive in learning, where we get our inspiration from, the benefits we’ve seen, and more.
In this episode we cover:
- Different homeschooling philosophies
- Josefa and Jenna’s personal homeschooling journey
- The reasons to homeschool
- Problems that can arise with modern or public schooling
- The many incredible teachers there are - whose hands are often tied with many of the systems in place
- Are the milestones the public education system has created arbitrary, or is there a place for it?
- The rise in homeschooling and the reasons now more than ever to homeschool
- What age to start homeschooling?
- The concern some parents have that they aren’t certified teachers or experts in certain subjects and that they wont be able to properly educate their children
- Do homeschooled kids lack socialization?
- How to keep your kids motivated. What do you do when your kids don’t want to do homeschool?
- Does homeschooling require a schedule?
- Homeschooling ideas with a budget or financial restrictions like both parents needing to work
- Are there any cons to homeschooling?
- Creative ways to keep the magic alive in learning
- homeschooling authors and resources that have inspired us
WHERE TO FIND JOSEFA & JENNA:
Jenna’s instagram
Jenna’s website
Josefa’s instagram
Josefa’s website
WHERE TO FIND ME
Get my ebooks
Instagram
Watch the podcast
Family YouTube channel
RESOURCES
Jodie Mockabee
Jodi Mockabeee Getting started with homeschooling guide
TedTalk Hackschooling makes me Happy by Logan LaPlante
Changing Education Paradigms
Data suggests 1.2 million families switched to homeschooling last academic year: https://www.the74million.org/article/spurrier-homeschooling-is-on-the-rise-what-should-that-teach-education-leaders-about-families-preferences/
Art for kids hub
Outschool
https://hslda.org
TedTalk Do Schools Kill Creativity? By Sir Ken Robinson
Books
How Children Learn by John Holt
How Children Fail by John Holt
The 5 Hour School Week by Aaron & Kaleena Amuchastegui
The Call of the Wild and Free by Ainsley Arment
Dumbing us Down by John Taylor Gatto
