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Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastCelebrating Biblical Feasts & Easter: A Conversation with Michelle AkramiEaster and Passover are just around the corner. Do you celebrate Passover as part of your Easter traditions? Celebrating biblical feasts as believers can enrich our understanding of Jesus and God's plan for salvation and they are steeped in rich traditions. As with all biblical festivals, Passover foreshadows the coming of Jesus, our Deliverer and our Savior. In this week's episode, Carrie talks with Michelle Akrami, founder of The Unhurried Farm, about setting time aside to remember God's promises and His faithfulness as well as simple ways to celebrate Passover this Easter season and other biblical feasts such as Sha...2025-04-1041 minCoffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastHoliday Kitchen Hacks for Busy Homeschooling MomThis episode is just in time for Thanksgiving! It's a smorgasbord of tips. Carrie shares hacks that will help busy homeschool moms save time (and money) this holiday season and throughout the school year. In this week's episode, Carrie talks about her new Thanksgiving Mini Unit, explains how to use your prep work and traditions AS your lessons, shares ways to save and organize your time, gives tons of delicious recipes to try, fun activities to keep the kids busy, and more. Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and take a little coffee break with Car...2024-11-1432 minCoffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastBreak A Leg! Musical Theatre & Home Education"Don't rain on my parade!" "Arise and seize the day!" "Put on a happy face!" "One more day!" If you broke out in song while reading these quotes, then you are probably a musical theatre geek like Carrie. In this week's episode, Carrie talks about one of her favorite "hobbies:" Musical Theatre! Not only did Carrie's children participate in musical theatre from K-12th grade (and beyond), but Carrie's musical theatre experience is also extensive from producing children's theatre productions, running the front of house, being backstage manager & prop master, and even writing curriculum to be used with different musical...2024-10-2431 minCoffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastA Homeschool Essential: Family Read AloudWhat are homeschooling essentials? You might be surprised at the list! Join Carrie as she shares one of her favorite essentials: Family Read Aloud Time. Carrie shares encouragement and practical tips on how to consistently incorporate read aloud time into your day and how to use read aloud time to learn as a family. Feed your child’s soul one page at a time and travel the world one book at a time. Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and join Carrie for this little coffee break.An extended discussion on how to organize...2024-07-1116 min
Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastThe Cafeteria Lady: Tips for KP Duty While HomeschoolingIn this week's episode, Carrie talks about the homeschool struggle no one tells you about when you start homeschooling: Your Job as the Cafeteria Lady! As a homeschool mom, you really do spend a lot of time in the kitchen. Cooking and KP duty is something every homeschool mom deals with on a daily basis. And with the cost of food and gas these days, we really need to be organized, creative, and frugal. This week, Carrie shares her secret to being a successful and stress-free "Cafeteria Lady." She gives tips on how to plan, delegate, & organize, so you don't...2024-06-2732 min
Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastBalancing Homeschooling, Health, & Work: A Conversation with Evgeniia ArasimThis week Carrie continues her discussion on how to balance life and homeschooling. In this week's episode, Carrie focuses on balancing health, work, and homeschooling. Carrie sits down with Evgeniia Arasim, a holistic health coach and creator of the Nourished Motherhood Program. Evgeniia shares a holistic approach to wellbeing, motherhood, and homeschooling. Both Evgeniia and Carrie also understand the stress that comes with being a homeschooling mom and being a small business owner. In this conversation, Evgeniia and Carrie discuss the importance of creating a balanced, healthy lifestyle and how to get started. Pour yourself a cup of warm water...2024-03-1438 min
Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastA Handbook for Homeschooling High SchoolJust breathe… You can homeschool the high school years (and enjoy it too)! Carrie's new book, Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education, will be released on March 1st, 2024! In this week's episode, Carrie shares what is in the book, gives a sneak peek inside one of the chapters, and explains how you can be a part of the Book Launch Team. Carrie's kids homeschooled through high school, successfully graduated, went on to college (and grad school), and are now pursuing their dreams and living out their God-given purposes. Carrie's new book is full of practical information, real-life example...2024-01-1824 min
Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool Podcast200th Episode: The Tables Are Turned!Carrie is celebrating Coffee With Carrie Homeschool Podcast's 200th episode with a fun reversal! The tables are turned! This week, Carrie is the guest, and her friend, Nicole Skeber, a long-time listener and Coffee With Carrie follower, interviews her instead. Get the T on Carrie! In this week's little coffee break, Nicole surprises Carrie with questions about her family, her homeschooling fails, her faith, and so much more. Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and join Carrie and Nicole for a super fun conversation!Support the showAtten...2023-12-2838 min
Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastHomeschool On a Budget!Is money tight in this economy? Don't give up on homeschooling! Are you a single mom or living off of one income? You can homeschool for free and on a shoestring budget! Don't believe Carrie? Then join her for this week's episode. When Carrie quit her full-time job in order to homeschool her children becoming a one income family was a huge adjustment. Many sacrifices had to be made. Carrie and her husband learned how to rely on God to provide exactly what their family needed exactly when it was needed. During the really lean seasons, Carrie also got real crea...2023-11-0933 min
Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastSpeaking It Forward: Sowing Seeds That Will Reap In Another SeasonGod's Word has eternal power. The words of a mother have power. In this week's episode, Carrie's guest, Jenni Hunt Dowling, shares just how powerful the words of a mother can be. Carrie knew God ordained her to sit next to Jenni at the Wild + Free Speaker luncheon. God knew Carrie needed to hear Jenni's story. Her testimony reminded Carrie of how powerful words are and that moms can speak life into their children by claiming God’s purposes and promises for their lives and for their children's lives. In this week's coffee and conversation, Carrie and Jenni...2023-06-2232 min
Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastThe Gift of Dyslexia: A Conversation With Joseph De FranciscoIn this week's coffee break, Carrie talks with one of her favorite people-her son, Joseph! Joseph shares the challenges and blessings of being dyslexic, and Carrie shares the struggles and privileges of teaching a child with learning differences. Last February at Carrie's annual Homeschooling Mom Conference, Joe was on the Homeschool Graduate Panel during the Q & A Session. He was a hit with the moms! Joe's stories, testimony, and transparency encouraged and inspired the moms. Many of the moms in attendance asked Joseph to share even more about his learning differences and his homeschooling journey. In this week's episode, Joe can...2023-04-2026 min
Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastThe High School Years: A Conversation With Francesca De FranciscoHomeschooling the high school years allows your teen to chart his or her own course. In this week's episode, Carrie talks with one of her favorite people- her daughter, Francesca, who charted her own course for meeting her state's graduation requirements. During her high school years, Francesca traveled, interned, volunteered, started a few businesses, pursued her passions, discovered God's purpose for her life, earned college scholarships, took college classes, choreographed a few children's musicals, and even graduated high school at the age of fifteen. In this coffee break, Carrie and Francesca share the blessings, advantages, gifts, pitfalls, challenges, and fr...2023-04-1340 min
Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastSweet Valentine's Day Family Devotions: New & UpdatedThe countdown has begun! It's almost February which means Valentine's Day is just around the corner. Join Carrie this week for a super special coffee break. In this week's episode, Carrie shares 10 simple and fun ways to celebrate Valentine's Day by focusing on God's love and God's call to love others. Carrie explains how to use a Valentine's Day Countdown to study God's Word and to memorize scripture as a family. She also shares several other fun activities you can use during family devotions and morning basket time in the month of February. In this updated episode, Carrie shares a few...2023-01-2627 min
Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastBook Clubs: Reading With Your Homeschool FriendsIs your New Year's Resolution to read more this year? Is your goal to read more of God's Word, to read more aloud with your family, and to read more for enjoyment? If so, then take a little coffee break and listen to this week's episode. Carrie shares two ways she reached her reading goals and how she helped other moms stay accountable to theirs. In this week's episode, Carrie shares simple tips and recommendations for Mom Book Clubs as well as practical and easy ways to host a book club for your children and their friends. This is an ep...2023-01-1219 min
Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastThe Gifts of Homeschooling: An Interview with Jennifer PepitoIn this week's episode, Carrie talks with Jennifer Pepito about the many gifts of homeschooling. As homeschooling moms, not every day feels like a gift. Our children are not perfect and our homes aren’t always joyful. This is why we need a gentle reminder every now and then that homeschooling really is a gift! Jennifer is the founder of Peaceful Press Curriculum and Resources and the author of the new book, Mothering by the Book: The Power of Reading Aloud to Overcome Fear and Recapture Joy. If you are feeling overwhelmed and burnt out or you are second-guessing your de...2022-10-2733 min
Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastMath Match Maker: Curriculum ChoicesFor most students (and homeschooling moms), math is either a thing of beauty or a thing of torment. Finding a math curriculum that works well with your child should not be stressful and doing math lessons doesn't have to be stressful either. There is no perfect math curriculum out there but there is a math program that can meet the majority of your child's needs. In this week's episode, Carrie is your Math Match Maker. She shares the strengths, weaknesses, levels, and costs of over a dozen math programs and helps you find one or two curricula that might just...2022-10-2023 min
Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastHomeschool Hacks: 20 Sanity Saving TipsAin't nobody got time for that! Homeschooling moms spend way too much wasted time cooking in the kitchen, driving in the car, planning lessons, cleaning messes, and reinventing the wheel. In this week's episode, Carrie shares an eclectic list of 20 Homeschooling Hacks that will save you time, money, and printer ink. The tips range from planning, scheduling, and scrolling social media to cooking, cleaning, and teaching things like art, music, and writing. It is an episode you will want to share with your friends and save in your favorites. So pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, a...2022-10-1325 min
Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastTake a Coffee Break: Homeschool Book RecommendationsAre you looking for a new homeschool book that will encourage you and inspire you? If so, then pour yourself a cup of coffee and put your feet up. It's time to take a little coffee break with Carrie. In this week's episode, Carrie shares her favorite homeschooling books based on different coffee orders that her audience submitted to her. It is a quirky and fun episode full of book recommendations, coffee trivia, and homeschooling advice. Since Carrie homeschooled her kids for almost 20 years, she has tons of classics, new classics, and must-read books to share with you. Pour yourse...2022-10-0627 min
Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastLess is More Curriculum: The High School YearsThis week's Coffee With Carrie podcast is Part Two of the "Less is More Curriculum" episode. This episode focuses on the high school years. Carrie shares how to make the most of your teen's high school years by doing less in order to accomplish more. The Less is More "curriculum" which uses a Christ-centered, literature-based, interest-led, family-style integrated approach, can also be used with your high schooler. Carrie explains ways to teach core high school subjects simply, inexpensively, and enjoyably and ways to save time teaching everything from Algebra to Biology. She also reminds moms of what is truly important for te...2022-09-2925 min
Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastRead Aloud RecommendationsAre you looking for chapter books that will engage and entertain the whole family? Do you need suggestions for books to read aloud to your family that meet the Philipians 4:8 standard? "Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things.” In this week's episode, Carrie shares some of her family's favorite read alouds. She has lists for young ones, middle schoolers, high schoolers, reluctant readers, historical fictions, favorite series, favorite classics and even a few favorite "new" classics. If you are...2022-09-2236 min
Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastAre They Doing Enough? The Gift of BoredomWe all ask the questions: "Are my kids doing enough? Am I doing enough?" If your children have opportunities throughout the day to learn, then they will learn. When homeschooling, students complete formal lessons in a shorter amount of time than students in traditional school. With so much extra time on their hands, moms begin to self-doubt, and kids begin to complain, "I'm bored." Embrace the extra free time with open arms. Boredom is one of the many gifts of homeschooling. In this week's episode, Carrie shares the benefits of allowing your children to be "bored," offers practical tips on h...2022-09-0827 min
Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastThe "Less is More" CurriculumIn this week's episode, Carrie shares how to do less in order to accomplish more. The Less is More "curriculum" educates the whole child using a Christ-centered, literature-based, interest-led, family-style integrated approach. This week's episode is also a preview of Carrie's all-day, in-person seminar, "Just Breathe... & Simplify Your Homeschooling." During the afternoon sessions, Carrie shares how to teach each subject in a simple and inexpensive way using the "Less is More Curriculum." Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and join Carrie for a little coffee break as she shares simple ways to teach the core subje...2022-09-0129 min
Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastPlay, Talk, 'n Dyslexia: A Conversation with Aimee EucceAimee Eucce struggled with severe Dyslexia. She was told she would never read past a sixth-grade level. She hated reading but that all changed in sixth grade. What happened? Thanks to Aimee's mom and the reading program, Play 'n Talk, Aimee was reading and spelling at a college level by grade six. In this week's episode, Carrie has a conversation with Aimee Euccee, who is now the owner of the company that changed her life. Aimee shares her personal struggles with dyslexia, her experience homeschooling as a child, and how she uses Play 'n Talk curriculum to teach her own c...2022-08-2537 min
Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastHomeschool Family Style: A Conversation With FriendsAre you feeling overwhelmed and outnumbered? If you are a homeschooling mom of multiple children who are in multiple grade levels with multiple academic needs, you don't want to miss this week's episode. Carrie sits down with two of her favorite homeschooling friends to talk about how to homeschool family style. Anita Fischer has been homeschooling her four children since the beginning. Her eldest graduated last year and is off to college in the fall. Jessica Pedevillano homeschools her four children ranging in age from a senior in high school to a sixth-grader. Both have three girls and on...2022-08-1847 min
Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastSimple Homeschool Solutions: Get Loopy!We are getting loopy this week! Adding a few loops to your schedule will make you loopy with joy! Do you have a “When we have time, we will get to that” pile? In all honesty, do you ever really have time to get that pile? It is time to finally get to that pile without overloading your already busy schedule! In this week's episode, Carrie shares how to use a loop (or rotating) schedule to easily get to that “When we have time” pile. Do you want to include subjects like art, music, poetry, Shakespeare, map work, creativ...2022-08-1122 min
Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastHomeschool Mindset MakeoverThis week’s Coffee with Carrie Homeschool Podcast is a little pep talk. Carrie's goal this week is to put you back into the correct mindset for another year of homeschooling. The aim this week is to readjust your homeschooling perspective and realign your plans with God’s plans. Carrie shares ways to readjust your thinking in five important areas. If you are new to homeschooling, a seasoned homeschooler, or even if this is your last year of homeschooling, Carrie promises the encouragement in this week’s episode will get you ready to tackle your first year, another ye...2022-07-2821 min
Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastPlan Your School Year: An Conversation with Rachael AlsburyWelcome to Season 4 of Coffee with Carrie Homeschool Podcast!To kick off this season, Carrie is sharing ways to help you plan and organize your homeschooling this coming school year. This week, Carrie is having a little coffee and conversation with Rachael Alsbury! Rachael is a writer, photographer, and regular contributor to Wild and Free. She believes in rich learning through simple formats. She shares practical tips and tools for the homeschooling mother on her blog rachaelalsbury.com. You can also find her on Instagram at @rachael.alsbury.In this episode, Rachael and Car...2022-07-2133 min
Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastThe Great Homeschool Teacher: What's the Secret?What's her secret? She is such a great homeschooling mom! She must have a teaching credential or an education degree. Being a great home educator has nothing to do with credentials or degrees. Listen to this week's episode to discover the secret.Since Carrie is taking a summer Sabbath break to prepare for Season 4 of Coffee With Carrie Homeschool Podcast, this week's episode is an oldie but goodie! If you have any doubts about starting this homeschooling journey or you have doubts about continuing to homeschool, then you need to listen to this week's "flashback." If you have a...2022-07-1421 min
Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastHomeschool Epic Fails: RevisitedInstead of sharing what to do when homeschooling, Carrie is sharing what NOT to do!Carrie is taking a summer Sabbath break to prepare for Season 4 of Coffee With Carrie Homeschool Podcast. In the next couple of weeks, no new episodes will be dropped, but make sure you check back each week anyway. Throughout the summer, Carrie will be revisiting a few past episodes. In this week's episode, Carrie revisits "Epic Fails: What Not to Do When Homeschooling." While there are a few things Carrie does regret, she does not regret the following: Spending another hour (or two) o...2022-07-0719 min
Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool Podcast"I Can't Homeschool Because...": RepriseThis week's episode is a long one! It is perfect for a road trip. Carrie is taking a summer Sabbath break to prepare for Season 4 of Coffee With Carrie Homeschool Podcast. In the next few weeks, no new episodes will be dropped, but make sure you check back each week anyway. Throughout the summer, Carrie will be revisiting several past episodes. In this week's episode, Carrie combined and updated episode, "I Can't Homeschool: Part 1 and 2." This week's updated version debunks over a dozen lies that moms believe about why they "can't" homeschool. Weary homeschooling moms, new homeschooling moms, moms of...2022-06-3054 min
Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastHomeschooling Q & A: Revised and UpdatedGot questions? Carrie's got answers!It is officially summer! Carrie is taking a summer Sabbath break to prepare for Season 4 of Coffee With Carrie Homeschool Podcast. In the next four weeks, no new episodes will be dropped, but make sure you check back each week anyway. Throughout the summer, Carrie will be revisiting several past episodes starting with this week's podcast, "Homeschooling Q & A." In this week's episode, Carrie combined and updated episode, "Ask My Anything: Part 1 and 2." This updated version has over a dozen homeschooling questions that listeners have sent to Carrie as well as a few new bo...2022-06-2357 min
Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastStart a Homeschool Co-OpStarting a homeschool co-op is easier than you think! In this week's episode, Carrie talks about homeschool co-ops and then explains these seven easy steps to starting one:Set a purpose for your group.Find like-minded friends to join you.Decide on the format and location.Figure out the costs.Discuss the roles of each mom and the expectations of the group.Have a Planning Party to plan the activities.Host an Info Night.Starting a homeschool co-op is about filling a need you have. If you have the desire to create a co-op, there will be pe...2022-06-0921 min
Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool PodcastHome Education: A Delightful & Nourishing FeastThe British educator, Charlotte Mason, described home education as the act of spreading an abundant and delicate feast for our children to feed on and then allowing each child to assimilate what he or she can. Don't be the school lunch lady who serves dry, bland textbooks every day. Instead, don a chef's hat and prepare a feast of ideas, living books, and beautiful things. In this week's episode, Carrie shares ideas on why and how to prepare and present a feast of delightful and nourishing homeschooling lessons that will whet your child's appetite for good, lovely, and praiseworthy thi...2022-05-2617 min