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Joyfully HomeschoolingAnswering MORE of YOUR Homeschool Questions with Davonne ParksI get asked questions ALL the time and am excited to spend TWO episodes answering YOUR questions with my good friend Davonne Parks. Here are some of the questions we are tackling in this episode. Do you keep everyone on the same schedule all day ? Like 30 minutes for math, an hour for reading , etc I only plan on homeschooling one year what is the best plan for preparing them to go back to public school Do you follow state standards? Or go with the flow? Do you have a set school space? Podcast Sponsors Teaching Textbooks and Notgrass Hist...
2020-10-2326 minJoyfully HomeschoolingJH131: Answering YOUR Homeschool Questions with Davonne ParksI get asked questions ALL the time and am excited to spend TWO episodes answering YOUR questions with my good friend Davonne Parks. Here are some of the questions we are tackling in this episode. What advice do you give moms of littles in their first years of homeschooling? I'm having trouble finding ways to incorporate "fun" into school. I have chalked it up to be that school is our job, which we are ok with, but I still have this nagging feeling that I'm supposed to make school a party. Wishing I hadn't switched curriculum but not...
2020-10-2028 minJoyfully HomeschoolingHomeschooling High School with Davonne ParksHigh school, it used to give me hives. Now? I am homeschooling two kids in high school, and I am tackling some of YOUR questions with my friend Davonne who is also homeschooling high school. We are answering the following questions: What were our thoughts on high school when we first started out homeschooling? How have they changed? How does our children’s high school look like right now? Will our kids do dual enrollment? How do you create transcripts? How do you motivate a teen to care about high school? How do you know if your kids are gett...
2020-10-1653 minJoyfully HomeschoolingHomeschooling Different Personalities with Davonne ParksIn today's episode, I am chatting with my good friend Davonne Parks about homeschooling different personalities. Do you have a child that makes homeschooling a tad more difficult than it was with your other kids? We have your back! We both have kids that have different personalities and have struggled with homeschooling. Today we are talking all about homeschooling that child who is so different from our easier firstborn kiddos. Here are a few topics we discuss: What we learned from having children with different personalities How their homeschools look differently than our other kids. Why we...
2020-10-0937 minJoyfully HomeschoolingWorking While Homeschooling with Davonne ParksI get asked fairly often how I work and homeschool. It's a topic that I haven't tackled a whole lot on the blog or podcast because honestly, I like to keep them separate. BUT, I know that many of you right now are struggling with working and homeschooling, so I wanted to bring my friend Davonne Parks (who works outside the home) on the podcast so we can tackle this topic together. Whether you work from home, outside the home, or are struggling with balancing ministry and all the things, this episode will be sure to help you have...
2020-10-0247 minJoyfully HomeschoolingBack to School with Davonne ParksI am talking all things back to school with my good friend Davonne Parks. Are you ready for school? How is COVID impacting your back to school plans? Listen as Davonne and I answer these questions and more about back to school. Podcast sponsors make the Joyfully Homeschooling Podcast possible, be sure to thank Gentle Guitar for sponsoring this podcast. Show notes: https://www.findingjoyinthejourney.net/back-to-homeschool/
2020-07-241h 00Joyfully HomeschoolingLet's Chat Homeschool Curriculum with Davonne ParksToday I am chatting all about homeschool curriculum with my good friend Davonne Parks. We are talking all things curriculum and geeking out over our favorite things. Here are a few things we are chatting about: What has been your favorite curriculum? What has been your kid’s favorite curriculum? What is one curriculum you really wanted to work, but it just didn’t? How has your curriculum changed over the years? What do you plan on using next year? (35:27 if you want to skip straight there) We are also offering some words of encouragement to all of you...
2020-05-1553 minJoyfully HomeschoolingLet's Have an Honest Talk About BurnoutI did an episode on burnout back on episode 41. But, I wanted to bring the topic up again with my friend Davonne Parks. In this episode, we are going to be chatting about the warning signs of burn out, how to overcome it and lessons we have learned about it. This season right now is the time when SO many of us are overwhelmed and just feel blah when it comes to homeschooling. And guess what? It doesn’t have to be that way! I hope this episode encourages you to have more joy in your homeschool and reminds yo...
2020-02-1447 minJoyfully HomeschoolingJH78: Navigating Special Needs and Difficult FriendshipsToday, I am answering a question from one of my podcast listeners, Dawn writes, My daughter has some special needs that have not been diagnosed but are apparent. I’m listening to your podcast on friendships and would love a podcast on children that have “needs “and friendships... theirs and ours as moms. Even in the same homeschool community and church family. Would you do a podcast on special needs children being left out AND the family being left out... how to handles the isolation when we are the biggest cheerleaders for our children. What do we do...
2019-11-0134 minJoyfully HomeschoolingJH69: Homeschool Regrets with Davonne ParksHello everyone and welcome to episode 69 of the Joyfully Homeschooling podcast. Today, I am SO excited to introduce you all to my REAL LIFE friend, Davonne Parks. As a homeschool graduate who’s homeschooled her own children for a decade, Davonne Parks is going to help you relax a bit so you can actually enjoy this time with your kids and rest in knowing that God is bigger than your chaotic day. Davonne blogs over at davonneparks.com, but you can find her most often on Instagram (her Instagram handle is davonneparks) or on Facebook with the sam...
2019-08-2337 min