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The Brave Writer podcast is a big juicy conversation about how to bring learning to life for your kids! Julie Bogart and guests talk about how parents and children are partners in the learning adventure, especially when approaching the daunting task of writing. Brave Writer appeals to homeschoolers,...
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347. ADHD and Homeschooling Part 2
Have you ever wondered whether your scattered systems, duplicate scissors, or frozen to-do list are actually character flaws, or clues to how your bra...
346. ADHD and Homeschooling Part 1
What if the neurodivergence in your homeschool is not only in your child, but in you?
In this honest and eye-opening conversation, we explore wh...
345. DIY Writing Retreats for Kids
What if a writing retreat didn’t require a plane ticket to Ireland?
This week, we explore what makes writing feel spacious, playful, and alive....
344. Courageous Divorce: An Interview with Alisha Roth
What happens when faith, prayer, endurance, and every “right” effort still do not make a marriage safe?
In this brave and deeply honest convers...
343. Partnership Writing with Dawn Smith
Why teach writing when AI can generate paragraphs in seconds?
In this episode, Melissa Wiley talks with Brave Writer president Dawn Smith about...
342. Brave Learning and Academics
What if academic standards didn’t have to threaten your homeschool rhythm?
In this episode, we explore how to translate grade-level expectation...
341. What If My Child Won't Finish the Lesson?
When is schoolwork really finished? If your child refuses the last five math problems, drags through copywork, or resists the assignment you carefully...
340. Family Favorites: Resources and Routines Beloved by Melissa’s Kids
What if your best homeschool resources are the small routines, songs, snacks, and tools your kids remember years later?
In this episode, we gath...
339. Facing Our Limits as Parent Educators
What does it mean to prepare our children for a future we can’t predict?
In this episode, we reflect on homeschooling, parenting, adult c...
338. Narration: It’s Out of This World!
What if your child’s long, winding stories are not a distraction from learning, but the very foundation of it?
In this episode, we explor...
337. Life Skills
What do our kids actually need to know before they leave home?
In this episode, we explore the everyday life skills that often get overlooked,...
336. Do You Suffer From an Adventure Deficit?
What if the crankiness in your homeschool isn’t a behavior problem at all, but an adventure deficit?
In this episode, we explore how too...
335. How to Build Mathematical Imagination Through Everyday Life, Play, and Curiosity
What if math felt less like drudgery and more like discovery?
In this episode, we explore “mathematical imagination” and the many ways math is...
334. Rescuing Reluctant Writers: Brave Writer Online Classes
What if an online writing class didn’t mean Zoom fatigue, rigid schedules, or one more thing to manage?
In this episode, Melissa Wiley talks wit...
333. Resisting FOMU, the Fear of Messing Up
What if the biggest obstacle in your homeschool isn’t what you’re missing—but the fear that you’re doing it wrong?
This week, we explore...
332. Long-term and Working Memory
Why does a child understand something one day and forget it the next?
In this episode, we explore what neuroscience reveals about how learning...
331. A Slew of Practical Hacks for Your Homeschool
Ever have one of those homeschool days when your brain feels completely empty?
We’ve been there too. In this episode, we share a long list of pr...
330. Board Games: Let Them Do the Teaching!
What if the best critical thinking curriculum is already in your closet?
This week, we explore why board games and card games do more than pass...
329. Accidental vs. On-Purpose Learning
Are you wondering if you’ve done “enough” this year? What if the real question isn’t about subjects completed—but about the atmosphere you’re creating...
328. A Critical Thinking Bill of Rights
What do you—and your kids—have the right to think, question, and say?
This week, we unpack a “Critical Thinking Bill of Rights” and apply it to...
327. Becoming a Critical Thinker
What does it really mean to think critically in a world that never stops shouting at us? In this episode, we slow things down and explore how to stay...
326. Big and Little Families
Homeschooling looks different depending on how many kids you’re teaching—and that’s exactly the point. In this episode, we explore the real-life rhyth...
325. The Myth of Magicmaking
What if enchanting learning didn’t require themed parties, elaborate prep, or constant performance? In this episode, we unpack the myth of magic-makin...
324. The Practice of Active Wondering
What happens when we slow down long enough to really wonder? In this episode, we explore the difference between rabbit trails and rabbit holes—and why...
323. Silent Reading Parties
What if the most powerful way to strengthen focus, creativity, and connection in your home is…quiet? In this episode, we explore the growing trend of...
322. Parenting a Spicy One with Mary Van Geffen
What if your child’s hardest behaviors aren’t a problem to fix, but an invitation to grow? In this episode, we sit down with Mary Van Geffen, author o...
321. No Paper Trail? No Problem!
If your homeschool doesn’t produce stacks of worksheets, does that mean learning isn’t happening? We explore why meaningful education often leaves ver...
320. An Important Message from Julie about Brave Writer
What happens when you realize the mission can grow even as your energy changes? This week, we share a heartfelt update about Brave Writer’s next chapt...
319. How to Grow Writing Skills as an Adult
Have you ever wished you could grow as a writer—not just help your kids write, but find your own voice on the page? In this episode, we explore practi...
318. For the Kids: Meet the Lighthouse Family
What happens when we slow down and really listen to the language of a story? In this special episode for kids and parents, we cozy up with Cynthia Ryl...
317. Hygge Homeschool for the Holidays
As the leaves turn and the days shorten, there's a distinct shift in the air – it's the cozy season, a time for warmth, reflection, and connection. Th...
316. When Your Middlers Lack Interest
What do we do when our tweens and teens don’t seem “into” anything? In this episode, we explore how to revive interest, curiosity, and motivation in t...
315. The 8 Stages of Homeschooling
How do we move from “I think I want to homeschool” to “We’ve created an education that fits us”? In this episode, we walk through the eight natural st...
314. Two Honest Thoughts About Tech in Homeschool
Is tech quietly running your homeschool?
In this episode, we explore what happens when we trade the shared adventure of learning at home for one...
313. Perspective in Learning
What if the key to helping your kids love learning is simply seeing the world through their eyes?
In this episode, we explore perspective as the...
312. Writing Stations
Julie Bogart and Melissa Wiley return with a heartwarming episode all about writing stations---simple, inviting setups that help kids discover the joy...
311. An Atmosphere, a Discipline, a Life: Don’t Miss This One!
Julie Bogart and Melissa Wiley reunite to reflect on one of Charlotte Mason’s most enduring ideas: that *education is an atmosphere, a discipline, and...
310. High Tide Homeschooling with a Teen
Melissa Wiley takes the mic solo this week for a heartwarming look inside her current homeschool life with her youngest, sixteen-year-old Huck. Drawin...
309. Redefining Homeschool with Alisha Brignall from Canada
Welcome back to the Brave Writer Podcast! This week, Julie sits down with Alisha Brignall, a Canadian homeschooling veteran and educational leader wit...
308. Julie’s Brief History of Homeschooling
Julie takes us on a sweeping journey through the history of homeschooling, weaving together her own story with the larger movement that reshaped educa...