The Homeschool Sanity Show
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The Homeschool Sanity Show
The Homeschool Sanity Show offers practical solutions and encouragement to help homeschool families create a smooth and joyful learning experience. Whether you’re struggling with organization, motivation, or balancing life’s demands, our podcast provides expert advice, creative ideas, and sanity-sav...
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Special Replay: How To Help Your Child Manage Emotions
Hey, homeschoolers! How to help an anxious, frustrated, or bored child is the most common question I get. In this episode, I’ll share a three-step app...
Out Of Overwhelm: 3 Steps For Homeschool Moms
Hey, homeschoolers! Are you overwhelmed? Is it embarrassing to be overwhelmed this early in the year? I can empathize. I’ve been feeling the same way,...
Special Replay: How To Have A Better Homeschool Year
Summary In this conversation, Melanie Wilson shares a life-changing strategy for homeschoolers to have a better homeschool year. She introduces the ‘W...
Homeschooling Preschool While Keeping Your Sanity
Hey, homeschoolers! Will you have a preschooler this year or next? Do you know someone who wonders how to homeschool a preschooler? If so, this episod...
Special Replay: How To Handle Homeschool Detours
Hey, homeschoolers! If you’re not where you expected to be in your homeschool, I’ve got you. In this episode, you’ll learn why we find ourselves on a...
Special Replay: How To Have More Confidence As A Homeschool Mom This Year
Do you lack confidence as a homeschool mom? A number of moms on the Homeschool Sanity Facebook page have commented that they do. This is The Homeschoo...
The Importance Of Music In Child Development
Why does music matter in home education? Is it just so we can have junior show off for grandparents at recitals? Is it just a nice elective to fill ou...
Teaching Kids Confidence with Homeschool Theater
If you have a child whose creativity and confidence you’d love to encourage, this episode is for you! I chat with Bethany Baldwin of MAD Society Inc....
Meal Planning For Homeschoolers
There are three words that can ruin your day: What’s for dinner? We make a decision, shop for a meal, prepare it, and almost before the kitchen is cle...
Family Entertainment
Hey, homeschoolers! I recently chatted with a guest about the conflict Christian homeschoolers can have with Hollywood’s content. But we can also use...
Special Replay: How To Gamify Your Homeschool
A homeschool mom wrote to ask me where my episode on gamifying your homeschool was. The problem is I don’t have one! But I thought it was a fantastic...
The Power Of Parent-Child Book Clubs
Thank you to the Harper Collins NIV Application Bible for sponsoring the podcast. Hey, homeschoolers! So often I learn about great ideas that I wish I...
My Top 5 Homeschool Challenges
1. Keep the house in order My first struggle, as most of you know, was keeping my house in order while actually homeschooling. When I started I was ac...
Christian Parenting Of Tweens: What You Need To Know
Hey, homeschoolers! If you have a tween son or daughter, you may wonder what happened to your baby! I know I had that experience. If you need wisdom a...
Hebraic Bible Study For Homeschoolers
Hey homeschoolers! I knew that reading the Bible in the context of its Hebrew roots could make it come alive. But I was still surprised by my reaction...
Children Grandparent Relationships
Hey, homeschoolers! Are your kids connecting with their grandparents and other elders? There is so much to be gained from intergenerational relationsh...
Homeschooling As Life
Hey, homeschoolers! It’s finally summer here. If you’re anything like me, you use the summer to review your homeschooling approach. What worked, what...
Mom Friendships
Hey, homeschoolers! Last week my guest and I talked about finding a homeschool community. Often our biggest concern is helping our kids make friends....
New Homeschool Community
Sponsor Thank you to NOW programs for sponsoring this episode of the Homeschool Sanity Show. Hey homeschoolers, you can homeschool apart from a commun...
Moms And Anger
Thank you to NOW Programs for sponsoring this episode of the Homeschool Sanity Show. Hey, homeschoolers! One of my most popular talks at Great Homesch...
The Easy Way To Teach Life Skills
Hey, homeschoolers! It should be easy to teach life skills in our homeschools. The kids are cooking with us, cleaning with us, and even doing home rep...
Help For Self-Control Struggles
Hey, homeschoolers! Does your child struggle with self-control? Judging by the response to my session on self-control at the Great Homeschool Conventi...
Countering The Culture Of Hollywood With Craig Dehut
We know that Hollywood is not our friend when it comes to raising the next generation, but Craig DeHut is. He is the co-founder and COO of Appian Medi...
Discipline In One Minute With Felice Gerwitz
Hey, homeschoolers! I was intrigued when I saw the title of Felice Gerwitz’s podcast episode about one-minute discipline. After checking it out, I kne...
AI For Homeschooling Parents: What You Need To Know
Hey, homeschoolers! Are you wondering how AI can make homeschooling easier or are you concerned about using it? In either case, I have you covered. I...
Special Replay: 6 Signs You’re Trying To Do Too Much
Introduction: In this episode, I address the common concern of homeschooling parents trying to juggle too many tasks, curriculum, and activities in th...
Special Replay: Why Charlotte Mason Would Love Grammar Galaxy
Do you love Charlotte Mason’s approach to education? This is the Homeschool Sanity Show, the episode where I explain why I think Charlotte Mason would...
Special Replay: Can Your High Schooler Homeschool Themselves?
Have you ever wondered if it’s possible (or legal) for your high school student to homeschool themselves? This is The Homeschool Sanity Show — the epi...
Teaching Media Literacy In High School
Hey, homeschoolers! I think media literacy is a course we should consider including in our high school curriculum plan. When I learned that friend Nat...
Math Motivation
Hey, homeschoolers! I experienced a few types of math motivation problems with my kids: reluctance to learn math, reluctance to memorize math facts, a...
Special Replay: Self-Publishing For Homeschoolers
At a recent Great Homeschool Convention, a mom asked me for the best way to have her son’s books published. This is the best time in history to become...
Do’s And Don’ts Of Teen Rebellion
Hey, homeschoolers! This weekend I met a fellow homeschooler who was down about her homeschooled child’s rebellion. She wondered if homeschooling had...
Jesus And Your Messy House
Hey, homeschoolers! I loved having Dana K. White of A Slob Comes Clean on the podcast to discuss the container concept for clutter. If you missed that...
How To Upgrade Your Homeschool Style
Hey, homeschoolers! Are you happy with your homeschool style or approach to education, or could it use an upgrade? In this episode, I’m going to share...
How To Get Everything Done And Still Have Time To Play
Hey, homeschoolers! I recently read Mark Forster’s book How to Get Everything Done and Still Have Time to Play and I absolutely loved it. It’s been an...
How To Teach Leadership
Hey, homeschoolers! I used to be of the mind that leaders were born, not made. What I mean is, I thought you needed to be a Type A extrovert to be a l...
Special Replay: Organizing Challenges for the New Year
Organizing is a popular goal for the new year. If you’re a homeschooler wanting to get organized, it can be hard to know where to start. Conside...
Special Replay: Redeeming Your Time: How To Make The Most Of Every Moment As A Homeschool Mom
Hey, homeschoolers! I’m a time management/productivity enthusiast, which you know if you have my book, A Year of Living Productively. That book is the...
Special Replay: Say Goodbye To Emotional Eating With Barb Raveling
Do you ever eat because you’re bored, anxious, or excited? The is the episode where we learn how to say goodbye to emotional eating so we can stay foc...
How To Have Happy Holidays As A Homeschool Mom
Hey, homeschoolers! We wish each other happy holidays, but sometimes it’s hard to be happy through the holidays. I have three reasons it can be hard t...