10 Minutes to a Better Homeschool

By Pam Barnhill

Education Kids & Family

What's 10 Minutes to a Better Homeschool about?

Pop in your earbuds and get ready to be inspired. Veteran homeschool mom and podcast host of the Your Morning Basket Podcast, Pam Barnhill unpacks how to have a better homeschool 10 minutes at a time.

Full of practical tips, stories, interviews, and inspiration 10 Minutes to a Better Homeschool is your home learning go-to show for quick, helpful information.

*Formerly the Homeschool Snapshots Podcast

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TMBH 78: Uncover the Hidden...

09.22.2023

In this episode, we're discussing a topic many homeschoolers ask about: "Can I succeed at homeschooling?" Joining me is Damore Jensen, a homeschooling mom of three. She shares her transformative experience with our Homeschool Consistency Boot Camp, which reopens this ...

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09.22.2023 TMBH 78: Uncover the Hidden Benefits of Consistency in Homeschooling In this episode, we're discussing a topic many homeschoolers ask about: "Can I succeed at homeschooling?" Joining me is Damore Jensen, a homeschooling mom of three. She shares her transformative experience with our Homeschool Consistency Boot Camp, which reopens this ...
09.08.2023 TMBH 77: Teaching Kids to Use Tech in Your Homeschool In this episode, host Pam Barnhill chats with Stephen Souders, Mr. Mytek from Mytek Labs. Stephen runs an online school where kids can take courses in programming and technology. They discuss the importance of teaching kids to be producers of ...
08.25.2023 TMBH 76: Your Questions About Sibling Dynamics in Homeschooling In this episode, Pam tackles listener questions about sibling dynamics within the homeschooling setting. Are you perplexed about what happens when a younger child surpasses an older sibling in skills like math or reading? Or you're trying to navigate the ...
08.11.2023 TMBH 75: Content vs Skills Subjects In this episode, I rethink traditional views by categorizing school subjects into two essential groups: skill-oriented and content-oriented subjects. Skill-oriented subjects, including mathematics and phonics, follow a logical progression, fostering essential abilities, while content-oriented subjects like history and science allow ...
07.28.2023 TMBH 74: Language Learning Made Fun With Adelaide Olguin Join me on this episode of Ten Minutes to a Better Homeschool, where we dive into the power of the fluency approach to language learning with our guest Adelaide Olguin. Drawing from her experiences teaching her own children three languages, ...
07.14.2023 TMBH 73 Unexpected Disruptions: How Planning Can Help Navigate Homeschool Challenges On this episode of the podcast, host Pam Barnhill welcomes special guest Betsy Cypress, a highly active member of their supportive homeschool community. Betsy shares her personal experience of facing unexpected disruptions in her homeschool year and offers valuable insights ...
06.30.2023 TMBH 72: The Importance of Finding Your Homeschooling Vision In this episode, I'm excited to introduce you to Kristelle Larson, a remarkable mom from our homeschooling community who’s been implementing my program "Put Your Homeschool Year on Autopilot" since the beginning. Kristelle's approach helps her handle her busy homeschool ...
06.16.2023 TMBH 71: How to Plan for Homeschooling Multiple Kids In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Heather Tully about the challenges we face when homeschooling multiple children. We delved into the ever-changing seasons of motherhood and the struggle of finding balance between the needs of younger ...
06.02.2023 TMBH 70: Real Homeschool Moms Plan Their Year In this episode, I am joined by homeschool mom Courtney Guarnieri to explore the dynamic balance between structured and unstructured activities in homeschooling. This is the first in a series of interviews featuring real homeschool moms discussing their planning processes. ...
04.28.2023 TMBH 69: Empowering Kids with Essential Life Skills In this episode of the Ten Minutes to a Better Homeschool podcast, host Pam Barnhill talks with Katie Kimball, the National Voice of Healthy Kids Cooking and founder of the Kids Cook Real Food e-course, about the LifeSkills Summer Camp. ...
04.21.2023 TMBH 68: Tips for Modifying Curriculum that isn't working Feeling disappointed after spending countless hours searching for the perfect homeschool curriculum only to find out it's not working as you hoped? Don't worry; we've got you covered in this episode of the 10 Minutes to a Better Homeschool podcast. ...
04.14.2023 TMBH 67: Why More And More Families Are Choosing To Homeschool Their Kids In this episode, host Pam Barnhill talks about the rise of homeschooling in the US and why more and more families are choosing to homeschool their children. From customized education to flexible scheduling, safety concerns to religious beliefs, homeschooling offers ...
04.07.2023 TMBH 66: Inspiring Homeschool Moms with the Learning Well Journal In this episode of The 10 Minutes to a Better Homeschool Podcast, Pam Barnhill speaks with Alicia Hutchinson, the founder of Learning Well Community and Learning Well Journal, about the importance of print magazines in today's digital age. Alicia shares ...
03.31.2023 TMBH Episode 65: Starting a Nature Group Nature groups can provide an enriching communal experience for homeschoolers, offering the opportunity to cultivate relationships with like-minded peers. That's why our friend Joy Cherrick is here today to talk about how she started her group and how it helped ...
03.24.2023 TMBH 64: Using a Loop to Manage Multiple Kids In our final episode of our Managing Multiple Kids series we are chatting with homeschool mom of ten Heather Tully. Heather has taken the popular concept of a loop schedule in a new direction -- instead of looping her subjects, ...
03.17.2023 TMBH 63: Using a Time Table to Manage Multiple Kids Charlotte Mason homeschooling mom Jeanette Pasqua has found success using her strict 10-minute increment schedule to manage the activities of her four children, ages five to 12. She builds in buffers like snack time and restroom breaks and adjusts the ...
03.10.2023 TMBH 62: Juggling Multiple Kids In Your Homeschool This content provides tips on effectively managing homeschooling multiple kids, utilizing curriculum, and creating a routine. By combining subject areas, having a plan in place, and utilizing spiral notebooks, curriculum, and busy work ideas, parents can better manage and provide ...
03.03.2023 TMBH 61: Making Children's Publishing A Little More Beautiful Today I am joined by my good friend, homeschool mom, and author Sarah Mackenzie. Sarah is the host of The Read Aloud Revival podcast, and she is also a brand new children's book author. On today's episode, we talk about ...
02.24.2023 TMBH 60: Transitions in Your Homeschool Day One of the trickiest part of the homeschool day is the transition -- this is the time when you are changing from one activity to another in your homeschool. It is also the time you are most likely to lose ...
02.17.2023 TMBH 59: The Root of Your House Cleaning Problem Mystie and Sweep and Smile and how will it help you Podcast Intro/Show Notes With the high standards of 'perfection' presented by popular media, such as HGTV and Pinterest, it is almost impossible to attain true satisfaction in house cleaning. ...
02.10.2023 TMBH 58: Managing Your Home While Homeschooling In last week's episode, I promised you that I would give you the lowdown on how I keep my house clean in the second part of our cleaning series. If you like to peel back the curtain and see how ...
02.03.2023 TMBH 57: How to Keep Your House Clean While Homeschooling Homeschooling and housekeeping can be difficult to juggle. Hiring help, prioritizing tasks, and utilizing systems such as the Fly Lady and Clean Mama systems can be helpful when trying to keep your house clean while homeschooling. In this episode Pam ...
01.27.2023 TMBH 56: Beating Cellphone Temptations for the Homeschool Mom Homeschooling can be difficult due to the distraction of cellphones. Pam offers a number of tips on how to eliminate distraction while still be available to people who need you and while honoring the fact that sometimes you just want ...
01.20.2023 TMBH 55: When You're Too Busy to Homeschool It is important for parents to be consistent in their homeschooling efforts to ensure the process runs smoothly. One way we can do this is by using a concept Pam coined called "Honoring Your School Day." Pam breaks down the ...
01.13.2023 TMBH 54: How perfectionism is destroying your homeschool consistency Pam Barnhill is here to tell homeschoolers that the answer to their homeschool problems is not a perfect curriculum or the best homeschool method. Instead, an effective homeschool depends on consistency - doing the work each day and showing up ...
01.13.2023 HSP 002 Sarah Mackenzie: A Passion for Reading Aloud Today I get to talk with a dear friend of mine. Long before Sarah Mackenzie was author-extraordinaire and fabulous podcast host of The Read Aloud Revival, she was my buddy Sarah. It has been so much fun watching her grow ...
01.11.2023 HSP 001 Janice Campbell: Why Mom Needs a Hobby Today I am talking with Janice Campbell from Everyday Education. Janice is an author, entrepreneur, curriculum developer, and most importantly, a homeschooling mom. In this episode we talk about homeschooling her four boys through graduation, the ins and outs of ...
11.18.2022 TMBH 53: Choosing with Best Curriculum for You with Cathy Duffy How do you choose the best curriculum? Cathy Duffy is a well know curriculum expert who homeschooled her own three sons through high school. She has since researched and written about curricula for home education since the 1980s. Since Cathy ...
11.11.2022 TMBH 52: Slowing Down Over the Holidays The Holiday Season is a great time for slowing things down a bit in your homeschool and enjoying the season. These tips and tricks will help you get rid of overwhelm and really enjoy the holidays with your family.
11.04.2022 TMBH 51: Do Grade Levels Matter in Your Homeschool? A sure way to identify a homeschooler in the wild is the slight hesitation when you ask them what grade they are in. It's not that they aren't smart enough to know, but it's that they don't care. Arbitrary grade ...
10.28.2022 TMBH 50: Rachel Figg - Easy enrichment for your homeschool As busy homeschoolers it is so easy to get caught up in checking the boxes of those ever-important skill subjects. When we do that, though, we are missing out on the opportunity to enrich our kids learning in a variety ...
10.21.2022 TMBH 49: All You See Are Edited Lives Do you ever feel like you can't measure up to all the other homeschool moms on social media? Their kids say the funniest things. Their houses are so lovely. They always do the coolest science experiments. Meanwhile your kids just ...
10.14.2022 TMBH 48: Meals and homeschooling One of the hardest things about homeschooling your kids is having to feed everyone three meals a day (Plus snacks! Oh the snacks!) day after day after day. The hunger never stops and making all the meals can easily overwhelm. ...
10.07.2022 TMBH 47: Nurturing Creativity in Your Homeschool with S.D. Smith What if you have kids who have a particular creative talent? How do you go about nurturing that talent or just creativity in general in your kids? Today I'm joined by beloved children's author S.D. Smith to chat about the ...
09.30.2022 TMBH 46: Patricia Sung - Consistently Winning the Day for Moms with (and without) ADHD For the mom who struggles with her own ADHD, she may wonder is it even possible to homeschool my own kids? Fortunately there are resources available that make it very possible. Today I am joined by ADHD coach Patricia Sung ...
09.23.2022 TMBH 45: Dennis DiNoia: How to create independent, responsible learners Want your kids to become independent learners? It's totally possible, but you won't get there overnight. Today I am joined by Dennis DeNoia from Mr. D. Math and author of the book Teach: Creating Independently Responsible Learners. Mr. D breaks ...
09.16.2022 TMBH 44: The Benefits of Homeschooling Your Special Needs Child One question we get often from moms: Is homeschooling a child with special needs possible? Can it work for my family or should I just stick with the system? In this episode of the podcast I am joined by Shawna ...
09.09.2022 TMBH 43: Come Join Us at the Beach Just 8 spots left!! We are heading to the beach this January for our first ever We Gather Together Morning Time Retreat. Join me, Gather author Heather Tully, Dawn Garrett and the team as we do Morning Time together, relax ...
09.02.2022 TMBH 42: Help! I Never Planned to Homeschool What if you always intended for your kids to go into a public or private school and somehow God called you to do something different in your home? That is exactly what happened to Ashlee Williams and her husband. Hear ...
08.26.2022 TMBH 41: Key Ingredients for a Kindergarten Plan That Works It can be one of the most exciting times of your homeschool career, and the most intimidating -- starting kindergarten! How do you know what to teach? How do you not mess this up? Take a deep breath and listen ...
08.19.2022 TMBH 40: Simplifying Your Homeschool Schedule What if there were a way to make a homeschooling schedule that you could actually follow? Well there is! We start by scheduling time and not content. Then we move on to a scheduling hack that can change the course ...
08.12.2022 TMBH 39: The Secret Sauce to Beating Homeschool Burnout Homeschool burnout happens to all of us. I'm joined today by mom of 10 Heather Tully to chat about why burnout happens, how to recognize the signs, and some tips for preventing it in our homeschools.
08.05.2022 TMBH 38: Creating an Efficient Homeschool You have lots of kids and not a lot of time. How can you create a more efficient homeschool so that you can get more things done and still have a little sanity in your day? In today's podcast I ...
07.29.2022 TMBH 37: Key Ingredients to Successfully Teaching Your Child to Read Teaching my kids to read was something I worried about before we started homeschool. I had been a high school English teacher but the idea of taking someone who can't read and helping them to make sense of what is ...
07.22.2022 TMBH 36: Jen McKinnon - The Top Five Systems for Surviving Working at Home and Homeschooling How do you work from home and homeschool if you have a set schedule that you need to follow and actually have to be on at specific times? Is it even possible to get things done for work and be ...
07.15.2022 TMBH 35: Three reasons why your child will be ready for the real world if you homeschool Let's get real. We all worry about our kids and if we are adequately preparing them for the real world. But you know what? Parents who send their kids to school also wonder if there kids are going to be ...
07.08.2022 TMBH 34: The five things you need to preschool at home This is the information I wish I had when I started homeschooling preschool over 11 years ago. It's a helpful bit of what you need, but more importantly paying attention to what you don't need to have a fulfilling preschool ...
07.01.2022 TMBH 33: Writing goals that work for your homeschool This is a special snippet from our Put Your Homeschool Year on Autopilot co-working session is a peek at how making realistic goals can shape your priorities in your homeschool. Join Pam, veteran mentor Laney Holman, and the planning moms ...
06.24.2022 TMBH 32: How to juggle life and homeschooling Our time as humans is finite. Sorry to be the one to break that to you. That means there are so many hours in a week to get the homemaking, the homeschooling, and all the other things (including a job ...
06.17.2022 TMBH 31: The myth of “planning from behind” I have a bone to pick with "planning from behind" and this show is where I'm going to do it. Find out why planning from behind isn't actually planning at all, what it REALLY is, why it's valuable (sure it ...

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