Milestones matter and ending the homeschooling year is a big deal… especially this year! We love helping our kids see their victories and finishing a year of academic work is a victory! Mindy & Rachel share reasons for and ideas for celebrating! As usual, you will also hear our Homeschooling Moments of the Week, suggestions on how to make the topic personal, and encouragement. 1:24 Homeschooling Moments of the Week

5:38 Topic Talk

24:10 Make It Personal

25: 45 Encouragement

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Late April finds many of us starting to think about the next academic year! Mindy and Rachel talk about tasks and ideas to help you start prepping for the next homeschooling year. As usual, hear ways to Make it Personal, some Encouragement, and our Homeschooling Moments of the Week!

1:15 Homeschooling Moments of the Week

1:21 Episode 28 Bookend Homeschoolers: Inspiring and Providing Opportunities for Leadership

4:58 Topic Talk

5:50 Ticonderoga pencils

5:58 Episode 6 Bookend Homeschoolers: What to Buy First

11:58 Title Wave Books Revised (can shop through BookShop.org and help this indie bookstore!)

16:54 Episode 25 Bookend Homeschoolers: COVID Homeschooling- To Continue or Not to Continue?

22:51 Make It Personal

26:02 Encouragement

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We are thrilled to have Katie Proctor as our guest for episode 30! Katie is an author of two middle grade books, My Storied Year and Hand in Hand, and is currently homeschooling. Hear some great advice, tips, and insight into teaching reading! As usual, we also bring you Homeschooling Moments of the Week, ways to Make it Personal, and we end with encouragement.

1:29 (Some of) Our Favorite Read Alouds Ep 14 Bookend Homeschoolers

1:46 Sorta Awesome Show

2:05 My Storied Year

2:16 Homeschooling Moments of the Week

2:18 Waffles and Mochi

4:37 Topic Talk: Teaching Writing (from an author and homeschooling mom’s perspective)

8:20 Brave Writer

10:44 Story Cubes

14:15 (See Katie’s draft photo on our site!)

27:27 Hand in Hand

28:00 Make It Personal

29:35 Encouragement

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Mindy and Rachel discuss pros and cons of testing our homeschoolers, a common question and topic. Hear benefits, draw backs, and personal experience from our Far Bookend and our New Bookend! As usual, we start with special homeschooling moments and end with encouragement. We also provide an action for you to take after you listen to make the topic personal!

1:08 Homeschool Moments of the Week

4:49 Topic Talk: Testing

HSLDA: State Requirements

HSLDA: Articles on Testing

26: 38 Make it Personal

27: 43 Encouragement

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We loved discussing a question from Listener Megan! Can we inspire and provide opportunities for leadership with our kids when there are only a few of them at home, or only them? YES! Listen to Mindy & Rachel share tips and reasons on how and why to do this.

1:00 Homeschooling Moments of the Week 3:58 Topic Talk: Leadership

13:22 Bookend Homeschoolers Episode 20

17:42 Currently Reading S2 Episode 24 with Mindy sharing about kids’ book clubs (start at 31:52 if you want to jump straight to that topic)

23:52 Make it Personal

26:00 Encouragement

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We have a special guest this week: Meredith Monday Schwartz from Currently Reading podcast! She discusses the benefits she saw and the tricks that helped while remote schooling. Mindy & Rachel learned some things and loved discussing distance learning with Meredith!

2:00 Homeschooling Moments of the Week

5:30 Topic Talk

32:40 Make It Personal

34:20 Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes

36:00 Encouragement

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Mindy & Rachel bring the real in today's episode.  Talking about expectations, wants, and reality to the conversations with our partners about how homeschooling plays out in our families is super important!  Hear thoughts and suggestions on how to make this  conversation the best and therefore your homeschool the best! As usual, we also share Homeschooling Moments of the Week, give real life actions to make the topic personal, and end with encouragement (or a homeschooling hack!).

2:30 Homeschooling Moments of the Week

3:52 The Nuclear Museum

4:06 The Atomic City Girls

5:06 Topic Talk

20:34 Make It Personal

23:35 Encouragement/Homeschool Hack

Many homeschoolers were pushed into homeschooling due to COVID.  Today, Mindy & Rachel talk about ways to evaluate if they should continue and how friends can help. As always, we also share our Homeschooling Moments of the Week, ways to make the topic personal for our Near Bookends and Far Bookends, and end with encouragement.

1:42 Homeschooling Moments of the Week 

5:52 Topic Talk

25:30 Make it Personal

28:35 Encouragement

Homeschooling often draws unsolicited criticism from friends, family, and strangers. Mindy & Rachel share ways to handle this as a homeschooler and these tips could apply to any other unsolicited criticism. As usual, we also share our Homeschooling Moments of the Week, provide ways to make the topic personal, and end with encouragement!

1:17 Homeschooling Moments of the Week

1:29 Wild Kratts

5:03 Topic Talk

6:29 Episode 1 of Bookend Homeschoolers “Know Your Why”

16:36 Homeschooling Facts

24:10 Make it Personal

25:31 Encouragement

Mindy & Rachel share tips on homeschooling introverts.  Rachel was a homeschooled introvert and brings that experience to the episode!  As usual, come also hear Homeschooling Moments of the Week, ways to make the topic personal, and some encouragement! Homeschooling Moments of the Week 1:40

Topic Talk 5:04 

Make it Personal 29:00

Encouragement 30:22