Get prepared for an emergency with this practical episode on emergency preparedness.

Here’s the link for the solar/crank radio/light:

Emergency Radio/Light

Here is the Etsy shop with advent printable:

https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/OnceUponATreebyMK2?ref=l2-about-shopname

Here’s the Amazon link to Anne’s book:

https://a.co/d/eIiXqXJ

Here’s the link to the simple family advent study Anne mentioned:

https://www.gatherandgrow.co/advent-family-bible-study/

An interview with author Laurie Vandenhurk, a Canadian who moved to Tanzania to serve the people there while homeschooling her children. Laurie has authored a series of books for children which tells the stories of her own children experiencing village life in Tanzania. Laurie has chosen to publish her stories with Admiration Books, a division of Canadian-A Educational Resources

To see Rowan and Kimberly in person at the OCEC conference click here: https://www.ochec.org/convention/

For the Renewed Mama Podcast and Speak Life Badges, click here:Kimberly's website

To get Rowan’s book, click here: https://www.canadian-a.com/books-for-parents

Rowan interviews the Executive Director of Alberta Home Education Association (AHEA) to learn about homeschooling in Alberta.

https://www.aheaonline.com/

Here’s a link to the episode “Certified or Qualified?”

https://www.canadahomeschools.com/episodes/s2e20

Unschooling can also be called self-directed learning, a topic which we explore in depth in this interview.

Stephanie is an alternative education consultant. Find out more here: https://www.stephaniesewell.ca/

Today Rowan interviews Christine Dittman, who owns a Lego re-sale business and keeps busy homeschooling her ten children. Christine shares how she juggles her business and homeschooling, and also shares tips for homeschooling with a large family such as minimizing stuff in your house and other efficiencies.

In the intro, we mentioned upcoming homeschool events. Here are some links for the resources mentioned:

https://ochec.org/convention-2021/

www.schil.ca

Canadian Homeschool Symposium

Conference Hacks Free Printable

In this episode Rowan explores the concept of testing in home education. What is the purpose of this form of assessment and do homeschoolers need to do it?

Scroll down for the episode on the Research about homeschoolers in Canada. Here’s the podcast interview with Louise House in which we discuss getting kids tested for their special needs, among other things:

This episode is a delightful chat with Stephanie Sewell, an independent education coach and homeschooling mom. We discuss the importance of connection, and she shares how she fostered connections in her choir and homeschool mentoring groups during the pandemic.

Stephanie Sewell

Independent Education Coach and Consultant

You can find Stephanie at https://www.stephaniesewell.ca/

In this episode, Rowan talks about the factors to consider when choosing post-secondary options, and how to prepare a transcript. She goes over a selection of post-secondary institutions across Canada and describes their admissions requirements for homeschoolers. Rowan also gives some tips on how to get a high school diploma or use transferring from one institution to another as a way to get into your post-secondary education of choice.

A gap year is one way to help finance post-secondary education. Here’s a link to our episode on Gap Years:

s2e33 Gap Year After High School

Two other episodes that will be very helpful to you, especially if your child is just starting to homeschool high school, are: Planning your High School Credits and that page has a free printable to help you plan high school credits and keep track of volunteer hours and more, and also s2e15 The Dreaded Guidance Appointment.

A helpful website which contains articles for Canadian homeschoolers is: https://universityadmissions.ca/information-for-homeschoolers/

In the podcast, Rowan mentions a book called “The Homescholar Guide to Collage Admissions and Scholarships” by Lee Binz. Here is our affiliate link for that book. If you choose to use the link we may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. It helps pay for the free content we offer here on the podcast :)