Be inspired to home educate (or to keep homeschooling) your child!  If you need even more reasons to home educate or you need a confidence that you are teaching your children well, then listen to this week's conversation with Jennifer Pepito.  Jennifer Pepito is the best selling author of Mothering by the Book, Habits for a Sacred Home, and soon-to-be- released book, The Inspired Homeschool.  Jennifer is also the founder of The Peaceful Press, a homeschool curriculum provider and a homeschool mom of seven!  Join Carrie and Jennifer for a little coffee and conversation that will inspire and encourage you on this homeschool journey.

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Listen to Jennifer's Podcast, Restoration Home or join her Restoration Home Community.

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You CAN teach your child to read without being a reading specialist or having a teaching credential.  For most children, learning to read is a natural and relatively easy process.  Homeschool moms do not need to overcomplicate the process or feel inadequate or underqualified.  In this week's coffee break, Carrie talks with Melanie Jeffery, the host of the top 3% globally ranked podcast, Phonics Rules for Kids, about how to simply (and inexpensively) teach your K-3rd grade child how to read.  This episode is full of practical strategies and research-based advice to help your child become a reader.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and join Melanie and Carrie for a little coffee and conversation about being your child's best and favorite reading teacher.  

Make sure you listen to previous episode about helping your struggling speller.

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"Help! My child is an awful speller?  Why and what can I do?"  Even good readers can be bad spellers.  There's a scientific reason for this.  If you have a child or teen who reads well, has a great vocabulary, but misspells just about everything, then make sure you listen to this episode.  If your child struggles with spelling and/or has dysgraphia or dyslexia, then you will love the suggestions in this week's episode.  Carrie shares why learning to spell is harder than learning to read as well tips, tricks, and curricula recommendations to help your bad spellers become better spellers.  You might want a notebook and pen for this episode.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and join Carrie for this week's little coffee break.

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C.S. Lewis once said, "We read to know that we are not alone”.  Let's spend the year reading with the most reluctant convert and one of the world's most beloved authors and theologians.  In this episode, Carrie shares the year-long unit study she did with her family on the life and works of C.S. Lewis.  The first part of the unit study is perfect for the whole family- from 1st graders to high schoolers.  The second part of the literature study is perfect for older students and teens.  Carrie shares conversation starters, writing activities, research topics, projects, and even "Inkling" Tea Talks you can use as you read the works of C.S. Lewis.  Pour yourself a cup of hot tea, put your feet up, and join Carrie for a little coffee and conversation about C.S. Lewis and reading.

Books Mentioned in this Episode:

• The Chronicles of Naria
• Mere Christianity
• The Screwtape Letters
• The Great Divorce
• The Abolition of Man 
• The Four Loves
• A Year with Aslan: Daily Reflections from The Chronicles of Narnia 
• C. S. Lewis' Little Book of Wisdom: Meditations on Faith, Life, Love, and Literature 
• Finding Narnia: The Story of C. S. Lewis and His Brother by Caroline McAlister 
• C.S. Lewis: The Writer Who Found Joy (part of the Here I Am! biography series) by Dan DeWitt
• C.S. Lewis: Master Storyteller Part of: Christian Heroes: Then & Now
• All My Road Before Me: The Diary of C. S. Lewis, 1922-1927 by C. S. Lewis
• Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life by C. S. Lewis
• A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-1918 by Joseph Loconte 
• The Most Reluctant Convert: C. S. Lewis's Journey to Faith 

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How many times do you hear in a day “Mom, I need your help"?  How many times do you say to yourself,  “I need him to do more on his own without my help or without me directing every step of the way.”  In this week's episode, Carrie is addressing a question she gets all the time:  “How can I get my kid to be more independent?”  Carrie shares simple strategies to help your children and teens to become critical thinkers, independent learners, and self-motivated individuals.  It's never too early to start and it's never too late to try.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up and join Carrie for a little coffee and conversation about critical thinking and self-directed learning.

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Anyone and everyone can homeschool their children, but sometimes, not everyone should homeschool.  The day you became a parent, you became your child's most important teacher so, yes, you can teach your child.  However, there may be life circumstances or challenging seasons that can make home education difficult.  And that is ok!  Saying no to homeschooling for one season doesn't mean it will be a hard "No" forever.  For different reasons, sometimes it is best to pause homeschooling for a more traditional approach.  And that is ok too!  If you are contemplating putting your child back into the public or private school setting, then make sure you listen to this week's conversation with homeschool mom and Humble Heart Press Owner, Jamie Phipps.  Carrie and Jamie candidly talk about how to wisely make this decision and how to move forward without guilt.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and join Jamie and Carrie for a little coffee and conversation about hard educational decisions.  

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Connect with Jamie on Instagram @humbleheartpress.

Join Carrie and Jamie at the Northern California Homeschool Convention (NCHC) June 12th-13th.  Both Jamie and Carrie would love to meet you and answer any of your hard educational decision questions.  Register at https://thenchc.us/ 

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Are you interested in the idea of nature studies but aren't quite sure what they are or how to get started?  In this week's episode, Carrie encourages you to dip your feet into the relaxing waters of nature studies. There is no better way to explore and appreciate God’s handiwork than by doing nature studies and there is no better time to try out nature studies than during the summertime.  In this coffee break, Carrie shares simple ideas on how to get started with nature studies this summer and practical tips on how to create nature journals and organize your time and supplies simply and inexpensively.  Put your beach hat on, dig your feet into the sand, pour yourself a cup of iced coffee, and take a little beach coffee break with Carrie.

For links, books, and activities mentioned in this week's podcast, go to Coffee With Carrie Website and check out "Summer Time Nature Studies" blog article.  

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Don't stress about creating report cards or transcripts!  You may not even need them.  If your state requires them, if your student athlete needs them, if the college admission board requests them,  or if you have no idea if you even want them, then make sure you listen to this week's episode.  Keeping record of your child's learning, recording your child's progress,  and creating a report card or transcript can be a very simple and easy process.  Let Carrie walk you through the process.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, get your notebook, put your feet up, and take a little coffee break with Carrie this week.

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Carrie is celebrating another year around the sun and another year of motherhood.  As a fun way to celebrate Mother's Day and her Birthday (which happens to fall on the same day this year), Carrie is sitting down with one of her favorite people- her daughter, Francesca!  Carrie and Francesca love to go on coffee dates and talk about life, work, books, cooking, movies, and the family T.  In this week's coffee date, Francesca "interviews" Carrie just about everything from motherhood and homeschooling to her pet peeves and favorites to how she really feels about turning 58 and everything else in between.   This conversation is sprinkled with humor, candid confessions and their speciality, a little bit of sarcasm too.  Put your feet up, pour yourself a cup of coffee, eat a little birthday cake for Carrie, and join Carrie and her daughter for a little coffee and conversation.

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Carrie and Rachel answer all of your high school questions and calm your fears!  Rachel shares insights from her new book, Their Future Is Shining Bright: A Guide to Homeschooling in High School—and Equipping Your Child for Success and Fulfillment in Adulthood  and Carrie gives advice from her book, Homeschool High School:  A Handbook for Christian Education.  Both Carrie and Rachel have homeschool graduates and over 25+ years of home education experience between the two of them.  In this week's episode, they answer listener questions that were sent in about homeschooling the high school years and how to enjoy these precious teenage years. Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and join Rachel and Carrie for a little coffee and conversation about high school.

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