Losing a loved one is hard.  Parenting and homeschooling after a death or after a loss in the family is extremely hard.  Death, sickness, separation, and sadness are all part of this fallen world.  How do we help our children?  How do we "move on"?  How do we nurture and educate our children while mourning?  In this week's episode, Carrie shares some of the lessons she has learned over the years on how to homeschool through grief.  It is a topic we don't really like to talk about, but it is a topic that hits close to home for many moms, especially after the past two years.    Grief doesn't end but it does change.  Homeschooling through grief doesn't stop but it does look different (at least for a while).  Pour yourself your favorite cup of Joe, wrap yourself in your favorite blanket, and join Carrie for this very  different yet important episode. 

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If you haven't found the "perfect" writing curriculum or program that works for your child, then join Carrie for this little coffee break.  This week, Carrie is sharing a past podcast, "Writing Lessons:  You Can Do It!"  Since it is one of the top fifteen Coffee With Carrie Podcast episodes, she is revisiting it again this week.  In this podcast, Carrie shares six ways you can make any writing program better or ways to teach writing without using any writing program at all.  These six components will help you individualize your writing instruction to meet the needs of your child as well as help you save time too!  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and join Carrie for a little coffee break.

To hear more  ideas on how to teach writing, check out episodes #62 and #63:  "Creative Writing Toolbox (Part 1 and 2).  Subscribe to Coffee With Carrie Podcast.  New episodes are dropped every Thursday.

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In this week's episode, learn how to do super simple family devotions while learning lessons from Jesus’ Last Supper.  Take a little coffee break as Carrie explains how to use only your Bible and three simple questions to help children of all ages dig deep into God's Word.  As Carrie explains how to use the 3 Question Method, she also teaches and shares insights from Mark 14: 12-26 that can be applied to our lives today.  It's a timely message on this Maundy Thursday.  There is much we can learn from these 15 verses.  It's a two for one podcast:  biblical teaching on the importance of Holy Thursday and a crash course on how to do simple family devotions!  You don't want to miss this coffee break.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, turn up the volume, invite your kids to listen, and Join Carrie for a special bible study coffee break.

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For some children, the road to reading can be a smooth fast track.  For many, it is a road with a few bumps here and there, and for some, it can be a slow meandering road trip that takes many, many detours along the way.  If you are new to homeschooling or your student struggles, teaching your child to read can feel like an overwhelming or daunting task, but it doesn't have to be.  In this week's episode, Carrie shares three simple components to helping your child get on this road to reading as well as time-tested (and research-based) lesson planning tips, resource recommendations, and engaging activities to use.  This episode is perfect for moms with younger students, late bloomers, and struggling readers.  If you already have a house full of independent readers, listen anyway and come back in a few weeks for how to plan and teach high school literature and composition.  Pour yourself a cup, put your feet up,  and join Carrie for this little coffee break!  Just breathe.....Your child will learn to read. 

Resources mentioned in this episode:
Better Late Than Early by Raymond Moore and Dorothy Moore
The Read-Aloud Family by Sarah Mackenzie
Give Your Child the World: Raising Globally Minded Kids One Book at a Time by Jamie C. Martin
Honey for a Child's Heart Updated and Expanded: The Imaginative Use of Books in Family Life by Gladys Hunt and Mark Hunt
Read Aloud Revival with Sarah Mackenzie

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There are two months left of this school year.  As you move into the homestretch, try to figure out what needs to take priority in order to end this year strong.  This week, Carrie is revisiting one of her favorite episodes, "Home School Hindsight."  Even if you listened to this episode last year at this time, make this week's episode a priority.  It will be the best 15 fifteen minutes of homeschooling advice you will receive.  If you heard it already, it will be the  reminder you need right now!  Pour yourself a cup of coffee.  Leave your guilt, worries, and stress in the other room, and then turn on  "Home School Hindsight."  Carrie shares advice she would have given her younger (and more energetic) self 20 years ago when she started this homeschooling journey.  Whether you are just starting out, in the middle of your homeschooling journey, or almost finished, you need to listen to this week's episode and share it  with your homeschooling friends.  Carrie will put your mind at ease and put things into perspective. 

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Is your yoke "chafing" and causing bruising? Are you so B.U.S.Y. you are distracted and burdened?  If so, there is a good chance you aren't wearing the correct yoke.  In Matthew 11:28-29, Jesus says, “Come to me and I will give you rest—all of you who work so hard beneath a heavy yoke. Wear my yoke—for it fits perfectly—and let me teach you; for I am gentle and humble, and you shall find rest for your souls; for I give you only light burdens”  (NLT).  In this week's episode, Carrie challenges moms to take a look their B.U.S.Y schedules and to determine whose yoke they are wearing.  This week's coffee date is short and sweet.  Carrie hopes you aren't too B.U.S.Y to listen.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, try to put your feet up for a few minutes, and Join Carrie for a little break from your busy schedules.  

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This week's Coffee With Carrie Episode addresses the "S" Word.  
And no!  It isn't about Socialization.  Most homeschool kids do not have problems in the socialization department.  Instead, Carrie addresses  two "S" words that she feels should get way more attention:  Sabbath Schooling and Simple Homeschooling.  How can moms homeschool in a way that brings glory and honor to God while meeting the needs of their children and doing it without losing their minds the process?  This is where the other two "S" words come in to play.  Moms should not just be surviving this homeschooling journey; they should be thriving and creating lasting connections and making joyful memories.  

In this week's coffee break, Carrie talks about resting in the Lord through Sabbath Schooling and gives ideas on how to simplify the homeschooling  process.  Pour yourself a cup of hot coffee, put your feet up, and take a listen while Carrie reads aloud some of her favorite portions of her homeschooling book, Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee):  Homeschool in Step With God.

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For more daily devotions, encouragement and articles on how to homeschool, visit Coffeewithcarrie.org or  go to IG @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.   

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Carrie is so excited to share with you two of her mentors and pillars in the homeschooling community, Carolyn and Martin Forte.  They are the OG of homeschooling in CA.  As homeschool pioneers, they have successfully homeschooled their two daughters and have influenced the direction of the homeschool movement for over 30 years.  
In this conversation, Carolyn, Martin, and Carrie discuss:

• advice for the weary and reluctant homeschoolers
• encouragement for the seasoned homeschool moms
• trends in the homeschooling movement (the good, bad, and the ugly!)
• ways to think outside the box 
• how to educate your own in freedom and for the glory of God  
• and so much more!

Through their involvement with their resource center in Monrovia, CA, their online bookstore, their private satellite program, Excellence in Education, classroom offerings at their Homeschooling Resource Center, their support group and Marty’s extensive involvement with the California statewide homeschool advocacy groups, they have acquired an extensive knowledge base that they share with the homeschool community literally on a daily basis.

You can find them at excellenceineducationhomeschooling.com as well as at their new podcast “Make Education Great Again”, their YouTube channel “Excellence in Education” and their blog “Dr. Homeschool.”  Their specialty areas include out-of-the-box approaches, learning styles, special needs homeschooling, delayed academics, importance of play and my favorite, The Game Curriculum, which they created.  

Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and join me for a little coffee and conversation with the OG's of Homeschooling, Carolyn and Martin Forte.  

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Mama bears, it you haven't already, it is time to wake up and stand up!  Join the Mama Bear Minivan Caravan and become a Mother Trucker with Carrie.  Inspired by the courage and tenacity of the Canadian truck drivers, parents at school board meetings, and the book, Mama Bear Apologetics, Carrie challenges moms to draw a line in the sand.   The question is: Where is your line?  In this week's episode, Carrie shares reasons and research findings to reject mandates, to resist anti-biblical teachings, and to restore your child's education.  This podcast is for all mama bears, whether you homeschool or not (but after listening to this week's episode, you may decide to bring your kids home and keep them home). Pour yourself a cup of extra strong coffee, tell your friends to listen, and take a little coffee break with Carrie.  And if you are listening while driving, don't forget to "HONK" and wave at a truck driver and fellow minivan driver. 

To view articles mentioned in this podcast, visit coffeewithcarrie.org

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For more daily devotions, encouragement and articles on how to homeschool, visit Coffeewithcarrie.org or  go to IG @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.   

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What is one of the hardest things about motherhood and homeschooling?  It is extending (and receiving) undeserved grace.  God calls us to give to others the kind of grace He so graciously gives us.  In this week's episode, Carrie is full of candid confessions and transparent talk about being a homeschooling mom.   She shares several ways to apply 2 Timothy 1:9 to your hearts and homes and how to fill your homeschooling with grace.   Pour yourself a cup of coffee, give yourself some grace, and take a much-needed coffee break with Carrie. 

To purchase Carrie's homeschooling book, Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee):  Homeschool in Step with God), visit Amazon.com. 

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For more daily devotions, encouragement and articles on how to homeschool, visit Coffeewithcarrie.org or  go to IG @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.   

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