Everyday Educator

Are the doldrums of January getting you down? Jazz up January by instituting a "January Term" in your homeschool! Listen in this week as Lisa and guest Amy Jones talk about the refreshment that comes when you take a week or two to learn something new together. Full of super-practical suggestions, this episode is one of my favorites because it reminds us to be real about our struggles and to enjoy the journey we're on.

Could it really be THAT easy? Is the key to success…small habits? Listen in this week as veteran homeschoolers Lisa Bailey and Kelli Wilt ponder the power of routine to activate productivity and achieve success. What small habits can you begin now that will strengthen your family and position you all for a more peaceful life?

As we all prepare for the new semester, it is natural to look back on the fall and determine: What didn't go so well? What should I change? How can we "do better"? These frank questions have value, but only alongside another assessment: What went WELL? How did we grow in non-academic ways? Listen as guest Brittany Lewis shares some wonderful insights and encouragements!

The holidays—thrilling, frantic, moving, and full—have come and gone…and maybe they've left you strangely unmotivated to begin the school routine again. What's up with that, and how do we all keep going? Listen in as Lisa and guest Jennifer Courtney acknowledge the January blahs AND offer insights to ease you into and through the transition back to your "real life"!

The final installment of the Simplify Advent series shares some easy ways to serve as a family; listen in as Jamie Hays and Lisa reminisce about serving opportunities when they were children and as they give some inspired suggestions for serving as a family now. How can your family bless others this Christmas?

Looking for some fresh ideas for celebrating in simply ways this Advent season? Amy Jones and Lisa discuss how to explore together as a family, chasing your child's curiosity and finding deeper meaning in the Christmas story. You'll gain some good ideas for family fun, and hear some personal memories from the Jones and Bailey families!

This week's Simplify Advent podcast centers around reading together. Listen as veteran homeschool dad and ardent reader Tim Knotts shares some great ideas for Advent family reading. Tim and Lisa offer some great hows and whys of family reading, as well as some specific ideas on the what!

Families searching for ways to celebrate Advent without becoming crazy or crazy busy: Everyday Educator has some suggestions! Listen each Tuesday for ideas on using the Scribblers verbs of Pray, Play, Read, Explore, and Serve as encouragements to celebrate simply and celebrate together. This episode features Kelli Wilt and Lisa sharing ideas on Playing Together as we celebrate the birth of Jesus.

Looking for some ways to simplify your Christmas celebrations this year? Listen every Tuesday in December to Everyday Educator's Simplify Advent podcasts; we'll be discussing ways to deepen our celebration of Jesus's birth as families. You'll hear some great ideas and enjoy some sweet fellowship and encouragement. This week is about how praying together can lead us to profound celebration of God's greatest gift.

What's Thanksgiving about for your family? How to you celebrate? WHAT do you celebrate? This episode of The Everyday Educator might give you some new ideas… Listen with the whole family, as you travel or as you prepare the feast and maybe give thanks in a new way this year.