Joyfully Homeschooling

Homeschooling is an adventure and our relationship with our kid's trump academics. Come and chat with me and Penny Rogers where we talk all about crazy homeschool adventures and homeschooling teens. I have known Penny for a few years and love her spirit and joy. I was excited to chat with her and know it will encourage you all on your homeschooling journey.

Are you a type A momma? Me too! But, one thing I have had to learn is how to let go of control and embrace the imperfections that come along with joyfully homeschooling.  If this is you then you will enjoy today’s Joyfully Homeschooling episode with my good friend Lara from Everyday Graces.

Homeschool regret is one thing that I believe heavily weighs us down as homeschool moms. And that is why I believe it is SO important to share our regrets. By sharing them we are acknowledging things we’d change. We are recognizing our imperfections. We are sharing our lessons with other moms. And in doing this we can learn from one another. I am sharing that regret as well as what I would do differently if I had the chance in this episode.

Today's episode is with Charlene Notgrass, a veteran homeschooling mother and director of curriculum development at Notgrass History.

This interview is so full of valuable wisdom. I don't even know where to start. I love how she shares here that one of her biggest fears was ruining her kids, followed by the realization that she is giving her kids the gift of homeschooling. In this episode, Charlene shares her family philosophy and true homeschool goals and objectives that we can ALL follow.

In this weeks episode, I am chatting with Cindy West of Our Journey Westward.

We chat about confidence in homeschooling, gifted kids, special needs, and so much more. Cindy is so full of wisdom and after 18 years of homeschooling, we can all learn a lot from her. So, without further ado, here is my interview with Cindy.

Today’s episode is all about homeschool burnout. Yep, tis the season for us to start feeling like poo, the days drag on and we start questioning why we are even doing this whole homeschool gig. Molly writes, How do you get over burnout? In school and motherhood? And ladies, I have been in a season of burn out. A couple of times. It is not a pretty place to be. Today we are going to chat about how to recognize and prevent homeschool burnout, how to overcome it, and the lessons we can learn from it.

In today’s episode, we chat about Yvette’s upcoming production: Schoolhouse Rocked, but she also lets us in on some of her homeschool struggles and fears. Yvette struggled early on with feeling inadequate to homeschool, but through the years she has decided to embrace the idea of slowing it down and taking it easy. I can’t wait to share this episode with you all, so let’s dive on into my chat with Yvette!

This is a bonus episode of the Joyfully Homeschooling podcast. A few weeks ago I sent out a survey asking what your biggest homeschool fears, struggles, and questions are. The response was overwhelming and I am realizing there are many of you who are still letting fear zap your joy. God gave your children to YOU and equipped to provide them with everything they need to be successful adults.

I chose a few homeschool questions for this episode that some of you asked specifically for me. So, here we go!

Hello everyone and welcome to episode 39 of the Joyfully Homeschooling podcast. I am so excited to share with you today my interview with Vicki Tillman. Today we are chatting high school, homeschool groups, and how to train our children into adulthood without sacrificing our relationship with them. I know this episode is going to be an encouragement to you.

Hello everyone and welcome to a brand new year and a brand new season of the Joyfully Homeschooling podcast!! Season 3 kicks off today and I am so excited to start it off talking about how to overcome the homeschool comparison trap. I think starting the year and season off with this one is perfect because it makes a fantastic New Years Resolution!

In this episode, I share a day that changed my homeschool. A day when I realized that the comparison trap was alive and well in the Bailey home.