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This is my “audio book” version of my little booklet “Chocolate Chip Math.” Teaching math to small children is simple and lovely and here I share this book and a little commentary on the side.  Enjoy!

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Another supplementary episode!

Christina brings more obedience questions from our listeners to the table, and it gets sketchy.  We talk about bedtime: routines, dealing with fear, kids in bed, and, yup, martial intimacy.  It’s not homeschooling, but, hey…you can’t really separate sexuality from the rest of family life. We talk about the historical aspect of bedtime and sleep.  And I personally have concluded that bedtime would have been so much easier before electricity when we all went to bed at the same time…

We also talk about encouraging other adults that you have given your child over to for care.  When we contract out their care to others, for a date night or school or our regular job, what are the considerations?  

To wrap up, we talk about toddlers…oh the glorious, impulse driven toddlers…we cover a few different situations that are typical toddler.

2:57 - My kids always want to sleep in our bed, should I have better boundaries? 
20:31 - Giving directives and being responsive without frustration 
25:35 - Co-sleeping getting in the way of marital intimacy 
29:10 - How do you prepare a child to be obedient with other adults  
41:40 - Dealing with impulse driven four year olds

https://www.bonnielandry.ca/blog-1/bedtime-routine?rq=bedtime

https://cosleeping.nd.edu

https://macnamara.ca/?s=bedtime

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Today I interview Alice, a mom of three, home base in England, who has travelled the world with her husband and family. Along the way she’s learned the value of cozy homeschooling and their daily walk (hike) as the heart of education. They’ve backpacked, RV’d, home-stayed and taken up residence around this globe. Her story is heartwarming and remarkable. She shares  the learning curve, practical tips, lovely insights and thoughts on adapting to our family’s needs along the way. 

2:13 - What motivated you? 
8:20 - Was wanting to travel as a family what led you to homeschooling? 
14:00 - Do you have a home base? 
17:27 - What was one of the most family friendly countries you've visited?
20:17 - What was the hardest age to travel with?
31:06 - Did you find members of your family needing down time?
38:02 - A couple questions for Bonnie on reading aloud and traveling
50:39 - Capturing memories
55:46 - Where is the best place to travel as a family?

Here is the link to the first video the kids did 3 years ago:

https://youtu.be/pfGrOhOjvw4

Here is the link to the channel with all the other little videos they’ve made since:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW3duU4vc0MwDEe3Rj4d9mA

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Christina and I received so many messages and emails about real life discipline situations from our episode last week that we decided we should do  a couple of supplementary episodes just to address those discipline questions.  So here’s the first of those episodes!  

1:25 - Counterwill: how do we deal with the resistance? 
15:45 - How do I deal with bad behaviour without threatening or yelling? 
31:33 - When welcoming a new baby 
32:49 - What's the gentle parenting approach to getting our children to pick up the toys?

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Challenges, community, criticism, conflicting sentiments. 

4:13 - Losing yourself in motherhood 
18:55 - Being clear with ourselves about what we want in life
22:25 - I'm a full-time mom but I prefer to be called a matriarch
24:16 - The transformation that motherhood has on us
30:48 - Does it really get easier the more kids you have? 
43:56 - Taking some time away to remember who we are

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Obedience.  Most of our day as parents is trying to get our kids to do stuff.  Vast amounts of parental energy is used to gain our children’s compliance.  What’s reasonable to ask of our kids? What should we expect?

5:15 - Obedience before the age of reason 
12:22 - Modeling virtue in our submission to the will of God 
16:36 - The need for guidance and formation 
18:02 - Proactive parenting and emotional maturity 
30:53 - Managing our expectations 
32:38 - What if my child won't obey?
37:46 - Responding to aggression
39:35 - Corporal punishment and fear driven compliance 
41:04 - Having conversations and importance of formation

Get off your butt parenting

What makes a child easy to parent?  Gordon Neufeld

Hippie Housewife, the rod verses

securing cooperation without sacrificing kindness (blog post)

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This week we chat about the socialization question of homeschooling, often the forefront issue on parents minds as they consider homeschooling.  Our own experience shapes our ideas about what socializing is.  We examine that idea, as well as some thoughts on how to create community and social opportunities.  

2:32 - How have you brought friends to your kids' lives and with what activities? 
7:50 - Ideas for building community 
13:20 - Pray about it  
26:34 - Have your kids ever complained about losing opportunities? 
33:07 - Did you find it difficult to find other moms that you click with?

Posts about community

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Hey!  I read my little book "Dictation" with some commentary along the way.  Here is the link to resources I recommend, just scroll down to the language/dictation segment.  

https://www.bonnielandry.ca/blog-1/resources-for-homeschool-workshop?rq=resources

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For resources, see part one

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