make joy normal: Catholics in the new springtime

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Christina and I cover a lot of territory this week.  We start off with what do you do when you find yourself comparing yourself to others women and other families.  Then we focus on how we keep school short and efficient.  We end up in mental health weaving through all that - helping ourselves be resilient and calming anxiety.  

1:34 -The temptation to compare yourself to other families
10:00 - Limiting our use of devices 
14:20 - Planning our day - focusing on what's essential
25:16 - Building relationships with our children during discipline / instruction 
27:15 - The tyranny of the urgent (see PDF)
29:18 - Building resilience in ourselves 
35:16 - Tools for letting go of the things we cannot change 
36:47 - Guiding our children through their anxiety 
 41:48 - Tips for calming our own anxiety

Tyranny of the urgent infographic
pdfs

Building resilience
https://www.bonnielandry.ca/blog-1/building-resilience-cultivating-joy?rq=building%20resilience

Yes brain
https://www.amazon.ca/Yes-Brain-Cultivate-Curiosity-Resilience/dp/039959468X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&

Parenting from the inside out
https://www.amazon.ca/s?k=parenting+from+the+inside+out&crid=3P01WY6R4YQ9K&sprefix=parenting+from+the+inside%2Caps%2C228&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_24

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See part one for resources

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I interview John Paul Meenan, professor at Seat of Wisdom College in Ontario.  From a Catholic perspective, we explore the idea of Grace.  What is grace, responding to grace, how to increase out capacity for grace.  What is the role of grace in our lives, and what does that mean for parents.  He is fluent in St. Thomas, and we benefit as parents from the insight he brings alive.  
 
3:27 -The definition of grace and how to grow in grace
19:41 - Are harder sacrifices more meritorious?
23:50 - Concrete examples for parents how to access grace
34:32 - What if we've messed up? How can we access grace at this point? 
44:12 - Having a plan of life 
48:07 - Grace builds on nature

https://catholicinsight.com

https://www.seatofwisdom.ca

The Diary of a Country Priest

https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/_INDEX.HT

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Welcome to part two of my workshop, Homeschooling with JOY. 

At the beginning of COVID, I made a video workshop that I have free, so that people could be supported through a difficult time.  I uploaded it to YouTube, and it will stay there for time immemorial.  I decided it would be good as an audio option as well, so for the next few  weeks, I’ll be putting the four segments up podcast episodes.  So that you don't have to fish around for them, I'll put all four episodes in the resources page of my website HERE as they go live,  

All resources mentioned in the video are available here:

https://www.bonnielandry.ca/blog-1/resources-for-homeschool-workshop?rq=resources
cover the gamut of philosophy of home education to what we do all day, dealing with littles, developing a high school transcript and how to help yourself be kind.  

If you have listened to this podcast for any length of time, you’ll have a picture of what I’m all about.  This workshop in four segments is a comprehensive look at this life and how we lived and educated.  

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Christina and I dive into  the differences in -  brain and chemistry (and how that plays out) in raising and teaching - boys and girls.  We veer into sensitivity to readiness, and one of the worst things we can say to our kids.

 2:13 - Differences based on research
11:19 - Experience of homeschooling boys and girls
21:19 - Being sensitive to readiness and  how to challenge without frustrating
26:34 - The worst thing we can say to our kids
29:01 - How boys/girls express their emotions
36:26 - Don't take things personally 
37:43 - Relationship oriented parenting makes you a safe place for your child
43:21 - Homeschooling is so much bigger than teaching subjects

https://www.amazon.ca/Why-Gender-Matters-Second-Differences/dp/0451497775/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=why+gender+matters&qid=1626734757&sr=8-1

https://www.amazon.com/Girls-Learn-Differently-Teachers-Parents/dp/0470608250/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Boys+and+Girls+Learn+Differently+by+Michael+Gurian&qid=1626747005&sr=8-1

https://iew.com/shop/products/teaching-boys-other-children-who-would-rather-make-forts-all-day-audio-download

https://www.amazon.com/RipStik-Ripster-Caster-Board-Blue/dp/B073XP9G7B/ref=sr_1_2?crid=J2ZAG1PBF8F9&dchild=1&keywords=rip+stick&qid=1626735107&sprefix=rip+st%2Caps%2C285&sr=8-2

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Dear listeners.  At the beginning of COVID, I made a video workshop that I have free, so that people could be supported through a difficult time.  I uploaded it to YouTube, and it will stay there for time immemorial.  I decided it would be good as an audio option as well, so for the next few  weeks, I’ll be putting the four segments up podcast episodes.  So that you don't have to fish around for them, I'll put all four episodes in the resources page of my website HERE as they go live,  

All resources mentioned in the video are available here:

https://www.bonnielandry.ca/blog-1/resources-for-homeschool-workshop?rq=resources
cover the gamut of philosophy of home education to what we do all day, dealing with littles, developing a high school transcript and how to help yourself be kind.  

If you have listened to this podcast for any length of time, you’ll have a picture of what I’m all about.  This workshop in four segments is a comprehensive look at this life and how we lived and educated.  

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short, sweet and awesome

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I know it's a long title, but I really wanted you to get the picture. 

My guest, Cheri Blomquist is the author of Before Austen Comes Aesop: The Children’s Great Books and How to Experience Them.  We discuss the why of literature, and specifically children's literature.  Cheri explains how we can best use her book and the value in our understanding of reading the beautiful children's classics. 
 
8:25 - Why should we study literature? 
11:36 - Our ability to think through ideas, to think for ourselves 
15:32 - What inspired your own love of literature? 
18:59 - The value of book guides
27:30 - What are your favourite children's book illustrators? 
29:43 - What was your main purpose in writing Before Austen Comes Aesop? 
36:03 - How can families best use your book?

http://www.onceuponapen.studio

Before Austen comes Aesop

https://www.tashatudorandfamily.com

This was the book I couldn’t remember the name of

How to Read a Book

The Taxonomy of Learning 

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My guest co-host, Christina Jaloway,  and myself  wrestle some big questions today. 

Christina Jaloway joins me for the next few episodes as a guest co-host while Elizabeth is preoccupied with other things!  Christina is just starting her homeschool journey and she asks some of the big questions.  We address the question of “when should I begin homeschooling” ~ it’s a great question and leads us down the path of what education really means.  What we end up talking about is kind of the meaning of life, developing a family mission statement, and what are we doing here, exactly.
 
7:58 - Attachment and family life 
14:19 - When should I begin homeschooling and examples of where to begin
23:54 - Ruth Beechick's The Three Rs
28:39 - How do we know who we are as homeschoolers?
31:07 - Importance of a family mission statement
34:45 - Finding common ground with your spouse
37:20 - Relationship as priority
40:53 - When do we start? Waiting for readiness

Socratic discussion for littles

Some resources we discuss today:
https://www.amazon.ca/Attachments-Why-You-Love-Feel/dp/0785297375/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=attachments+why+you+love&qid=1625075021&sr=8-1

https://www.amazon.ca/Parenting-Inside-Out-Self-Understanding-Anniversary/dp/039916510X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=parenting+from+the+inside+out&qid=1625075487&sr=8-1

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1052191/episodes/838857

https://www.amazon.ca/Raising-Secure-Child-Attachment-Resilience/dp/1462527639/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=raising+a+secure+child&qid=1625075630&sr=8-1

https://www.amazon.ca/Then-Comes-Baby-Surviving-Parenthood/dp/1594714118/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=then+comes+baby&qid=1625075671&sr=8-1

https://www.pinterest.ca/onthisrock2/_saved/

https://www.theevangelista.com

https://www.amazon.ca/Rest-Play-Grow-Making-Preschoolers/dp/0995051208/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=rest+play+grow&qid=1625921399&sr=8-1

https://www.amazon.ca/Homeschooling-simplified-alternative-homeschool-curriculum/dp/1493783750/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=dictation+bonnie+landry&qid=1625921453&sr=8-1

https://www.amazon.ca/Three-Ruth-Beechick-June-2006/dp/B00M0DG0BS/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=ruth+beechick&qid=1625921559&sr=8-1

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Such a beautiful interview with Maureen Wittmann.  Co-founder of Homeschool Connections and veteran homeschool mom, Maureen has encountered several learning challenges with her own children.  We spend time just talking about living with and accepting what is about they way our children learn.  Maureen covers dyslexia, autism, speech impediment and “drama-diva-itis.”

Maureen’s gentle spirit and vast experience is comforting, challenging and valuable for all parents about the individual needs all of our children have.  She shares with us ways that she learned to focus on joy, develop patience and how to end on a positive note with our children.  We wrap up with that age old question:  am I enough?

5:25 - How to approach a subject like spelling with a dyslexic/ADHD child 
13:02 - How do you transcend the problem when your child is struggling? 
20:54 - What does teaching look like with autistic children? 
27:01 - Where do you seek out resources? 
29:41 - How can we remain patient when teaching children with special needs?
35:32 - Raising highly dramatic/highly charged children
38:12 - What was the hardest challenge and where did you experience the most growth? 
40:10 - Resources for parents

https://truenorthreading.com/about/

http://maureenwittmann.com

https://homeschoolconnections.com

 https://www.understood.org/articles/en/orton-gillingham-what-you-need-to-know

https://www.secretgardenep.com

https://www.instagram.com/mwittlans/

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