Read-Aloud Revival ®

By Sarah Mackenzie

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Sarah Mackenzie helps your family fall in love with books, and helps *you* fall in love with homeschooling.

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RAR #233: Audrey is Back, a...

09.28.2023

Order While Everyone is Sleeping from Waxwing Books. By far the most popular episode we’ve ever done here on Read Aloud Revival is the episode with my oldest daughter, Audrey, when we looked back together on homeschooling from her vantage ...

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09.28.2023 RAR #233: Audrey is Back, and She’s Answering Your Questions! Order While Everyone is Sleeping from Waxwing Books. By far the most popular episode we’ve ever done here on Read Aloud Revival is the episode with my oldest daughter, Audrey, when we looked back together on homeschooling from her vantage ...
09.14.2023 RAR #232: How to Know If You’re Doing Enough Order While Everyone is Sleeping from Waxwing Books. There is one question that plagues us, that we all ask, and that we ask all the time: Am I doing enough? When we constantly ask ourselves if we’re doing enough in ...
08.31.2023 RAR #231: Homeschooling with Babies and Toddlers Order While Everyone is Sleeping from Waxwing Books. Today, I’m sharing another session from the Great Homeschool Conventions in 2023 all about homeschooling with babies and toddlers. If you are homeschooling with babies and toddlers underfoot, this one's for you. ...
08.17.2023 RAR #230: Helping Your Differently Wired Kids Fall in Love with Reading Order While Everyone is Sleeping from Waxwing Books. Are you struggling with how to tackle reading in your homeschool? Maybe you have a child who’s a later reader or is having a tough time connecting with reading. Or maybe you ...
08.09.2023 2023-2024 Academic Year Premium Preview Order While Everyone is Sleeping from Waxwing Books. Watch the RAR Premium Preview on video (so you can see everything we show you on screen) Get RAR Premium Learn more about the Circle with Sarah Retreat
08.03.2023 RAR #229: How a 25¢ Spiral Notebook Can Change Your Homeschool Order While Everyone is Sleeping from Waxwing Books. During my hardest year of homeschooling, I had a 12, 10, 8, and 1 year old, and twin newborns. Life was… a little chaotic. One week, a friend of mine who had ...
07.20.2023 RAR #228: Reading for Fun is More Important Than You Think Order While Everyone is Sleeping from Waxwing Books. Imagine that your child is grown up, and his or her reading life looks a lot like yours does right now. How do you feel about that? Is your reading life something ...
07.06.2023 RAR Best Of: Penderwicks Fans Rejoice! Order While Everyone is Sleeping from Waxwing Books. Today, in this Best Of Read Aloud Revival episode, we’re revisiting a conversation about a series I absolutely adore: The Penderwicks, by Jeanne Birdsall. The Penderwicks follows the escapades of four spirited ...
06.22.2023 Hey Sarah! When (and how) do I…teach writing, take my kids to the library, require a teen to read? Order While Everyone is Sleeping from Waxwing Books. In this episode, I’m answering more of your questions. You’ve sent in some fabulous messages and I’m going to tackle them rapid-fire for you and answer as many as possible today. Today ...
06.08.2023 Anxious About Rest: How to Let Go of Summer Break Pressure Order While Everyone is Sleeping from Waxwing Books. Full show notes can be found here: You Don't Need to Make the Most of Your Summer Get RAR Premium HERE>>
05.25.2023 RAR #226: Hey Sarah! Late-Night Readers, Not Assigning Books and is it OK to Read SO MANY Books? Order While Everyone is Sleeping from Waxwing Books. In today’s episode, I’m answering your questions! Listeners have sent in some fabulous questions for me, and I’m going to attempt to tackle them rapid-fire, including about where I get my favorite ...
05.11.2023 RAR Best Of: 5 MORE Homeschool Mistakes I’ve Made (they just keep comin’) Order While Everyone is Sleeping from Waxwing Books. Two weeks ago I shared the first 5 of 10 mistakes I’ve made in my homeschool -- believe me, I’ve made many, many more than that! But I’m highlighting 10 that stick ...
04.27.2023 RAR Best Of: 5 Homeschooling Mistakes I've Made (so you can avoid them) Order While Everyone is Sleeping from Waxwing Books. I’ve been homeschooling for a long time, and just like every other homeschooling mom I know, I’ve made a ton of mistakes. When I was new to homeschooling, I craved the insight ...
04.13.2023 RAR #225: It's Just Data (What your data is REALLY telling you about your homeschool) Order While Everyone is Sleeping from Waxwing Books. Why do we make things mean more than they actually mean? We all do it. We realize a kid doesn’t know how to tie their shoes at age 12, and we tell ...
03.30.2023 RAR #224: Cozy Couch Nature Study Order While Everyone is Sleeping from Waxwing Books. Today, I’m sharing a conversation with my friend and colleague, Cindy West. Cindy teaches at No Sweat Nature Study, a homeschool nature study program that takes the guesswork out of nature study ...
03.17.2023 (Fixed!) Bonus: Join us for an E.B. White Spring I have a theory that if I were to ask a hundred of today’s children’s book authors and illustrators to name a book that had a profound impact on them, I bet an unusually large number of those authors and ...
03.02.2023 RAR #223: The Books That Won (And a Few That Should Have) Order While Everyone is Sleeping from Waxwing Books. Every year, the Read-Aloud Revival team watches the American Library Association’s Youth Media Awards together. This is the award show where the medals that are considered the most prestigious in children’s publishing ...
02.16.2023 RAR #222: Read Books, Go Outside: Simple Science for Homeschooling Families Nature study can be an intimidating subject that carries a lot of expectations in the homeschooling world. It’s something we want to do, but it can get pushed to the side because we don’t always have the energy to tramp ...
02.02.2023 RAR #221: What to Do When your Child Doesn’t Finish Books…and Other Questions You’re Asking Today, I’m answering listeners’ questions about their kids’ reading habits, from bouncing from book to book to getting stuck in a genre rut, and more.
01.26.2023 Bonus: Spring Preview - What We're Reading Next Find out what we're reading next, and get the skinny on why we've chosen the books we did.
01.19.2023 RAR #220: Essentialism for Homeschoolers I’ve invited Kortney Garrison and Kara Anderson from the RAR team to chat with me about a favorite book when it comes to essentializing. We've been talking and thinking about the book Essentialism by Greg McKeown a lot here at ...
01.05.2023 RAR #219: Yes, You Should Read Laura Ingalls Wilder’s The Long Winter Today, we’re talking about what makes The Long Winter so gripping and so beloved, as well as how we handle problematic texts with our kids and why I believe that scenes and language we may find troubling aren’t reasons to ...
12.27.2022 Bonus: Let's Fall in Love with our Homeschooling Lives This year, let's fall in love with our ordinary, bookish, homeschooling lives.
12.01.2022 RAR #218: Jolabokaflod: How to Have a Christmas Book Flood During Jolabokaflod, you gift members of your family with new books, and everyone drinks hot cocoa and spends all of Christmas Eve reading.
11.10.2022 RAR #217: It’s Time to Put Some Pinecones Back Each new year, we think through all the homeschool curriculum we might want or need, and we pack it all in. It's time to put some of it back.
10.27.2022 RAR #216: How to Teach from Rest The principles of Teaching from Rest apply no matter how old your kids are. The obstacles and challenges change, but the core stays the same.
10.17.2022 Christmas School 2022 The 2022 Christmas School is open-and-go and offers fantastic lessons for students age PreK-High School. Join us!
10.13.2022 RAR #215: Whimsy and the Power of Childhood Reading Chances are, you know of the picture book sensation, Bear Snores On. Today, I want you to meet the woman who wrote it, Karma Wilson.
09.29.2022 RAR #214: Am I Doing Enough? If you’re asking yourself the question, “Am I doing enough in my homeschool?” You are not alone. And today, we’re going to talk about it.
09.15.2022 RAR #213: Sweep: A Story You Don’t Want to Miss Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster is one of my favorites. Today I'll introduce you to the book and the author, Jonathan Auxier.
09.01.2022 RAR #212: The 10 Best Questions We Ever Got, Andrew Pudewa & Sarah Mackenzie Andrew Pudewa and Sarah Mackenzie talk about homeschooling high school, making sense of methods, the point of poetry memorization, and more.
08.18.2022 RAR #211: How We Made A Little More Beautiful: The Story of a Garden Last time, I told you about the inspiration for Waxwing Books. Today, I’ll take you on the rest of the adventure of producing our first book.
08.10.2022 Pre-orders are Open! It's finally time! Announcing Waxwing Books' first picture book, A Little More Beautiful, available to order now!
08.04.2022 RAR#210: Introducing Waxwing Books: Our Brand New Publishing House Yep, we started a publishing house! Introducing Waxwing Books, a brand new boutique children's publishing house from Read-Aloud Revival ®.
07.26.2022 RAR #00: Welcome to the Read-Aloud Revival Reading aloud is a parenting power move—the best tool for helping our kids academically succeed, and helping our families grow closer.
07.21.2022 RAR Special Edition Revisited: Robert McCloskey Makes Way Meet the man behind Make Way for Ducklings in this special edition podcast. You'll hear from some who knew Robert McCloskey best.
07.19.2022 What’s coming next? Ready for your kids to fall in love with books while YOU fall in love with homeschooling? Here's what's happening in RAR Premium next.
07.07.2022 RAR Special Edition Revisited: The Woman Who Gave us Miss Rumphius She won two Caldecott Awards, illustrated 100+ books, raised four children, and lived life with zeal. If you see one of her books, read it!
06.23.2022 RAR#209: What Worked? What Didn’t? Looking Back on Homeschooling with my 20-Year-Old Daughter Sarah and her oldest child look back on homeschooling. What worked? What didn't? And was Audrey 'prepared' for college?
06.02.2022 RAR #208: Which Direction Should You Go? Determining Your Summer Compass When it comes to homeschooling, a compass is more useful than a map. We'll show you how to set your compass to head in the right direction.
05.26.2022 RAR #207: How to Fall Back in Love with Reading this Summer Reading for pleasure can feel like a splurge we can only justify if we're sure it's improving us. Here's how to fall back in love with books.
05.19.2022 RAR#206: A Simple, Low-Pressure Approach to Teach Shakespeare Want to teach Shakespeare in your homeschool, but feel overwhelmed? We're showing you a simple, low-pressure approach in this episode!
05.12.2022 RAR #205: Help! My Child Doesn’t Like Reading Do you have a child who doesn't like reading? 1) No need to panic, and 2) Here are some simple ideas for how you can help them fall in love with books.
05.05.2022 RAR #204: How Do You Organize Books in Your Home Library? Wondering how to organize ALL those books you have a home? Look no further - today, we're chatting home library organization.
04.28.2022 RAR #203: What Do Your Kids Read for Fun in High School? Need some ideas to get or keep your kids reading for fun in high school? This episode is packed with suggestions.
04.21.2022 RAR #202: For Kids Who Don’t Like Sad Stories Do you or your kids struggle with sad stories? I have a little something for you (and for them!) that might just help.
03.08.2022 RAR #201: The Surprising Value of Reading Fewer Books Feeling overwhelmed by a long book list? Today I'm sharing how reading fewer books (yup!) can help our kids love books more.
03.02.2022 RAR #200: Name What Matters in Your Homeschool This Spring How do you decide what to focus on this spring? The RAR Team shares a way to name what matters most, and 3 steps to make it happen.
02.23.2022 RAR # 199: The Books that Won, and Few That Should Have (2022 Youth Media Awards) Looking for some winning books? In this episode, the team chats 2022 ALA Youth Media Award books, plus books they wish had won.
02.16.2022 RAR #198: Which Curriculum Should I Use? (and other questions with life-changing answers) It’s the question I get asked most often, and I'm answering it on today's episode of the Read-Aloud Revival.

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Read-Aloud Revival ® episodes:

RAR #233: Audrey is Back, and She’s Answering Your Questions!

RAR #232: How to Know If You’re Doing Enough

RAR #231: Homeschooling with Babies and Toddlers

RAR #230: Helping Your Differently Wired Kids Fall in Love with Reading

2023-2024 Academic Year Premium Preview

RAR #229: How a 25¢ Spiral Notebook Can Change Your Homeschool

RAR #228: Reading for Fun is More Important Than You Think

RAR Best Of: Penderwicks Fans Rejoice!

Hey Sarah! When (and how) do I…teach writing, take my kids to the library, require a teen to read?

Anxious About Rest: How to Let Go of Summer Break Pressure

RAR #226: Hey Sarah! Late-Night Readers, Not Assigning Books and is it OK to Read SO MANY Books?

RAR Best Of: 5 MORE Homeschool Mistakes I’ve Made (they just keep comin’)

RAR Best Of: 5 Homeschooling Mistakes I've Made (so you can avoid them)

RAR #225: It's Just Data (What your data is REALLY telling you about your homeschool)

RAR #224: Cozy Couch Nature Study

(Fixed!) Bonus: Join us for an E.B. White Spring

RAR #223: The Books That Won (And a Few That Should Have)

RAR #222: Read Books, Go Outside: Simple Science for Homeschooling Families

RAR #221: What to Do When your Child Doesn’t Finish Books…and Other Questions You’re Asking

Bonus: Spring Preview - What We're Reading Next

RAR #220: Essentialism for Homeschoolers

RAR #219: Yes, You Should Read Laura Ingalls Wilder’s The Long Winter

Bonus: Let's Fall in Love with our Homeschooling Lives

RAR #218: Jolabokaflod: How to Have a Christmas Book Flood

RAR #217: It’s Time to Put Some Pinecones Back

RAR #216: How to Teach from Rest

Christmas School 2022

RAR #215: Whimsy and the Power of Childhood Reading

RAR #214: Am I Doing Enough?

RAR #213: Sweep: A Story You Don’t Want to Miss

RAR #212: The 10 Best Questions We Ever Got, Andrew Pudewa & Sarah Mackenzie

RAR #211: How We Made A Little More Beautiful: The Story of a Garden

Pre-orders are Open!

RAR#210: Introducing Waxwing Books: Our Brand New Publishing House

RAR #00: Welcome to the Read-Aloud Revival

RAR Special Edition Revisited: Robert McCloskey Makes Way

What’s coming next?

RAR Special Edition Revisited: The Woman Who Gave us Miss Rumphius

RAR#209: What Worked? What Didn’t? Looking Back on Homeschooling with my 20-Year-Old Daughter

RAR #208: Which Direction Should You Go? Determining Your Summer Compass

RAR #207: How to Fall Back in Love with Reading this Summer

RAR#206: A Simple, Low-Pressure Approach to Teach Shakespeare

RAR #205: Help! My Child Doesn’t Like Reading

RAR #204: How Do You Organize Books in Your Home Library?

RAR #203: What Do Your Kids Read for Fun in High School?

RAR #202: For Kids Who Don’t Like Sad Stories

RAR #201: The Surprising Value of Reading Fewer Books

RAR #200: Name What Matters in Your Homeschool This Spring

RAR # 199: The Books that Won, and Few That Should Have (2022 Youth Media Awards)

RAR #198: Which Curriculum Should I Use? (and other questions with life-changing answers)

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