Does our homeschooling change from the 1st to the 7th kid? Let’s see! Rachel interviewed Mindy for today’s episode to hear what, why, and how her homeschooling looks like from year one to year twenty-three. We start off with some sickness and Olympics centered HSMotW and have a few funny stories for you also.

1:44 Homeschooling Moment of the Week: Mindy (kids caring for Jubilee and Paul with COVID well while she was gone)

2:39 S2E Homeschooling in the Kitchen

2:42 S1E28 Inspiring Kids to be Leaders

3:04 HSMotQ: Rachel (Robby Burns Olympic snow boarder from Mt. Shasta!)

6:97 Topic Talk: Mindy’s 1st vs 7th Homeschooling Edition Interview

6:34 Something you felt was a hill to die on and now don’t?

8:40 What do you wish you had done better as a Near Bookend?

10:04 S1E11 Car Schooling

11:35 Any materials you still use 23 years later?

11:40 Ticonderoga pencils

11:55 Trudy Palmer products (out of print)

16:13 How has Paul’s role changed from the 1st vs 7th?

16:35 Bonus Episode 2 How We Arrived at Homeschooling

22:24 Any yellow school bus day dreams?

26:42 Noah wanting a school themed birthday party

28:00 How has your homeschooling philosophy changed?

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