We’re diving into one of those questions that every homeschooler wrestles with at some point: how much of learning should be fun, and how much should just be… work? In this episode, we tease apart what “fun” even means in the context of education, how it intersects with engagement and rigor, and where we’ve personally struggled with that balance. Expect our usual mix of keeping it real, laughing at ourselves, and challenging some of the assumptions we were raised with. We may not hand out a neat formula for getting it “right,” but we do have a lot to say about what’s possible when joy and perseverance meet in homeschooling.

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Egypt – 2026

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Naples, Italy – 2026

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