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Join Farrar and Jill as they discuss community colleges as a viable path for homeschoolers. Many homeschoolers decide to utilize the local community college for dual enrollment and increasingly more homeschool graduates are deciding to take the community college path after graduation. Is community college right for your family? Listen to our latest podcast to hear our thoughts and experiences. 

 

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Soundtrack: Decca HarperPost production: Decca Harper

Join Farrar and Jill as they discuss Simplify's new curriculum offering for high schoolers - Global Perspective Studies. GPS...

is secular

is challenging

features diverse authors

has a wide variety of writing assignments

is adaptable to lots of profiles of students

Listen as Farrar and Jill discuss GPS and why they are so excited about it. If you are homeschooling a teen, you will not want to miss our newest episode. 

Want more info on GPS? Interested in seeing samples? If so learn more at https://simplify4you.com/2019/gps/.

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Soundtrack: Decca HarperPost production: Tru Harper

Join Jill and Farrar as they disucss the college admissions scandal that has been in the news of late. Also discussed is whether homeschoolers have their own advantage in college admissions and how competitive college admissions is today. 

Looking for support during the high school years? If so visit us at Simplify4You.

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Soundtrack: Decca HarperPost production: Tru Harper

Join Jill and Farrar as they discuss and reminisce about homeschooling back in the day. Was homeschooling better ten or fifteen years ago? Or are all the options today making homeschooling an ideal choice? Listen as Jill and Farrar debate the old vs. new and come to the conclusion that they may be turning into old fuddy duddies.

Join Jill and Farrar as they disucss homeschooling high school and the best way to approach scheduling. Other topics covered include how to know what is too much and what to change if it is. 

Looking for support during the high school years?If so visit our Facebook Group, College Confident Homeschoolers (CoCoH).

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Soundtrack: Decca HarperPost production: Tru Harper

This week we have a very special podcast for you. This is the first podcast in a new series that Simplify is doing called Peek Into a Homeschool. In this episode Jill is in Kansas City, Missouri with seasoned homeschooler Raegan Buatte and her family. You will hear from Raegan as she discusses why she decided to homeschool, what her secular homeschool life looks like, and more. You will also hear briefly from her husband, Dawud, and her oldes son Khary. 

Interested in learning more? Visit Simplify at simplify4you.com. 

 

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Soundtrack: Decca HarperPost production: Tru Harper

And a special thank you to Raegan and family for inviting us into their home.

Join Farrar and Jill as they discuss the best way to create a successful college list. In this episode we discuss the importance of having a list of safety schools, match schools, and reach schools and how many of each type of school to have. Farrar and Jill also discuss how to go about finding colleges for your list. If you have a junior or senior homeschooler at home you won't want to miss this episode.

Interested in learning more? Continue the conversation on our Facebook Group, College Confident Homeschoolers (CoCoH).

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Soundtrack: Decca HarperPost production: Tru Harper

What should you do when things don't go as you imagined in your homeschool? Listen to Jill and Farrar discuss what they have done when their best thought out plans were disasters or when life just got in the way.

Summer and homeschooling. Should you homeschool in the summer? What about trying out homeschooling for the first time in the summer? And what to do with passions in the summer? 

Join Farrar and Jill in the final podcast of the season as they discuss homeschooling and summer.

Anxiety, depression, suicides. The numbers are rising among our young people and parents are feeling so helpless about what to do.  How much does school and testing and lack of downtime contribute to such stark statistics? What can we do to help our homeschooled kids who deal with anxiety?

Join Farrar, Suji, and Jill in this honest conversation about our own experiences dealing with anxiety and depression and how, although we are not medical experts, we've found some success in parenting and homeschooling with anxiety.