The Well-Trained Mind podcast

The Call to Homeschool, Freedom in Routine, and Hobbies as a Homeschool Mom w/ Dr. Melanie Wilson

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In this episode, Susan Wise Bauer and Susanna Jarrett interview Dr. Melanie Wilson who has her own podcast for homeschoolers, The Homeschool Sanity Show. She also sells curricula and homeschool tools at Fun to Learn Books. 

  • A book that inspired Melanie: A Field Guide to Homeschooling by Christine Field
  • The Fly Lady website! 
  • (00:00) - Intro with Dr. Melanie Wilson
  • (00:35) - Melanie's history with homeschooling
  • (03:16) - Melanie's call to homeschooling
  • (13:09) - Setting expectations
  • (15:18) - Habits, routines, and Fly Lady
  • (28:11) - Break
  • (29:15) - Back to the outline
  • (29:27) - Changing styles
  • (34:02) - Not losing yourself while homeschooling
  • (41:25) - A pride point and sore point
  • (46:46) - Outro
    • ...more
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