Ultimate Homeschool Radio Show

By Felice GerwitzEducation Parenting Kids & Family

Ultimate Homeschool Radio Show episodes

October 30Ep 13: Mark the Ending
Most homeschool years do not end. They just stop. And that teaches children that the work did not add up to anything.
This is part of 13 Things We’d Tell a Brand-New Homeschool Mom — thirteen short episodes marking thirteen years of the Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.
In this episode
Looking back before you judge it
Why you do not have to finish the book
Writing down what you learned about your own household
Marking it, and why that part is not optional
Resting properly afterward
Go deeper on the network
Celebrating Our Just-Average Teens
Our Sweet 13 sponsors
This final episode is brought to you by Media Angels — Felice Gerwitz’s publishing company, and the house this whole network grew out of thirteen years ago. Faith-filled homeschooling made simple: Creation science curriculum, American history and government classes, planners, and the Truth Seekers mystery series for your readers. Everything is at mediaangels.com.
This episode is sponsored. We only take sponsors we would point our own families to.
It is our 13th birthday all month long.
More than $1,500 in prizes across four October drawings, and everyone who enters gets Sweet Treats, a free collection of resources from the hosts across the network. One entry puts you in all four.
Enter the Sweet 13 Giveaway
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11 min
October 28Ep 12: You’ll Want to Quit in Week Three
Somewhere in your first two months you are going to sit down and think: I cannot do this. It is so common it is nearly a scheduled event.
This is part of 13 Things We’d Tell a Brand-New Homeschool Mom — thirteen short episodes marking thirteen years of the Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.
In this episode
The shape of a first year, and why weeks three through eight are the worst
How to tell a hard week from actual burnout
Why a real week off beats a week of light school
Cutting deeper than feels responsible
Why you need a person, not just a plan
Go deeper on the network
Homeschool Burnout: How to Recover and Keep Going
Our Sweet 13 sponsors
This show is part of the Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network — homeschool podcasters who have been doing this on the air for thirteen years. Whatever you are walking through, somebody on this network has an episode about it.
This episode is sponsored by Media Angels.
We only take sponsors we would point our own families to.
It is our 13th birthday all month long.
More than $1,500 in prizes across four October drawings, and everyone who enters gets Sweet Treats, a free collection of resources from the hosts across the network. One entry puts you in all four.
Enter the Sweet 13 Giveaway
The post Ep 12: You’ll Want to Quit in Week Three appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.
11 min
October 26Ep 11: Protect Math
If you guard one subject through a hard year, guard math. Not because it matters more, but because it is the one where a gap in October is still a problem the following March.
This is part of 13 Things We’d Tell a Brand-New Homeschool Mom — thirteen short episodes marking thirteen years of the Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.
In this episode
Why math is different from almost everything else you teach
You need to be one lesson ahead, not gifted
The sentence to stop saying in front of a struggling child
Why the trouble is almost never in today’s lesson
When handing it off is the right call
Go deeper on the network
7 Tips for Teaching Math to Kids of All Ages
Our Sweet 13 sponsors
Thanks to CTCMath for supporting this show. Every lesson is taught on video, so you are not the one explaining long division at eight in the morning. One membership covers every child in your house at every grade level.
This episode is sponsored. We only take sponsors we would point our own families to.
It is our 13th birthday all month long.
More than $1,500 in prizes across four October drawings, and everyone who enters gets Sweet Treats, a free collection of resources from the hosts across the network. One entry puts you in all four.
Enter the Sweet 13 Giveaway
The post Ep 11: Protect Math appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.
6 min
October 24Ep 10: Not Patient Enough to Homeschool?
Nobody is patient enough. That is not modesty, it is the job description. The useful question is not whether you lose your temper, but what is draining you before ten in the morning.
This is part of 13 Things We’d Tell a Brand-New Homeschool Mom — thirteen short episodes marking thirteen years of the Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.
This series is sponsored by Eden’s Table.
In this episode
Why short temper is usually a capacity problem, not a character problem
How to find your flashpoint and name it precisely
Changing the conditions instead of resolving to feel differently
How to repair out loud without a lecture or a performance of guilt
Go deeper on the network
Is Your Discipline Too Hard Or Too Soft?
Our Sweet 13 sponsors
This show is part of the Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network — homeschool podcasters who have been doing this on the air for thirteen years. Whatever you are walking through, somebody on this network has an episode about it.
This episode is sponsored. We only take sponsors we would point our own families to.
It is our 13th birthday all month long.
More than $1,500 in prizes across four October drawings, and everyone who enters gets Sweet Treats, a free collection of resources from the hosts across the network. One entry puts you in all four.
Enter the Sweet 13 Giveaway
The post Ep 10: Not Patient Enough to Homeschool? appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.
6 min
October 22Ep 9: Homeschooling With a Toddler
A toddler is not an interruption to your school day. A toddler is a permanent feature of it, and your schedule has to admit that out loud.
This is part of 13 Things We’d Tell a Brand-New Homeschool Mom — thirteen short episodes marking thirteen years of the Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.
In this episode
Why you only need a solution for thirty minutes, twice
Giving the toddler their own school, and rotating it
Which work survives being interrupted and which does not
Lowering the bar on purpose for this season
Go deeper on the network
Homeschooling Preschool While Keeping Your Sanity
Our Sweet 13 sponsors
This episode is sponsored by Eden’s Table — Biblical herbalism for the elementary grades. One plant a week, with science, history, art, reading and handwriting running through it as a single unit study. Open and go, no prep the night before. The first nine weeks are $39.
This episode is sponsored. We only take sponsors we would point our own families to.
It is our 13th birthday all month long.
More than $1,500 in prizes across four October drawings, and everyone who enters gets Sweet Treats, a free collection of resources from the hosts across the network. One entry puts you in all four.
Enter the Sweet 13 Giveaway
The post Ep 9: Homeschooling With a Toddler appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.
7 min
October 20Ep 8: Write It Down As You Go
Nobody reconstructs a school year accurately from memory. Not one person. And yet nearly all of us try, usually in the spring, usually the night before something is due.
This is part of 13 Things We’d Tell a Brand-New Homeschool Mom — thirteen short episodes marking thirteen years of the Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.
In this episode
Two different lists: what your state requires and what your child will need
Where to get your state’s rules, and why not from a comment in a group
What to keep in the elementary years (it is very little)
What changes in ninth grade
The one thing worth keeping that most families skip
Go deeper on the network
Middle Schoolers, Transcripts, and High School Courses
Our Sweet 13 sponsors
This episode is sponsored by True North Academy — an accredited online high school meeting live over Zoom. Real classes, real teachers, real discussion, with your student still at your kitchen table.
This episode is sponsored. We only take sponsors we would point our own families to.
It is our 13th birthday all month long.
More than $1,500 in prizes across four October drawings, and everyone who enters gets Sweet Treats, a free collection of resources from the hosts across the network. One entry puts you in all four.
Enter the Sweet 13 Giveaway
The post Ep 8: Write It Down As You Go appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.
8 min
October 18Ep 7: Is My Child Actually Behind?
Before you decide your child is behind, be sure you know what you are measuring against. Grade level is an average, not a standard.
This is part of 13 Things We’d Tell a Brand-New Homeschool Mom — thirteen short episodes marking thirteen years of the Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.
In this episode
Why half of all children are below the middle by definition
The four patterns that genuinely warrant attention
Why catching something early beats waiting it out
The comparison that actually helps: your own child, six months ago
Why going back to solid ground is faster than pushing forward
Go deeper on the network
Homeschooling a Struggling Learner
Our Sweet 13 sponsors
Thanks to CTCMath for supporting this show. Every lesson is taught on video, so you are not the one explaining long division at eight in the morning. One membership covers every child in your house at every grade level.
This episode is sponsored. We only take sponsors we would point our own families to.
It is our 13th birthday all month long.
More than $1,500 in prizes across four October drawings, and everyone who enters gets Sweet Treats, a free collection of resources from the hosts across the network. One entry puts you in all four.
Enter the Sweet 13 Giveaway
The post Ep 7: Is My Child Actually Behind? appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.
9 min
October 16Ep 6: But What About Socialization?
There is a weak version of the socialization question and a serious one. Homeschoolers have gotten so good at dismissing the weak one that we sometimes miss the real one underneath it.
This is part of 13 Things We’d Tell a Brand-New Homeschool Mom — thirteen short episodes marking thirteen years of the Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.
In this episode
Why age-segregated classrooms are an administrative convenience, not nature
The version of the question that genuinely deserves your calendar
Why regular beats occasional, every time
What to actually say at Thanksgiving
Go deeper on the network
How To Help Your Child Make Friends This Year
Our Sweet 13 sponsors
This episode is sponsored by True North Academy — an accredited online high school meeting live over Zoom. Real classes, real teachers, real discussion, with your student still at your kitchen table.
This episode is sponsored. We only take sponsors we would point our own families to.
It is our 13th birthday all month long.
More than $1,500 in prizes across four October drawings, and everyone who enters gets Sweet Treats, a free collection of resources from the hosts across the network. One entry puts you in all four.
Enter the Sweet 13 Giveaway
The post Ep 6: But What About Socialization? appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.
8 min
October 14Ep 5: Teach Them Together
The thing that breaks multi-age homeschools is running parallel grade levels: four separate little schools under one roof, taught by one person.
This is part of 13 Things We’d Tell a Brand-New Homeschool Mom — thirteen short episodes marking thirteen years of the Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.
In this episode
Which subjects combine beautifully, and which cannot
One lesson, several levels of response
Why the skill subjects are shorter than you think
Putting the older children to work without it being exploitation
Accepting the noise
Go deeper on the network
Morning Time For Mixed Ages
Our Sweet 13 sponsors
This episode is sponsored by Eden’s Table — Biblical herbalism for the elementary grades. One plant a week, with science, history, art, reading and handwriting running through it as a single unit study. Open and go, no prep the night before. The first nine weeks are $39.
This episode is sponsored. We only take sponsors we would point our own families to.
It is our 13th birthday all month long.
More than $1,500 in prizes across four October drawings, and everyone who enters gets Sweet Treats, a free collection of resources from the hosts across the network. One entry puts you in all four.
Enter the Sweet 13 Giveaway
The post Ep 5: Teach Them Together appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.
11 min
October 12Ep 4: Read Aloud Longer Than You Think You Should
Ep 4: Read Aloud Longer Than You Think You Should
Most parents stop reading aloud the moment a child can read alone. It is almost exactly the wrong moment to stop.
This is part of 13 Things We’d Tell a Brand-New Homeschool Mom — thirteen short episodes marking thirteen years of the Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.
In this episode
Why listening comprehension runs years ahead of reading ability
The three things a child who hates reading is usually telling you
How to tell whether it is still physically hard
Why comics, repeats and audiobooks all count
What to do when reading has become a daily fight
Go deeper on the network
Late Reader? When To Wait And When Not To
Our Sweet 13 sponsors
This show is part of the Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network — homeschool podcasters who have been doing this on the air for thirteen years. Whatever you are walking through, somebody on this network has an episode about it.
This episode is sponsored. We only take sponsors we would point our own families to.
It is our 13th birthday all month long.
More than $1,500 in prizes across four October drawings, and everyone who enters gets Sweet Treats, a free collection of resources from the hosts across the network. One entry puts you in all four.
Enter the Sweet 13 Giveaway
The post Ep 4: Read Aloud Longer Than You Think You Should appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.
8 min

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