Your Morning Basket

By Pam Barnhill

Education Religion & Spirituality K-12 Kids & Family Christianity

What's Your Morning Basket about?

Join us this fall as we delve into the principles and practices of Morning Time. With both experts in their fields and mentor-moms, we will discuss everything from how to choose the right books for a wide age range, to how to memorize a poem, to how to get them to sit still. All your burning Morning Time questions answered right here -- every other Tuesday.

5.0

382 ratings

Download our free app to listen on your phone

LAST EPISODE

YMB #62 Personal and Commun...

12.10.2019

Today we welcome Christopher and Christine Perrin to the podcast to chat about prayer in your homeschool, Morning Time, and personal time. It is a fascinating conversation. Join us as we discuss: How prayer can be both personal discipline and ...

Your Morning Basket episodes:

12.10.2019 YMB #62 Personal and Communal Prayer: A Conversation with Christopher and Christine Perrin Today we welcome Christopher and Christine Perrin to the podcast to chat about prayer in your homeschool, Morning Time, and personal time. It is a fascinating conversation. Join us as we discuss: How prayer can be both personal discipline and ...
11.27.2019 YMB #61 Morning Time with Teens: A Conversation with Heather Woodie Today we are joined on the podcast by Heather Woodie of Blog She Wrote, mom of four young adults. Heather has been practicing Morning Time in her family for a number of years, and has seen a shift in the ...
12.04.2018 YMB #60 The Truth About Myth: A Conversation with Angelina Stanford She's back! One of my favorite guests ever is back again on the Your Morning Basket podcast. Last fall when we had Angelina Stanford on the show to talk to us about why fairy tales are important reading for your ...
11.20.2018 YMB #59 The Abolition of Man and Education: A Conversation with Dr. Jason Jewell The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis is a series of essays on the state of education and truth in the 21st Century. A slim volume, yet dense with ideas, it is a worthy read for any parent dedicated to ...
11.06.2018 YMB #58 Singing in Morning Time: Yes, you can! A Conversation with Heather Bunting Heather Bunting is passionate about helping families learn to sing -- even if mom doesn't think she can carry a tune at all. Through her free YouTube channel, Children of the Open Air, Heather helps make solfege lessons, hymns, and ...
10.23.2018 YMB #57 Morning Time on the Go If you ever need to take Morning Time on the road then this episode is for you. Dawn Garrett joins me to chat about why and how we can pack up our Morning Times and take them with us -- ...
10.09.2018 YMB #56 A Morning Time Mentor: A Conversation with Heather Tully Have you ever wanted another mom to come along beside you and show you exactly what Morning Time looks like? Maybe, you think, I could just stop by her home and be a fly on the wall and unpack the ...
09.25.2018 YMB #55 Story and the Redeemed Imagination: A Conversation with Andrew Peterson Andrew Peterson knows a thing or two about a good story and creativity. He is on the show today to talk about sharing both with your kids, his work with the Rabbit Room as a place for children's authors to ...
09.11.2018 YMB #54 Natural Foreign Language Learning: A Conversation with Adelaide Olguin Mom's are natural teachers for a language -- after all moms teach their kids language all the time. Foreign language can work the same way as a first language -- simply start with words and phrases you use everyday and ...
08.28.2018 YMB #53 Character education for families: A Conversation with Heather McMillan Welcome to a brand new season of the Your Morning Basket Podcast. We are kicking off the year with an important but fun conversation with the creator of We Choose Virtues, Heather McMillian. I love Heather's enthusiasm for helping teach ...
05.08.2018 YMB #52 Exploring Math Through Literature: A Conversation with Becky McIntosh Becky McIntosh can see the beauty and joy in math. She says it comes from practice -- that she makes a special point to look for the beauty of mathematics everyone. Lucky for us, she is on a mission to ...
04.24.2018 YMB #51 Studying Geography Through Literature: A Conversation with Sarita Holzmann Sarita Holzmann was a reluctant homeschooler but soon came to love it. With a heart for missionaries serving overseas and the people they serve, Sarita has always had an eye towards bringing geography to life using literature. On this episode ...
04.10.2018 YMB #50 Using the Liturgical Year as a Guide: A Conversation With Andrea Kirk Assaf Andrea Kirk Assaf homeschools on three continents as her family splits their time between Michigan and Rome as well as spending part of the year visiting her husband's family in Lebanon. Today she joins Pam on this episode of the ...
03.27.2018 YMB #49 The Read Aloud Family: A Conversation with Sarah Mackenzie Sarah Mackenzie is on a mission -- a mission to help every family know that the importance of reading aloud goes beyond building bigger test scores and better vocabularies. The importance of reading aloud goes to the very heart of ...
03.14.2018 YMB 48 Better Together: A New Book This week Dawn Garrett and I are on the show with a very special announcement! Better Together is a new book all about Morning Time and it is hitting the bookstores today. Dawn and I dish about the book, other ...
02.27.2018 YMB #47 Morning Time and the Only Child: A Conversation with Tina Roman It's a question we get asked often and it is a good one: How do I do Morning Time when I have just one child? How do I keep it from looking like the rest of my school day? Today ...
02.13.2018 YMB #46 A Morning Time Variation: A Conversation with Mystie Winckler In addition to your more traditional Morning Time we are hearing from moms more and more about Morning Time variations that they are using to enhance their homeschools. Today on the podcast Mystie Winckler is back talking about her Elementary ...
01.30.2018 YMB #45 The Importance of Story: A Conversation with S. D. Smith We are kicking off the new season of the Your Morning Basket podcast with a conversation about story. And there is no one better equipped to talk to us about a good story and the impact it can have on ...
12.05.2017 YMB #44 Catechism and Memory: A Conversation with Geoffrey Reiter What is a catechism and why is it important to teach to our children? In this episode of the podcast Dr. Geoffrey Reiter joins me to talk about how catechism and memory shape us along with some practical tips for ...
11.21.2017 YMB #43 Subjects and Virtue in Morning Time: A Conversation with Cindy Rollins Listener favorite Cindy Rollins is back on the podcast in this special cross-over episode between Your Morning Basket and the Mason Jar Podcast. Drawing on Cindy's vast experience, we chat about which subjects are best for Morning Time plus a ...
11.16.2017 YMB SP2: Ack! It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas The Advent and Christmas seasons are almost upon us and homeschool moms are looking for ways to change their pace and do something special for the holiday seasons. Today Pam and Dawn Garrett discuss options for celebrating while still learning ...
11.07.2017 YMB #42 Seeking Truth: A Conversation with Ashley Woleben What is lectio divina and how can we use this ancient monastic practice in leading our students to truth. Ashley Woleben is on the show today to answer that question and so much more.
10.24.2017 YMB #41 Why Fairy Tales are Not Optional: A Conversation with Angelina Stanford Angelina Stanford and I started our conversation with a show down. "I'm going to have to limit you to an hour," I told her. "You're going to have a hard time with that," was her reply. Boy was she ever ...
10.10.2017 YMB #40 A Mother's Morning Basket: A Conversation with Jennifer Mackintosh All home education begins with self-education -- for mom. In our efforts to learn and grow as the teachers of our children one tool we can use is our own morning basket -- a Mother's Morning Basket. In this episode ...
09.26.2017 YMB #39 Building Relationships with Circle Time: A Conversation with Kendra Fletcher One of the earliest books I purchased on homeschooling -- way back when my oldest was only four-years-old -- was Kendra Fletcher's Circle Time: Plan the Best Part of Your Day. It was my first introduction to what I would ...
09.12.2017 YMB #38 Morning Time with Middle Grades: A Conversation with Kim Devers We all know that Morning Time works great when you have younger kids in the house, but what does it look like for middle school? Is it even possible? The answer is "Yes!" Middle schoolers can thrive in Morning Time ...
08.29.2017 YMB #37: Loops, Blocks, and Other Schedule Options Morning Time Learning about loop scheduling five years ago was one of the best things that ever happened to my homeschool. Suddenly I was able to schedule my day in such a way that I never stressed about missing a day in ...
05.16.2017 YMB #36 Invited to Imagine: A Conversation with Sheila Carroll We all know that we should read to our children, but there are also benefits to the practice of telling our children stories. On this episode of the podcast Charlotte Mason educator and master storyteller Sheila Carroll is here to ...
05.02.2017 YMB #35 Special Needs and Morning Time: A Conversation with Meghan Dempster We love to say that Morning Time is for everyone from toddler to mom. No matter what your age, you can always take something from the subjects in Morning Time. This week Meghan Dempster is here to emphasize that message ...
04.18.2017 YMB #34 A More Organic Morning Time: A Conversation with Hayley Beck Sometimes as much as we want to create an ideal Morning Time habit in our home, something stands in our way. That doesn't mean we have to give up. Our guest today, Hayley Beck found that by putting aside the ...
04.04.2017 YMB #33 Hymns in Morning Time: A Conversation with Kari Bass Hymn study has long been a staple of many homeschool Morning Times. One of the greatest gifts you can give your non-readers is the ability to sing along during worship. This week we are chatting with Kari Bass of Hymns ...
03.21.2017 YMB #32 Socratic Discussion and Leading to Truth: A Conversation with Matt Bianco Over 2000 years ago Socrates used questioning techniques with his students to help lead them to truth. Today, homeschoolers are interested in using the same techniques for the same purpose -- but they wonder how exactly to do it. This ...
03.07.2017 YMB #31 Dawn of the Digital Morning Time: A Conversation with Lynna Southerland Sometimes I have a love/hate relationship with technology. Yes, I know there is bad in some, but also that the good in others parts far outweigh those bad things. I love the world that is opened to us because of ...
02.21.2017 YMB #30 Tension in Morning Time: A Conversation with Jennifer Dow You know you love Morning Time but there is something that pulls at you each time you sit down to do it -- especially if your time is short or your day hasn't gone exactly according to plan. We are ...
02.07.2017 YMB #29 Building Family Culture: A Conversation with Audrey Wilkerson Just over a year-and-a-half ago Audrey Wilkerson and her husband welcomed three little girls into their home through overseas adoption. Facing three children who didn't speak English and had never even been inside a classroom, Audrey used Morning Time to ...
01.24.2017 YMB #28 Morning Time with Boys: A Conversation with Kathy Weitz One of the struggles we hear about often here at the Your Morning Basket podcast is how do you do Morning Time with boys -- especially resistant boys. To answer that question we brought in an expert. Kathy Weitz has ...
01.04.2017 YMB Special Edition: Planning and Plans for Your Morning Time Morning Time planning. I bet there is a good chance you either love it or hate it. Or even if you love it, you might also be one of those people at a season in life -- newborn, toddlers, new ...
12.13.2016 YMB #27 Mere Motherhood: A Conversation with Cindy Rollins We wrap this season of Your Morning Basket up with an interview with Cindy Rollins. Cindy has experienced the joy of Morning Time with all of her now grown children. In this interview, we talk a little bit about Morning ...
11.29.2016 YMB #26 Integrating Subjects: A Conversation with Carol Reynolds It is a question English Moms and Math Moms both dread, "What about the arts?" How am I going to help my child appreciate and love beautiful art, music, and dance? Why should I even bother? Why is this so ...
11.15.2016 YMB #25 Teaching with Ideas: A Conversation with Brandy Vencel Your loving your Morning Time with your kids. You have gathered a feast for their minds with living books, poetry, scripture, and Shakespeare, but something is missing. Where are all the deep meaningful conversations you had hoped to have with ...
11.01.2016 YMB #24 A New/Old Look at Memory Work: A Conversation with Kevin Vost In this episode of Your Morning Basket we talk with Dr. Kevin Vost about the virtue of studiousness and the value of memorization. In this fascinating conversation, we are introduced to memory methods taught by church fathers that can help ...
10.18.2016 YMB #23 Seeking Truth in Literature: A Conversation with Christian Ditchfield As a child Christin Ditchfield devoured the Chronicles of Narnia over and over again. As an adult she found that she kept returning to the truth's found in Lewis' work for guidance. As a result she created the Family Guide ...
10.04.2016 YMB #22 Picture Study for Morning Time: An Interview with Emily Kiser The Metropolitan Museum of Art is on my Homeschool Field Trip Bucket List. Yours too? I want to share the wonder and awe I felt as I looked at the larger than life paintings for the first time. But how? ...
09.20.2016 YMB #21 Why Shakespeare? A Conversation with Ken Ludwig Shakespeare. Whatever feelings you have about the Bard, we can all agree that he was the most influential English writer in history. But why should I bother with Shakespearean language for my littles in Morning Time? Won't there be plenty ...
09.06.2016 YMB #20 Song, Stories, and Memories Made Together Classical music is part of the true, good, and beautiful feast I want to spread before my children. Unfortunately, most days I am at a loss as to how to enjoy it myself. Is there more to classical music than ...
08.23.2016 YMB #19 Getting the Year Off to a Good Start We're starting off a new season of Your Morning Basket with an episode all about planning and preparing for Morning Time. Pam and her good friend Dawn Garrett, who is the coordinator for the Your Morning Basket online community, discuss ...
05.10.2016 YMB #18 Making Math Enjoyable... Really! A Conversation with Kate Snow We know there must be more to math than just slogging through page after page of multiplication facts, but what? Last time I checked, wondering at geometrical patterns in God's creation was not in the scope and sequence of my ...
04.26.2016 YMB #17 No-Fuss Art for Morning Time: A Conversation with Tricia Hodges Tricia Hodges is a homeschooling mother of five and the co-creator of the art curriculum You Are an Artist. Tricia is all about a stress-free approach to sparking a love for art in our children, and she joins us on ...
04.12.2016 YMB #16 Enjoying Shakespeare Together: A Conversation with Mystie Winckler "To be or not to be." "The course of true love never did run smooth." "All the world's a stage." The language, characters, and stories of William Shakespeare have far-reaching influence for us today in our books, our pop culture, ...
03.29.2016 YMB #15 Morning Time With Littles: A Conversation with Celeste Cruz Celeste Cruz is a homeschooling mother of eight who started to implement Morning Time in her home with a stack of picture books at the breakfast table back when her oldest two children were just 5 years old. Now with ...

Older episodes