Layers of Learning Podcast
Listen as Michelle and Karen get together to talk homeschooling. Learn to get more organized, keep records, feel happy in your homeschooling, use Layers of Learning effectively, learn how to family homeschool, be a learner in your homeschool and not just a teacher, plus so much more.
Episode 53: Preschool
Are you homeschooling and wondering how to do preschool? Here are some tips for helping little learners get ready for their school years in your homeschool.
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Episode 52: The Brand-New Layers of Learning
An introduction to the brand new Layers of Learning curriculum along with answers to all of your questions.
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Episode 51: Baby Steps
Everyone goes through tough homeschool seasons. Sometimes all you can do to get through those is to take tiny baby steps. Taking even the tiniest of baby steps will allow you to progress. Those small bits add up and then one day, you’ll look back and see how far you’ve come.
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Episode 50: Word Work
Word Work is the spelling and vocabulary component of Writer’s Workshop that will have your kids learning all about words through a variety of written, manipulative, physical, and verbal activities that will appeal to lots of learning styles.
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Episode 49: Organizing Layers of Learning Notebooks
Listen to the latest podcast episode, where Karen and Michelle offer advice for organizing Layers of Learning Notebooks. Learn about the two notebooks you’ll need, as well as the optional Student Journals that are available to keep your homeschool organized and on track.
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Episode 48: Teaching the Love of Stories
Teaching your kids to love stories will unlock excitement for learning that you can’t gain any other way. These tips will help your family begin to truly love books and also learn about your library, how it’s organized, and the Dewey Decimal System.
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Episode 47: Deep Thoughts
Help your kids develop deep thoughts by asking effective questions and having discussions in your homeschool. Use the free Bloom’s Taxonomy Question Stems printable to spur on deep thoughts within your family.
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Episode 46: Homeschool Traditions
Homeschool traditions are a simple way to sprinkle a bit of fun into your homeschool. Karen and Michelle share some of their favorite back-to-school, homeschool, holiday, and end-of-year traditions from their families.
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Episode 45: Teaching Tolerance
Difference can divide us or connect us. In your homeschool, you have a unique opportunity to break down walls and let you your kids experience so much of the world’s stories, recipes, ideas, people, and more. In this episode, we talk about teaching your kids tolerance.
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Episode 44: Q & A With Karen & Michelle
The homeschooling sisters answer questions from homeschool parents about everything from how to choose books to how to handle a toddler during homeschool.
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Episode 43: The World Is Your Classroom
Learning can and should happen everywhere! Here are some tips about how to take your homeschool away from the kitchen table and out into the world. From learning in your yard to expeditions in your town and vacations across the globe, the world is your classroom.
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Episode 42: Tests in Homeschool
To test or not to test…that is the question for many homeschool parents. The Layers of Learning sisters chime in on when and how to give kids tests in homeschool.
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