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 25: Morning Time
Morning time in your homeschool doesn’t need to be complicated to be effective. Karen and Michelle share their morning time philosophy in this episode, along with lots of simple ideas for having a gentle start to each day in your family-style homeschool.
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Episode 24: How To Handle Homeschool Critics
If you’re a homeschool parent, you’ve definitely heard criticism from others, whether strangers or neighbors or well-meaning loved ones. Michelle and Karen offer positive ways to interact with homeschool critics to diffuse tough conversations and let you continue your homeschool life without harmful confrontations.
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Episode 23: Taking Part in the Great Conversation
Join Karen and Michelle to hear all about how to take part in the Great Conversation – reading, discussing, and writing about classic literature. You’ll learn how to begin with your little ones who are reading fairy tales and build up the conversations as your kids grow.
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Episode 22: Teaching Resilience
Teaching resilience can help kids learn to deal with all the problems they face, whether that’s a tough math problem, losing a loved one, or facing a major change. Michelle and Karen talk about how to approach problems like a mountain to be climbed rather than a roadblock that will stop us.
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Episode 21: Guiding Your Kids
Guiding your kids in their homeschool education is a far more lasting approach to learning than just teaching them facts you expect them to remember. Learn about how you can guide your kids and transfer the ownership of learning to them.
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Episode 18: Writer’s Workshop, Mentoring Your Kids Positively
Michelle took an opportunity to ask Karen more questions about Writer’s Workshop. We shared lots of fresh ideas about encouraging reluctant writers and talked about how you, as a parent or writing mentor, can help your writer grow in gradual and happy ways.
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Episode 16: Homeschooling in High School
Michelle and Karen share their experiences with the path they are taking for their kids as they homeschool in high school. There are lots of paths to choose from and ways to make high school work. We’ll walk you through the path we chose.
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Episode 15: Self-Care for Homeschool Moms
You spend a lot of time taking care of other people, meeting their physical, emotional, and social needs. It’s time to put yourself back into the group of people you care for. Sharpen your saw and make a positive change in your life as a homeschool mom.
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Episode 14: Being Passionately Curious
In Episode 14 you’ll hear ideas for how to help create passionate curiosity in your kids. Passion doesn’t have to involve pressure if you approach it with the right mindset. A really successful homeschool will be one where kids can explore their passions and be allowed to be curious.
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