Homeschool Unrefined

What happens after you scale back and lower your expectations?  What about when you come off of a period of deschooling?  This episode is all about what comes next. How do we decide what to add and w…

Sometimes, the homeschool curriculum or philosophy you envisioned isn't working for you or your child.  We give you permission to change it up!  In this week's episode, we bring you an interview from…

Are you disappointed in the start of your homeschooling year?  Are you not getting as much done as you'd hoped?  Are your kids resistant to doing work? Do you have a toddler getting in the way of tea…

In this episode we talk all about the ways we can get perfectionistic in homeschooling and parenting. Striving for excellence is one thing but that can easily slide into perfectionism.  We talk about…

In this episode, we dive in to chatting about everything we're using for curriculum this year.  You'll hear what exactly we're using, why, how and how often for all the subjects.  This episode is a b…

This is the last episode in our summer chat series where we talk about what's going well, what needs tweaking and answer a listener question.  Today's listener question is all about how to handle hom…

In this episode, we challenge the notion that homeschool parents need to do loads of planning.  We encourage you to know yourself and do what works best for YOU.  Do you love to plan?  Then go for it…

This episode is another in our Summer Chat Series where were are talking about what's going well, what needs tweaking and we answer one listener question.  This week's listener question is all about …

Today is a fun one!  Maren's husband Sean joins our show to talk all about how he and Maren met, his background, his views on education and why he thinks the world needs homeschooled kids.  This woul…

This is the last episode in our summer book club series where we'll be talking about chapters 5 & 6 of the book, How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine M…

Welcome to the next episode in our Summer Chat Series.  In these episodes, we will be talking about what's going well, what we need to tweak and we'll answer one listener question.  Today our listene…

We are continuing our Summer Book Club with the book How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish.  We're chatting about Chapters 3 & 4 today and we'd …

We are super excited to welcome Vanessa Wright to our show today.  Vanessa is a long-time homeschool mom of three tweens whose family has endured some considerable challenges in the past couple years…

This is the week when we dive in to our summer read, How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish, where we'll be covering chapters 1-2.  Do not feel l…

Today we are continuing our Summer Chat Series where we talk about what's going well, what's currently a challenge and one listener question.  Our listener question this week is all about quiet time.…

Feelings on homeschool co-ops can be complicated.  In this episode, we discuss all of those feelings as well as what's going well and what is a challenge for us right now.  We chat about all of this …

Today we dive in to a topic that is very personal to both of us, the Highly Sensitive Person.  We talk about: 

What is a Highly Sensitive Person?

How are adult and children HSPs alike and different?

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We are spreading the love of ear reading and audiobooks!  This episode is packed with reasons you should give ear reading a try and reasons it is sometimes more beneficial than eye reading.  Listenin…

Need some help figuring out some easy things to do with your kids this summer? Maren and Angela share some simple* and fun summer projects** for kids of all ages.  

*emphasis on simple

**holding the …

Want to hear the actual books we read with our kids this year?  Tune in for a conversation filled with book talk.  We'll each talk about the picture and chapter books we enjoyed the most with our k…