The Brave & Balanced Homeschool with Mary Berghammer
The Brave and Balanced Homeschool with Mary Berghammer
Walking by faith into homeschooling—One Brave Step at a Time.
Are you a Christian mom feeling called to homeschool but unsure where to begin? You’re not alone—and this podcast is here to help you start strong, stay grounded, and homeschool with confidence.
Hosted by Mary Berghammer, a veteran homeschool mom with over 22 years of experience, The Brave and Balanced Homeschool offers faith-filled encouragement and practical guidance designed especially for moms just beginning their homeschool journey. Whether you’re pulling your kids from public school or just beginning with littles, you’ll find the clarity, confidence, and Christ-centered guidance you need.
You’ll find help with choosing curriculum, organizing your day, teaching a dyslexic child, balancing multiple ages, and creating a peaceful, Christ-centered learning environment. You’ll also hear inspiring conversations with homeschool graduates who share their experiences and wisdom from life after homeschooling.
If you’re looking for biblical encouragement, scripture studies, and faith-based support to build your homeschool on a strong foundation—this is your place.
Let Mary guide you, one brave, faith-filled step at a time.
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- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 9 minutes
- Episodes
- 38
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
38-Choosing Homeschool Curriculum
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The world of homeschool curriculum can be both a blessing and a burden—so many options, but where do you start?…
37 Why Should I Homeschool: Creating Your Homeschool Vision Part 3 of the Getting Ready to Homeschool Summer Series
Welcome back to The Brave and Balanced Homeschool Podcast! This is Part 3 of our “Getting Ready to Homeschool” summer series, and today we’re pressing pause on curriculum talk so we can get to the he…
36- Afraid You'll Mess Up? How to Homeschool with Grace and Confidence
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Part 2 of the “Getting Ready to Homeschool” Summer Series
Do fears like “What if I fail my child?” or “I’m just not organize…
35- Getting Ready to Homeschool – Part 1 of the Homeschool Summer Series
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34- Cursive or Print? Teaching Writing in Your Homeschool
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In today’s episode of The Brave and Balanced Homeschool, we’re diving into one of those foundational homeschool topics—writing. Spec…
33- Saxon Math, DIVE, Shorman Math, and the Robinson Homeschool Curriculum
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32-When Homeschooling is Hard
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31-Homeschool Curriculum Review - Math - Teaching Textbooks
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In this episode, I dive into one of my all-time favorite homeschool math curricula—Teaching Textbooks. If you’ve been lookin…
30-Homeschool Math - 3 Things to Look for in a Good Homeschool Math Curriculum
In episode 30, I talk about how to choose the best homeschool math curriculum for your child. We cover three key points: the importance of including math fact memorization, deciding whether math mani…
29-Homeschooling After the Holidays
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Homeschooling after the holiday season can be a little d…
28- Reading Aloud to Your Homeschooled Children and A Christmas Story
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Being able to homeschool my children was one of my life's greatest blessings!
One th…
27-Homeschooling by Faith: Your Child's Future after High School Graduation.
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Have you ever shed tears over homeschooling? I mean have you ever been so discouraged at teaching your children or about a learning challenge and not knowing how to hel…
26-Homeschooling and the Holidays
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It's almost Christmas! It's time to make some memories with your children and pass on those cherished traditions!
How do you homeschool during Christmas time? Should yo…
25-Homeschool Curriculum Reviews - Charlotte Mason and AmblesideOnline
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Are you a homeschool mom who wants to know more about alternative homeschool curricula? Have you heard of Charlotte Mason and want to find ou…
24- Homeschool Curriculum Review - Learning Adventures A World of Adventure
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Need some help choosing the best homeschool curriculum for your children?
Here is my 2nd homeschool curriculum review! In this episode I review a wonderful unit study h…
23-Homeschool Curriculum Reviews - Sonlight
One of the challenges of homeschooling is choosing the best homeschool curriculum for your family. I want to help you get started homeschooling by providing some homeschool curriculum reviews. For my…
22-Homeschooling in Kindergarten
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How do you homeschool a kindergartener? What homeschool curriculum should you use? How long does it take to teach a kindergartener each day? Can you homeschool kinderga…
21- Homeschooling and Working
Is it possible to homeschool and work at the same time? Yes, it is! I homeschooled my children and worked part-time and full-time. Listen in and see how I made it through those years while working an…
20- What If I'm Not Smart Enough to Homeschool My Children?
Have you ever thought, "I'm not smart enough to homeschool my children"? , I want to help you see that you are more than qualified to teach your children at home if you feel that this is what God is …
19-Homeschooling: What Are You Afraid Of?
Simple Homeschooling Tips for Beginners
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Do you have fears around homes…