Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas

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SS #169: Our 10th Anniversary Extravaganza (with Sarah Mackenzie and Pam Barnhill!!) Feb 20, 2026

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Our guests today are our dear friends Sarah Mackenzie and Pam Barnhill! Sarah is the author of Teaching from Rest and The Read-Aloud Family. She's the host of the Read-Aloud Revival podcast, which has been downloaded 16 million times in more than 167 countries. She makes her home in the Northwest with her family, where she reads, homeschools, and runs Waxwing Books, a boutique publishing house dedicated to making timeless read-alouds.

Pam is an award-winning educator and homeschooling mom who has helped thousands of families simplify their homeschool without sacrificing relationships. She is the author of Better Together: Strengthen Your Family, Simplify Your Homeschool, and Savor the Subjects that Matter Most and Plan Your Year: Homeschool Planning for Purpose and Peace. You may remember her from her many years cohosting this very podcast!

You may have surmised from today's lineup that this is the 10th anniversary episode you've been waiting for! Pam and Sarah are here to reminisce with us and share with you the scoop on how Scholé Sisters came into being in the first place. You're going to love this conversation!

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We encourage you to go and join the free area of our Sistership community where you can discuss ideas with your friends just like we were doing over a decade ago. Just go to scholesisters.com/join and sign up!

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SS #168: Your Child is Behind? Feb 06, 2026

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Welcome back! Today is the beginning of our spring season and we're kicking off with a discussion on being behind – how do we know if our child is behind? Some say being behind isn't even a thing! And is it important to have standards? Can't my child just develop at his own pace? You're going to love this conversation!

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It's our birthday and we're giving you presents! Come join us in the Scholé Sistership ASAP because we have a giveaway every day of the week leading up to our 10th anniversary episode. You could win sticker packs, Scholé Sisters T-shirts — even a copy of the most-mentioned book from all of our episodes so far. The Scholé Sisters podcast began in February of 2016 and we think 10 years is a pretty big accomplishment. Come and celebrate with us! Just go to https://www.scholesisters.com/join and sign up.

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SS #167: The Causes of Christmas Dec 12, 2025

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Today's episode is what you've been waiting for. That's right! It's our annual Christmas episode. This time, we used a different approach, talking through aspects of Christmas and celebration using Aristotle's Four Causes. You're going to love this conversation!

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Our new book — Scholé Every Day — is now out and available! If you want to help us promote it, head on over to Amazon and buy it ASAP — early sales are important on Amazon! Also, leaving a positive review is always appreciated. If you want to discuss the book, head over to the Sistership – just go to scholesisters.com/join and start a conversation thread.

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SS #166: Artificial Intelligence (with Jami Marstall!!) Nov 21, 2025

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Our guest today is Jami Marstall. Jami has been homeschooling for almost 20 years with Charlotte Mason's rich, living methods. She and her husband John have four children, three of whom have graduated. Jami is not particularly looking forward to homeschool retirement when her youngest graduates. She firmly believes that mothers are born persons and have minds which hunger for ideas too! Her personal reading stack usually includes works of educational philosophy, history, biography, literary classics, and a detective novel.

In this episode, Abby, Jami, and Brandy discuss AI – yes, Artificial Intelligence. We talk about cheating in co-ops and what is lost as a person and as a community when you substitute a machine's work for your own work. You're going to love this conversation!

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The release date for new upcoming book Scholé Every Day is THIS TUESDAY, November 25th!! That's right! It's just in time for Black Friday and Christmas gifts! Get on the waiting list and receive the first chapter free right now! Just go to scholesisters.com/book .

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SS #165: Book Club Joy Nov 07, 2025

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This is the fall episode recorded each year at the retreat. As usual, the Scholé Sisters apologize for the decline in sound quality. They feel like it is worth it that they get to record all togheter in the same room! Today they're talking about all the nitty gritty details of book club. You're going to love this conversation!

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The Scholé Sisters fall mentorship — Feminism Detox — kicked off on Monday October 27th. It's not too late to join! Participants are reading three books together and discussing them in a variety of ways — there are discussion threads where you write out your thoughts, Faculty of Friends gatherings where Mystie, Abby, and Brandy discuss themes and others participate in the chat, and zoom-style meetups where everyone gets a chance to chime in. The Scholé Sisters mentorships are always a rich experience. Join in by becoming a Sophie level member of the Sistership! Just go to scholesisters.com/join

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The expected release date for our upcoming book Scholé Every Day is November 25th. That's right! It's just in time for Black Friday and Christmas gifts! Get on the waiting list and receive the first chapter free right now! Just go to scholesisters.com/book!

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SS #164: Teaching Courage Oct 24, 2025

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Today's episode is a continuation of our ongoing discussion of virtues and vices. Brandy, Mystie, and Abby contend that if classical education is supposed to form virtue, courage and fortitude have to be covered. What does THAT look like? Listen up because they talk all about it! You're going to love this conversation!

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Are you ready for the Scholé Sisters fall mentorship? The new mentorship — Feminism Detox — kicks off on Monday October 27th. We're reading three books together and discussing them in a variety of ways — there are discussion threads where you write out your thoughts, Faculty of Friends gatherings where Mystie, Abby, and Brandy discuss themes and you participate in the chat, and zoom-style meetups where all participants get a chance to chime in. Our mentorships are always a rich experience. Join in by becoming a Sophie level member of the Sistership! Just go to scholesisters.com/join

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SS #163: You Should Have an Opinion on These Things Oct 03, 2025

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Charlotte Mason says our young adult daughters ought to develop their opinions rather than being tossed around by circumstance or culture. Ought a well-raised young lady have an opinion? Brandy, Abby, and Mystie are here to discuss it! You're going to love this conversation!

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Don't forget to register for our annual retreat! There are many possibilities: watch live in the comfort of your home and get access to our zoom room discussion groups for fruitful interaction, or host or attend an in-person local retreat and enjoy discussion in real life with women from your local community. Either way, you'll find this year's topic inspiring! Just go to scholesisters.com/curriculum to register.

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SS #162: Classical Preschool: Gymnastic Sep 18, 2025

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Is classical preschool even a thing?? In today's episode, Abby, Mystie and Brandy talk about gymnastic and explain how you can start training the body in the preschool years. You're going to love this conversation!

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The expected release date for Scholé Every Day is November 25th. That's right! It's just in time for Black Friday and Christmas gifts! Get on the waiting list and receive the first chapter free right now! Just go to scholesisters.com/book!

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SS #161: Feminism Detox (Announcing the Fall Mentorship!!) Sep 05, 2025

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In today's episode, Abby, Mystie, and Brandy are discussing feminism and the view of women found in Herman Bavinck's book The Christian Family. You're going to love this conversation!

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Don't forget to register for our annual online local retreat! There are many possibilities: watch live in the comfort of your home and get access to our zoom room discussion groups for fruitful interaction, or host an in-person local group and enjoy discussion in real life with women from your local community. Either way, you'll find this year's topic inspiring! Just go to scholesisters.com/curriculum to register.

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SS #160: We Did a Thing (Announcing Our Book!!) Aug 08, 2025

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In today's episode, Abby, Mystie, and Brandy are announcing a secret project they've been working on for over a year. It's pretty exciting!!

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