The Homeschool Solutions Show

Latest Episodes:

262 | What Do You Turn to (to Alleviate Your Stress) on Your Hardest Days? (Wendy Speake) Nov 10, 2020

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Wendy Speake often talks with us about our various Homeschool Triggers, but today she's asking us this hard question: What do you turn to to help you deal with those Triggers on your hardest homeschool days? Tune in for a convincing conversation that ends with an exciting invitation!

261 | Elections and the Homeschool Connection (Jennifer Cabrera) Nov 03, 2020

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The 2020 election infection... Is it over yet? We might want to be oblivious to the political turmoil outside our blanket forts but homeschooling and elections have connections and consequences. Just like no candidate in any election is perfect, no educational choice is perfect. Yet whichever we say yes to, we should still be saying yes to God's plan, not popular opinion. Choosing what is right is not always easy or with the "in crowd", but then again neither is homeschooling. Join me for some hifalutin and earnest thoughts on civic responsibility and how it relates to homeschooling.

260 | Change the Evidence (Dianne Craft) Oct 27, 2020

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Are working with a bright, hard-working learner who feels "dumb"? Change the evidence by changing the way he learns. Here are some strategies that I used in my resource room and consultation practice to prove to students how smart they really are. The students that use these "zany" memory strategies find they have great success in school and take these skills with them to college.

259 | Welcome to Puberty! (Cynthia Tobias & Sue Acuña) Oct 20, 2020

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How to recognize and celebrate the transition from childhood to adolescence--and still keep your sanity!

258 | Homeschool Organization, Kindergarten, Special Needs Families (Jessica Smartt) Oct 13, 2020

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Elizabeth Kidd offers her humor and practical tips on what supplies are absolutely essential, best curriculum for kindergarten, and how a child with Down's Syndrome has been a gift to their family.

257 | College Isn't the Only Path to a Successful Future (Janice Campbell with Cindy LaJoy) Oct 06, 2020

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Although we are surrounded by messages that imply that college is the best choice for everyone, that isn't always true. Some kids and families have the kinds of gifts and talents that make a skilled trade or entrepreneurship a much better option. Join us today to hear about Cindy LaJoy's experience in homeschooling a blue-collar family.

CM 3 #8 How To Add Enchantment To Your Homeschool Through Literature Oct 02, 2020

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Is your homeschool relaxed and inviting? At one time, our homeschool was miserable. We were following all the "rules of school" and enjoying absolutely none of it. School had become stale and boring, and we desperately needed to add a little bit of Enchantment to our relaxed Charlotte Mason homeschool.

256 | Teaching Our Children to Know God's Voice (Wendy Speake with Mark Batterson) Sep 29, 2020

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Today we are going to be talking about teaching our children to know God's voice. Mark and his daughter Summer recently released a children's book entitled God Speaks in Whispers.

This may have been my favorite interview yet! Even if you don't have young children to read this picture book to… this is a not-to-be-missed conversation!

255 | Homeschool Laughs and Lingo (Jennifer Cabrera) Sep 22, 2020

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Humor and introspection into the different species of homeschoolers, homeschool uniforms, and the lingo and vocabulary unique to the homeschool culture.

255 | Homeschool Laughs and Lingo (Jennifer Cabrera) Sep 15, 2020

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Do you have a child who is anxious, and gets upset easily…who is "overreactive" to his environment? Childhood should be "carefree", but for some kids and teens, it is anxiety-filled. Their nervous system is sending them erratic messages that make them feel uneasy, panicked, or upset. We call them kids whose nervous system is in disequilibrium. Is it "Character or Chemistry?". In this Podcast, we will explore the physical symptoms that a child often has that leads to behavior that is inappropriate. We will explore ways that we can help these kids feel so much better. Looking to the body's manufacturing place for the calming neurotransmistters (the "gut"), we will explore an easy nutritional supplement plan (using your local health food store), that many parents use to help their child's body make more calming neurotransmitters, so they can feel peacefull, fall asleep easily, handle loud noises, and in general be able to react to their everyday environment with more ease.