Let's Talk Homeschool

Ladd Lesh, COO/GM of Apologia and dad of nine, discusses the question "But what if they get behind?" with Davis Carman, President of Apologia.

Rachael Carman and Whitney Newby of Brighter Day Press discuss getting started on homeschooling and Whitney's new devotional, Lift Your Eyes.

Davis and Rachael Carman discuss their experience homeschooling a family of seven and how multi-age learning can be beneficial.

Davis Carman and Apologia Young Explorer Series author, Jeannie Fulbright, discuss her experience homeschooling families with multiple age students.

In this show, I interview Rachael Carman, author of The Word in Motion Bible curriculum published by Apologia. We discuss the fact that you can start this course anytime of the year. And it's designed to be unintimidating and doable. It's time to make your move. You can do this. So get started now.

Davis and Rachael Carman discuss 5 ways to instill a love of learning in your children as a homeschool parent and the importance of doing so.

Valentine's Day is almost here! Join us as we reminisce over our vow renewal and discuss the value of showing your kids how much you love your spouse.

We spent the week of January 20-24 in Washington DC to attend the Inauguration of President Trump, visit family, and sponsor the March for Life where Vice President JD Vance made his first public appearance. We share many more activities from the week in our nation's capital.

We continue our annual tradition of recording a "goal setting" discussion on the first Monday of each new year. This year we want you to ask this question: "What is the one thing you can do this week that will make all the difference in the world?" Then for goodness sake, make sure you get that one thing done.

We present a devotional on the 5th Monday of each month. This time, it's based on Exodus 14:21 and other times God parted the waters.

Each year during the Advent season, it's our tradition to replay this dramatization of the Christmas story entitled: Mary Remembers.

In this holiday themed episode, we reminisce about our favorite childhood Christmas memories. Then we point out the difference in what we experienced versus what we decided to do with our own children.

We finally wrap up this 13-part series with a walk through memory lane. We briefly review all 11 shows (not counting the introduction and today's conclusion).

Thanksgiving is followed by Black Friday, which is followed by Cyber Monday, which is finally followed by Giving Tuesday. This is a day to promote giving opportunities. What organizations do you plan to support this year? Giving Tuesday is a great way to pause and think about which charitable organizations you want to support financially.

In 2018/2019, The Family Dinner Project concluded that the average family dinner only lasts 12 minutes. That's not a long time. They also discovered that one-third of families do not talk during their meals together. An encouraging statistic was that 87% of families do have at least one meal together each week. How can you make the most of your family dinner times? Listen to hear our suggestions.

This is the bonus episode we've been promising to include in this series. We looked at 10 of the 68 chapters in Rachael's book titled: How Many Times Do I Have To Tell You? This is an 11th chapter we included. How many times do you say "I love you" to your kids? We hope it's a lot.

We believe pets should be allowed in all schools, especially your homeschool. In this show we talk about the many varied pets we had in our homeschool and introduce you to the newest member of our family: Dixie the dog. She's a 3-month old yorkipoo.

Rachael spoke at two homeschool events in Alaska. One in North Pole (near Fairbanks) and the other in Anchorage. In this show, we talk about our visit to the 49th state, the sites, and people, and the moose (you'll understand what I mean when you listen).

In this 13-part series based on Rachael's book, we have been looking at 10 (plus a bonus) of the 68 chapters. In this episode, we look at chapter 9, which where the title of the book came from: How Many Times Do I Have To Tell You?

Since the pandemic of 2020, public schools are experiencing an epidemic of chronic absenteeism. Why is this happening? What's going on? And what about homeschools? By definition, all homeschoolers should receive a perfect attendance award every year. They never miss a day, even when the are sick. Listen in to hear all of our thoughts on this subject.