SS #131 – Outsourcing in High School (with Jami Marstall!!)

SS #131 – Outsourcing in High School (with Jami Marstall!!)

Many families stop homeschooling once their kids reach high school. After all, high school is harder and much more is at stake. Homeschooling high school is understandably intimidating. Of the families that do homeschool high school, most use at least some outsourcing of classes in one way or another. Outsourcing classes is a great option…

SS #124 – Redeeming the 5-Paragraph Essay with Renee Shepard

SS #124 – Redeeming the 5-Paragraph Essay with Renee Shepard

Should we be teaching our kids how to write a 5-paragraph essay? Brandy loves to slam the 5-paragraph essay while Mystie assigns it regularly – so they brought on Renee to mediate and give them the low-down on how classical educators should be teaching writing. Teaching writing is right up there with math in causing…

SS #120 – Let Them Go: Parenting Teens (with Toby Sumpter!!)

SS #120 – Let Them Go: Parenting Teens (with Toby Sumpter!!)

What does it look like to raise children – especially boys – who grow up mature and ready to leave and launch their own lives? How does that transition happen? Moms are naturally wired for and gifted at growing and building families, so sometimes the teen years are hard on us not because our kids…