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Our goal is not efficiency.

Like good moderns, we work to make our homeschool days smooth. We organize, streamline, plot and plan. We grade ourselves on our output, on the quantity of work accomplished.

Scholé attracts us, but how do we work at a leisurely pace when we have so much to do? Does scholé simply mean working less? (hint: it doesn’t)

Our relationship with time, work, and each other is out of joint.

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Education takes time.

“There is no right time left for what is not done in its own time.” – Charlotte Mason

A professional development day for homeschool moms.

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from attendees

“So encouraging!”

“These women and the resources they offer have encouraged me probably more 
than anything along my homeschool journey. The retreats feel like 
meeting with wise, godly friends and mentors.”
Lindsay r.

“Truly refreshing!”


I really enjoyed this retreat. So much encouragement to dig deeper, ponder and contemplate. To take a deep breath and enjoy the journey. The perfect balance of philosophy and practice. Thank you!
Angelique K.

Homeschooling takes time because people take time.

what we believe about time and education –

1

Time is short.
God gives us our time on earth and asks us to invest it for His glory and His kingdom. Our time is not our own, for it was bought with Christ’s blood.

2

Where we spend our time is where we set our hearts.
You know people’s actual priorities and desires not by what they think or say, but by where they spend their time.

3

Education doesn’t happen by the clock.
Setting rigid schedules and measuring every moment will not get us a genuine education because hearts and souls aren’t well formed that way.

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Come spend the day with practical, hands-on, conversational, and relational sessions

We provide a professional development day for moms, perfect for individual OR group use!

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Introducing

HOMESCHOOL ESSENTIALS:
TIME

We can become easily frustrated by how time crawls and how time flies while we are at home with our kids. However, time is the stuff life is made of and we must learn to invest it wisely. In these retreat sessions we talk about structuring homeschool days, homeschooling well even with the last children, and many more practical, needed topics on time management for homeschool moms.

Homeschool Essentials: Time
will help you

  • reframe your school “hours”
  • value & wisely direct your student’s “free” time
  • get the most out of the limited time you have
  • prioritize what truly matters
  • value the time you invest in education.
  • know your day’s limits without stress.
  • invest your time appropriately
  • balance work, rest, and leisure
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$37.99
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Mystie Winckler. Brandy Vencel. Abby Wahl.
No. We’re not actually sisters.

Hi! We’re the Scholé Sisters.

Like you, we homeschool our children for better or for worse

We all have struggled feeling like our abilities did not match up to our vocation as a homeschool mom. We have hard and rough days that include yelling, huffy comments, and messy houses. We can cry about that (and sometimes we do). Or, we can laugh. We think we should choose laughter more often.

Homeschooling well can be an overwhelming and lonely task. We will give you practical help to make it less overwhelming and connect you with sisters who can relate to what you are going through and who will help you grow in love of God, your family, and wisdom as you do.

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Time is ticking away

Here is what we cover…

#1
Time: What does it mean?

Think of time as a tempo. Using time is like singing, is like dancing – a matching of our movement to the given situation and calling.

#2
Time: Why care about it?

We should care about time because it’s a gift, a talent – remember the parable of the talents. Each steward is given a different amount. Do you invest it and make the most out of what you’re given, or do you guard and protect it from risk so tightly and so miserly that it stays buried and unprofitable?

#3
Time: How to manage it

Homeschooling is character boot camp for MOMS, not just kids. In homeschooling, while homeschooling, through homeschooling WE, the moms, will develop in character, grow in virtue, IF we take the opportunities given us each and every day, moment by moment.

#4
Time: Tips & Tricks

God works on us our whole life long and doesn’t get bored or tired of us. How much more should we enjoy disciplining our children rather than be frustrated by their needs?! God gave us our children for 18ish years – so we should plan on parenting them, in different ways, that whole time.

INVIte some friends and make it a real retreat

Pull your local moms together for a fun, easy teacher in-service community day.


GEt the deets on how easy we make hosting a local community day!
Learn more about the hostess kit

“We all agreed it was well worth our time.”

— Jaime S.

We want local connections and face-to-face discussion to be easy for you to do.

If you want to plan a local “teacher’s inservice day” for your own homeschool community at a local church, library, home, conference room, other retreat venue, or virtually – we’ll help you make it a day to remember.

Your local retreat gathering can happen live or be scheduled after October 9 with the recordings on your own time table. 

Your local attendees will only pay $25 to attend (plus food costs if you do a catered meal), scoring a $13 discount off the regular price AND still receiving the replay recordings after the group invoice is paid. Part of that $25 will reimburse your own hostess kit cost and we will invoice you for $22/person after you submit a photo of your registration sheet (provided in the kit). 

PLUS, as a hostess, you’ll be invited into the Local Leader’s Sistership Group with dozens of other local hostesses, several of whom have done events for 6 years now. 

Use this Homeschool Essentials Retreat as an excuse to gather homeschool moms together and foster meaningful connections and relationships. We make it easy, promise.

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blessed by the talks and discussion

“We so appreciated an excuse to gather! I had a combination of church/co-op/book club members and we were all blessed by the talks and subsequent discussion. We are thankful for each one of you and the time and energy you were willing to pour into us!“
Angela B.
always meet and surpass my expectations

Although I am a homeschooling mom of many, many years I still enjoy honing my own teaching abilities. The Scholé Sisters retreats always meet and surpass my expectations! I enjoy the individual sessions and LOVE the group teaching! These gals have so much to offer. Thank you!
Robin M.
WATCH A CLIP!

Homeschool Essentials: Time

Mystie, Abby, & Brandy share what they’ve done at various points in their homeschools to use their time generously, gratefully, and graciously.

Plus, every session will have an application wrap-up segment where Abby will help you reflect on the material and be prepared and excited to apply it in your own home.

This is the teacher’s development day you need.

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$37.99

Frequently Asked Questions

The replays will be available within your account inside the Sistership site or app in a fun and easy-to-navigate format.

All the printable resources for the retreat are already available within the retreat area, which you get instant access to as soon as you register.

There are 4 sessions that are each between 45-55 minutes and you have any-time instant access to them all.

When you register for the Homeschool Essentials: TIME Retreat, you get:

  • FOUR live online workshops designed to inspire you and provide actionable steps to help you improve your homeschool practices & mindset.
  • Printable schedule of workshops and chats to help you plan your online retreat day.
  • Questions and prompts printables to help you apply and think through what you’ve learned.
  • Lifetime access to the replays.

This retreat is for homeschool moms who want more out of their school day than just checking boxes and getting it done.

It is for moms who want to learn and grow themselves while they are helping their children learn and grow.

It is for women who want to engage their hearts, minds, and actions in the pursuit of wisdom and truth. 

We hope that’s you. 

We feel you! Our retreat is broadcast on another platform that is simpler to use and provides a better chat functionality with other attendees. 

Also, after the event, the replays will be available to watch on your own terms within your account area and you will also have audio-only versions that can be played off the site or downloaded.

We highly encourage you to do so! Now more than ever we need to be intentional about building our friendships and strengthening our local connections.

We have discounts and extra helps and resources for you to make a fun day of it with your friends, whether you do it live on October 7 or with the replays on another day. 

Click here to find the resources for local hostesses.

We offer a 30-day, no-questions-asked refund policy. 

If, for whatever reason, the Scholé Sisters online retreat does not leave you refreshed and energized, let us know and we’ll give you your money back within 36 hours of receiving your email request.

The recordings – both video and audio – are available for download when you register so you can watch them offline if needed.

Homeschool Essentials: Time

Mystie, Abby, & Brandy share what they’ve done at various points in their homeschools to use their time generously, gratefully, and graciously.

Plus, every session will have an application wrap-up segment where Abby will help you reflect on the material and be prepared and excited to apply it in your own home.

This is the teacher’s development day you need.

Register for instant access