S2E39 Bookend Homeschoolers Podcast Finale
Bookend Homeschoolers
We enjoyed every episode of Bookend Homeschoolers. Sharing with you, discussing subjects, and tackling topics that we face as homeschoolers, from the Near and Far Bookend views has been a delight. In our podcast finale, we bring you some special thoughts to end our show. 1:40 Homeschooling Moment of the Week: Rachel (Sam’s improvement with therapy and excitement for reading) 2:57 HSMotW: Mindy (Paul Louis and the mug warmer resurrection) 5:39 Best part of being a Near Bookend: Rachel 7:30 Best part of being a Far Bookend: Mindy 9:40 9:55 What I wish every Near Bookend Knew: Rachel 11:07...
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S2E38 Listener Requests!
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This episode we answered questions sent in by listeners. A wide variety of topics here for you today… behavior, curriculum, guilt, storage, and interference. We were honored to chat about your requests! 1:37 Homeschooling Moment of the Week: Mindy (PL getting the Tender Heart Award) 3:05 HSMotW: Rachel (Zeke and his map skills) 4:56 Question 1: How and when would we step in with another teacher with our kids? 7:15 11:30 Question 2: What do we keep? 16:46 Question 3: How do we keep kids from fighting all day and how can we homeschool if our kids can’t get along? 24:52 Question 4: When do...
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S2E37 C'mon, Audiobooks Don't Count as Reading, Right?
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Readers around the world debate this topic and homeschoolers are no exception! For our last regular episode for the podcast, we talk audiobooks verses print and ebooks. Where do you fall in the discussion? Hear us out (see what we did there?)! 2:10 Homeschooling Moment of the Week: Rachel (puppy food teaching) 4:26 HSMotW: Mindy (Esther and Drawing 1 in dual enrollment) 6:22 Topic Talk: Print vs Audiobooks! 7:10 Benefits of audiobooks 12:56 13:45 Research to support audiobooks 20:56 Recognize our issues in accepting this 25:32 (to check out the audiobook apps) 26:41 Make It Personal: Near...
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S2E36 Bullying, Building Confident Kids, and Bridging the Communication Gap for Big Topics with Guest Adam Brooks
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What an episode we have for you this week! It ended up twice the length because we just couldn’t delete any of the good info Adam brought us, but it’s more than worth it… we promise! Today we have Adam Brooks on the show to share with us about bullying and all that is involved, can lead up to it, how to handle it, how to prepare our kids for it, and more. Seriously, this may be our best episode. Listen to every minute, even if you have to break it up, because you will learn so much and add to your parenting tool bag in many many ways! We have some powerful, humorous, and amazing...
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s2E35 Dictation: What, Why, and How
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Listener requested episode, part 2! Aubree asked about narration and dictation and we love these tools, so here is a discussion on dictation. 1:30 Homeschooling Moment of the Week: Mindy (Paul Louis persevering and succeeding at logic work) 3:18 HSMotW: Rachel (puppy labor and delivery) 7:27 Topic Talk: Dictation 7:33 7:45 What is dictation? 9:21 How Mindy has used dictation 12:03 How Rachel has used dictation 21:00 Why it’s ok for a discrepancy between use of grammar and dictation 23:04 Remember what you are focusing on at the time 25:18 Make It Personal: Far Bookends (“test” your older...
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S2E34 Q&A Follow Up on Homeschooling Kids with Learning Disabilities with Guest Heather Scwarzen
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We had such great conversations with Heather Schwarzen that we had her back for a Q&A from listeners! Hear some GREAT tips, plus some doggie doula, spices, and finicky kid talk! 1:35 1:36 1:52 Homeschooling Moment of the Week: Rachel (dog in labor and being a doggie doula) 3:00 HSMotW: Heather (reorganizing a kitchen cabinet and the 9yo alphabetizing all the spices) 4:15 HSMotW: Mindy (Jubilee’s pickiness and success with the ) 4:18 Heather shared about in S2E28 6:30 Topic Talk: Q&A on homeschooling kids with learning disabilities 6:33 Q1: How to handle family pressure? 9:00 ...
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S2E33 Talking About War in Our Homeschooling
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Sometimes current events dictate the topic of Bookend Homeschoolers. Mindy & Rachel discuss teaching and talking about war in our history teaching and then about current wars, especially Ukraine and Russia. We DO start with some sweet and funny Homeschooling Moments of the Week, though. 1:11 Homeschooling Moment of the Week: Rachel (Sam reading to Grace for the first time) 2:21 HSMotW: Mindy (not PL with an airsoft gun on the balcony; Jubilee asking why) 3:53 Topic Talk: Invasion of Ukraine inspires thinking about how we teach about war 3:56 Talking about war while teaching history 12:58...
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S2E32 Narration: What, Why, & How
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Another listener requested episode for you this week! Mindy & Rachel think there is one educational tool that brings the biggest bang for your buck and … it’s FREE! Aubree asked for us to delve into narration and we were happy to oblige! 1:45 Homeschooling Moment of the Week: Mindy (PL knowing where Ukraine is and discussing current events) 2:00 S2E30 How to Reboot Your Day 3:30 HSMotW: Rachel (learning where Ukraine is having conversations about current events) 4:40 Topic Talk: Narration 5:05 Definition of narration 6:24 Use at any age 6:32 History of use in education 7:15 Why it is...
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S2E31 Adding YA to Our Homeschooling with Guest Jeff Zentner
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*Please note that many products linked are Amazon affiliate links. Your cost is the same, but a small portion of your purchase will come back to us to help offset the costs of the show. Thanks for your support!* We are super excited to share this episode with Jeff Zentner with you! Jeff is a YA author with four books in his catalog and two of them best sellers! Those same two made it on to Mindy’s Top 21 of 2021 (she read 189 books, so that’s a big deal to her). Jeff shares what YA brings to the table that other books often don’t. You may be surprised at what you hear and some of it may...
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S2E30 How to Reboot a Homeschooling Day
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We often find ourselves in the midst of a bad day as homeschoolers. Today, we share ideas on how to reboot those days! Homeschooling Moment of the Week: Rachel (had to reboot a day, but did so successfully!) HSMotW: Mindy (Jubilee, “Go home.” “You. go.”) 4:35 5:00 Topic Talk 5:23 What most often creates the need for a reboot? 7:37 First idea to reboot: talk a walk, literally. 8:55 Check out her family walk photos 9:45 Second idea: dance party of all varieties 10:05 Create playlists! 10:26 (just in case you’re the last family to not have heard this amazingly addictive song)...
info_outlineSometimes current events dictate the topic of Bookend Homeschoolers. Mindy & Rachel discuss teaching and talking about war in our history teaching and then about current wars, especially Ukraine and Russia. We DO start with some sweet and funny Homeschooling Moments of the Week, though.
1:11 Homeschooling Moment of the Week: Rachel (Sam reading to Grace for the first time)
2:21 HSMotW: Mindy (not PL with an airsoft gun on the balcony; Jubilee asking why)
3:53 Topic Talk: Invasion of Ukraine inspires thinking about how we teach about war
3:56 Talking about war while teaching history
12:58 HSMotW for Mindy and Rachel both involved Ukraine in S2E32
13:11Talking about Ukraine and Russia’s war
32:00 Make It Personal: Far Bookends (google current wars 2022 and discuss the list)
32:50 Make It Personal: Near Bookends (research ways to help Ukraine and involve our kids)
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