LIVE without Training Wheels
Sherri Lund is a Christian, veteran homeschool mom, and life coach. She has found the Enneagram to be particularly helpful in understanding her own healthy and unhealthy tendencies in relationship and how she can take those into consideration.
info_outline LWOTW 025: When One Kid Needs More AttentionLIVE without Training Wheels
If you're homeschooling more than one child, and especially if you're homeschooling a crew, changes are good that there will be times when one child -for whatever reason - needs a lot more of your attention than the other kids.
info_outline LWOTW 024: Teaching to Their StrengthsLIVE without Training Wheels
Before she became a homeschool mom (unexpectedly) Shawna Wingert was a corporate consultant teaching big-league companies how to maximize employee productivity and boost morale by focusing on making the best use of employee strengths rather than trying to correct weaknesses.
info_outline LWOTW 023: Becoming a Brave WriterLIVE without Training Wheels
Do you feel overwhelmed teaching writing in your homeschool? Have you tried other methods or programs that left your kids believing they were bad at writing or that they hated writing?
info_outline LWOTW 022: Writer's Workshops with Multiple AgesLIVE without Training Wheels
Homeschooling multiple ages and wondering how to manage writing instruction? Let's chat about using Writer's Workshops from Layers of Learning!
info_outline LWOTW 021: Of Morning Times and Autopilots with Pam BarnhillLIVE without Training Wheels
It was my distinct pleasure to chat with my friend Pam Barnhill about managing life as a work-from-home mom as the creator of the popular Morning Time Plans and Plan Your Year homeschool resources.
info_outline LWOTW 020: Layering on the Learning - by Moms for Moms with Michelle Copher and Karen LoutzenhiserLIVE without Training Wheels
We all have a lot to balance (or juggle?) but what about those moms who are working and homeschooling? Some of the best examples of this are those moms who are working to create homeschool resources for the rest of us while they labor in the trenches homeschooling right along side of us, like moms Karen and Michelle, sisters and creators of Layers of Learning!
info_outline LWOTW 019: From Writing Resource to Lifestyle with Julie BogartLIVE without Training Wheels
During the "By Moms, For Moms" series, we're talking with moms who are both experienced in the homeschool trenches and are actively creating resources to bless and benefit homeschool families.
info_outline LWOTW 018: A Year of Living ProductivelyLIVE without Training Wheels
Maybe you've read a lot of books or articles on productivity. But if there really are good ways to be more productive, how come people have so many different ideas about the right way to do it? Join us as we chat with Melanie Wilson about her new book "A Year of Living Productively". She spent a year experimenting with various methods of productivity and sharing what she discovered. She'll share what she tried and what she recommends if you'd like to conduct your own experiments!
info_outline LWOTW 017: Navigating Homeschool Options OnlineLIVE without Training Wheels
Online courses and websites can be a great way to supplement or outsources some of your homeschooling. But how do you evaluate the resources you use? And what about online safety? Screen time? And computer purchasing and sharing?
info_outlineIf you're homeschooling more than one child, and especially if you're homeschooling a crew, changes are good that there will be times when one child - because of learning or behavior struggles, metal or physical health challenges or other reasons - needs a lot more of your attention than the other kids.
My dear friend Kendra Fletcher joined me to talk about this challenge - both how to navigate it and how to think about it. If you've ever struggled with balancing attention to multiple children, I think you'll find this episode encouraging!