SS #147: Strong Mothers, Special Needs (with Adelaide Garner!!)
Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
Release Date: 11/01/2024
SS #166: Artificial Intelligence (with Jami Marstall!!)
Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
Our guest today is Jami Marstall. Jami has been homeschooling for almost 20 years with Charlotte Mason’s rich, living methods. She and her husband John have four children, three of whom have graduated. Jami is not particularly looking forward to homeschool retirement when her youngest graduates. She firmly believes that mothers are born persons and have minds which hunger for ideas too! Her personal reading stack usually includes works of educational philosophy, history, biography, literary classics, and a detective novel. In this episode, Abby, Jami, and Brandy discuss AI – yes,...
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SS #165: Book Club Joy
Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
This is the fall episode recorded each year at the retreat. As usual, the Scholé Sisters apologize for the decline in sound quality. They feel like it is worth it that they get to record all togheter in the same room! Today they're talking about all the nitty gritty details of book club. You’re going to love this conversation! *** The Scholé Sisters fall mentorship — Feminism Detox — kicked off on Monday October 27th. It’s not too late to join! Participants are reading three books together and discussing them in a variety of ways — there are discussion threads where you write...
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SS #164: Teaching Courage
Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
Today’s episode is a continuation of our ongoing discussion of virtues and vices. Brandy, Mystie, and Abby contend that if classical education is supposed to form virtue, courage and fortitude have to be covered. What does THAT look like? Listen up because they talk all about it! You’re going to love this conversation! *** Are you ready for the Scholé Sisters fall mentorship? The new mentorship — Feminism Detox — kicks off on Monday October 27th. We’re reading three books together and discussing them in a variety of ways — there are discussion threads where you write out your...
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SS #163: You Should Have an Opinion on These Things
Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
Charlotte Mason says our young adult daughters ought to develop their opinions rather than being tossed around by circumstance or culture. Ought a well-raised young lady have an opinion? Brandy, Abby, and Mystie are here to discuss it! You're going to love this conversation! *** Don't forget to register for our annual retreat! There are many possibilities: watch live in the comfort of your home and get access to our zoom room discussion groups for fruitful interaction, or host or attend an in-person local retreat and enjoy discussion in real life with women from your local community. Either...
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SS #162: Classical Preschool: Gymnastic
Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
Is classical preschool even a thing?? In today’s episode, Abby, Mystie and Brandy talk about gymnastic and explain how you can start training the body in the preschool years. You’re going to love this conversation! *** Don’t forget to register for our annual retreat! There are many possibilities: watch live in the comfort of your home and get access to our zoom room discussion groups for fruitful interaction, or host or attend an in-person local retreat and enjoy discussion in real life with women from your local community. Either way, you’ll find this year’s topic inspiring! Just go...
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SS #161: Feminism Detox (Announcing the Fall Mentorship!!)
Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
In today’s episode, Abby, Mystie, and Brandy are discussing feminism and the view of women found in Herman Bavinck’s book The Christian Family. You’re going to love this conversation! *** Don’t forget to register for our annual online local retreat! There are many possibilities: watch live in the comfort of your home and get access to our zoom room discussion groups for fruitful interaction, or host an in-person local group and enjoy discussion in real life with women from your local community. Either way, you’ll find this year’s topic inspiring! Just go to...
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SS #160: We Did a Thing (Announcing Our Book!!)
Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
In today’s episode, Abby, Mystie, and Brandy are announcing a secret project they've been working on for over a year. It’s pretty exciting!! *** Don’t forget to register for our annual online local retreat! There are many possibilities: watch live in the comfort of your home and get access to our zoom room discussion groups for fruitful interaction, or host an in-person local group and enjoy discussion in real life with women from your local community. Either way, you’ll find this year’s topic inspiring! Just go to scholesisters.com/curriculum to register. *** The expected release...
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SS #159: Curriculum Is More Than Something You Buy
Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
In today’s episode, Abby, Mystie, and Brandy are geeking out about curriculum, which is the topic of this year’s annual retreat. Did you know? Curriculum is something you buy, and also something you can’t buy. You’re going to love this conversation! *** Today is the day! We are opening early bird registration for our annual online local retreat. This retreat is one of our favorite things in the whole world. There are many possibilities: watch live in the comfort of your home and get access to zoom room discussion groups for fruitful interaction, or host an in-person local group and...
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SS #158: Postmodernism Wants Your Kids
Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
In today’s episode, Mystie, Abby, and Brandy explain exactly why they chose this topic for the 2025 Spring Training Sessions and why they think it’s important for us to prepare our kids for the world we’re launching them into. You’re going to love this conversation! *** The annual Scholé Sisters Spring Training just happened, and replays are now available! Dr. Glenn Sunshine did a great job teaching us about the disenchantment and renchantment of the world around us. Coming up on Tuesday, June 4th at noon Pacific, we are having a live meetup to discuss what we learned from Spring...
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SS #157: Reward Systems in Sunday School?
Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
In today’s episode, Brandy, Mystie, and Abby revisit the topic of rewards and prize systems – specifically what to do when one is implemented at church. This was a chance to try and apply our principles to a real life situation where we don’t want to be perfectionists and we DO want to be peacemakers. You’re going to love this conversation! *** If you’ve considered upgrading your Sistership membership from FREE to Sophie level, now is the time! Our annual spring training is coming up in just a couple weeks and you do NOT want to miss it! Dr. Glenn Sunshine will talk with us about the...
info_outlineOur special guest today is Adelaide Garner. Adelaide is wife to Ben, and mother to four little treasures. They are Reformed Evangelical Christians. She was a pastor’s wife for many years, but their family has moved into Ben owning a small business. Adelaide and Ben are second generation homeschoolers and use Charlotte Mason’s principles. They live in a 120-year-old farmhouse on several acres outside of Houston, Texas. Six years ago, Adelaide, after many years of struggling with her own health. decided to become a certified health coach. When she learned to ask better questions, she found better answers for her health and the health of her family. She enjoys helping women find a grateful, sober-minded, and non-anxious approach to caring for the wellbeing of their families, to the Glory of God.
We had a few audio issues during this recording, so you'll have to forgive us for the handful of snags you hear along the way.
With that said, today's conversation was fascinating because it combines a book we all read for last year's mentorship, A Failure of Nerve, by Edwin Friedman, with issues surrounding autism and other special needs.
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The live kickoff for our newest Scholé Sisters mentorship took place a couple weeks ago. Our mentorships are for Sophie-level Sistership members. However, our kickoff was for everyone, even those of you on our free plan. If you are not yet in the Sistership but want to watch the replay of the live kickoff for the Mentorship (which we've named Stable and Steadfast: Standing on Your God-given Rights), go to scholesisters.com/join and sign up!