The Homeschool Solutions Show | Faith-Based Encouragement & Practical Tips from Seasoned Homeschooling Parents

The Homeschool Solutions Show brings you weekly encouragement and practical tips to help you thrive as a homeschooling parent. Hosted by a rotating lineup of trusted voices in the homeschooling world, each episode offers real-life insight, biblical encouragement, curriculum ideas, habit training strategies, and grace-filled reminders that you don’t have to do it all perfectly. Whether you're a new homeschooler or a seasoned parent looking for fresh vision, you'll find Christ-centered wisdom and community here. Produced by Great Homeschool Conventions.

477 | Parenting is a Great Sacrifice (Sean Allen) | REPLAY 11/20/2025

495 | Goodbye for Now (Sean Allen) 11/18/2025

475 | Creating a Family Culture of Reading, Writing and Creativity with Guest S.D. Smith (Janice Campbell) | REPLAY 11/14/2025

491 | Work Together! (Sean Allen) 11/04/2025

471 | Homeschooling Your Struggling Learner with Kathy Kuhl (Janice Campbell) | REPLAY 10/30/2025

471 | Homeschooling Your Struggling Learner with Kathy Kuhl (Janice Campbell) | REPLAY In this encouraging episode, host Janice Campbell talks with Kathy Kuhl, author of Homeschooling Your Struggling Learner, about how to help children who find learning harder than it should be. Kathy shares her personal journey homeschooling a child with learning challenges and offers practical insight for parents teaching kids who struggle with reading, writing, or attention. Together, Janice and Kathy discuss individualized learning, the importance of literature, balancing remediation with accommodation, and nurturing a child’s strengths and confidence. Whether you’re new to homeschooling or looking for ways to better support your student, this conversation is full of wisdom, compassion, and hope. About Kathy Kathy Kuhl helps parents teaching children and teens with learning challenges. She provides resources, tips, and encouragement. Whether your children struggle with reading, writing, math, or focusing, Kathy offers creative solutions to help you teach more effectively. After years helping her dyslexic, distractible son after school, Kathy began homeschooling him in fourth grade. Homeschooling let her customize education to his interests and strengths, while addressing his weaknesses. The results made his neuropsychologist declare that homeschooling was the best thing for him. Other parents began seeking Kathy’s advice, and she began speaking. After her son’s homeschool graduation, Kathy interviewed 64 parents who also homeschooled students with diagnosed learning disabilities. From those interviews, her experience and study, Kathy wrote Homeschooling Your Struggling Learner. This handbook helps parents or anyone helping children or teens with learning challenges, including attention issues, dyslexia, other learning disabilities, autism, and giftedness. Kathy also wrote Staying Sane as You Homeschool and Encouraging Your Child, as well as articles for many magazines. She blogs at . Kathy speaks at homeschool and education conferences internationally. She also advises families individually, providing advice, encouragement, and insight. You may sign up for a free introductory session on her website, with no obligation. Kathy graduated from William and Mary, where she earned teaching certificates in English and mathematics. She has two children and four grandchildren. She lives with her husband in northern Virginia, and loves reading and hiking. About Janice Janice Campbell, a lifelong reader and writer, loves to introduce students to great books and beautiful writing. She holds an English degree from Mary Baldwin College, and is the graduated homeschool mom of four sons. You’ll find more about reading, writing, planning, and education from a Charlotte Mason/Classical perspective at her websites, , , and . Resources by Jean Merrill by Janwillem Van De Wetering by A. A. Milne by Jeanne Birdsall by Jostein Gaarder , by C. S. Lewis; especially The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis of Homeschooling Your Struggling Learner Connect Kathy Kuhl | | Janice Campbell | | | | | Homeschooling.mom | | Subscribe to our YouTube channel | Have you joined us at one of the ? We hope to see you there! For more encouragement on your homeschooling journey, visit the site, and tune in to our sister podcast . . /episode/index/show/thehomeschoolsolutionsshow/id/38840385

471 | Homeschooling Your Struggling Learner with Kathy Kuhl (Janice Campbell) | REPLAY 10/30/2025

488 | Time to Talk (Sean Allen) 10/28/2025

498 | Self-Care for the Homeschool Mom (Jessica Smartt) | REPLAY 10/23/2025

484 | The Importance of Family Devotions (Sean Allen) 10/21/2025

467 | Reading and Writing, and Why They Matter with Brian Wasko (Janice Campbell) | REPLAY 10/17/2025

467 | Reading and Writing, and Why They Matter with Brian Wasko (Janice Campbell) | REPLAY Is it imaginable that freedom of speech and freedom of religion could be suppressed where we live at some time in our future? History would indicate so. How do we prepare ourselves and our families for such a contingency? What curriculum might best prepare us for persecution, even martyrdom? How do we cultivate necessary virtues without sparking burdensome fears? Listen in as Janice Campbell and Andrew Pudewa explore this challenging subject. About Brian Brian Wasko's background is in English education. He taught high school English for many years in public and private Christian schools. In 2001, he founded WriteAtHome, an online service offering tutorial writing courses to homeschoolers. He also teaches online literature courses through Wasko Lit, where he can share with young people his love for the great books of Western Civilization. He has been a popular homeschool convention speaker since the early 2000s, entertaining and educating audiences as both keynote and convention speaker at dozens of conferences across the country. Brian and his family live in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He and his wife, Melanie, homeschooled their four daughters from kindergarten to college. About Janice Janice Campbell, a lifelong reader and writer, loves to introduce students to great books and beautiful writing. She holds an English degree from Mary Baldwin College, and is the graduated homeschool mom of four sons. You’ll find more about reading, writing, planning, and education from a Charlotte Mason/Classical perspective at her websites, , , and . Resources Connect Brian Wasko of Write at Home | | | Janice Campbell | | | | | Homeschooling.mom | | Subscribe to our YouTube channel | Have you joined us at one of the ? We hope to see you there! For more encouragement on your homeschooling journey, visit the site, and tune in to our sister podcast . . /episode/index/show/thehomeschoolsolutionsshow/id/38606485

481 | Singing in Your Home (Sean Allen) 10/07/2025

499 |Parenting is a Great Sacrifice (Sean Allen) | REPLAY 09/30/2025

473 | My Family's Homeschool Schedule (Jessica Smartt) | REPLAY 09/26/2025

463 | College Isn’t the Only Path to a Successful Future with Cindy LaJoy (Janice Campbell) | REPLAY 09/25/2025

463 | College Isn’t the Only Path to a Successful Future with Cindy LaJoy (Janice Campbell) | REPLAY In this episode, we dive into a powerful conversation with Cindy LaJoy of Blue Collar Homeschool about creating meaningful educational paths for kids who aren’t headed toward the traditional college track. Cindy shares how to help children discover their strengths, explore careers and trades, and build skills that get overlooked in traditional schooling. From certificate programs to apprenticeships, she shows how learning can be tailored without being “less than.” We also discuss the importance of relationship at the heart of homeschooling and celebrating every kind of excellence. This episode is full of practical ideas and encouragement for parents seeking alternatives to the college-only path. About Cindy An unexpected homeschooler, after a dozen years Cindy is entering her final year of homeschooling with her youngest of five kids. Her children, now young adults, were all adopted from orphanages in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan and presented her with the unique challenge of educating learners with numerous learning disabilities, no English, and giftedness in the mix as well! Three years ago Cindy founded the Facebook group and website "Blue Collar Homeschool" to help others find the support and encouragement she couldn't find for her own family. College is not the only path to a successful future, and Cindy's kids are proving that as they operate their own pizzeria and tech businesses. Her online group has grown to a membership of almost 9000 and is a haven where families with kids who are not college-bound can post questions to find resources for everything from business start-ups to barn building to creative arts pursuits...and not be bashed for having children whose gifts may be discovered outside the academic arena. Blue Collar Homeschool is helping many discover "A different kind of homeschooling excellence! About Janice Janice Campbell, a lifelong reader and writer, loves to introduce students to great books and beautiful writing. She holds an English degree from Mary Baldwin College, and is the graduated homeschool mom of four sons. You’ll find more about reading, writing, planning, and education from a Charlotte Mason/Classical perspective at her websites, , , and . Resources Books Cindy would share with every child: Connect Cindy LaJoy | | | Janice Campbell | | | | | Homeschooling.mom | | Subscribe to our YouTube channel | Thank you to our sponsors! : an affordable Christian alternative to traditional health insurance : children’s books to help you teach your kids how the world really works Have you joined us at one of the ? We hope to see you there! For more encouragement on your homeschooling journey, visit the site, and tune in to our sister podcast . . /episode/index/show/thehomeschoolsolutionsshow/id/38334115

459 | Stories and Music and Learning that Sticks with Carol Reynolds (Janice Campbell) | REPLAY 09/24/2025

459 | Stories and Music and Learning that Sticks with Carol Reynolds (Janice Campbell) | REPLAY In this episode, Janice Campbell sits down with Professor Carol Reynolds to explore the powerful role music and the arts play in a child’s education. Together, they unpack how music isn’t just a “nice extra,” but an essential part of helping kids connect with history, science, and even math. Carol shares how rhythm, sound, and story all work together to shape not only knowledge, but also confidence and joy in learning. If you’ve ever wondered how to integrate music and literature more fully into your homeschool, or you’re looking for encouragement that it’s not too late to begin, this conversation will inspire you. By the end, you’ll be reminded that education is about more than checking boxes—it’s about nurturing the soul through beauty, rhythm, and story. About Carol Professor Carol Reynolds is a much sought-after public speaker for arts venues, homeschool conferences, and general audiences. She combines insights on music history, arts, and culture with her passion for arts education to create programs and curricula, inspires concert audiences, and lead art tours. Never dull or superficial, Carol brings to her audiences a unique blend of humor, substance, and skilled piano performance to make the arts more accessible and meaningful to audiences of all ages. Carol has led art tours to Russia, Poland, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovakia, San Francisco, and Broadway on behalf of several arts organizations and has recently teamed with Smithsonian Journeys for cruises to the Holy Land, Mediterranean, Caribbean, Baltic Sea, Indian Ocean, and across the Atlantic. Her enthusiasm and boundless energy give tour participants an unforgettable experience. For more than 20 years, Carol was Associate Professor of Music History at the Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. She now makes her home in North Carolina with her husband, Hank, and her daughter and grandchildren. Hank and Carol maintain a second residence in Weimar, Germany — the home of Goethe, Schiller, Bach, and Liszt, and the focal point of much of Europe’s artistic heritage. About Janice Janice Campbell, a lifelong reader and writer, loves to introduce students to great books and beautiful writing. She holds an English degree from Mary Baldwin College, and is the graduated homeschool mom of four sons. You’ll find more about reading, writing, planning, and education from a Charlotte Mason/Classical perspective at her websites, , , and . Resources l Connect Carol Reynolds | | | Janice Campbell | | | | | Homeschooling.mom | | Subscribe to our YouTube channel | Have you joined us at one of the ? We hope to see you there! For more encouragement on your homeschooling journey, visit the site, and tune in to our sister podcast . . /episode/index/show/thehomeschoolsolutionsshow/id/38333615

486 | The Benefits and Beauty of a Charlotte Mason Education (Jeannie Fulbright & Shiela Catanzarite) | REPLAY 09/19/2025

486 | The Benefits and Beauty of a Charlotte Mason Education (Jeannie Fulbright & Shiela Catanzarite) | REPLAY Jeannie Fulbright and Shiela Catanzarite discuss the benefits and the beauty of a Charlotte Mason education, sharing experiences from the years of educating their own children using Charlotte Mason's model. You’ll hear how it brought beauty to their homeschool days and how it prepared their children for college and career. You’ll see how employing the Charlotte Mason method equips children for success in the real world. Jeannie and Shiela share the importance of deprogramming from the standardized system of education that is failing our children. By employing the methods Charlotte Mason taught, methods that research confirms effective, you will provide for your children a peaceful, joyful, quiet growing time that honors their uniqueness and gives room for them to discover their gifts and talents. The simplicity of using the Charlotte Mason model enables children to become strong thinkers, writers, communicators, and leaders in their generation. About Shiela Shiela Catanzarite is an author, speaker, editor, and communication coach. She's a 20-year Charlotte Mason veteran homeschooler and has worked as Jeannie Fulbright’s editor and designer for 20 years helping develop Jeannie’s award-winning Apologia science curriculum and most recently her Charlotte Mason products published through Jeannie Fulbright Press. Shiela is the author of the newly published Living Verse Language Arts in Poetry and is finishing up her second book in the series Living Verse Language Arts in Scripture, to be released spring 2024. Earning a bachelor’s degree in Special Education and a master’s degree in Christian Education from Dallas Theological Seminary, Shiela has been teaching language arts in some capacity for 40+ years. Her passion remains helping students understand the elements of language and how to use these elements artfully to communicate effectively. Shiela is currently a language communication coach, working one-on-one with students who have language learning and communication challenges. She also writes curriculum for her private middle and high school English language communication classes that focus on writing and speaking. Both of Shiela's and her husband Bruce’s daughters attended private universities on scholarship and went on to pursue graduate studies in medicine and global business. She attributes their love for learning and academic achievement to homeschooling with Charlotte Mason’s philosophy and methodology. About Jeannie Jeannie Fulbright, a 24-year veteran homeschooler, is the author of the #1 best-selling, multi award-winning Apologia Young Explorer science series: Exploring Creation with Astronomy, Chemistry and Physics, Botany, Zoology, and Anatomy & Physiology. She is also the author of the action-packed historical time travel book series Rumble Tumbles Through Time, as well as preschool science books and activity kits, the Charlotte Mason Heirloom Planner, and many high-quality Charlotte Mason based products. Jeannie and her husband Jeff became empty nesters in 2019. All four of their children all went to the University of Georgia on scholarship (homeschooling works!). For more than 20 years Jeannie has traveled around the country speaking to homeschoolers at conventions, covering a plethora of topics from Charlotte Mason to marriage and prayer. Connect Jeannie Fulbright | | | | | | Shiela Catanzarite | | | Homeschooling.mom | | Have you joined us at one of the ? We hope to see you there! For more encouragement on your homeschooling journey, visit the site. . /episode/index/show/thehomeschoolsolutionsshow/id/38273215

474 | Dear Mom, Don’t Give Up (Sean Allen) | REPLAY 09/16/2025

492 | How to Focus Despite Distractions (Janice Campbell) | REPLAY 09/02/2025

487 | Parenting Teen Boys with Brooke McGlothlin (Jessica Smartt) 08/13/2025

490 | Homeschooling Through Challenges: Moving (Julie Ross with Ana Willis) | REPLAY 07/29/2025

490 | Homeschooling Through Challenges: Moving (Julie Ross with Ana Willis) | REPLAY The challenge of moving can bring chaos to the whole family, and throwing homeschooling into the mix is a recipe for complete overwhelm! In this episode, Julie talks with Ana Willis about how she tackled this challenge with her own family and how to make it manageable for parents and children. About Ana Ana is a wife and homeschool mom of three turned homeschool blogger. She is also a women's pastor, entrepreneur, and a passionate Bible and Hebrew teacher. She loves helping homeschool moms to find joy and fulfillment in their homeschool calling. Her goal is to help moms go from stressed to blessed, nurturing a restful homeschooling through a living education, and living a beyond blessed life. Ana studied Theology at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and has a double Bachelor's degree in Biblical and Jewish Studies from Israel College of the Bible in Jerusalem. She is the founder of , a course that teaches homeschool families to read, write, and speak Hebrew in only 4-10 weeks. For the past six years, Ana has been mentoring thousands of homeschool moms through , , and co-hosting the . Ana loves bringing God's people together and above all, she loves bringing people closer to God! About Julie Julie H. Ross believes that every child needs a feast of living ideas to grow intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually. As a former school teacher, curriculum coordinator, and assistant director of a homeschool academy, Julie has worked with hundreds of students and parents over the past 20 years. She has also been homeschooling her own five children for over a decade. Julie developed the Charlotte Mason curriculum, A Gentle Feast, to provide parents with the tools and resources needed to provide a rich and abundant educational feast full of books, beauty, and Biblical truth. Julie lives in South Carolina. When she’s not busy homeschooling, reading children’s books, hiking, or writing curriculum, you can find her taking a nap. Resources Connect Ana Willis | | Julie Ross | A Gentle Feast | | | | Homeschooling.mom | | Subscribe to our YouTube channel | Have you joined us at one of the ? We hope to see you there! For more encouragement on your homeschooling journey, visit the site, and tune in to our sister podcast . . /episode/index/show/thehomeschoolsolutionsshow/id/37589515

483 | The Joy of Reading in Community with Jennifer Dow (Janice Campbell) 07/01/2025

483 | The Joy of Reading in Community with Jennifer Dow (Janice Campbell) Reading in community can take you more deeply into a book, and more deeply into the heart of friendship, too. If you’ve ever wanted to start a book group or wondered how to lead a class discussion on a classic work of literature, Jennifer Dow’s wise counsel can help you do both. You don’t have to know everything about a book in order to do this. Jennifer suggests that “If the goal is community and the hospitality that leads to healing, we must provide free space with clear, helpful boundaries. We must meet people where they are, at the same time offer or invite others to a vision of what can be, together, shoulder to shoulder. This expresses itself in the environment we curate, the content we behold, and the way we teach or read.” Join us to learn more about how to cultivate a reading atmosphere that leads to learning, growth, and relationship. About Jennifer Jennifer Dow is a classical teacher, speaker, and writer. Jennifer has completed the CiRCE Apprenticeship as a CiRCE certified Classical Teacher and has taught humanities, logic, rhetoric, and the fine arts since 2009. She is the founder of the Paideia Fellowship, an organization devoted to helping teachers and leaders, at home and school, teach the classical liberal arts. Jennifer’s published works can be seen around the web, was a contributing author for The Lost Tools of Writing Level 1, published by The CiRCE Institute. Jennifer has spoken across the nation on how to teach and encounter the classical liberal arts and hosted The Classical Homeschool Podcast, been featured on Your Morning Basket Podcast with Pam Barnhill and The Commons with Brian Phillips. Currently, Jennifer is writing her first book about the journey of classical learning and teaching, serving as the Director of the Paideia Fellowship, and researching how parents, leaders, and teachers can provide an authentic and healing classical education to all. Jennifer, an Orthodox Christian, lives in North Carolina with her three children and enjoys spoken word poetry, trying her hand at fancy cuisine, collecting more books than she’ll ever read, and the occasional Netflix binge. About Janice Janice Campbell, a lifelong reader and writer, loves to introduce students to great books and beautiful writing. She holds an English degree from Mary Baldwin College, and is the graduated homeschool mom of four sons. You’ll find more about reading, writing, planning, and education from a Charlotte Mason/Classical perspective at her websites, , , and . Resources If you could choose any three books to give to a new homeschool mom, what would they be? Connect Jennifer Dow | | | | | Janice Campbell | | | | | Homeschooling.mom | | Subscribe to our YouTube channel | Have you joined us at one of the ? We hope to see you there! For more encouragement on your homeschooling journey, visit the site, and tune in to our sister podcast . . /episode/index/show/thehomeschoolsolutionsshow/id/37232235

480 | Out of Public School into Homeschooling with Jill Simonian from PragerU (Jessica Smartt) 06/03/2025

479 | Freedom, College, Homeschool Curricula, Facebook, and More with Connor Boyack! (Jessica Smartt) | REPLAY 05/29/2025

476 | How to Have a Quiet Time as a Homeschool Mom (Jeannie Fulbright) | REPLAY 04/24/2025

476 | How to Have a Quiet Time as a Homeschool Mom (Jeannie Fulbright) | REPLAY One thing we often neglect in our busy schedule is nurturing our walk with God. With everything we must complete, we feel that we just don't have the time to have a quiet time. However, Jesus tells us, "Just as no branch can bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me. I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing." We all want more than anything to do a good job homeschooling, to bear much fruit in our children's lives. Yet, if we are not walking with the Lord, we cannot bear fruit, we can do nothing well. Colossians 1:29 says, "To this end I strenuously labor with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me." We need the energy Christ provides to succeed in any endeavor we undertake, especially homeschooling. In this podcast, Jeannie will share the simple format that Jesus taught us to strengthen our relationship with God. Even if you only have five minutes to spare each day, by employing the steps Jesus imparted, you will receive all the blessings and benefits of an intimate and dynamic relationship with God. About Jeannie Jeannie Fulbright, a 24-year veteran homeschooler, is the author of the #1 best-selling, multi award-winning Apologia Young Explorer science series: Exploring Creation with Astronomy, Chemistry and Physics, Botany, Zoology, and Anatomy & Physiology. She is also the author of the action-packed historical time travel book series Rumble Tumbles Through Time, as well as preschool science books and activity kits, the Charlotte Mason Heirloom Planner, and many high-quality Charlotte Mason based products. Jeannie and her husband Jeff became empty nesters in 2019. All four of their children all went to the University of Georgia on scholarship (homeschooling works!). For more than 20 years Jeannie has traveled around the country speaking to homeschoolers at conventions, covering a plethora of topics from Charlotte Mason to marriage and prayer. Connect Jeannie Fulbright | | | | | | Homeschooling.mom | | Subscribe to our YouTube channel | Have you joined us at one of the ? We hope to see you there! For more encouragement on your homeschooling journey, visit the site, and tune in to our sister podcast . . /episode/index/show/thehomeschoolsolutionsshow/id/36290115

476 | How to Have a Quiet Time as a Homeschool Mom (Jeannie Fulbright) | REPLAY 04/24/2025

472 | Interest Led vs. Need Based; a Homeschool Balancing Act (Jennifer Cabrera) | REPLAY 03/25/2025

470 | Your Children Need Someone to Talk To (Sean Allen) 03/19/2025

The Homeschool Solutions Show | Faith-Based Encouragement & Practical Tips from Seasoned Homeschooling Parents

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