Rowan and her husband Chris talk about raising and homeschooling their four kids. They discuss important values, teaching your kids about finances, and how they would do things differently in hindsight.
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Rowan and her husband Chris talk about raising and homeschooling their four kids. They discuss important values, teaching your kids about finances, and how they would do things differently in hindsight.
Rowan speaks with her mom about read-alouds in Cathy’s homeschool. Learn how to choose good books for your library and how read-alouds can pull in topics like social issues and history as you educate your children at home.
Our conversation about the Chicken Bus Adventure turned into one about the concept of World Schooling and Janet LoSole gives 4 tips for those considering such an adventure.
Part 1 of 2. A conversation with Janet Losole, author of Adventure By Chicken Bus, a homeschooling adventure that she and her husband took with their children through Central America.
To take a gap year after high school or not to take a gap year- that is the question.
Motherhood blogger Bonnie Way shares her journey of homeschooling and running an online business as part of our series for working homeschool parents.
Rowan interviews Lisa Marie Fletcher on the topic of homeschooling and working-in her case, running The Canadian Homeschooler website, several Facebook groups, and an online conference.
Experienced working homeschool mom Rowan Atkinson lays out some foundations for those embarking on homeschooling while working. Crucial advice is given to help prevent burnout and overwhelm.
Jen Mackinnon helps thousands of working homeschool moms with her years of experience and her blog and community at practicalbydefault.com. She and Rowan discuss her journey and together they share not only their experiences as working homeschool moms but also some of the challenges and joys.
As part of our professional development series for home educators, this episode on Learning Styles & Strategies will help homeschoolers to teach to the way their students learn. Download a free infographic with a summary of the styles and strategies.
The Charlotte Mason educational method as it applies to homeschooling is discussed in this interview with Cori Dean, a Canadian expert on this method. Learn how homeschoolers can use “living books” , nature study, habit formation and narration to create an education for their children.
Rowan interviews Heather Zwart of OCHEC, an Ontario-wide support network for homeschoolers. Heather shares how this conference came to be- spoiler-OCHEC wanted to make sure parents of exceptional learners were still being supported even when in-person conferences were unable to run during Covid-19. She also lets us know the amazing sessions that are in the lineup.
Learn about the Classical model of education and how it can apply to homeschooling. Hester Van Braeden of Classical Education Books shares her expertise in this interview. This is part of our professional development series for home educators.
Rowan Atkinson continues to explore the concepts of educational professional development as it can apply to the development of home educators. Today we look at a continuous five-phase model which includes mentoring and evaluating our practices.
