Military Homeschool Podcast

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Military Homeschool Podcast

Homeschooling among military families is on the rise due to the many advantages and amazing learning opportunities! Still, it also presents some unique challenges. The Military Homeschool Podcast aims to equip and encourage parents by covering topics relevant to military homeschooling families and featuring guest interviews with experienced military homeschoolers and experts in the educational field.

Your host, Crystal Niehoff, is an active-duty Army chaplain’s wife, mother of five, and grandmother to five. In 2000, Crystal and her family began their homeschooling journey, which she now continues with her oldest granddaughter, Lexi.

Previously a child welfare worker with degrees in child development, business administration, and certifications as a birth and bereavement doula and chaplain. For many years, Crystal was the owner and CEO of Army Wife Network (now known as Mission Milspouse) and host of Army Wife Talk Radio. Most notably, she interviewed the former Second Lady of the United States, Mrs. Karen Pence; the cast of Magnum P.I.; and ‘The REAL Forest Gump,’ Sammy Lee Davis.

Nowadays, Crystal co-hosts the weekly podcast, History for Christian Teens, along with her husband, Kevin. A great supplement to any history course or as a family devotional. Crystal is also a recurring writer for The Old Schoolhouse Magazine.

Join Crystal each week by listening on your favorite podcast app, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, or right here (just scroll down). Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss a single episode!

Got questions or show topic ideas? Contact Crystal via email at crystalniehoff@gmail.com or connect with her on Facebook.

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Homeschooling Tips for Military Families

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This week on Homeschool Highschool Podcast: Homeschooling Tips for Military Families.

Homeschooling Tips for Military Families, Interview with Nathan and Anita from Homeschool Project Podcast

Homeschooling Tips for Military Families

We’re so excited to be joined again with our friends, Nathan and Anita from the Homeschool Project Podcast! They are a military family, as are many of our homeschool friends, so join us today for some encouragement from a military homeschool family to other military homeschool families OR to homeschool families who want to understand their military homeschool-friends!

Nathan and Anita are currently stationed in Ohio. They have been serving for twelve years. (Let me clarify. Nathan is a military recruiter- the guest on an Homeschool Highschool Podcast episode about what military recruiters like to see in homeschoolers. However, when one member of the family is serving in the military, the entire family serves because they must be adaptable to all the lifestyle needs of military service members.)

Nathan and Anita homeschool their three kids, ages four through twelve. They started their podcast last year to talk about their homeschool adventures.

They started thinking about homeschooling several years ago, when their daughter was finishing pre-k.

At that time, Nathan got to thinking about homeschooling. Anita was busy in her career as a nurse and loving it. However, she respected his opinion so kept thinking about it.

One thing that triggered their thinking about homeschooling was a meeting with their pre-k’s principal who told them they should hold their daughter back a year. They went forward with their traditional school plans for the time. But then, one night while bathing her young son she realized she was truly seeing her child for the first time that day. She decided she wanted a lifestyle that was not so harried, but rather, had time for noticing.

Another incident that moved them closer to homeschooling was a night when they were helping their daughter with her homework. She was seven years old and so tired after a school day. Watching her, they decided they wanted something better for their daughter. After that, Anita spent the rest of the researching how to homeschool. Then they were ready for Anita to retire and to launch their homeschool.

As Nathan says, he has never been the type to believe life has to be what everyone tells you it has to be: Mom and Dad both work, come home after a long day to feed the kids and put them to bed, then do it over again the next day. The only family time really is Saturdays. That’s not the life he wanted for his family.

Life can be centered around a healthy kind of education situation. For us, that was homeschooling! -Nathan and Anita

They decided that life could be centered around a healthy kind of education situation for their kids…and that was homeschooling!

Life does not need to be centered around school all day and homework all evening. There is more to life than schoolwork. Homeschooling allows their family to have a marvelous education AND time for fun, exploration, play and simple family time.

Nathan and Anita started their podcast because Nathan loves podcasts! Also, they wanted to be able to pull together all the information they were learning about homeschooling and a homeschool lifestyle into one place in order to help other homeschoolers. They figured that they can bring folks along as they learn…and to learn from others as they interview them.

The podcast also gives them a special kind of community that goes with them, even if they must relocate due to military orders. (They have found there are many, many homeschooling military families.)

What’s it like being a military homeschooling family?

Anita shares that homeschooling allows some stability when Nathan’s military schedule changes a lot. Military lifestyle means lots of changes and moves, but homeschooling stays as a constant.

Homeschooling also helps them feel close. This is important for military families because there are difficulties involved in being a service family. That close knit support system is a true help.

Anita has also found that homeschooling allows some creative flexibility that helps military families. For instance, when a dad is deployed, families can work ahead in schoolwork, so that when he is home they can set aside school and enjoy family time. Or if dad has a rotating day-to-day schedule, families can work their lessons so that his days off match theirs.

Here are some tips from Nathan and Anita to help military families who are starting to homeschool:

Vicki loves the resources and hopefulness that Nathan and Anita bring to homeschooling families, especially military homeschool families. Please check out their podcast and pray for all our military families. Join us for encouragement for military homeschooling families- and folks who care about them.

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