Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network
Homeschool encouragement and podcast
Homeschoolers have the blessing of flexibility on so many issues – and graduation timing is one of them. Should you plan to graduate your student at 18? What about the precocious kids who might earn a diploma by 15? Or kids with health or learning issues, should they graduate later? We’ve had all three situations – this episode we’re talking about what we decided and what we learned!
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Part 2 on getting our kids to work – What about school work? That’s really the daily job for our children – whether it’s homeschool or any other educational system. What can we do to overcome their natural resistance to school, and how can we encourage good habits in the pursuit of knowledge? We’ve homeschooled our eight children from the beginning and we have some practical ideas that have really helped us along the way!
0:55 – How our motivation affects the kids’
2:29 – The risk and cost of missing the actual point of education
4:54 – Protecting the love of learning
6:19 – Distinguishing a struggling learner from a lazy learner
8:36 – Temporary learning struggles happen, too
10:29 – a word from our sponsor CTC Math
11:44 – The trap of mis-placed goals
13:20 – Practical ideas to get the work done
Materials to help struggling learners available on our website
Our book No Longer Little talks about the common learning struggles of pre-teens in early adolescence – and how to work through them
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Are you ready for REAL help to motivate your reluctant writer? Want fabulous tips from author and publisher, Kim Kautzer with WriteShop.com.
Kim shares her five tips as to why students are reluctant to write, as well as hope and practical help to overcome those obstacles.
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“Join WriteShop for our special Reluctant Writer Round-up and find helpful tools to teach your own reluctant writer. We’re sharing our best blog posts, Instagram favorites, and Pins.”
This was a conversation I enjoyed having and know you’ll enjoy listening to!
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Read my review of WriteShop here.
Additional podcasts with Kim Kautzer as a guest on Homeschooling IRL — I Love Homeschooling but I Hate Teaching Writing
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You might also enjoy Kim’s blog posts on helping reluctant writers! Here are some of our favorites:
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