Homeschool Conversations with Humility and Doxology

I love how there has been an emphasis recently within education, especially in classical circles, on restful-learning. As I have pondered what “rest” means in my own life (not just in my home education), I return over and over again to the concept of resting from my own workings and attempts to earn God’s favor by being awesome.

My rest is found by relying on the accomplished work of Jesus Christ for my identity.

The hard news that I will never be “good enough” drives me to repentance and humility.

The blessedly amazing news of grace drives me to doxological shouts of joy.

Welcome to this week’s installment in the Homeschool Conversations with Humility and Doxology summer audioblog series! Each week I’m bringing one of my most popular blog posts straight to your podcast. Pop in those earbuds while you’re on summer road trips, sitting by the pool, or folding laundry for some extra homeschooling encouragement.

Be sure to subscribe to this podcast wherever you’re listening so you don’t miss a single episode! Season 8 will be coming your way in August, and we’ll kick off with a fan favorite... a Listener Q&A episode! Send me your questions about homeschooling, parenting, or life in general via email ([email protected]) or DM me on social media. I’m @HumilityandDoxology on IG, FB, and YT.

And if you’re wanting even more homeschool goodness, join me in the Made2Homeschool community. You can get all the details at HumilityandDoxology.com/M2H. We’re having so much fun in there, and I’d love to have you there. Join at HumilityandDoxology.com/M2H: https://www.humilityanddoxology.com/M2H

Today’s audioblog episode is actually the first article I ever wrote and published, a couple years before I even started my own website. It originally appeared in the spring 2014 edition of Greenhouse Magazine, and can now also be found over on my blog. https://www.humilityanddoxology.com/humility-doxology-identity/

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Until next week, happy summer and happy homeschooling!

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It's the end of the summer audioblog series from Homeschool Conversations with Humility and Doxology! Thanks for hanging out with us this summer. I look forward to rejoining you with our regular season next week. To kick off Season 6, we'll have another Ask Me Anything episode, so send me your questions on anything and everything to [email protected] by Wednesday, August 24. (Didn't get yours in in time? Send me your question anyway and I'll save it for a future episode!)

Today's audioblog guest is Sara Jordan from Heart and Soul Homeschooling, and she's got some real-life homeschool mom confessions to share.

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Sara is a mom to 3 creative girls, as well as a writer and homeschool consultant. She holds a degree in Social Work specializing in early childhood development, which led to her interest in individualized educational options like homeschooling. She believes that learning should be a lifelong adventure, not just a checklist to get through. Sara has been homeschooling since 2006 and blogging since 2008 at Heart and Soul Homeschooling.

Find more from Sara:

• Facebook: https://facebook.com/heartandsoulhomeschooling
• Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/heartandsoulhomeschooling
• Free guide to Restful Homeschooling for Moms: https://heartandsoulhomeschooling.com/heart-and-soul-homeschooling-handbook/

This week’s podcast replay suggestion is Peacefully Homeschooling with Jennifer Pepito

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Jamie Erickson’s books are frequently recommended in homeschool circles, but it wasn’t until several months ago that I read one of hers for the first time! I knew as soon as I finished it that Jamie would be a wonderful podcast guest, and am delighted to share our conversation with you all today. We don’t have to homeschool in fear. Learn how to homeschool bravely in today’s homeschool conversation episode! Thank you to Podcast Sponsor All About Learning Press! Click here to learn more: https://bit.ly/reading-and-spelling

Show notes and full transcript: https://www.humilityanddoxology.com/jamie-erickson

Homeschool Planning Tips: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt7wgqzxNavkHcUvtQNMrAZyYvtUeFh0m

FREE Year of Memory Work: https://www.humilityanddoxology.com/year-of-memory-work

Made2Homeschool - a new homeschool community for YOU https://www.made2homeschool.com/?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.made2homeschool.com%2Fa%2F2147529243%2FKNcPGL3t (ref) Follow Humility and Doxology Online: Blog https://www.humilityanddoxology.com/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/HumilityAndDoxology Instagram http://instagram.com/humilityanddoxology YouTube: YouTube.com/humilityanddoxology Here's an excerpt from my Homeschool Conversation with Jamie Erickson: Amy: What about the mom who’s like, “I think homeschooling sounds great. It doesn’t sound scary. I just am already overwhelmed. I feel like I’m not even doing a good job just all the other mom and life and keeping the house running, stuff I’m supposed to be doing.” How is that mom supposed to now add home educating to her list of to-dos? Jamie: I think first and foremost, you can’t borrow trouble. I did that in my early years. I looked ahead to the years I’d be having to teach upper math skills. I wasn’t there yet in the same way that I can’t fear having baby number five when I’m only on baby number one. God will give you exactly what you need when you need it. I think sometimes that really is the struggle with moms. It’s not our overwhelming busyness, it’s we look at the busyness that we have right now and we add in all this other busyness that we think is going to come not realizing that your kids grow with you and so your busyness will change and will ebb and flow. I think also many moms who have started out in the public school and have transitioned to homeschooling will confess to actually being less busy. The busy that they do have in their lives of homeschooling is actually a busyness of their own choosing. What I mean by that, when you have kids in the public school, you think, “Oh, somebody else is teaching them and then they come home.” What happens when they come home is you’re doing homework with them for hours after school. This is homework at the end of the day when you are tired and you are spent, you have no more gas in the tank, you are having to tutor to someone else’s teaching style and ways of teaching like common core math. You are actually proactively teaching and not having to reactively retrain. You get to teach them regular old math or whatever it is you want to teach versus the way somebody else is wanting them to learn, and you get to have a long runway of learning right alongside them. You get to start out with the basic fact and add on to the next fact. You’re not just thrown into the deep end having to remember all of these things that it’s been years since you’ve learned. I think sometimes we can look at homeschooling and think, “I can’t do that, that will make me so much more busy than I already am now.” I would argue that it’s the opposite. It’s when you have your kids in school and you’re racing out the door to get them to school or to pick them up from after-school activities, bundling up all of your younger ones, waking them up from naps to go pick up your older ones, whatever, all the chaos that happens when you have to live half of your life outside of your house, I think that’s a different kind of busy. It’s a busy of not your choosing."

Welcome to the Homeschool Conversations with Humility and Doxology summer audioblog series! Each week I’m bringing one of my most popular blog posts straight to your earbuds. Pop in those earbuds while you’re on summer road trips, sitting by the pool, or folding laundry for some extra homeschooling encouragement.

Be sure to subscribe to this podcast wherever you’re listening so you don’t miss a single episode! Season 8 will be coming your way in August, and we’ll kick off with a fan favorite... a Listener Q&A episode! Send me your questions about homeschooling, parenting, or life in general via email ([email protected]) or DM me on social media. I’m @HumilityandDoxology on IG, FB, and YT.

And if you’re wanting even more homeschool goodness, join me in the Made2Homeschool community. You can get all the details at humilityanddoxology.com/M2H. We’re having so much fun in there, and I’d love to have you there. Join at HumilityandDoxology.com/M2H.

Today’s audioblog episode was originally published on HumilityandDoxology.com earlier this spring as I looked toward my oldest son’s graduation from our homeschool. https://www.humilityanddoxology.com/mom-homeschool-graduate

If you enjoyed this episode, I’d love for you to take a screenshot and share the podcast in your Instagram stories. Tag @humilityanddoxology when you share, and I’ll even send you a code for $5 off anything in my shop!

Until next week, happy summer and happy homeschooling!

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Welcome to Season 5! I’ve already recorded some amazing conversations that I can’t wait to share with you all. Be sure you’re subscribed in your favorite podcast player.

Today we’re doing something totally different; I’m a little nervous! To kick off Season 5 we’re doing a little Ask-Me-Anything Listener Questions episode. These are questions y’all emailed or sent via social media. And to help me out (and make sure I’m being real with you guys) I have my daughter, Emma, here on the mic with me.

If you’re new around here, you can meet Emma, me, and the rest of the family here.

Your Listener Questions:

1. What are your thoughts on dating?
2. I want to hear the story of how you and your husband met and fell in love!
3. State or Private college?
4. I have 3 children that I am homeschooling and I work part-time. This is our 4th year homeschooling. It has not been easy, but it is totally worth it. My question is how can I continue to keep my children engaged in their subjects while homeschooling them. They are older now, and I have to be creative as of late. How would you approach this matter?

My conversation with Jen about successfully working while homeschooling

Raising Lifelong Learners with Colleen Kessler

Your (Modern) Morning Basket: Morning Time and “Us-schooling” (an interview with Pam Barnhill)

5. What has been your favorite read aloud with your kids? And how do you structure reading books your oldest may like the best with having younger ones who may not be ready yet? Reading before bedtime separately? Or rereading when the younger one is ready? What about series?

A few of our recent favorite family read-togethers:

• Book of Dragons, E. Nesbit
• Stories from the Faerie Queen, Mary Macleod
• Animal Farm, George Orwell
• Chronicles of Narnia, C. S. Lewis

A few of our favorite audiobooks: https://www.amazon.com/shop/humilityanddoxology?listId=3J12VAZ6KPXIW

Book Lists: https://humilityanddoxology.com/best-book-lists/

Getting Started with Family Worship: https://humilityanddoxology.com/how-to-family-worship/

Is a listener question episode something that was enjoyable? Send me an email [email protected] or comment on this episode’s social media posts (@humilityanddoxology on IG and FB) and let me know if you’d like to hear something like this again!

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1. True Rest for the Weary Homeschool Mom
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