Kent and Amy Bowler – Looking for Genius

Realizing the genius in our home can be challenging.  We tend to see the negative in ourselves, our spouse, and our kids much more easily than the positive.  In this week’s episode, I talk with Kent and Amy Bowler about our challenges with realizing genius and its importance of it. 

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Carrie De Francisco – Homeschooling Outside of the Box

Too often in life, we get caught up in the things we have to check off.  The boxes we have to fill.  My chat with Carrie De Francisco, the host of the popular podcast “Coffee with Carrie Homeschool Help,” was so much fun! We talked about the joy that can be had when we stop limiting ourselves, our kids, and our homeschool experience if we are willing to step outside the box society so often puts us in. We could have talked for hours!  Carrie is a fantastic woman with so much wisdom to share. I know you will really enjoy this episode!

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Nate Noorlander – Making History Engaging

Nate Noorlander, from the Nomadic Professor, joined me for this week’s episode.  The Nomadic Professor is an online, non-partisan, high school history courses that teach students the core narrative and all of its accompanying skills: taking notes, making original judgments, reasoning with evidence, reading between the lines, following a rubric, writing a defensible argument, working with bias, and much, much more.

I love talking history, especially when we can go deeper and see the connections that can be found.  Nate didn’t disappoint!  He has lived a fascinating life and has been a bit nomadic himself!  Be sure to listen where he and his family got caught during COVID!  I’m surprised he got out!

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Martin Forte – Excellence in Education

A long-time homeschooler and homeschool advocate, Martin Forte is a wealth of information!  In this episode, we talk about how his family got started homeschooling, the benefits of homeschooling, and so much more!  His kids are adults now, but he and his wife have been helping others homeschool through their resource center and independent study program for many years.

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