237. All of Life is an Opportunity for Learning: Freedom in Homeschooling | Lyndsey of Treehouse Schoolhouse

Simple Farmhouse Life

Lisa Bass

Home & Garden, Leisure

4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

I am a firm believer that education does not take place exclusively within the walls of a classroom during certain hours of the day. I loved chatting with Lyndsey again on the podcast about the freedom that comes with prioritizing an environment of learning in your home instead of strict parameters around when and how school must happen. Lyndsey shares why year-round schooling gives her family more flexibility and how their daily rhythm fluctuates with the seasons. Whether you are already in the thick of homeschooling or thinking about getting started, let this episode encourage you and take the pressure off!

In this episode, we cover:

How Lyndsey and her husband self-designed and self-built their new home and involved their children in the process
What it looks like to homeschool year-round and why it’s so freeing
How a typical day in the life of a year-round homeschooling family may shift with the seasons
Debunking some common misconceptions about how a homeschool day unfolds
Viewing your family as a community that works together
Making intentional choices to turn everyday tasks into learning opportunities for your children
Considering the opportunity cost of prioritizing a rigid bookwork schedule in your education
Encouragement for the mom who is nervous to start homeschooling
Changing your perspective on what education can look like in chaotic seasons of life
Practical considerations for how to set up your home to support a home-centered life

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ABOUT LYNDSEY

Lyndsey is a homeschool mom of four and the founder of Treehouse Schoolhouse. Before motherhood, Lyndsey had a career in children's ministry and special needs education. Her home education centers around living books and ideas, hands-on learning, nature exploration, and biblical discipleship. She shares experiences and home education inspiration through her Instagram and blog, as well as creates curriculum and resources for families around the world. Her most popular curriculum titles are An Expectant Easter, A Connected Christmas, and Treehouse Nature Study.

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0:00.0	Anything in life, if it's homesteading, if it's building a business, if it's having a baby, learning a new trade, if it's learning hobbies in the kitchen. Like, it's the step to take as a parent to bring your child in and to make it an educational opportunity. We can choose to do that or not do that. And that's for a homeschooling parent or a non-homeschooling parent. I'm like, hey, this is
0:20.9	already our life. Let's teach them about becoming an entrepreneur. Let's teach them about what it
0:26.2	means for mommy to be on a podcast. Let's show them what it looks like to build a house. You're giving
0:30.6	them more opportunities than they could ever receive having a one-size-fits-all education because
0:36.5	you're just bringing them into life.
0:38.1	And these are the things we're learning.
0:40.0	My name is Lisa, mother of eight and creator of the blog and YouTube channel Farmhouse
0:45.5	on Boone. Join me as I share with you my love for creating a handmade home from scratch
0:50.3	cooking and a little mom and entrepreneur life along the way.
1:03.4	All right, welcome back to the Simple Farmhouse Life podcast. Today we're having on a popular guest that has been on before, Lindsay from Treehouse Schoolhouse. She is a homeschooling mom
1:09.4	who shares curriculum, encouragement, practical tips for homeschooling.
1:14.1	This is going to be an awesome conversation, especially you might think, well, why right now?
1:17.5	It's summer. Well, she has some tips on how to keep that rhythm going throughout the summer.
1:23.9	So we're going to talk a bit about that as well. Well, thank you, Lindsay, for coming back on the Simplify Myast Life podcast. I'm really excited to talk to you. We're going to talk about homeschooling and rhythms during the summer. And then Lindsay and I were chatting about life stuff before this, how we both have a similar situation in that our husbands work side by side with us. And that's more of a new thing for you, correct? So this is, you're probably like in a new world of navigating that whole situation. Absolutely. And it's been this whole transition. It wasn't just overnight. You know, we were trying baby steps going back and forth because he had his own business. So it's been a slowly like letting go and trusting more and leaning and seeing how it, you know, how it would all work
2:01.9	out. So yeah, it's definitely a whole new world. Yeah. So for those who didn't hear the last
2:07.1	episode or who don't know you, which many do in my niche because a lot of us do homeschool,
2:12.4	tell the listeners about yourself and your curriculum and your online mission and presence
2:17.2	and all of that.
2:18.2	So, hey, if you don't know me, I'm Lindsay. I have a business called Treehouse Schoolhouse.
2:22.0	It started as a little Instagram to kind of show our homeschool journey. I have four kids,
2:27.1	ages 3 to 11. And we, my husband and I are both entrepreneurs. We have home-based businesses.
2:32.2	We homeschool. We're all about life at home.
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