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Now That We're A Family

422: Can We Start Homeschooling Too Soon?

Now That We're A Family

Elisha and Katie Voetberg

Religion & Spirituality, Kids & Family, Christianity

4.91.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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This is a newsletter and deeply personal space for us to share family life, homeschooling, and music with you all. We have been writing on Instagram and email for years, but ever since leaving social media behind with our smart phones a few years ago, we have been looking for another space to connect in a meaningful way.  

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0:00.0

Okay, so today we get to talk about homeschooling. And specifically, when your children are younger,

0:08.8

should they live in this kind of poetic season where it's nature time, you know, out of doors,

0:15.6

play, reading. Do we want to force academics on them or not? And I mean, obviously, the answer in how I phrase

0:25.2

that sounds obvious, but you'll have to listen to see. This was in response to a few reader questions

0:31.2

that we got. Just questioning those early years, knowing that I am a proponent and we are

0:37.0

proponents of Charlotte

0:38.0

Mason's philosophy when it comes to raising children, allowing them to just be children, and also

0:43.0

build intentionality before starting rigorous academics. Do we do that in our homeschool? Do we not do

0:49.9

that in our homeschool? And do we have any regrets with our older children that, you know,

0:55.9

aren't that old for reference sake, they're eight, seven, and six back when we were starting

1:00.9

them at, you know, three, four, and five. So if you enjoy this episode, give it a thumbs up.

1:07.5

We have a lot more homeschool content over on Substack, which I will link below.

1:12.2

And it means so much when you share this podcast with a friend. So thank you guys so much for listening.

1:22.7

But now that we're a family podcast. Okay, before we jump in, I do want to let our listeners know that our back-to-school campaign is

1:30.7

near its end.

1:32.3

And so this is kind of like your last chance to jump in on that 20% discount to join any of our

1:38.8

piano, fiddle, guitar, mandolin courses.

1:41.4

We just came out with a brand new fiddle course, fiddle four.

2:00.9

We came out with a brand new ukulele course, a brand new piano course. So we've got a lot going on. We've got a really fun challenge as I'm going to announce here shortly that is going to be taking place in October. And so if you start this month, that kind of gives you some time to get you or your child or, you know,

2:05.5

whoever it is taking lessons to kind of get them established in their lessons and with their instrument before this next challenge gets underway. And so anyways, check the link below if you

2:11.0

want to jump into Vogue Music Academy this fall. Okay. Also, we were just in the Khadjabi, I guess, I don't know if you guys know it's kajabi or not,

2:20.0

but you know, our website, question box that you guys submit questions to. And two things

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