80. (S5E5) When Learning Isn’t Fun | with Anne Trott
Brave Writer
Julie Bogart and Melissa Wiley
4.8 • 927 Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2018
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
There’s a dilemma that plagues every homeschooling parent’s mind at some point in their journey, filling threads online and conversations in person: How can we make learning fun?
And then the natural follow up question comes up: Do we have to make learning fun? Because the truth is that education won’t be fun 100 percent of the time.
This is the dilemma brought to us by our guest Anne Trott, who asked how she can push through these challenging moments and teach perseverance, without hurting her relationship or connection with her kids.
It’s a fine line some days, but Julie has some advice to guide you through the difficult days
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| 0:00.0 | The number one dilemma in homeschooling shows up everywhere. Go to a homeschooled |
| 0:10.6 | discussion board online and I promise you you'll find long threads discussing it. |
| 0:16.3 | Instagram Facebook groups text messages between friends. It probably even comes up when you meet with your local friends in person and |
| 0:25.2 | you're talking over ice cream. This dilemma plagues every parent at some point in |
| 0:31.0 | their journey. Want to hear what it is? |
| 0:34.0 | The question parents ask themselves is this. |
| 0:38.0 | How can I make learning fun? |
| 0:41.0 | Because your kids tell you it's not fun. |
| 0:44.0 | They express boredom, tedium, frustration and annoyance. |
| 0:48.0 | So the follow-up question to the, |
| 0:51.0 | how can I make learning fun is this do I have to |
| 0:56.6 | Can we just get on with learning? Can I stop worrying about throwing parties and adding pixie dust? |
| 1:04.3 | Can I just enforce the parameters of education |
| 1:07.2 | and we can get through it together? |
| 1:09.7 | Yep, that is today's topic and thank goodness for Annie Trot because she's the one who brought this question to us and |
| 1:16.7 | Clearly it's one we need to talk about |
| 1:19.7 | So now's the time |
| 1:22.2 | tune in maybe call a friend and remind her to listen to |
| 1:26.0 | so you can go out together and discuss what you think at the end of it. |
| 1:30.0 | Thanks for joining me. Let's go. |
| 1:36.0 | Welcome to today's episode of Ask Julie, season five of the Brave Writer podcast. Today I get to talk to Anne Trot, homeschooling |
| 1:46.7 | mother of 2. She's got an 11-year-old daughter named Tegan and an 8-year-old |
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