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Brave Writer

86. (S5E11) Breaking Free From Multitasking | with Courtney Moyer

Brave Writer

Julie Bogart and Melissa Wiley

Education, Education For Kids, Arts, Kids & Family, Books

4.8 • 927 Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2019

⏱️ 72 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Courtney Moyer, a homeschooling mother of four (plus a young niece), wrote to Julie saying, “The consistent homeschool challenge that has confronted me is homeschooling multiple children at multiple levels, lacking expertise to multitask... It seems that chaos overrides my agenda on most days... I know if I could understand a way to multitask, anxiety would be minimal, creating a hospitable atmosphere that's desirable for my children.”

Courtney’s concern is one that almost every homeschooler deals with at some point (really, almost every parent), and our natural inclination is that doing everything requires multitasking expertise. However, that’s not the case at all – especially not in homeschooling!

So today, Julie discusses how our traditional notions of education interfere with our homeschooling opportunities – and how you can break free from multitasking to offer all of your children a more complete and joyful education!

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0:00.0

Multitasking.

0:05.0

That is one of the most common questions I get.

0:10.0

How can I teach multiple levels to multiple kids and still have a joyful household?

0:16.0

It's okay if we enforce a bunch of workbooks and everybody is stuck at a kitchen table.

0:21.2

But how do we do this if we're trying to bring inspiration into learning?

0:25.0

If we're trying to pay attention to personal passions, it seems impossible.

0:30.0

Well, today's conversation with Courtney Moyer, hopefully will shed some light on how our

0:36.7

traditional notions of education interfere with our homeschooling opportunities.

0:43.6

Take a listen. Today's episode on season of the Brave Writer podcast features a mother of 4 with an additional

0:56.8

niece that she gets to look after for two to three times a week.

1:00.8

That makes five kids if you're doing the math ages 12 down to one year of age.

1:07.0

Courtney submitted her application to our Ask Julie season and I noticed immediately that the challenge she is

1:14.6

confronting in her homeschool is one so many parents face. How to homeschool

1:19.8

effectively when dealing with multiple ages and multiple children in multiple stages.

1:26.6

I especially appreciated her honesty in this line of her application.

1:31.6

She wrote, our environment is like a tsunami with mama drowning most

1:36.7

days. I don't know about you, but I bet you can relate. I know I could. When you have lots of little ones and the Mount Everest scale responsibility

1:45.3

to educate them well, it can seem like an impossible climb to the top. Just to mix metaphors for a minute.

1:52.2

So let's get started and hear from Courtney Moyer

1:55.8

and we'll see what we can do together.

1:57.6

Hi, Courtney, welcome to the podcast.

2:00.8

Hi, good morning, thank you. So glad you're here. Can you tell us first about your

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