You're listening to the Read-A-Loud Revival Podcast.

I'm your host Sarah McKenzie, homeschooling mama of six, and author of The Read-A-Loud

Family and Teaching from Rest.

As parents were overwhelmed with a lot to do, it feels like every child needs something

different.

The good news is you are the best person to help your kids learn and grow, and home is the

best place to fall in love with books.

This podcast has been downloaded 7 million times in over 160 countries, so if you want to

nurture warm relationships while also raising kids who love to read your in-good company,

we'll help your kids fall in love with books, and we'll help you fall in love with homeschooling.

Let's get started.

I don't use a literature curriculum with my kids.

A little background here is that we've homeschooled our six kids since the beginning.

None of our kids have ever been to school.

Our oldest daughter is 20 at the time of this recording, and she's actually an English

major at university.

Our next oldest kids are high schoolers, currently a senior and a junior, and then we have

three younger kids.

Twins who are currently eight and Clara Jane is almost ten.

We don't use literature curriculum with any of them, because I found an easier, simpler,

I think more delightful path that has the advantage of making it more likely that our kids will

love reading more after they encounter literature, after their reading experience in school,

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