You're listening to the Read-A-Loud Revival, the show that helps your kids fall in love with books,

and helps you fall in love with homeschooling. I'm your host, Sarah McKenzie,

and today I want to help you think about what's most essential in your homeschool. In fact,

I've invited both Courtney and Kara from the Read-A-Loud Revival team to come chat with me

about a favorite book we all love when it comes to essentializing. More on that in just a minute.

But first, did you know I'm going to all five great homeschool conventions in 2023? Yes,

indeed. Whether you can get to Greenville, South Carolina, St. Charles, Missouri, Cincinnati, Ohio,

Round Rock, Texas, or Ontario, California, I will be there at the five great homeschool conventions.

And this year, I'm giving three brand new sessions. One of those brand new sessions is called

MI Doing Enough, because this is the question that plagues every homeschooler, right?

Most days we rush around not ever quite getting to everything that needs to be done.

And on the rare day, when things do go smoothly, we kind of worry that we've neglected something

important. And so peace and contentment just sort of eludes us. How can we know if we're doing

enough in our homeschools? We're going to talk all about it in this session. I'm also giving a

session called How to Home School with Babies and Toddlers. I had three babies aged one and under,

well also homeschooling a 12 year old, a 10 year old, an 8 year old, and lived to tell the tale.

Now those babies are 9 and 11. The older kids are off to college, and I'm here to give you some

practical tips and inspiration for those tiring years. The reason it feels hard is because it is

hard, but there is a way to do it well and to do it with joy. So we're going to talk about it.

And then finally, I'm co-hosting a session with my friend and colleague, Colleen Kessler.

It's called Helping Your Differently Wired Kids, Fall in Love with Reading. And if you're facing

reading challenges in your homeschool, whether because you have a child who's struggling to learn

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