Secrets of Successful Homeschooling: An Interview with Savannah (St. John) Bates

The Heidi St. John Podcast

Heidi St. John

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 8 December 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Do you ever wonder what you can expect after homeschooling? Today, my daughter Savannah joins me to talk about how she made homeschooling her own, scheduling, curriculum, socialization, and more. Don’t miss this encouraging, heartwarming conversation. SHOW NOTES

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0:00.0	Well, welcome back. You guys to the Heidi St. John podcast today. I'm delighted again to have
0:05.0	Savannah back on the show. Savannah is the oldest of our seven kids. She is a mother now herself
0:10.0	and a homeschooling mom and we are tackling the topic of homeschooling. Stick around. I think
0:14.2	you're going to be encouraged.
0:23.2	Well, Savannah, welcome back to the show. Thank you. This is fun. It really is. It is fun because
0:28.0	usually you're in here with Juni and the kids running and out. And you and I talk all the time.
0:32.4	We might as well make it productive. We might as well make it productive because we're on the phone
0:35.5	all the time talking and talking here. Tell everybody yesterday we talked a little bit about
0:40.6	you know, you're growing up homeschooled and all the things. But you are in charge of the
0:46.0	seedlings program here and you're on the leadership team at the homeschool resource center. Tell
0:50.0	listeners a little bit about what seedlings is and why we do it here. So seedlings is a homeschool
0:55.6	co-op for kids who are nine down to nursery. The reason why we started seedlings is because
1:01.7	there are lots of homeschool co-ops out there. But oftentimes you have to have a child who's at
1:06.4	least in first grade. Participate. Right. Sometimes kindergarten to participate. And when my kids
1:12.9	were not that age yet, I was lonely really is what it was. And I remember being lonely. You know,
1:19.2	when you're young and you get married and have kids and you're ahead of all your friends. And then
1:23.6	suddenly you don't. Yeah, so do you like where's my people? They're like, oh, yeah. Children. I know,
1:27.7	right, right, right. It's natural. Like I'm not mad at them. It's a natural thing. It's a separation.
1:32.4	It's that separation because you tend to be close to people that are in the same phases. You
1:36.5	100%. Well, our church didn't have very many young families at the time either. And I remember.
1:41.3	I was mentioning that you're married to a pastor. Yes. So you guys are heavily involved, obviously,
1:45.5	your church. Right. We live in the part of our church. I go there too. It's worth saying.
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