SS #07: Virtual Scholé Sisters Groups and Technology Tools
Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
Brandy Vencel
4.7 • 540 Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2016
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode, Brandy discusses virtual Scholé Sisters groups and technology tools with Amber Vanderpol. What happens when you live in an isolated place? Are you doomed to loneliness? Or are virtual groups a possibility? And, if so, how are they best organized? What technology exists to support them? And how hard is it to learn to use these unfamiliar tools? We talk about all this and more on today's episode.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Skalais Sisters, episode number seven. |
| 0:11.5 | Welcome to Skalais Sisters, the podcast for the classical homeschooling mama, who seeks to |
| 0:17.1 | learn and grow while she's helping her children learn and grow. |
| 0:20.9 | Scalay Sisters is a casual conversation about topics that matter to those of us in the |
| 0:25.5 | trenches of classical homeschooling who yearn for something more than just checking boxes and |
| 0:30.9 | getting it all done. I'm your host, Brandy Venzel. You can find me in Afterthoughts, that's my main |
| 0:37.1 | blog, and also teaching |
| 0:38.7 | reading with Bob Books, which is where I keep my line of printable phonics lessons. |
| 0:43.4 | Today, my guest co-host is Amber Vanderpull. Amber is mom to five children, ages 14, 10, |
| 0:50.4 | 7, 4, and 2. She is homeschooled from the beginning, but began following Charlotte Mason's philosophy of education about five years ago. |
| 0:58.7 | Amber particularly enjoys her morning walk, reading great books, backpacking, and being outdoors. |
| 1:04.5 | Amber and her family live on 10 acres in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada's in a home. |
| 1:09.1 | She and her has been largely built by themselves. |
| 1:11.7 | She blogs about her homeschool and mother culture at Flair of Light. |
| 1:15.7 | She's also one of the women behind Charlotte Mason West, |
| 1:18.6 | an organization dedicated to encouraging community and connections among Charlotte Mason educators west of the Rockies, |
| 1:25.3 | particularly through conferences and retreats. |
| 1:28.3 | This episode is sponsored by simplified organization. |
| 1:31.8 | How much crazy do you have rolling around in your head? |
| 1:35.1 | Before you declutter your closets, you should declutter your head. |
| 1:39.0 | Misty's free brain dump guide will help you to do just that. |
| 1:42.2 | By writing down all the obligations, responsibilities, |
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