SS #108: Hostess with the Mostess: It's Retreat Time (with Danielle Cyrus!)
Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
Brandy Vencel
4.7 • 540 Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2022
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Our special guest today is Danielle Cyrus. Danielle was a pre-law student when God disrupted her plans and led her to education. She has 4 children and has been married to Grant for 20 years. She began homeschooling as her oldest reached school age and has been neck deep in books ever since. Danielle is a tutor in the Classical Conversations Essentials program and has led various home-education support groups and retreats on Classical and Charlotte Mason philosophies. She is passionate about fostering supportive community for home-educating parents.
Danielle has been hosting a local Scholé Sisters retreat for years so Abby and Brandy thought it'd be great to get together with her for a bit and discuss the ins and outs of of hosting a local retreat, and get her to explain why she loves retreats so much. Danielle gives plenty of helpful tips along the way so listen up!
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| 0:00.0 | Each mom that comes gets that same encouragement and that same understanding and same discussion of ideas. |
| 0:06.2 | And also because the concepts of classical education and Charlotte Mason education are woven into these retreats, |
| 0:13.4 | we're creating a common language and we're creating a home education community that takes itself |
| 0:19.6 | seriously enough that we're really changing the |
| 0:23.5 | conversation as well. |
| 0:32.9 | Welcome to Scalae Sisters, the podcast for the classical homeschooling mama who seeks to learn and grow while she's helping her children learn and grow. |
| 0:42.6 | Scalay Sisters is a casual conversation about topics that matter to those of us in the trenches of classical homeschooling, |
| 0:49.5 | who yearn for something more than just checking boxes and getting it all done. |
| 0:54.5 | I'm your host, Brandy Bensel. |
| 0:57.0 | You can come study Charlotte Mason with me over in the Charlotte Mason Think Tank. |
| 1:01.3 | Go to afterthoughts blog.net slash think tank to learn more. |
| 1:06.8 | My co-host today is Abby Wall. |
| 1:09.7 | Abby is basically the queen of the Scholeystership. |
| 1:12.6 | Abby is a country-living farmer, rancher, a loving wife and mom of five who homeschools and reads whenever she can. |
| 1:20.6 | Are you interested in hosting one of our annual online local retreats? |
| 1:25.6 | We are so excited about this year's plan. Misty has gone above and beyond |
| 1:30.6 | to make hosting Dreamy for you. The real, yes, delivered in your mail, hostess kit, has exclusive |
| 1:37.9 | swag for you and your guests, plus all the papers and supplies to make it fun and simple. |
| 1:44.0 | It's the perfect thing for the homeschool mom group, |
| 1:47.0 | even if not all your members are classical or Charlotte Mason. |
| 1:50.7 | This year at the retreat will be talking all things habits and habit training. |
| 1:55.4 | So to register to be a hostess or just to attend, |
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