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Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas

SS #126: Hosting a Desert Retreat (with Kara Hughes!!)

Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas

Brandy Vencel

Kids & Family, Parenting, Education

4.7540 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Our guest today is Kara Hughes. Kara is a Christian homeschooling mama to 5 children – a toddler, and then a 4th grader, 5th grader, 7th grader and 9th grader, all of whom use AmblesideOnline. She loves reading and hiking, and especially the two together when she can get them. Kara is also the librarian at a homeschool curriculum library, and is trying to reteach herself piano, convince her piece of desert to grow something, and actually finish a knitting project someday.

Today is the second of our two summer episodes. In this one, Abby and Brandy get into the nitty gritty of hosting a Scholé Sisters retreat with special guest, Kara Hughes.

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Are you ready for the annual Scholé Sisters Online Local Retreat? Our annual Homeschool Essentials retreats always take a deep dive into one aspect of homeschooling. This year's topic is TIME, the most essential part of homeschooling of all! We cannot wait to spend time with you all on Saturday, October 7th so mark your calendars! Early bird registration is now live. Just go to scholesisters.com/time to sign up.

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0:00.0

I work as a librarian at a homeschool curriculum library.

0:04.6

And so I initially bought the hostess kit because you guys were offering a dry erase board,

0:10.6

a clipboard.

0:12.4

And I wanted the dry race board clipboard.

0:19.3

Welcome to Scalae Sisters, the podcast for the classical homeschooling mama, who yearns for something more than just checking boxes and getting it all done.

0:32.9

Scalae Sisters discusses topics that matter to those of us who believe that educating ourselves through

0:38.6

reading widely, thinking deeply, and applying faithfully, equips us for the task of educating

0:43.9

our children. I'm your host, Randy Venzel. To get my free, almost weekly, mostly Charlotte

0:51.3

Mason newsletter, go to afterthoughtsblog.net slash subscribe and sign up.

0:58.9

My co-host today is Abby Wall. Abby is basically the queen of the Skollet sister ship.

1:05.4

Abby is a country living farmer, rancher, a loving wife and mama five who homeschools and reads whenever she can.

1:13.8

Our guest today is Kara Hughes.

1:16.6

Kara is a Christian homeschooling mama to five children, a toddler, and then a fourth grader,

1:22.4

fifth grader, seventh grader, and ninth grader, all of whom use Ambleside online.

1:31.1

She loves reading and hiking, and especially the two together when she can get them. Kara is also the librarian at a homeschool curriculum library,

1:37.4

is trying to reteach herself piano, convince her piece of desert to grow something, and has great plans

1:43.3

to actually finish a knitting project

1:45.0

someday. Are you ready for this year's Scholle Sisters online local retreat? Our annual

1:52.2

homeschool essential's retreat always takes a deep dive into one aspect of homeschooling. This year's

1:58.3

topic is time, the most essential part of homeschooling of all.

2:02.9

We cannot wait to spend time with you all on Saturday, October 7th.

2:08.0

So mark calendars.

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