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Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas

SS #127: Curriculum as Crutch

Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas

Brandy Vencel

Kids & Family, Parenting, Education

4.7540 Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2023

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Today's conversation is all about curriculum. What does it mean to say that curriculum can be a crutch? Is that a bad thing? What does a healthy relationship with curricula look like? You're going to love this conversation!

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Have you registered for our fall online local retreats yet? Our physical hostess kits are just about sold out, but digital hostess kits are still available. Our annual Homeschool Essentials retreat always takes 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! Just go to scholesisters.com/time to sign up.

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0:00.0

I actually blame A.O. when my kids don't like something, I'm like, you know, A.O. says you have to do it.

0:05.2

So. Yeah. Right. Oh, that's a good point. We might, we might need the offloaded responsibility with our kids.

0:15.7

It's right up there with dad who is not home said you had to do it. You can't get at the person who says you have to do this.

0:24.5

Don't shoot the messenger.

0:25.7

Exactly.

0:26.2

That's right.

0:36.9

Welcome to Scalae Sisters, where we are cultivating the maximum number of thinking moms we can.

0:43.2

This is the podcast for classical homeschooling mamas, who yearn for something more than just checking boxes and getting it all done.

0:50.5

School A Sisters discusses topics that matter to those of us who believe that educating ourselves through reading widely, thinking deeply, and applying faithfully, equips us for the task of educating our children.

1:02.6

I'm your host, Randy Venzel.

1:05.1

To get my free, almost weekly, mostly Charlotte Mason newsletter, go to afterthoughtsblog.net slash subscribe and sign up.

1:15.3

My co-hosts today are Misty Winkler and Abby Wall.

1:19.5

Misty is a homeschooling mama five, including two graduates.

1:23.3

She writes and podcasts at simplyconvial.com and is the author of the convivial homeschool.

1:29.6

Abby is basically the queen of the Scholarysistership.

1:32.9

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

1:40.7

Have you registered for our fall online local retreats yet?

1:44.9

Our hostess kits are just about sold out, but digital kits are still available.

1:49.7

Our annual homeschool essentials retreat always takes a deep dive into one aspect of homeschooling.

1:55.3

This year's topic is time, the most essential part of homeschooling of all.

2:00.7

We cannot wait to spend time with you all

2:03.0

on Saturday, October 7th. Just go to scoli-sisters.com slash time. That's scoli-sisters.com

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