When we were just first starting to homeschool and I was reading a whole bunch of educational

philosophy, I just actually did not believe that there was a natural, intrinsic desire to know.

When I started out with the assumption that it's my job to make them do the work that they don't want to do,

then strategies that are basically manipulation and bribing make sense.

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

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

Scalay 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.

I'm your host, Brandy Venzel.

To get my free, almost weekly, mostly Charlotte Mason newsletter, go to

Afterthoughtsblog.net slash subscribe and sign up. My co-hosts today are Misty Winkler and Abby Wall.

Misty is a homeschooling mom of five, including two graduates. She writes and podcasts at simplyconvial.com

and is the author of two excellent books, the convivial homeschool and simplified organization.

Abby is basically the queen of the Scholeysistership. Abby is a country living farmer, rancher,

a loving wife, and mom of five who

homeschools and reads whenever she can. Don't forget to register for our annual spring training

sessions. This is happening soon. Our coach this year is Andrew Jorneman from Kana Academy.

Andrew is going to teach two sessions on history.

The first session will help us get away from Marxism and adopt a classical view of history.

The second session will propose a method for teaching history.

To register, just go to scoleysisters.com slash history to sign up. That's scolaysisters.com

slash history. In today's episode, Misty, Abby, and I discuss rewards and how to connect

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