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Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas

SS #142: Attention is a Homeschool Essential

Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas

Brandy Vencel

Kids & Family, Parenting, Education

4.7540 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode Mystie, Abby, and Brandy discuss ATTENTION, because it's the topic of the 2024 Scholé Sisters retreat. They do this using a chapter on solitude from AG Sertillanges' book The Intellectual Life. You're going to love this conversation!

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Are you ready for our annual Homeschool Essentials retreat?? This year's topic is ATTENTION, because without attention, you cannot learn. Join us LIVE on October 5, 2024 for a full day of refreshment as we look deeply into this topic. We cannot wait to spend time with you all! Early bird registration is open now and only lasts until July 31st, 2024 so don't delay! Register today by going to scholesisters.com/attention – that's scholesisters.com/attention.

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I will just warn people out there, though.

0:02.8

The F word is used so often.

0:05.4

And when I say the F word, I mean feelings.

0:08.0

So just FYI.

0:11.1

I was like, what are you listening to?

0:13.2

Yeah, yeah.

0:13.7

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

0:29.2

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

0:36.8

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

0:41.7

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

0:46.9

educating our children.

0:49.0

I'm your host, Brandy Vensel.

0:51.2

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

0:56.3

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

1:05.8

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

1:12.1

and is the author of two excellent books, the Convivial Home School and Simplified Organization.

1:19.6

Abby is basically the queen of the Scholar's sister ship. Abby is a country-living farmer,

1:24.9

rancher, a loving wife and Mama 5 who homeschools and reads whenever she can.

1:31.2

Are you ready for our annual homeschool essentials retreat?

1:35.8

This year's topic is attention, because without attention, you cannot learn.

1:41.5

Join us live on October 5, 2024 for a full day of refreshment as we look deeply into this topic. We cannot wait to spend time with you all. Early bird registration is open now and only lasts until July 31st, so don't delay. Register today by going to scolileysisters.com slash attention. That's

2:03.2

Scholesisters.com slash attention. In today's episode, Misty Abby and I try to get at the

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