SS #169: Our 10th Anniversary Extravaganza (with Sarah Mackenzie and Pam Barnhill!!)

Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas

Brandy Vencel

Kids & Family, Parenting, Education

4.7 • 540 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2026

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Our guests today are our dear friends Sarah Mackenzie and Pam Barnhill! Sarah is the author of Teaching from Rest and The Read-Aloud Family. She's the host of the Read-Aloud Revival podcast, which has been downloaded 16 million times in more than 167 countries. She makes her home in the Northwest with her family, where she reads, homeschools, and runs Waxwing Books, a boutique publishing house dedicated to making timeless read-alouds.

Pam is an award-winning educator and homeschooling mom who has helped thousands of families simplify their homeschool without sacrificing relationships. She is the author of Better Together: Strengthen Your Family, Simplify Your Homeschool, and Savor the Subjects that Matter Most and Plan Your Year: Homeschool Planning for Purpose and Peace. You may remember her from her many years cohosting this very podcast!

You may have surmised from today's lineup that this is the 10^th anniversary episode you've been waiting for! Pam and Sarah are here to reminisce with us and share with you the scoop on how Scholé Sisters came into being in the first place. You're going to love this conversation!

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We encourage you to go and join the free area of our Sistership community where you can discuss ideas with your friends just like we were doing over a decade ago. Just go to scholesisters.com/join and sign up!

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0:00.0	I design myself like this whole homeschool kind of curriculum for myself, all about notebooks and journaling.
0:05.7	That is hilarious.
0:07.7	But I'm my best student ever.
0:11.6	I'm just saying.
0:12.9	Which just really affirms what we all suspect, which is that homeschooling would be much easier if it weren't for the kids.
0:19.3	Exactly.
0:31.4	Thank you. be much easier if it weren't for the kids. Exactly. Welcome to Skalae Sisters, where we are cultivating the maximum number of thinking moms
0:36.4	we can.
0:37.9	This is the podcast for classical homeschooling mamas who yearn for something more than just checking boxes and getting it all done.
0:46.0	School A sisters discusses topics that matter to those of us who believe that educating ourselves through reading widely, thinking deeply, and applying faithfully,
0:56.2	equips us for the task of educating our children.
0:59.7	I'm their host, Brandy Vensel.
1:02.5	To get my free, almost weekly, mostly Charlotte Mason newsletter,
1:07.4	go to afterthoughtsblog.net slash subscribe and sign up.
1:13.3	My co-host today is Misty Winkler.
1:16.5	Misty is a homeschooling mom of five, including three graduates.
1:20.5	She writes and podcasts at simplyconvial.com and is the author of two excellent books,
1:26.5	the convivial homeschool and simplified organization.
1:31.1	Our guests today are our dear friends Sarah McKenzie and Pam Barnhill.
1:37.3	Sarah is the author of Teaching from Rest and the Read Aloud family.
1:41.6	She's the host of the Read aloud revival podcast, which has been
1:44.7	downloaded 16 million times in more than 167 countries. She makes her home in the Northwest
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