SS #45: Need Scholé? Just Add Joy!
Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
Brandy Vencel
4.7 • 540 Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2018
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
If you have ever smelled smoke at your house and wondered if you were starting to burn out at this homeschooling thing, this episode is for you. Brandy was tempted to burnout early this year and so she and Mystie chatted about homeschooling, minimalism, and why sometimes adding something is a better approach that cutting back even more.
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This episode is sponsored by Start Here, the definitive starting place for studying Charlotte Mason. When Charlotte Mason was trying to distill her educational philosophy into its simplest form, she ended up with 20 core principles. These are the 20 most important aspects of her philosophy. Using the book For the Children's Sake, Miss Mason's volumes, articles from Miss Mason's magazine The Parents' Review, the best blog posts on these subjects, and discussion questions meant to help you dig deeply, Start Here is a comprehensive study guide to the big ideas governing Charlotte Mason's philosophy. It's perfect for a Scholé Sisters group! Just head on over to the Afterthoughts shop and use the discount code sisters to get 15% off at checkout.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Skullay Sisters, episode number 45. |
| 0:11.7 | Welcome to Skalais Sisters, the podcast for the classical homeschooling mama, |
| 0:16.8 | who seeks to learn and grow while she's helping her children learn and grow. |
| 0:21.9 | Scalae Sisters is a casual conversation about topics that matter to those of us in the trenches |
| 0:27.1 | of classical homeschooling, who yearn for something more than just checking boxes and getting it |
| 0:32.4 | all done. |
| 0:33.9 | I'm your host, Brandy Vensel. |
| 0:36.5 | You can find me at Afterthoughts, that's my main blog, and also teaching reading with Bob |
| 0:41.3 | books, which is where I keep my line of printable phonics lessons. |
| 0:45.2 | You can hear more from me on my other podcast, Aftercast. |
| 0:50.1 | My co-host today is Misty Winkler. |
| 0:53.0 | Misty is a second generation homeschooler with five kids and too many projects. |
| 0:58.2 | She writes about practical classical homeschooling and organizing attitudes at Simply Convivial. |
| 1:04.9 | This episode is sponsored by Start Here. |
| 1:08.2 | Are you overwhelmed by the fact that Charlotte Mason wrote thousands of pages? That's why I developed to Start Here. Are you overwhelmed by the fact that Charlotte Mason wrote thousands of pages? |
| 1:12.8 | That's why I developed to start here. When Charlotte Mason was trying to distill her educational |
| 1:18.1 | philosophy into its simplest form, she ended up with 20 core principles, the 20 most important |
| 1:24.1 | aspects of her philosophy. Using Susan Schaefer McCauley's wonderful book for the |
| 1:29.3 | children's sake, Charlotte Mason's volumes, articles from Miss Mason's magazine The Parents Review, |
| 1:35.3 | the best blog posts on these subjects and discussion questions meant to help you dig deeply, |
| 1:40.6 | start here, is a comprehensive guide to the big ideas governing Charlotte Mason's philosophy. |
| 1:46.7 | It's fit for individual or group study. |
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