You're listening to Skalais Sisters, episode number 49.

Welcome to Skalais Sisters, the podcast for the classical homeschooling mama, who seeks to learn and grow while she's helping her children learn and grow.

Scalae Sisters is a casual conversation about topics that matter to those of us in the trenches

of classical homeschooling who yearn for something more than just checking boxes and getting it all

done. I'm your host, Brandy Vensel. You can find me of Afterthoughts.

That's my main blog.

And also teaching reading with Bob Books, which is where I keep my line of printable phonics lessons.

You can hear more from me on my other podcast, Aftercast.

My co-hosts today are Pam Barnhill and Misty Winkler.

Pam is a speaker, podcaster, blogger at pambarnhill.com, and author of the book Better Together,

as well as the book Plan Your Year, which is so new.

Right now you have to pre-order it on Amazon.

Misty is a second-generation homeschooler with five kids and too many projects.

She writes about practical classical homeschooling and organizing attitudes at Simply Convivial.

This episode is sponsored by The Sistership.

Have you joined the Sistership yet?

Misty and I will tell you more about the sister ship at the end of this episode, but for now,

if you want more information, you can visit Scalaiseisters.com slash sister ship to find out more.

This episode is the first of two episodes in which Pam, Misty, and I discuss Dorothy Sayers' famous essay,

The Lost Tools of Learning.

Today, we're focusing on all the good stuff that is often overlooked.

And so, without further ado, let's get to it.

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