SS #57: Heroes First! (with Wendi Capehart)
Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
Brandy Vencel
4.7 • 540 Ratings
🗓️ 30 August 2019
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
It was something Wendi Capehart said at AmblesideOnline Camp during her talk that inspired this conversation. Mystie and Brandy are discussing why starting with heroes in a child's education is not white-washing, and why pointing out the darkness too young might backfire.
Wendi Capehart from the AmblesideOnline Advisory board is a very busy lady, so we were thrilled when she — rightly dubbed "the smartest woman on the internet" by Cindy Rollins — agreed to a phone call with us this summer.
Let us tell you a little about Wendi. Wendi and her husband Bill have been Christians since their teens. They married at 20 and have been married 37 years. They have seven terrific grown children, 4 stalwart sons-in-law, 14 unsurpassingly wonderful grandchildren, and have also helped raise their two perfectly delightful god-sons (as well as occasionally hosting Japanese exchange students and Ukrainian orphans). The Capeharts have lived all over, most recently in the Philippines for two years, where they served as missionaries with a Christian school in Davao City. In January they will be moving to Malaysia to the city of Kota Kinabalu where they will help establish a learning center, among other projects. Click here to look at their previous newsletters and subscribe to new ones.
Wendi blogs at Wendi Wanders. She has published an e-zine called Education for All. The latest issue contains most of the material from her talk on Imagination at AO Camp, including the material and sources that had to be cut. Click here for more information.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Skalais Sisters, episode number 57. |
| 0:11.8 | 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. |
| 0:21.3 | Skalay Sisters is a casual conversation about topics that matter to those of us in the trenches |
| 0:26.2 | of classical homeschooling, who yearn for something more than just checking boxes and getting it |
| 0:31.6 | all done. |
| 0:32.8 | I'm your host, Brandy Vensel. |
| 0:35.1 | You can find me in Afterthoughts, that's my main blog, and also teaching |
| 0:39.1 | reading with Bob Books, which is where I keep my line of printable phonics lessons. You can hear more |
| 0:44.2 | from me on my other podcast, Aftercast. My co-host today is Misty Winkler. Misty is a second-generation |
| 0:52.5 | homeschooler with five kids and too many projects. |
| 0:56.2 | Through her blog, podcast, and membership, she spurs homemakers to further diligence and |
| 1:01.7 | delight in their work at home. You can find her over at simplyconvial.com. |
| 1:07.5 | We are thrilled to finally have Wendy Capehart on the show today. Wendy has been working with the Ambleside Online Advisory for over 20 years. She and her husband Bill have been Christians since their teens. They married at 20. They've been married 37 years. They have seven children, 14 grandchildren, and they have helped raise their perfectly delightful two |
| 1:30.2 | godsons, as well as occasionally hosting Japanese exchange students and Ukrainian orphans. |
| 1:36.4 | The K-Parts have lived all over the world, most recently in the Philippines for two years, |
| 1:40.6 | where they served as missionaries with a Christian school. In January, they will be moving to |
| 1:44.8 | Malaysia, where they will help establish a learning center among other projects. There is a link in our |
| 1:50.2 | show notes if you'd like to subscribe to their newsletter. Wendy blogs at Wendy wanders.blogspot.com. |
| 1:57.4 | She also has published an e-zine called Education for All, and that actually contains a lot of what we're talking about in this episode. |
| 2:04.5 | So if you would like to check that out, you can go to gumroad.com slash Wendy, W-E-N-D-I-W-N-D-I-W-N-D-I-W-E-N-D-I-W-N-D-I-W-N-E-LON. We want to remind you to go ahead and head on over to the Scalaisisters.com site. |
| 2:17.4 | Just add the slash with laugh |
| 2:19.6 | because this year's retreat is laughing well. Takes place on Saturday, September 21st, so it's |
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