SS #71: Homeschoolers Militant (with Andrew Pudewa!!)
Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
Brandy Vencel
4.7 • 540 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2020
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Today's episode was recorded BEFORE the demise of 2020, before quaratines, lockdowns, and economic tragedies. We cut a couple things that no longer made sense, but the rest of it survives as useful and oh so encouraging.
Our special guest today is Andrew Pudewa, the founder and director of the Institute for Excellence in Writing and a father of seven. Traveling and speaking around the world, he addresses issues related to teaching, writing, thinking, spelling, and music with clarity, insight, practical experience, and humor. His seminars for parents, students, and teachers have helped transform many a reluctant writer and have equipped educators with powerful tools to dramatically improve students' skills.
Although he is a graduate of the Talent Education Institute in Japan and holds a Certificate of Child Brain Development from the Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, his best endorsement is from a young Alaskan boy who called him "the funny man with the wonderful words." He and his wonderful, heroic wife, Robin, have homeschooled their seven children and are now proud grandparents of fourteen, making their home in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Andrew Pudewa helps us be brave and not hide our homeschooling light under a bucket. He says we should be practicing homeschool evangelism. And when he said this, NO ONE KNEW the entire country would be doing school at home by the time this went live. What Andrew says here is even more applicable than when he first said it.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Skalais Sisters, episode number 71. |
| 0:07.2 | 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. |
| 0:16.2 | Scalais Sisters is a casual conversation about topics that matter to those of us in the trenches of classical |
| 0:21.9 | homeschooling who yearn for something more than just checking boxes and getting it all done. |
| 0:27.8 | I'm Brandy Vensel, but I am not your host today because Misty and Pam cut me out and chatted with |
| 0:33.4 | Andrew Poodawa without me. I'll tell you a little bit about Misty and Pam, though. |
| 0:39.0 | Misty Winkler is a second-generation homeschooler with five kids and too many projects. With her |
| 0:44.7 | blog, podcast, and membership, she helps you organize your attitude so you can organize your life. |
| 0:50.8 | Find her over at simplyconvial.com. Pam Barnhill is a speaker, podcaster, blogger at |
| 0:57.9 | Pam Barnhill.com, and author of two fabulous books, better together, and plan your year. |
| 1:04.5 | Have you signed up for spring training yet? If not, what are you waiting for? We are very |
| 1:09.6 | excited about this year's coach Stephen Rumblesumblesberg, and the chance to have a |
| 1:13.6 | great conversation about the great conversation. |
| 1:17.0 | Head on over to scolacisters.com slash spring training to register. |
| 1:23.2 | Our special guest today is Andrew Pudua, founder and director of the Institute for Excellence in Writing. |
| 1:30.0 | Traveling and speaking around the world, Andrew addresses issues related to teaching, writing, thinking, spelling, and music, with clarity, insight, practical experience, and humor. |
| 1:40.9 | His seminars for parents, students, and teachers have helped to transform many a reluctant |
| 1:45.2 | writer and have equipped educators with powerful tools to dramatically improve students' |
| 1:49.2 | skills. |
| 1:50.2 | Although he is a graduate of the Talent Education Institute in Japan and holds a certificate |
| 1:55.2 | of child brain development from the Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential |
| 1:58.6 | in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, his best endorsement |
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