SS #84: Passport to Foreign Language (with Amber Johnston!!)
Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for Classical Homeschooling Mamas
Brandy Vencel
4.7 • 540 Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2021
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Our guest today is Amber Johnston. Amber lives in Georgia nestled among pine trees, hammocks and ziplines with her husband and their four children. Her happy place is the back porch on a rainy day, preferably with a giant mug of hot tea and a good book. When they have the chance, her family enjoys extended worldschooling trips to immerse themselves in other cultures. Amber blogs about adding mirrors and windows to a traditional Charlotte Mason education at HeritageMom.com and you can also find her on Instagram as @heritagemomblog.
Today's episode is all about tackling a foreign language. Amber is not just wonderful about telling you HOW to go about foreign language; she also gives you a big WHY. Let's face it: foreign language can be intimidating and so we put it off until the kids are older. If we are going to get brave start 'em young, we need a really big WHY.
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| 0:00.0 | the reason that you wouldn't do this is the pure overwhelm, right? The feeling of being overwhelmed |
| 0:05.3 | that you have to do this big, huge hairy thing and that you can't do it well. And for so many of us, |
| 0:11.7 | it's like, well, if I can't execute well, I just won't do it. But when she brings that bar of |
| 0:17.6 | success down to something that's manageable and reasonable and within, you know, that we all |
| 0:22.5 | have agency for us. That's kind of what pushes people over the edge. And I find that a lot of |
| 0:27.9 | what she says is like that. |
| 0:37.0 | Welcome to Scalae Sisters, the podcast for the classical homeschooling mama who seeks to learn and grow while she's helping her children learn and grow. |
| 0:46.5 | Scalay Sisters is a casual conversation about topics that matter to those of us and the trenches of classical homeschooling, who yearn for something |
| 0:54.8 | more than just checking boxes and getting it all done. I'm your host, Brandy Bensel. You can find me |
| 1:00.9 | over at Afterthoughtsblog.net, spreading my Charlotte Mason Joy through blog posts, study guides, audios, and more. |
| 1:08.1 | My co-host today is Abby Wall. |
| 1:13.4 | Abby is basically the queen of the Skolle sister ship. |
| 1:19.1 | Abby is a country-living farmer, rancher, a loving wife and mom of five who homeschools and reads whenever she can. |
| 1:22.5 | Our guest today is Amber Johnston. |
| 1:25.5 | Amber lives in Georgia, nestled among pine trees, hammocks, and zip |
| 1:29.1 | lines with her husband and their four children. Her happy place is the back porch on a rainy day, |
| 1:34.3 | preferably with a giant mug of hot tea and a good book. When they have the chance, her family |
| 1:39.4 | enjoys extended world schooling trips to immerse themselves in other cultures. |
| 1:48.7 | Amber blogs about adding mirrors and windows to a traditional Charlotte Mason education at heritage mom.com, and you can also find her on Instagram as at Heritage Mom blog. |
| 1:55.7 | Are you intimidated by commonplacing? Not sure if you're doing it right? Uncertain how to get started? |
| 2:02.4 | You're not the only one. Tomorrow, if you're listening to this episode right away, |
| 2:07.6 | on February 20th at 9.30 a.m. Pacific, you can join Scholei Sisters for a live commonplace |
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