Start the School Year Right With Fun Traditions

Homeschool Better Together with Pam Barnhill

Pam Barnhill

Kids & Family, Christianity, Education, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 683 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

As summer winds down, our family loves to kick off the school year with a special back-to-school tradition. For the past few years, we've visited the donut shop, and it's become a cherished ritual for us. From picking out donuts to snapping a photo outside the shop, this simple tradition brings us joy and wonderful memories.

In this episode, I share why having a back-to-school tradition is important and how it can strengthen family bonds. I also offer tips on starting your own tradition, whether it's big or small, and emphasize keeping it simple and meaningful.

Join me as I reflect on our tradition and encourage you to create your own special back-to-school memories. For more ideas and support, join our free community at pambarnhill.com.

Key Points:

The joy and importance of back-to-school traditions.
Our family's donut shop tradition.
Tips for starting your own back-to-school tradition.
Encouragement to keep traditions simple and meaningful.
Invitation to join our supportive community at pambarnhill.com.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Are you ready for homeschooling to feel joyful again?
0:05.4	Do you long for support as you learn alongside your kids?
0:10.3	Welcome to Home School Better Together, a podcast about building a homeschool experience that works for your family.
0:18.2	I'm Pam Barnhill, and it's time to step out of the overwhelm and
0:22.0	into the wonder. Let's do this.
0:29.1	Hey there, homeschool friends. As summer winds down, our family has a back-to-school tradition, and I was kind of wondering, does your family have a back to
0:42.0	school tradition as well? And if you don't have a back to homeschool tradition, have you thought
0:48.5	about starting one? Because I happen to think it's really important. And that's what I want to
0:53.7	talk about today. Some of the what I want to talk about today,
0:54.7	some of the importance of back-to-school traditions.
0:57.9	And I wanted to tell you a little bit about our own.
1:02.6	So for the past 11 years, I think,
1:05.5	because quite honestly, I've lost a little bit of track
1:09.1	about how long we've been doing this,
1:10.7	but I have found
1:11.5	pictures all the way back to 2013. It's 2024 right now. So if my homeschool mom math is correct,
1:19.2	that would be 11 years, right? Am I right? We have actually gone to the donut shop for our
1:26.1	back-to-school tradition. And I would like to tell you how this started,
1:30.8	but I really don't quite remember. I think it was just something fun that I came up with. I mean,
1:37.9	my kids were super excited about a trip to the donut shop 11 years ago. And so I probably just said,
1:43.9	hey, let's go to the donut shop. Actually, the very first picture I have of us going to the donut shop 11 years ago. And so I probably just said, hey, let's go to the donut shop.
1:45.7	Actually, the very first picture I have of us going to the donut shop, our babysitter was with us.
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