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The Durenda Wilson Podcast

What If I Can’t Afford Expensive Curriculum (Podcast 486)

The Durenda Wilson Podcast

Durenda Wilson

Education For Kids, Kids & Family:parenting, Kids & Family, Parenting

5.0861 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Today I want to talk about whether or not it matters if we can afford expensive curriculum. The real question we are asking is “Will our kids' education suffer?” Resources mentioned in this episode: CTC Math Heritage Defense Our CPS Story The Unhurried Homeschooler Unhurried Grace for a Mom’s Heart The Four-Hour School Day Subscribe to my monthly email and receive access to Unhurried Grace for a Mom's Heart: 31 Days in God's Word Information on my new book,  Raising Boys to Men! Roxaboxen(The book I mentioned about kids creating their own outdoor civilization) Gather 'Round Homeschool Homeschooling Multiple Ages (podcast episode) Treehouse Schoolhouse Our CPS story Let's Talk About Curriculum (podcast episode) Essentials in Early Education (podcast episode) A Simple, Unhurried  Approach to Language Arts (Grades 1-8/podcast episode) A Simple, Unhurried Approach to Science in the Elementary Years A Simple, Unhurried Approach to High School Science My favorite math resource (Please check out my latest book, The Four Hour School Day: How You and Your Kids Can Thrive in the Homeschool Life on Amazon, durendawilson.com, or your favorite bookseller!)

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0:00.0

Hey, moms, welcome to this episode of the Dorenda Wilson podcast. I'm Dorenda, wife to one,

0:14.3

mom to eight, nana to 10, and 30-year veteran homeschooling mom. I'm also the author of three books, soon to be four,

0:23.2

The Unhurried Homestchooler, The Four-Hourished Home School Day, and Unhurried Grace for a Mom's Heart.

0:29.4

My fourth book, Getting Ready to Come Out, March 5th, is called Raising Boys to Men, a Simple, Mercifully short book on raising and homeschooling boys.

0:40.6

I'm super excited about this book, and if you would like to stay updated on the freebies that

0:46.4

I'm going to be giving away as we approach launch day and all of that, I would invite you

0:51.0

to subscribe to my email list. And when you do that, you're actually also going

0:56.5

to receive free access to Unhurried Grace for a mom's heart, which is the devotional that I

1:01.6

mentioned that I wrote specifically for homeschooling moms. You need to use the link in the show

1:06.2

notes in order to get free access to that. But I invite you to do that and join me as we get ready to launch this new book.

1:14.9

We know that moms of boys struggle to understand them.

1:18.4

And I am the same as every other mom out there.

1:21.7

I struggled at times to understand my boys.

1:23.7

And I have learned so much over the years and now being a mom to boys for almost 30 years.

1:29.3

So I hope you'll stay connected with me and check that book out.

1:33.5

I'm also going to leave a link in the show notes for you to just go look at the cover of the book

1:37.9

and see some little excerpts from the book and some pre-reader quotes.

1:42.4

So some moms have read the book already, and they have left

1:46.3

their comments. And so those are there as well. I'll leave that link for you to use as well.

1:52.7

Now, I love to always make sure that I share one of my favorite math resources in that CTC math.

1:59.8

You know, sometimes we feel limited by grade-specific

2:04.3

math materials. And sometimes we wish our child could revisit earlier lessons or jump ahead when

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