YMB #12 Teaching From Rest with Morning Time: A Conversation with Sarah Mackenzie
Homeschool Better Together with Pam Barnhill
Pam Barnhill
4.9 • 683 Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2016
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Sarah Mackenzie is a mother of six, the author of Teaching from Rest: A Homeschooler's Guide to Unshakable Peace, and the host of the Read-Aloud Revival. She joins us on the podcast to discuss Morning Time as a key tool that can help us order our children's affections, turn our attention to things of utmost importance, and ground ourselves in state of rest, avoiding that place of frenzy and worry that we are not doing "enough."
But Sarah doesn't stop there. She also throws in some of her best practical tips, like ideas for how to wrangle a houseful of toddlers and simplify Morning Time as needed during key seasons of family life. There is something for everyone in this interview, so sit back and enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | This is your morning basket where we help you bring truth, goodness, and beauty to your homeschool day. |
| 0:17.8 | Hi, everyone, and welcome to episode 12 of the podcast. I'm Pam Barnhill, your host, and I'm glad you're |
| 0:25.1 | joining me here today. Well, today we have a fun episode of the podcast for you. Oh, I hope you find it |
| 0:31.0 | fun. It was a lot of fun for me. I got to talk to my best friend. I have known Sarah McKenzie for |
| 0:36.9 | about six years now. We met online, |
| 0:40.2 | of course, finally got to meet in person last year, and she's just as delightful in person as |
| 0:45.9 | she's been all these years, not in person. And I've been just as excited these past couple of years |
| 0:51.3 | to see all the things that she's been coming out with from her landmark homeschooling book, teaching from rest to the wonderful read aloud revival |
| 0:59.2 | podcast and membership site. It's been a lot of fun to see these great resources come out from |
| 1:05.1 | Sarah and I've been blessed by them too. Now Sarah's special language is one of encouragement. |
| 1:10.2 | She's very encouraging to moms, |
| 1:11.9 | whereas I'm more of a practical applications girl myself. I really love to dig deep into |
| 1:17.3 | practical aspects of things where she speaks a little more encouragement and philosophy. |
| 1:23.3 | So I have to say, I was really excited when teaching from rest came out. |
| 1:28.0 | And she had included morning time as one of the practical ways that you could teach from a state of rest in your homeschool. |
| 1:36.4 | So I knew that she would be the perfect person to have on the podcast to talk about what exactly does this look like? |
| 1:46.2 | How can having a morning time in our homeschool help us to be more restful and less anxious in what we're doing in the day to day |
| 1:52.4 | with our family? So I was really happy when she agreed and said yes and I think you're really |
| 1:58.1 | going to enjoy this episode of the podcast. |
| 2:07.9 | Sarah McKenzie is a homeschooling mother of six, ranging from a teen all the way down to twin |
| 2:15.1 | toddlers. |
| 2:16.4 | And she's also the host of the popular read aloud revival podcast, |
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