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Homeschool Better Together with Pam Barnhill

YMB #143 How Long Should My Morning Time Be?

Homeschool Better Together with Pam Barnhill

Pam Barnhill

Kids & Family, Christianity, Education, Religion & Spirituality

4.9683 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Your Morning Basket Podcast, hosts Pam Barnhill, Laney Homan, and Dawn Garrett talk about how to make morning time work for your family. They discuss how long Morning Time should be and why treating it as a separate activity is essential. The hosts share their experiences and tips on incorporating different subjects into morning time, like history, science, and skill work. They also give practical advice on balancing content area work with skill work, especially if you have multiple children. They also discuss whether you should have separate morning time activities for different age groups and the importance of having designated times for everyone to come together. Join the hosts as they give helpful advice on setting goals for morning time and making it a fun and meaningful part of your daily routine.

Key Takeaways:

  • Morning time should be seen as a separate activity, treated with importance and joy. 
  • Balancing content area work and skill work is a challenge, especially with multiple children. Skill work is often done outside of morning time. 
  • It's acceptable and beneficial to have separate morning time activities for different age groups if it works for the parent and benefits the child. 
  • Identifying priorities and deciding who needs to be present for certain activities is crucial in optimizing morning time. 
  • Setting goals for morning time, considering the ages of your children and the season of life, is an essential part of making it a successful practice.

For full show notes and a transcript of today’s episode, head to pambarnhill.com/ymb143

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Are you ready for homeschooling to feel joyful again?

0:08.3

Do you want to build closer relationships?

0:10.6

Remove some of the stress around planning and enjoy learning with your children.

0:15.3

Welcome to your morning basket.

0:17.4

I'm Pam Barnhill, a homeschool mom just like you,

0:20.2

and I'm going to show you the magic and

0:22.6

fulfillment that morning basket or morning time can bring to your homeschool.

0:27.2

Grab your coffee or tea, and let's get started.

0:33.3

Hello there.

0:34.4

Okay, so I am joined today by two of our team members here. I almost said my

0:39.6

favorite team members, but I really shouldn't do that because you're all my favorites.

0:46.2

What kind of like your children? Yes. Children are all my favorites. All my favorites. Yeah,

0:50.9

well, it's funny because I was actually recording a podcast with Olivia earlier.

0:54.1

And I said, one of my very favorite people.

0:56.8

And she said, I thought you were going to say one of my very favorite children.

0:59.2

I'm like, I can't do that because your brothers won't like it.

1:02.8

But yes, two of my favorite team members here today, Don Garrett, who is our community manager here at Your Morning Basket.

1:10.7

And then also, Lainie Homan, who is our community manager here at your morning basket and then also Lainey Homan, who is our

1:13.4

member success manager. So ladies, welcome. Thank you so much for joining me. Thanks for having

1:19.4

us here. Yeah, always excited to be here. Always good to have you. Okay, so we are going to jump into

1:25.9

our topic in just a minute, but first I wanted to

1:28.1

start with our morning time moment. And I just wanted to ask you, what is it that you're reading

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