YMB #147 How Morning Time Can Save Your School in a Season of Burnout

Homeschool Better Together with Pam Barnhill

Pam Barnhill

Kids & Family, Christianity, Education, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 683 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, discover practical strategies to combat burnout in your homeschool with Pam Barnhill and co-hosts, Ali Madej and Meg Angelino. You will gain valuable insight on using Morning Time and other tools to engage your children during times of curriculum fatigue, seasonal illness, new baby, or overall burnout.

This candid conversation acknowledges the natural ebbs and flows in the homeschooling journey and the importance of extending grace to both parents and children during periods of burnout. The team offers practical insights into managing grading and striking a balance between pleasurable learning and skill subjects.

Tune in to Your Morning Basket Podcast and start your journey towards a more intentional and joyful homeschooling approach today.

Key Ideas About Morning Time and Burnout

Utilize library apps, such as; Hoopla, Libby for audiobooks and online resources to engage kids in learning during times of burnout.
Embrace the fun and learning potential in Explorations, read-aloud time, and strewing to keep kids engaged.
Explore strategies for managing burnout, including; managing mom's health, starting with enjoyable subjects, and outsourcing subjects.
Emphasize the importance of balance and grace for both the homeschooling parent and the children during times of burnout.
See Morning Time as a fundamental tool to combat burnout.

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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.
0:17.3	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.
0:27.1	Grab your coffee or tea and let's get started.
0:42.3	So I am joined today, and we're going to be talking about such a fun topic.
0:46.3	I'm joined today by two members of the Your Morning Basket team.
0:51.7	Meg Angelino, our operations manager, is here with me today. And then Miss Allie Maday, who is our member liaison. She's also here as well.
0:58.4	And so welcome, ladies. Thanks so much for coming on and talking to me about a topic that's
1:03.9	just really timely for this part of the year. Thank you for pleasure, Pam. Yeah. Okay, so let's just dive right into this idea of burnout.
1:15.3	Let's talk about how you know when you might be experiencing some burnout in your
1:21.4	homeschool.
1:22.3	And I'll start just by saying one of the ways that I know I'm experiencing burnout is I just don't want to do
1:30.1	school. That's just a period where I am struggling to motivate myself to even get started
1:38.5	during the day. And that's when I know I need to take some different action because I'm a master procrastinator
1:45.9	anyway. I don't know if you would have thought that about me, but I really am. And so,
1:53.0	like, I can find very creative and productive ways to procrastinate on, actually, I was doing
1:59.6	it this morning, Meg, when i was supposed to be recording
2:02.4	that podcast and i was coming up with all kinds of new ideas for the community and sending them to
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