This is Your Morning Basket, where we help you bring truth, goodness, and beauty to your homeschool day.

Hi, everyone, and welcome to episode 52 of the Your Morning Basket podcast. I'm Pam Barnhill, your host, and I am so

happy that you are joining me here today. Well, some of my favorite episodes of the podcast are those

where I start off thinking, oh, this is going to be an interesting conversation, and I end

the podcast being really, really inspired as a homeschool mom.

And that was exactly what happened on this episode of the podcast.

Today I'm interviewing Becky McIntosh, the owner of Homemade Math at HomemadeMath.net.

And I really enjoyed the conversation I had with her all about mathematics and how

you can explore it through literature. Her passion for mathematics really shines through.

And I think you're going to really enjoy this conversation. And we'll get on with that podcast right

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