The rise in homeschooling | keep the magic alive in learning

With homeschooling on the rise, there are reasons now more than ever to homeschool. I sit down with my friends Josefa Ciccarelli and Jenna Strubhar to share all about our homeschool routines, the reasons we homeschool, tips to keep the magic alive in learning, where we get our inspiration from, the benefits we’ve seen, and more.

In this episode we cover:
- Different homeschooling philosophies
- Josefa and Jenna’s personal homeschooling journey
- The reasons to homeschool
- Problems that can arise with modern or public schooling
- The many incredible teachers there are - whose hands are often tied with many of the systems in place
- Are the milestones the public education system has created arbitrary, or is there a place for it?
- The rise in homeschooling and the reasons now more than ever to homeschool
- What age to start homeschooling?
- The concern some parents have that they aren’t certified teachers or experts in certain subjects and that they wont be able to properly educate their children
- Do homeschooled kids lack socialization?
- How to keep your kids motivated. What do you do when your kids don’t want to do homeschool?
- Does homeschooling require a schedule?
- Homeschooling ideas with a budget or financial restrictions like both parents needing to work
- Are there any cons to homeschooling?
- Creative ways to keep the magic alive in learning
- homeschooling authors and resources that have inspired us


RESOURCES
Jodie Mockabee: https://jodimockabee.com/schoolhousec...
Jodi Mockabeee Getting started with homeschooling guide: https://jodimockabee.com/schoolhousec...
TedTalk Hackschooling makes me Happy by Logan LaPlante: Hackschooling makes me happy | Logan ...
Changing Education Paradigms: RSA ANIMATE: Changing Education Parad...
Data suggests 1.2 million families switched to homeschooling last academic year: https://www.the74million.org/article/...
Art for kids hub: https://www.artforkidshub.com
Outschool: https://outschool.com/#abkxy3zdji
https://hslda.org
TedTalk Do Schools Kill Creativity? By Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity? | Sir Ken...

Homeschooling philosophies we discussed:
Unschooling
Boxed curriculum
Online schooling (lakeshore learning, rainbow resources, the good and the beautiful, Acellus, etc)
Charolette Mason

Books
How Children Learn by John Holt
How Children Fail by John Holt
The 5 Hour School Week by Aaron & Kaleena Amuchastegui
The Call of the Wild and Free by Ainsley Arment
Dumbing us Down by John Taylor Gatto

WHERE TO FIND JOSEFA & JENNA:
Jenna’s instagram: Instagram: jennastrubhar
Jenna’s website: https://www.withthestrubhars.com
Josefa’s instagram: Instagram: naturalwellnest
Josefa’s website: https://www.naturalwellnest.com

Where to find me:
Get my ebooks: https://www.ellenfisher.com/ebooks
My instagram: Instagram: ellenfisher
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