Welcome to the FINAL episode of our Summer 2024 Poolside Professional Development Series for Moms! This summer series has covered the following subjects: online learning, sensory needs, anxiety, and executive functioning, and each topic has a special focus on unique learners. Today, our final episode covers executive functioning and unique learners. And it also touches upon parenting when you also struggle with executive functioning. So, pour a cup of coffee, grab those earbuds, and put your feet up. You’re going to want to listen to this one! Executive Functioning and Unique Learners, with Sh ..read more

This week, we are happy to share our third of four podcast episodes focused on the needs of unique learners. These four episodes with Shawna Wingert are part of our Summer 2024 Poolside Professional Development Series for Moms, sponsored by Homeschool Planet. This Summer 2024 Poolside Professional Development Series for Moms covers the following subjects: online learning, sensory needs, anxiety, and executive functioning. All of these topics have a focus on unique learners. This week, we are answering all of your questions about anxiety. Anxiety and Unique Learners, with Shawna Wingert [Episod ..read more

Our homeschool cousin, Shawna Wingert, is back again this week with the second of four episodes on unique learners. These four episodes are part of our summer 2024 Poolside Professional Development Series for Moms. In these episodes, Shawna will cover the following topics: online learning, sensory needs, anxiety, and executive functioning. In this week’s episode, Shawna shares about sensory needs and unique learners. Pour yourself a cuppa of your favorite beverage and pop in those earbuds. Let’s chat! Sensory Needs and Unique Learners, with Shawna Wingert [Episode 148] This summer 2024 Poolsid ..read more

Our homeschool cousin, Shawna Wingert, is back on the podcast for the final four episodes of our Summer 2024 Poolside Professional Development Series for Moms. Shawna is going to be discussing homeschooling unique learners. These episodes will cover the following topics: online learning, sensory needs, anxiety, and executive functioning. In this week’s episode, Shawna shares the ins and outs of using online learning methodologies with unique learners. You won’t want to miss it! Online Learning and Unique Learners, with Shawna Wingert [Episode 147] This summer 2024 Poolside Professional Develop ..read more

In this fourth episode of our Summer 2024 Poolside Professional Development Series for Moms, we are chatting with Samantha Barnes of Raddish Kids about the importance of connecting with our kids through cooking. And if you’re a parent who could maybe use a little help with meal planning (um, hi, it’s me), be sure to listen in to learn more about Raddish Kids’ Supper Club, which takes all the guesswork out of meal prep and planning for us big kids! Connecting With Your Kids Through Cooking, with Samantha Barnes [Episode 146] Homeschool Planet is the official sponsor of our summer 2024 Poolside ..read more

In the third episode of our Summer 2024 Poolside Professional Development Series for Moms, we explore the importance of nature in the lives of our children, teens, and ourselves. This week, we are sharing a conversation with Linda Åkeson McGurk, a Swedish-American writer, author, and blogger. If you’re a lifelong nature enthusiast, or if you’d love to include more nature into your days but you don’t know where to begin, you’re going to love this episode! On The Importance of Nature, with Linda Åkeson McGurk Our summer 2024 Poolside Professional Development series for Moms is brought to you by ..read more

In the second episode of our Poolside Professional Development Summer Series for Moms we are sharing a conversation with Kim John Payne. Yes, that’s right, sisters- he’s back! Kim John Payne, M.ED, is an award-winning author and has been a school counselor, adult educator, consultant, researcher, educator, and private family counselor for twenty-seven years. In this conversation, we discuss child development, adolescence, homeschooling, media consumption, and how to simplify it all! On Simplicity, with Kim John Payne Thank you to our Poolside Professional Development for Moms Summer Series spo ..read more

It’s the last few days of May, and you know what that means, sisters: Poolside Professional Development! In this first episode of our 2024 summer series, Cait shares the titles in her summer book stack. Plus, get a sneak peek into our upcoming summer series, “Poolside Professional Development for Moms,” where we will share inspiring conversations all summer! When you finish listening, drop us a comment and let us know about YOUR poolside reading plans! Poolside Professional Development 2024 [Episode 143] Special thanks to our Summer 2024 sponsor, Homeschool Planet! Our Summer 2024 Poolside Pro ..read more

We are wrapping up the Winter-Spring 2024 Homeschool Sisters Podcast season and we have saved the very best for last. Kara Anderson is back for a 2-part conversation that you’re going to adore! Join the sisters as we chat about everything, from the weird bittersweet season of finishing the homeschool journey, to figuring out what to do when you grow up, to the very best glasses for middle aged ladies, how to stop searching and just BE, perimenopause, morning routines, and more. Kara also shares a personal update on her new writing and podcasting adventure, Where the Beauty Is! Join us for the ..read more

Hiya, sisters! We are excited to bring this week’s episode to your earbuds because we know we have oodles of Outschool fans in the Sisters community. And if you haven’t heard of Outschool yet, you’re going to want to pull up a chair and get comfy for a second because we might just rock your homeschool world. In this week’s episode, we welcome Amir Nathoo, founder and CEO of Outschool. What a fun conversation it was! We chat about education, learning, and the sheer joy of a personalized education. Amir shares his experience with a traditional educational path and how alternative educational pat ..read more