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Sit down, relax, and take a little coffee break with Carrie. Using biblical principles, years of experience, and a little bit of humor, Carrie De Francisco offers homeschooling advice, tips, and ideas to moms who have been called to this homeschooling adventure. Weekly coffee breaks and conversations with Carrie will give you the support and encouragement you need to help you homeschool one day at a time, one step at a time, and one cup of coffee at a time. Author of Just Breathe ( & Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool in Step with God  & Homeschool High School: A Handbook for Christian Education.

Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool Podcast Carrie De Francisco

    • Kids & Family
    • 4.9 • 74 Ratings

Sit down, relax, and take a little coffee break with Carrie. Using biblical principles, years of experience, and a little bit of humor, Carrie De Francisco offers homeschooling advice, tips, and ideas to moms who have been called to this homeschooling adventure. Weekly coffee breaks and conversations with Carrie will give you the support and encouragement you need to help you homeschool one day at a time, one step at a time, and one cup of coffee at a time. Author of Just Breathe ( & Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool in Step with God  & Homeschool High School: A Handbook for Christian Education.

    Start Homeschooling Today! 7 Simple Steps To Get Started

    Start Homeschooling Today! 7 Simple Steps To Get Started

    Start homeschooling this week!  If you are thinking about homeschooling, this episode will get you started!  Homeschooling is legal in all 50 states.  Don't be overwhelmed by the process.  You really only need to do 7 simple things.  If you are an experienced home educator, this is the perfect episode to share with friends.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and take a little coffee break with Carrie.  Then check out her website, www.coffeewithcarrie.org for more resources including her FREE 3 Hour Homeschooling 101: Beginner Digital Course.  
    Support the Show.
    To purchase Carrie's new book, Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education, visit Amazon.com and Christianbooks.com

    To purchase Carrie's homeschooling book, Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool in Step with God), visit Amazon.com.

    Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Get access to even more encouragement, fellowship, and homeschooling help. Visit The Coffee House to become a member.

    To subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog, visit https://coffeewithcarrie.org or to follow Carrie on Instagram go to @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.

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    • 27 min
    Become a Master Teacher: The Teaching Methods of Jesus

    Become a Master Teacher: The Teaching Methods of Jesus

    Do you want to become a master teacher and rock this home educator role?  You don't need be a trained teacher or have a Masters in Education.  You can simply apply the teaching methods of The Master Teacher:  Jesus.  In this episode, Carrie looks at Jesus’ teaching methods and shares how you can  use them in our own home education.  Jesus taught the most important lessons in the simplest of ways.  He successfully applied the principle "Less is more" on daily basis.  Come sit at the feet of Jesus and learn how to become more like The Master Teacher.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and join Carrie for a little coffee date about simple teaching pedagogy.  


    Support the Show.
    To purchase Carrie's new book, Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education, visit Amazon.com and Christianbooks.com

    To purchase Carrie's homeschooling book, Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool in Step with God), visit Amazon.com.

    Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Get access to even more encouragement, fellowship, and homeschooling help. Visit The Coffee House to become a member.

    To subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog, visit https://coffeewithcarrie.org or to follow Carrie on Instagram go to @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.

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    • 24 min
    The Only Curriculum You Need: A Conversation with Erin McGhee

    The Only Curriculum You Need: A Conversation with Erin McGhee

    Are you a slave to your teacher's guide?   Are you in a "curriculum cult"?  If you are overwhelmed with curriculum choices, or if your bank account is overloaded with curriculum expenses, then take a little coffee break.  You can successfully homeschool with only 3 things!  What are those 3 things?  Take a listen to this week's episode.  Carrie talks with Erin McGhee, a veteran homeschool mom and host of Show Me Homeschool Podcast, about how to homeschool outside the curriculum box.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and join Erin and Carrie for a little coffee and conversation about how to tame the curriculum chaos.
    Support the Show.
    To purchase Carrie's new book, Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education, visit Amazon.com and Christianbooks.com

    To purchase Carrie's homeschooling book, Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool in Step with God), visit Amazon.com.

    Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Get access to even more encouragement, fellowship, and homeschooling help. Visit The Coffee House to become a member.

    To subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog, visit https://coffeewithcarrie.org or to follow Carrie on Instagram go to @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.

    To hear more podcasts about homeschooling, subscribe ...

    • 38 min
    Start Your Homeschool Day Off Right: Family Devotional Resources

    Start Your Homeschool Day Off Right: Family Devotional Resources

    Any day is a good homeschooling day if you start in God's Word.  God's Word will not come back void!  Even five minutes a day reading and reflecting on God's Word will bless you and your family.  Keep Bible time or family devotion time simple.  In this week's episode, Carrie shares some of her favorite family-friendly Bible study resources and devotional books and how to make family devotions a time rich in worship and prayer.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and take a little coffee break with Carrie.  
    Support the Show.
    To purchase Carrie's new book, Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education, visit Amazon.com and Christianbooks.com

    To purchase Carrie's homeschooling book, Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool in Step with God), visit Amazon.com.

    Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Get access to even more encouragement, fellowship, and homeschooling help. Visit The Coffee House to become a member.

    To subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog, visit https://coffeewithcarrie.org or to follow Carrie on Instagram go to @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.

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    • 22 min
    Homeschooling is Holy Ground: Lessons Learned From Moses

    Homeschooling is Holy Ground: Lessons Learned From Moses

    As a mother and home educator, you are standing on holy ground.  Motherhood and homeschooling is a calling.  They come with many blessings and challenges.  In this week's episode, Carrie shares how to dig deep into God's Word and how to study the Bible using the 3 Question Method.  All that is needed is a Bible, a notebook, and a pen and highlighter.  As Carrie expounds on the truths in Exodus 1 and how moms can apply these principles to their lives and homeschooling, she also explains how to use the 3 Question Method to study God's Word.   Carrie even used this simple approach with her own children as a way to study God's Word together as a family.  It is a two-for-one episode:  Biblical teaching and a "how to" lesson.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, get your Bible, put your feet up, and take a little coffee break with Carrie. 

    Go to www.coffeewithcarrie.org to purchase the 22-Week Bible Study resource, Walk in Faith:  Book of Exodus Bible Study for Homeschooling Moms.
    Support the Show.
    To purchase Carrie's new book, Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education, visit Amazon.com and Christianbooks.com

    To purchase Carrie's homeschooling book, Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool in Step with God), visit Amazon.com.

    Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Get access to even more encouragement, fellowship, and homeschooling help. Visit The Coffee House to become a member.

    To subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog, visit https://coffeewithcarrie.org or to follow Carrie on Instagram go to @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.

    To hear more podcasts about homeschooling, subscribe ...

    • 32 min
    Raising Prayerful Kids: A Conversation with Steph Thurling & Sarah Holmstrom

    Raising Prayerful Kids: A Conversation with Steph Thurling & Sarah Holmstrom

    Praying with your kids can be a time of connection and fun.  In this week's episode, Carrie talks with Steph Thurling & Sarah Holmstrom, the authors of Raising Prayerful Kids:  Fun and Easy Activities for Building Lifelong Habits of Prayer about how to  make prayer fit naturally into your daily routines. Carrie, Steph, and Sarah share relatable stories of their successes and failures along with fun activities and games to help parents turn everyday moments into moments filled with prayer.  They even discuss how moms can develop a more meaningful prayer life too.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and join Carrie, Steph, and Sarah for a little coffee and conversation about raising prayerful kids. 

    To order Raising Prayerful Kids: Fun and Easy Activities for Building Lifelong Habits of Prayer, go to Amazon. com or to go to the website, raisingprayerfulkids.com
    Support the Show.
    To purchase Carrie's new book, Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education, visit Amazon.com and Christianbooks.com

    To purchase Carrie's homeschooling book, Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool in Step with God), visit Amazon.com.

    Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Get access to even more encouragement, fellowship, and homeschooling help. Visit The Coffee House to become a member.

    To subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog, visit https://coffeewithcarrie.org or to follow Carrie on Instagram go to @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.

    To hear more podcasts about homeschooling, subscribe ...

    • 36 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
74 Ratings

74 Ratings

Ash Racey ,

Listening for 2 years

I absolutely love Carrie. She’s so down to earth and is a true light to many CHRISTIAN homeschoolers everywhere. I am so thankful I saw one of her events and started following. You bring so much to this space. THANKYOU!

Gene Dalais ,

Coffee with Carrie

This is a great podcast that helps to keep home school sustainable. It’s wonderful to have access to lessons learned by those who have pioneered before us. Grateful for veteran homeschool moms who pour into the next generation. Thank you Carrie!

JamieHuey ,

Amazing Homeschooling Tips and Encouragement

I began listening to this podcast about a year before I started into my homeschooling journey. I was on the fence about homeschooling and just didn’t think I had it in me to be able to do it, but Carrie’s insight, encouragement and practical tips helped me make the decision. This podcast is such a blessing!

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