Colorful Homeschooler

Kathy
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This is a podcast where we discuss productivity, personality, education, and theory. I seek to make things easier and more wonderful for my fellow homeschool mamas. I'm a Christian mom of four special needs boys. I've been homeschooling over a decade, many of them in the Charlotte Mason style, and I seek to be productive in all of the things I put my mind to. Can't wait to share with you!https://www.instagram.com/colorfulhomeschooler/https://colorfulhomeschooler.etsy.comkathy@colorfulhomeschooler.com 

  1. 09/16/2025

    S1P39: Reflecting Back - Upon My First Homeschooler Leaving the Nest

    Join Kathy as she shares her emotions and reflections right before her first homeschool graduate, her oldest, leaves for six months. Vulnerable and honest, come and be encouraged that you, also, can go the distance!  Follow me on Instagram!  https://www.instagram.com/colorfulhomeschooler/profilecard/?igsh=ajNwdTlmZ2NqeW84 Please leave a written review and follow the show...new episodes every Tuesday.  Write me! What do you want to hear from me? kathy@colorfulhomeschooler.com

  2. 09/10/2025

    S1P38: Come, Just As You Are- Encouragement for You and Your Child for this Homeschool Year

    Come join Kathy for a brief episode encouraging you to save space for all of the many iterations of your child. How to make time for all of the messy and not drown in it yourself.  Follow me on Instagram!  https://www.instagram.com/colorfulhomeschooler/profilecard/?igsh=ajNwdTlmZ2NqeW84 Please leave a written review and follow the show...new episodes every Tuesday.  Write me! What do you want to hear from me? kathy@colorfulhomeschooler.com

  3. 09/02/2025

    S1E37 - Homeschool Planning 101-Planning Series #5: Leaving Space in Your Day for Child Self-Directed Learning

    Join Kathy as she shares the methods that she has used in her 10+ years of homeschooling to allow space for self-directed learning by each student, all while maintaining and promoting a rigorous homeschool schedule. Kathy goes into why you should leave space for self-directed learning, and then shows you how you can do so and still "check your boxes" for the most common subjects. Show your child that you support and LOVE when they learn on their own! Let Kathy help! Let your homeschool convention know that you'd like them to hire Kathy to come speak at their 2026 offering. Kathy is booking now and would love to see you.  Follow me on Instagram!  https://www.instagram.com/colorfulhomeschooler/profilecard/?igsh=ajNwdTlmZ2NqeW84 Please leave a written review and follow the show...new episodes every Tuesday.  Write me! What do you want to hear from me? kathy@colorfulhomeschooler.com

  4. 08/26/2025

    S1P36: Crafting Your Perfect Literature List for Your Homeschool Year

    Did you ever get stuck on which titles to include in your child's required reading? Their free reading? As a homeschool parent, have you always been a reader? Join Kathy as she goes over the way she crafts her literature list each year for her boys-the questions she asks herself and some of the resources that she has used. Be encouraged! You are the perfect teacher for your child. Resources from today: Soren Kierkagaard Anthology: https://amzn.to/3HTgDfN Ambleside Online...tap on By Year, then scroll to your child's year and check out the available books. Also, their philosophy, tap on Curriculum and then Overview: https://amblesideonline.org/about All Through the Ages, out of print: https://amzn.to/3JOdgqW Heat of Dakota book packs: https://www.heartofdakota.com/package/drawn-into-the-heart-of-reading-book-packs/ Sabbath Mood Living Science books: https://sabbathmoodhomeschool.com/living-science-books/ Reshelving Alexandria: https://reshelvingalexandria.notion.site/ Sonlight curriculum: https://www.sonlight.com/pages/curriculum The Marshmallow experiment: https://www.thoughtco.com/the-marshmallow-test-4707284 Little Duke: https://amzn.to/4oTyT9v Wilderking Trilogy: Book 1: https://amzn.to/3JqtBSO      Book 2: https://amzn.to/47dkKh9      Book 3: https://amzn.to/45CHeac My Father's Dragon: https://amzn.to/3JweOpG Teddies Saga: Book 1: https://amzn.to/45ONvhz    Book 2: https://amzn.to/3VgqeAj   Book 3: https://amzn.to/4lKZOSa Vanderbeeker's: https://amzn.to/4fZuKNq Understood Betsy: https://amzn.to/4oOmxj7 Joan Didion: https://amzn.to/4mTaYoO Bradbury Stories, There Will Come Soft Rains: https://amzn.to/4lO3p1M   Follow me on Instagram!  https://www.instagram.com/colorfulhomeschooler/profilecard/?igsh=ajNwdTlmZ2NqeW84 Please leave a written review and follow the show...new episodes every Tuesday.  Write me! What do you want to hear from me? kathy@colorfulhomeschooler.com

  5. 08/19/2025

    S1P35: Homeschooling Sanctification-Becoming Who We Need to be to Have a Successful Year, Living Out the Msg of Col 3:12-17

    Continuing our series on preparing for the new homeschool year upon us, Kathy dives into the passage of Colossians 3:12-17, breaking it down into bullet points to hang on your wall or tape in your planner. How do we continue to take that active role in our sanctification (becoming more and more like Jesus) through our homeschool day? Listen in as we deconstruct the passage and then practically work through it. Follow me on Instagram!  https://www.instagram.com/colorfulhomeschooler/profilecard/?igsh=ajNwdTlmZ2NqeW84 Please leave a written review and follow the show...new episodes every Tuesday.  Write me! What do you want to hear from me? kathy@colorfulhomeschooler.com

  6. 08/12/2025

    S1P34: Defending Your Heart Against the Lies We've Been Told As Homeschoolers

    As we slide into another homeschool year, let's confront the lies that we have been told, or told ourselves, as homeschoolers. "You can't do it." "There's only one way to do it." " You have to be a certified teacher to do it well." "Homeschooling will produce perfect children." "You don't look the right way to homeschool." "You are alone." All of these and more lies crush us, keep us down, and in bondage to that lie, keeping us from fulfilling this calling to the best of our ability. Come listen as Kathy names each one, confronts it, and encourages, speaking the truth. Be set free. Hear and take hold of the truth.  Episode 12: The Comparison Trap- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s1e12-the-comparison-trap-stop-comparing-with/id1779201708?i=1000686179073 Episode 13: Who's Your Squad- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s1e13-whos-your-squad-connection-for-parents-in-an/id1779201708?i=1000688846766 Follow me on Instagram!  https://www.instagram.com/colorfulhomeschooler/profilecard/?igsh=ajNwdTlmZ2NqeW84 Please leave a written review and follow the show...new episodes every Tuesday.  Write me! What do you want to hear from me? kathy@colorfulhomeschooler.com

  7. 08/05/2025

    S1P33: Preparing Your Heart for the Coming Homeschool Year

    Kathy is back! Check out new episodes every Tuesday!  Join Kathy as she discusses how she prepares her heart for the coming homeschool year. Either way, it will arrive. Can you meet it with fresh vision and peace? Kathy breaks it down so that you can.  Share this with a friend who needs encouragement... Follow me on Instagram!  https://www.instagram.com/colorfulhomeschooler/profilecard/?igsh=ajNwdTlmZ2NqeW84 Please leave a written review and follow the show...new episodes every Tuesday.  Write me! What do you want to hear from me? kathy@colorfulhomeschooler.com

  8. 07/01/2025

    S1P32: Homeschool Planning 101: Planning Series #4 - Choosing My Electives & Planning My Week

    Come join Kathy as she discusses how to select and plan for your electives for the year. She offers targeted questions to help walk you through the choices, design your own or purchase, how to do each of those options well, etc. She then dissects her visual way of planning out each child's schedule for the year and how to schedule each book you will be using. New to homeschooling or a veteran, hopefully you will find some new ideas and be encouraged!  Referenced in the podcast: Yearly Reflection Episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2422800/episodes/17098286 Weekly Scheduling Options: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2422800/episodes/17297186 Yearly Scheduling Options: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2422800/episodes/17297292 Charlotte Mason Notebooking Series:  Nature & Science Notebooks: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2422800/episodes/17097740 Language Arts Notebooks: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2422800/episodes/17097994 Social Studies Notebooks: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2422800/episodes/17098589 Productivity for the Homeschool Mama: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2422800/episodes/16076678 Some references for elective studies online that I have used:  Formerly Enrichment Studies, now Music in our Homeschool: https://learn.musicinourhomeschool.com/l/products Cathy Duffy reviews: https://cathyduffyreviews.com/ Amazing Art studies: https://ahumbleplace.com/ CM Plenary: https://cmplenary.com/picture-study-resources/ Follow me on Instagram!  https://www.instagram.com/colorfulhomeschooler/profilecard/?igsh=ajNwdTlmZ2NqeW84 Please leave a written review and follow the show...new episodes every Tuesday.  Write me! What do you want to hear from me? kathy@colorfulhomeschooler.com

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This is a podcast where we discuss productivity, personality, education, and theory. I seek to make things easier and more wonderful for my fellow homeschool mamas. I'm a Christian mom of four special needs boys. I've been homeschooling over a decade, many of them in the Charlotte Mason style, and I seek to be productive in all of the things I put my mind to. Can't wait to share with you!https://www.instagram.com/colorfulhomeschooler/https://colorfulhomeschooler.etsy.comkathy@colorfulhomeschooler.com 

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  • Creator
    Kathy
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    39
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 Colorful Homeschooler
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