The Homeschool Advantage Podcast Bex Buzzie

Intro 

DeeDee and Ximena, also known as the Chips & Salsa Ladies are the CEO's and Founders of chipsnsalsahomeschooling.com. A little behind the scenes about how they got the name "Chips & Salsa" so many people had said they blended so well when they sang together at church that these best friends decided to keep the name and applied it to one of their biggest passions: homeschooling. You can find them on chipsnsalsahomeschooling.com, creating content for homeschool parents to feel empowered and confident so that you too can enjoy your upcoming homeschool years. They have over 20 years of experience combined and are passionate about helping YOU!! Come along with us as these ladies share their own homeschool journey, how they empower parents to feel confident and homeschool their way with joy and what is new in the world of Chips and Salsa homeschooling! 

Top three takeaways 

You do not have to be a certified and trained teacher to homeschool! It isn't about the curriculum it is about the relationships you build with your children and the curriculum is there to bolster and foster experiences and memories! 
Colleges are seeking out homeschooled kids because they are self-directed, self-motivated and are truly proficient in their studies.  
It is not easy homeschooling can be messy but they would do it over and over again 100x's in a heartbeat. This has been and still is the best decision they have ever made and they want to share that with the world!! 
Call to Action 

Resources: https://www.chipsnsalsahomeschooling.com/ 

Social Media Links 

Website: https://www.chipsnsalsahomeschooling.com/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chipsandsalsaladies 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chipsandsalsaladies/ 

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/chipssalsahomeschooling 

What is Next! 

Register for the Two hour Live Online Lesson Planning Masterclass Below   

October 15th from 10am to 12pm PST for only $25!! 

Click link to Register 

Thank you for supporting this show by listening and sharing with friends! If you like this podcast please rate and write a review of how this show has impacted or helped you!  

Great ratings will accelerate the show's visibility to the nation so others can learn more about homeschool and find quality curriculum and the potentially join the homeschool community thus change the face of education forever!!  

Who would have thought that we could change the education world with a click and a share! 

Also if you would like to hear more about any specific educational topic please email me at realedtalk@gmail.com I would love to support your families educational needs in all areas!!  

Bex Buzzie 

The Homeschool Advantage Podcast  

 

Register for the Two hour Live Online Lesson Planning Masterclass Below   

October 15th from 10am to 12pm PST for only $25!! 

Click link to Register 

This part of teaching is the simplest but the most effective part of the lesson.  Here is where you answer that nagging question all of you parents have ruminating in the back of your mind "how do I know if they learned?" Our objective today is to help you be able to assess your student's understanding and concept acquisition daily using different closure techniques that will help you gauge where they are at in an instant.  

Today you will learn how to  

Check for understanding. 
Create the opportunities for your child to draw conclusions from the lesson and for your more quiet thinkers to have the opportunity to articulate their ideas and thoughts. 
Foster more reflective thinking 
Reflect on your own teaching and lessons and not beat yourself up! 

Exit Tickets 

Are a formative assessment tool to provide the educator with an informal measure of how their students are doing. Students are also able to reflect, think critically, and express their thoughts on what they have just learned. 

Reflection  

This gives students the time to process what they have learned and the time to think about what they have been thinking about. This also helps the teacher know if the students has a clear picture of the what was learned. 

Formative assessments some examples are: 

Ask them to write one thing that stuck with them from the lesson.  
Ask them to verbally answer one question about the day's lesson before they can leave the class.  
Have them create a tweet.  
Have them create a flipgrid. 

Reflections can be either a formative or summative assessment tool 

Examples are 

Journals 
Have them give a classmate an affirmation of the work they did that day.  
Asking questions like this one:  
Any ideas as to why we didn't get very far in today's lesson? 



Think of some exit ticket that you could use in your lesson closure? 

Think creatively 
Exit tickets are short. 
Exit tickets can be daily and are informal. 

What is Next! 

Thank you for supporting this show by listening and sharing with friends! If you like this podcast please rate and write a review of how this show has impacted or helped you!  

Great ratings will accelerate the show's visibility to the nation so others can learn more about homeschool and find quality curriculum and the potentially join the homeschool community thus change the face of education forever!!  

Who would have thought that we could change the education world with a click and a share! 

Also if you would like to hear more about any specific educational topic please email me at realedtalk@gmail.com I would love to support your families educational needs in all areas!!  

Bex Buzzie 

The Homeschool Advantage Podcast  

 

 

Intro 

Melissa Brander is CEO and Founder of Pockethomeschool.com and the creator of the SMART Learning Collection - SMART stands for Simple to Implement, Meaningful Family Experiences, Academically Oriented, Reasonably Priced, Tools for Explorative Learning. This is her mission and vision for Pocket Homeschool. In this episode Melissa explains how Some really Good friends of Melissa encouraged her and showed her that she had something valuable to offer and now she creates that for you and loves creating curriculum resources for other families. She combines academics like learning about the wetlands with family experiences! And her units cost about as much as 2 gallons of milk! It is curriculum for any budget! You got this guys!  

Top three takeaways 

With the rise of influencers, a lot of people think there are lots of people out there homeschooling perfectly, in a really Instagram pretty way. But real homeschooling is not always picture perfect and you need to prepare yourself for the bad day! 
Most people don't realize just how much freedom and flexibility homeschooling allows you to truly have. Often times people who don't homeschool ask about homeschooling, they often frame it in a way as if it operated like a brick and mortar school. Homeschooling is not traditional school at home it can be whatever you want it to be!  
New Homeschooling families will need help and there are people ready in the wings to make homeschooling a smooth transition with resources in your hand! 
Call to Action 

Resources: https://pockethomeschool.com/ 

Social Media Links 

Website: https://pockethomeschool.com/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pockethomeschool/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pockethomeschool/ 

What is Next! 

Register for the Online Lesson Planning Masterclass below


October 15, 2022 10am to 12pm PST

Two Hour Online Lesson Planning MasterClass Options first 100 people get masterclass group price. 

2 hour Online Masterclass with Two 1 week Science Units $25.00 USD


Thank you for supporting this show by listening and sharing with friends! If you like this podcast please rate and write a review of how this show has impacted or helped you!  

Great ratings will accelerate the show's visibility to the nation so others can learn more about homeschool and find quality curriculum and the potentially join the homeschool community thus change the face of education forever!!  

Who would have thought that we could change the education world with a click and a share! 

Also if you would like to hear more about any specific educational topic please email me at realedtalk@gmail.com I would love to support your families educational needs in all areas!!  

Bex Buzzie 

The Homeschool Advantage Podcast 

Intro 

Jael Penn is CEO and Founder of Penn Academy she is also a Texas state certified educator with decades of experience including elementary, special and gifted education.  

This preparatory program will help your child succeed academically and equip them to walk with the Lord as Kingdom builders. She offers live instruction rather than pre-recorded videos. At Academy they desire to glorify God, educate children, and train teachers. They want every family who wants to homeschool to get a quality, Christian education.  

Top three takeaways 

Tough situations can either make you or break you! 
Use every opportunity you have in education not only to teach the subject but also teach life skills! 
The use of learning styles to drive instruction is how they individualize instruction. They use an eclectic approach when choosing the curriculum looking for what is best for our students in each individual course.  
Call to Action 

Resources: https://pennspreparatory.com/ 

Social Media Links 

Website: https://pennspreparatory.com/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jael.penn.7 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pennjael/ 

What is Next! 

Register for the Two hour Online Lesson Planning Masterclass below 

Two hour Online Lesson Planning MasterClass

Thank you for supporting this show by listening and sharing with friends! If you like this podcast please rate and write a review of how this show has impacted or helped you!  

Great ratings will accelerate the show's visibility to the nation so others can learn more about homeschool and find quality curriculum and the potentially join the homeschool community thus change the face of education forever!!  

Who would have thought that we could change the education world with a click and a share! 

Also if you would like to hear more about any specific educational topic please email me at realedtalk@gmail.com I would love to support your families educational needs in all areas!!  

Bex Buzzie 

The Homeschool Advantage Podcast  

Intro 

Penny Mayes is a professional art teacher, a professional educator, and a veteran home-school mom of 20 years. Her passion is integrating hands-on art projects with art history and history unit studies. She is also a wife and the mother of three adult children. She holds a master’s in education and makes her home in North Carolina. Her story from homeschool mom to curriculum developer will not only inspire you but challenge you to take the leap!  

Top three takeaways 

Focusing on connecting history with art history and hands-on art projects is a way to put a "face" on a historical era. By giving families the art, the visuals, and the hands-on, helps expand the child's memory. 
When children are given visuals to connect with what they are learning they create something educators call "brain movies." These are the pictures we make in our minds when we read. The more experiences and visuals a child has the more understanding. 
Hands-on learning can specifically help build the brain, can help with focus, can help with memory, can help with reading comprehension, can help with  reluctant learners, and  can help with independent learning. 
Call to Action 

Resources:  https://taketimeforart.com/

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What is Next! 

Thank you for supporting this show by listening and sharing with friends! If you like this podcast please rate and write a review of how this show has impacted or helped you!  

Great ratings will accelerate the show's visibility to the nation so others can learn more about homeschool and find quality curriculum and the potentially join the homeschool community thus change the face of education forever!!  

Who would have thought that we could change the education world with a click and a share! 

Also if you would like to hear more about any specific educational topic please email me at realedtalk@gmail.com I would love to support your families educational needs in all areas!!  

Bex Buzzie 

The Homeschool Advantage Podcast  

Intro 

On Thursday Teacher Talk I am hoping to help you with your lesson plans the difference here is that in classroom settings we have to think about the amount of time we have to teach this one subject or topic so we as classroom teachers must focus on timed activities you however don't you can go on trips and work with or without the resources.

Top Three Takeaways 


Sometimes we have basic definitions for words and don't realize that one word has multiple meanings because we don't use this word  

Let's break down

Methods  

The orderliness of thought or behavior; systematic planning or action of a credible approach. 

Strategies 

a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim; a comprehensive or far-reaching plan of action. Has not been proven 

Techniques  

A way of carrying out a particular task, especially the execution or performance of an artistic work or a scientific procedure. 

a skillful or efficient way of doing or achieving something. 



There are different ways of teaching and presenting lessons:

Teacher Centered 
Teacher decides work  
Teacher decides what is learned 


Student Centered 
Student decides work  
Student decides what is learned 


Both  
Together decide work 
Together decide what is learned 




There are different ways to approach lesson planning and you can use more than one in a lesson!
Inquiry Based 
Lecture Based  
Project Based  
Discussion Based 
Experimental 
Problem solving 
Simulation 
Acting 
Experiential 

Call to Action check out my social media links 

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What is Next! 

Thank you for supporting this show by listening and sharing with friends! If you like this podcast please rate and write a review of how this show has impacted or helped you!  

Great ratings will accelerate the show's visibility to the nation so others can learn more about homeschool and find quality curriculum and the potentially join the homeschool community thus change the face of education forever!!  

Who would have thought that we could change the education world with a click and a share! 

Also if you would like to hear more about any specific educational topic please email me at realedtalk@gmail.com I would love to support your families educational needs in all areas!!  

Bex Buzzie 

The Homeschool Advantage Podcast