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The homeschooling community is large, diverse, and ever-growing. There is so much we may learn from the successes, failures, and challenges of others in this community. We trust that you’ll find these conversations to be encouraging, thought-provoking, and equipping.

The Homeschool Solutions Show Great Homeschool Conventions

    • Education
    • 4.7 • 452 Ratings

The homeschooling community is large, diverse, and ever-growing. There is so much we may learn from the successes, failures, and challenges of others in this community. We trust that you’ll find these conversations to be encouraging, thought-provoking, and equipping.

    431 | Habits for a Sacred Home (Jessica Smartt with Jennifer Pepito)

    431 | Habits for a Sacred Home (Jessica Smartt with Jennifer Pepito)

    In this episode Jessica sits down with the very wise Jennifer Pepito to chat about her new book, Habits for a Sacred Home: 9 Practices from History to Anchor and Restore Modern Families (Helping Moms Experience Peace & Return to Simple Daily Rhythms from Historic Christians like St. Benedict)
    About Jennifer
    Jenifer Pepito is the host of Restoration Home podcast, author of Mothering by the Book, and founder of The Peaceful Press. Jennifer is on a mission to help moms overcome fear and live with wonder and purpose. Her homeschool curriculum empowers this mission through heroic stories, heartwarming poetry, and engaging life skill development. Her resources create joyful memories among families, which lead to deeper connections and lasting relationships. She has made guest appearances on popular podcasts such as 1000 Hours Outside, At Home with Sally, and Read Aloud Revival. Jennifer lives in the mountains with her beloved family, where she enjoys reading aloud, working in her garden, and watching the sunset.
    About Jessica
    Jessica is a wife, homeschool mom of three, author, and blogger. She lives in sunny North Carolina on a big family farm with chickens, goats, cousins, and lots of mud.
    Resources 
    Habits for a Sacred Home by Jennifer Pepito
    TuttleTwins.com
    The Tuttle Twins: American History
    Tuttle Twins TV
    Connect
    Jennifer Pepito | Instagram | Facebook | Website
    Jessica Smartt | Instagram | Facebook | Website
    Homeschooling.mom | Instagram | Website
    Thank you to our sponsors!
    Medi-Share: an affordable Christian alternative to traditional health insurance
    Tuttle Twins: children’s books to help you teach your kids how the world really works
    Have you joined us at one of the Great Homeschool Conventions?  We hope to see you there!
    For more encouragement on your homeschooling journey, visit the Homeschooling.mom site, and tune in to our sister podcast The Charlotte Mason Show.
    View full show notes on the blog.

    • 34 min
    430 | What To Do When Everything Changes (Janice Campbell) | REPLAY

    430 | What To Do When Everything Changes (Janice Campbell) | REPLAY

    Sometimes life changes abruptly in ways we can’t control, and it can leave us feeling tired, anxious, or sad. As I’ve read the daily newspaper over the last few months with its grim news of weather disasters, fires, political instability, and war, I thought it might be time to revisit some thoughts I shared at the beginning of the Covid-19 event that changed many of our lives for at least a year or two. I hope you find these thoughts helpful as you navigate whatever uncertainty has touched your life.
    About Janice
    Janice Campbell, a lifelong reader and writer, loves to introduce students to great books and beautiful writing. She holds an English degree from Mary Baldwin College, and is the graduated homeschool mom of four sons. You’ll find more about reading, writing, planning, and education from a Charlotte Mason/Classical perspective at her websites, EverydayEducation.com, Excellence-in-Literature.com, and DoingWhatMatters.com.
    Resources 
    Historical Fiction for Young Readers
    Books Boys Like
    AmblesideOnline
    Sonlight
    10 Books that Influenced C. S. Lewis
    How to Change a Tire life skills journal
    Khan Academy
    Charlotte Mason on Copywork
    What You Need to Teach
    The Green Ember Series by S. D. Smith
    Connect
    Janice Campbell | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest | Website
    Homeschooling.mom | Instagram | Website
    Thank you to our sponsors!
    Medi-Share: an affordable Christian alternative to traditional health insurance
    Tuttle Twins: children’s books to help you teach your kids how the world really works
    Have you joined us at one of the Great Homeschool Conventions?  We hope to see you there!
    For more encouragement on your homeschooling journey, visit the Homeschooling.mom site, and tune in to our sister podcast The Charlotte Mason Show.
    View full show notes on the blog.

    • 17 min
    428 | A Call to Fathers (Sean Allen)

    428 | A Call to Fathers (Sean Allen)

    Fathers, like mothers, are busy, but our kind of busy has a way of pulling us away from our family. There just is no let up in all the things they have to do, but if we're not careful we'll wake up one day and realize that all those to-dos took us away from the duty to influence the lives of our children for good. This episode is a call to be more deliberate in turning away from the demands of the present to engage in the perishable privilege of spending time with our children.
    About Sean
    Sean Allen is the founder of The Well Ordered Homeschool, husband to his beautiful bride Caroline and a proud father of eight. He has a bachelor of fine arts in graphic design and is passionate about creating materials to assist parents in the incredibly challenging, yet surpassingly beautiful, work of schooling and training their children at home.
    Resources 
    The Well Ordered Homeschool Planner - 2024-2025 Edition
    Find a Great Homeschool Convention near you!
    Connect
    Sean Allen | Instagram | Facebook | Website
    Homeschooling.mom | Instagram | Website
    Thank you to our sponsors!
    Medi-Share: an affordable Christian alternative to traditional health insurance
    Tuttle Twins: children’s books to help you teach your kids how the world really works
    Have you joined us at one of the Great Homeschool Conventions?  We hope to see you there!
    For more encouragement on your homeschooling journey, visit the Homeschooling.mom site, and tune in to our sister podcast The Charlotte Mason Show.
    View full show notes on the blog.

    • 42 min
    427 | What Do We Do Now? When Favorite Homeschool Pastimes Abruptly End (Jennifer Cabrera)

    427 | What Do We Do Now? When Favorite Homeschool Pastimes Abruptly End (Jennifer Cabrera)

    Sudden and unwanted changes in our familiar homeschool activities and social circles can send our confidence skidding off the road. We can cry on the side of the road, or use these sudden exits to get on a new road to the undiscovered interests and opportunities God is preparing.
    About Jennifer
    Jennifer Cabrera, the Hifalutin Homeschooler, is the writer of homeschool truth, humor, and inspiration.  Jennifer lives in Salado, Texas with her husband and three brilliant boys.  She is a licensed Physician Assistant/MPH, but set aside that career for her ultimate life's work.  She is also the author of Socialize Like a Homeschooler: A Humorous Homeschool Handbook and Revolting Writing, a hilarious writing, vocabulary, and illustration journal for reluctant writers.  She is a featured speaker with Great Homeschool Conventions and her memes and witty insights are widely shared on social media.
    Resources 
    Gross-Out Grammar and Revolting Writing - Humorous, Colorfully Illustrated, and Engaging Language Arts Series
    Connect
    Jennifer Cabrera | Instagram | Facebook | Pinterest | Website
    Homeschooling.mom | Instagram | Website
    Thank you to our sponsors!
    Medi-Share: an affordable Christian alternative to traditional health insurance
    Tuttle Twins: children’s books to help you teach your kids how the world really works
    Have you joined us at one of the Great Homeschool Conventions?  We hope to see you there!
    For more encouragement on your homeschooling journey, visit the Homeschooling.mom site, and tune in to our sister podcast The Charlotte Mason Show.
    View full show notes on the blog.

    • 18 min
    426 | Homeschooling and Homesteading (Jessica Smartt with Megan Ross) | REPLAY

    426 | Homeschooling and Homesteading (Jessica Smartt with Megan Ross) | REPLAY

    In this episode, Jessica interviews Megan Ross, who amazingly juggles both homeschooling five children AND running an impressive homesteading operation. We talk about all the things - balancing schoolwork and farm chores, butchering animals (yes), growing fruit trees, and which homesteading ventures offers the biggest ROI.
    About Megan
    Megan Ross is a first generation homeschooler and homesteader in North Carolina. She raises five children, along with goats, rabbits, chickens, and lots of crops on her two-acre well-maximized space. 
    About Jessica
    Jessica is a wife, homeschool mom of three, author, and blogger. She lives in sunny North Carolina on a big family farm with chickens, goats, cousins, and lots of mud.
    Resources 
    Chore and Allowance Chart
    Connect
    Jessica Smartt | Instagram | Facebook | Website
    Homeschooling.mom | Instagram | Website
    Thank you to our sponsors!
    Medi-Share: an affordable Christian alternative to traditional health insurance
    Tuttle Twins: children’s books to help you teach your kids how the world really works
    Have you joined us at one of the Great Homeschool Conventions?  We hope to see you there!
    For more encouragement on your homeschooling journey, visit the Homeschooling.mom site, and tune in to our sister podcast The Charlotte Mason Show.
    View full show notes on the blog.

    • 31 min
    424 | How To Help Kids Love Reading: The 50 Book Challenge! (Jessica Smartt)

    424 | How To Help Kids Love Reading: The 50 Book Challenge! (Jessica Smartt)

    When Jessica Smartt realized that what her seventh-grade son needed more than anything was to love reading, she created a little challenge for him. It has transformed him into a reader. She shares how to run a Book Challenge for YOUR family - summer reading, or in the school year!
    About Jessica
    Jessica is a wife, homeschool mom of three, author, and blogger. She lives in sunny North Carolina on a big family farm with chickens, goats, cousins, and lots of mud.
    Resources 
    50 Book Challenge Download
    Connect
    Jessica Smartt | Instagram | Facebook | Website
    Homeschooling.mom | Instagram | Website
    Thank you to our sponsors!
    Medi-Share: an affordable Christian alternative to traditional health insurance
    Tuttle Twins: children’s books to help you teach your kids how the world really works
    Have you joined us at one of the Great Homeschool Conventions?  We hope to see you there!
    For more encouragement on your homeschooling journey, visit the Homeschooling.mom site, and tune in to our sister podcast The Charlotte Mason Show.
    View full show notes on the blog.

    • 21 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
452 Ratings

452 Ratings

fromamomma ,

Sean Allen

I am so thankful for Sean Allen and the messages he shares! I feel like I’m being discipled as an adult by a Christian earthly father I never had as a child, so I can better disciple my own child. So thankful!

Amy Robe ,

Honesty is the best policy

I really appreciate this podcast, especially Sean Allen’s episodes. When I hear him speak, I hear a frank yet passionate perspective on homeschooling. This combo gives me hope to keep doing what I’m doing. Thank you to everyone who puts this together.

Loving54U ,

Encouraged and Grateful!

What a powerful message! Thank you Sean Allen. I just asked the question, does the God really say this whole motherhood thing is important? I couldn’t remember why I started, much less define my current why to keep me going. Your message was an answer to prayer.

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