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Nobody reconstructs a school year accurately from memory. Not one person. And yet nearly all of us try, usually in the spring, usually the night before something is due. This is part of 13 Things We’d Tell a Brand-New Homeschool Mom — thirteen short episodes marking thirteen years of the Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network. In this episode Two different lists: what your state requires and what your child will need Where to get your state’s rules, and why not from a comment in a group What to keep in the elementary years (it is very little) What changes in ninth grade The one thing worth keeping that most families skip Go deeper on the network Middle Schoolers, Transcripts, and High School Courses Our Sweet 13 sponsors This episode is sponsored by True North Academy — an accredited online high school meeting live over Zoom. Real classes, real teachers, real discussion, with your student still at your kitchen table. This episode is sponsored. We only take sponsors we would point our own families to. It is our 13th birthday all month long. More than $1,500 in prizes across four October drawings, and everyone who enters gets Sweet Treats, a free collection of resources from the hosts across the network. One entry puts you in all four. Enter the Sweet 13 Giveaway The post Ep 8: Write It Down As You Go appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.

Before you decide your child is behind, be sure you know what you are measuring against. Grade level is an average, not a standard. This is part of 13 Things We’d Tell a Brand-New Homeschool Mom — thirteen short episodes marking thirteen years of the Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network. In this episode Why half of all children are below the middle by definition The four patterns that genuinely warrant attention Why catching something early beats waiting it out The comparison that actually helps: your own child, six months ago Why going back to solid ground is faster than pushing forward Go deeper on the network Homeschooling a Struggling Learner Our Sweet 13 sponsors Thanks to CTCMath for supporting this show. Every lesson is taught on video, so you are not the one explaining long division at eight in the morning. One membership covers every child in your house at every grade level. This episode is sponsored. We only take sponsors we would point our own families to. It is our 13th birthday all month long. More than $1,500 in prizes across four October drawings, and everyone who enters gets Sweet Treats, a free collection of resources from the hosts across the network. One entry puts you in all four. Enter the Sweet 13 Giveaway The post Ep 7: Is My Child Actually Behind? appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.

There is a weak version of the socialization question and a serious one. Homeschoolers have gotten so good at dismissing the weak one that we sometimes miss the real one underneath it. This is part of 13 Things We’d Tell a Brand-New Homeschool Mom — thirteen short episodes marking thirteen years of the Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network. In this episode Why age-segregated classrooms are an administrative convenience, not nature The version of the question that genuinely deserves your calendar Why regular beats occasional, every time What to actually say at Thanksgiving Go deeper on the network How To Help Your Child Make Friends This Year Our Sweet 13 sponsors This episode is sponsored by True North Academy — an accredited online high school meeting live over Zoom. Real classes, real teachers, real discussion, with your student still at your kitchen table. This episode is sponsored. We only take sponsors we would point our own families to. It is our 13th birthday all month long. More than $1,500 in prizes across four October drawings, and everyone who enters gets Sweet Treats, a free collection of resources from the hosts across the network. One entry puts you in all four. Enter the Sweet 13 Giveaway The post Ep 6: But What About Socialization? appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.

The thing that breaks multi-age homeschools is running parallel grade levels: four separate little schools under one roof, taught by one person. This is part of 13 Things We’d Tell a Brand-New Homeschool Mom — thirteen short episodes marking thirteen years of the Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network. In this episode Which subjects combine beautifully, and which cannot One lesson, several levels of response Why the skill subjects are shorter than you think Putting the older children to work without it being exploitation Accepting the noise Go deeper on the network Morning Time For Mixed Ages Our Sweet 13 sponsors This episode is sponsored by Eden’s Table — Biblical herbalism for the elementary grades. One plant a week, with science, history, art, reading and handwriting running through it as a single unit study. Open and go, no prep the night before. The first nine weeks are $39. This episode is sponsored. We only take sponsors we would point our own families to. It is our 13th birthday all month long. More than $1,500 in prizes across four October drawings, and everyone who enters gets Sweet Treats, a free collection of resources from the hosts across the network. One entry puts you in all four. Enter the Sweet 13 Giveaway The post Ep 5: Teach Them Together appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.

Ep 4: Read Aloud Longer Than You Think You Should Most parents stop reading aloud the moment a child can read alone. It is almost exactly the wrong moment to stop. This is part of 13 Things We’d Tell a Brand-New Homeschool Mom — thirteen short episodes marking thirteen years of the Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network. In this episode Why listening comprehension runs years ahead of reading ability The three things a child who hates reading is usually telling you How to tell whether it is still physically hard Why comics, repeats and audiobooks all count What to do when reading has become a daily fight Go deeper on the network Late Reader? When To Wait And When Not To Our Sweet 13 sponsors This show is part of the Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network — homeschool podcasters who have been doing this on the air for thirteen years. Whatever you are walking through, somebody on this network has an episode about it. This episode is sponsored. We only take sponsors we would point our own families to. It is our 13th birthday all month long. More than $1,500 in prizes across four October drawings, and everyone who enters gets Sweet Treats, a free collection of resources from the hosts across the network. One entry puts you in all four. Enter the Sweet 13 Giveaway The post Ep 4: Read Aloud Longer Than You Think You Should appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.