Hello and welcome back to the campfire! Today I'm sharing Part 2 of our curriculum and resource picks for this year. I will share our picks for History, Geography/Social Studies, Science, and Entrepreneurship. * We now have our Free Ultimate Family Camping/Outdoor Checklist available on our website! If you have any questions or need help, please do not hesitate to email us! If you like what you hear and have enjoyed our show, please show your appreciation by subscribing to our Podcast and...

Hello and welcome back to the campfire! Today we have Jean Miller joining us from Art of Homeschooling. Jean is a long-time homeschooler, mother of three, and enthusiastic homeschooling mentor. She has a Master of Arts in Teaching and is a Certified Simplicity Parenting Family Life Coach. Through her 25 years of Waldorf-inspired homeschooling and education experience, she helps other parents succeed at holistic, hands-on homeschooling by making it practical, doable, and sustainable. So grab a...

Hello and welcome back to the campfire! Today I wanted to jump on and share what we 'plan' to use this year for our lessons. This is Part 1 of a 2 Part series. Today I will go over our picks for religion, math, language arts, spanish, music study, & picture study. Next week I will reveal our history, science, & geography/social study picks. If you have any questions or need help, please do not hesitate to email us! If you like what you hear and have enjoyed our show, please show...

Hello and welcome back to the campfire! Today we have Lewis Ames and Gemma Southerden joining us. Lewis and Gemma are qualified Forest Leaders and the directors of Children Of The Forest. They are both former teachers who have gone into business together to focus on what they are passionate about: giving children and families meaningful learning and play experiences, in the great outdoors. Tucked away on their beautiful, private 3 acres of Gaddon Woods, they run weekly sessions where children...

Hello and welcome back to the campfire! Today for Bite Size Wednesdays, I wanted to hop on and briefly share my thoughts on my first homeschool convention experience. I talk about the set-up, benefits, but also some of my personal take-a-ways. I hope you find this helpful and remember to email us if you are new and wanting a free Getting Started Packet! We also want to remind you of two Back-To-Homeschool sales happening right now: The Waldock Way is offering 30% off all products until August...

Hello and welcome back to the campfire! We hope you have been enjoying our amazing line up of guests for this Home Education Series. Today we continue with Jessica Waldock from The Waldock Way. Jessica is a homeschool mom of one, writer, photographer, and homeschool advocate. She founded The Waldock Way as a way to give back to the homeschool community that she had fallen so madly in love with. Her goal is to bring tips, tricks, inspiration, and resources that help ignite a love of learning...

Hello and welcome back to the campfire! Today we have Robyn Robertson, from Honey I'm Homeschooling The Kids,  joining us.  Robyn is an unschooling mom to two kids, member of her local school board trustee, and advocate for self-directed learning.  Growing up, Robyn lived and travelled to different countries. She knew that her early travel experience had given her a viewpoint on life unlike many others around her. As a mom, she wanted to share that with her growing family.  After years of...

Thank you Madeleine for participating! We love what you and your platform has to offer. And stay tuned, as we will be releasing our full conversation with Barefoot University for our Summer Series in the near future. If you haven't already, check out Amber's (Madeleine's business partner) 5 Minutes or Less from last week. Welcome to our 5 Minutes or Less series! Where we are building a community through some fun questions that help us get to know each other a little better and trying to keep...

Hello and welcome back to the campfire! Today to continue our Home Education Series we have Aubrey Hargis joining us.  Aubrey is a Certified Montessori Educator, Homeschool Mom, Writer, and Parent Coach. Together with her husband David, she founded Child of The Redwoods to provide parents and caregivers a place for high quality, affordable online courses and coaching about homeschooling, Montessori education, and compassionate discipline techniques. Aubrey has a passion to bring Montessori...

Thank you Amber for participating! We love what you and your platform has to offer. And stay tuned, as we will be releasing our full conversation with Barefoot University for our Summer Series in the near future. Welcome to our 5 Minutes or Less series! Where we are building a community through some fun questions that help us get to know each other a little better and trying to keep it within 5 minutes, ha! To view the video version, head over to our Instagram account where we will add them...

Hello and welcome back to the campfire! Today we have Jennifer Dow joining us at the campfire to continue our Home Ed Series. We discuss all things on a classical homeschool as Jennifer brings with her a wealth of knowledge as well as a passion for the classical education. She is a certified classical teacher, homeschool mom, speaker, and writer. She is also the founder of the Paideia Fellowship, an organization devoted to helping teachers and leaders, at home and at school, teach the...

Hello and welcome back to the campfire! Today Nathan and I share our thoughts on our van camping road trip we just completed. We traveled up the Michigan coast as a family of 5 with a dog in our 1990's conversion van. We share what we loved, our struggles, the camping set up, and more! If you like what you hear and have enjoyed our show, please show your appreciation by subscribing to our Podcast and leaving us a review on your Podcast App of choice. We would love to hear from you so please...

Hello and welcome back to the campfire! Today we have the wonderful Amber O’Neal Johnston joining us for a conversation. Amber is a  wife, homeschooling mama, and creator of Heritage Mom. Committed to bridging the gap for her 4 children, Amber has embarked on a journey of uniquely merging living books with life-giving books to ensure that their education is not a legalistic venture in Charlotte Mason but an honest experience that honors the Truth while helping her children to see themselves...

Hello and welcome back to the campfire! Welcome to Bite Size Wednesdays where we take a bite of life with a bite of your time. We will still continue to release 5 Minutes or Less whenever we have participants, but we had the idea to record mini episodes in between those on Wednesdays. And when we say mini, we mean mini lol. These episodes will probably range from 5-10 minutes in length and will cover a variety of topics. It may be on words of encouragement, helpful tips or hacks, a recipe we...

Hello and welcome back to the campfire! In today's episode we had the honor of having Leah Boden, also known as Modern Miss Mason, join us.  Leah is wife to Dave and mom to four fabulous children. She is a home educator and has been building upon the foundations of the Charlotte Mason philosophy with her children for the past 15 years. She’s a firm believer in peace, freedom and individuality in their homeschool environments and she teaches this over at Modern Miss Mason. Leah is also a...

Hello and welcome back to the campfire! Today is a replay as we gear up to release our conversations with some very encouraging and knowledgeable guests on different homeschool methods. Over the next several weeks we will have someone on the podcast, speaking about a different educational philosophy and what that looks like in their homeschool. Today's episode introduces the term 'homeschool method' for those just starting off in their homeschool journey and unfamiliar with the term. If you...

Hello and welcome back to the campfire! Today we are replaying an episode we felt would be perfect not only as we celebrate our Independence Day, but also to go along with our Home Education Series. We have found a lot of families are asking about the different options available for their teens after graduation. College is not the only option, nor is it for everyone. So today we talk about a career in the military and some of the requirements to join.  We try to speak generally since all...

Hello and welcome back to the campfire! Today's episode is a replay. In this episode I recommend the steps to take in getting started in homeschooling. With the new school year approaching, we felt now would be a good time to help those needing guidance on where to begin. If you would like me to email you these steps along with a list of commonly used school supplies, then just send us an email. We hope this helps and remember we are here to answer any questions you have or guidance you need....

Hello and welcome back to the campfire! Today we jump start our Home Education series with Shannon Falkenstein, M. Ed. from The New Schools Podcast. Shannon is a Co-Founder and Executive Director of Acton Academy & Montessori in El Salvador, a progressive micro-school innovating education to offer learners skills for the 21st Century. Shannon is a speaker, facilitator and coach and is the host of The New Schools podcast, which helps families at an inflection point in schooling to explore...

Hello and welcome back to the campfire! Today I am introducing a series we have been working hard on and excited to finally launch it. Over the course of the next several months, we will be 'diving into home ed'. Each week from now until October, we will release an episode that discusses some of the main areas of home education. We will discuss alternative education, different styles and methods of learning, the high school years, transitioning to college, learning in the early years,...

Hello and welcome back to the campfire!  Today we have homeschooling dad, Jake Suitter join us on the show.  He’s a full-time adventure dad, wildshcooling his 3 active young boys.  Jake was homeschooled himself, he has been a travel guide, built schools in the Alaskan bush, had a successful career in the oil industry, and eventually decided to leave that behind to be at home with his kids.  So grab a seat by the fire as we travel to Denver, Colorado to speak with Jake about how homeschooling,...

Thank you Robyn for participating! We loved your responses and getting to know you a little better.  Stay tuned, as we will be releasing our full conversation with Robyn for our Summer Series in the near future. Welcome to our 5 Minutes or Less series! Where we are building a community through some fun questions that help us get to know each other a little better and trying to keep it within 5 minutes, ha! To view the video version, head over to our Instagram account where we will add them...

Hello and welcome back to the campfire! Today we have the pleasure of having Brice and Amanda Wurdeman join us for a conversation.  Up until recently,  they were the directors of Windward Islands School of Evangelism in Barbados. They are a homeschool family of 6 and are missionaries who have served in Haiti, the Island of St Vincent, and Barbados over the past 14 years. Life on the islands is all their kids have ever known up until this year as they will be moving back to the states. We love...

Hello and welcome back to the campfire! Welcome to Bite Size Wednesdays. We will still continue to release 5 Minutes or Less whenever we have participants, but we had the idea to record mini episodes in between those on Wednesdays. And when we say mini, we mean mini lol. These episodes will probably range from 5-10 minutes in length and will cover a variety of topics. It may be on words of encouragement, helpful tips or hacks, a recipe we loved or anything we are currently loving, and maybe...

Hello and welcome back to the campfire! Today I have my older sister, Nina, joining me for a conversation as we wrap up another year of learning. Nina lives in Mississippi and homeschools her 3 kids using the Gather Round Curriculum for year-round schooling. I use the Charlotte Mason method as the backbone to our learning and follow a 36 week calendar with more of a relaxed and interest-led approach during the summer. Today we recap on how our year went, using the curriculum and resources we...