Let's Talk Homeschool

Davis and Rachael Carman•apologia.com

Join Davis and Rachael Carman as they talk all about the homeschool journey–the highs, the lows, the challenges, the victories, and everything in between. By God’s grace, this adventure of a lifetime — called home education — has been very good for their family. Join the homeschool discussion every two weeks and be encouraged, challenged, and inspired. Brought to you by Apologia

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#270 Devotional: Grace, Grace, Marvelous Grace

Davis Carman reads through a devotional about the marvelous grace God shows us, and that we need to be showing grace to others.

Jul 07, 2025•5 min•Ep. 270

#269 Cultivating a Mission Mindset with the Wild Brothers

Hudson Wild, of The Wild Brothers (a homeschooling missionary family who grew up primarily in Indonesia and now work in the film industry), joins us for an episode of "Let's Talk Homeschool." Hudson shares his experience being homeschooled as a part of a missionary family on the other side of the world and how to cultivate a mission mindset.

Jun 23, 2025•30 min•Ep. 269

#268 Finding Balance with Leslie Martino

Rachael Carman and Leslie Martino discuss finding balance and her book, "The Joy of Slow."

Jun 09, 2025•37 min•Ep. 268

#267 Habits for a Sacred Home - An Interview with Jennifer Pepito

Jennifer Pepito, founder of The Peaceful Press and author of Habits for a Sacred Home, discusses her new book with Apologia's Rachael Carman.

Jun 02, 2025•52 min•Ep. 267

#266 But What If They Get Behind? - An Interview with Ladd Lesh

Ladd Lesh, COO/GM of Apologia and dad of nine, discusses the question "But what if they get behind?" with Davis Carman, President of Apologia.

May 12, 2025•39 min•Ep. 266

#265 How to Get Started on Homeschooling - With Whitney Newby

Rachael Carman and Whitney Newby of Brighter Day Press discuss getting started on homeschooling and Whitney's new devotional, Lift Your Eyes.

Apr 28, 2025•44 min•Ep. 265

#264 Multi-Age Learning with Rachael Carman

Davis and Rachael Carman discuss their experience homeschooling a family of seven and how multi-age learning can be beneficial.

Apr 16, 2025•25 min•Ep. 264

#263 Multi-Age Family Learning - An Interview with Jeannie Fulbright

Davis Carman and Apologia Young Explorer Series author, Jeannie Fulbright, discuss her experience homeschooling families with multiple age students.

Mar 24, 2025•22 min•Ep. 262

#262 The Word in Motion - It's Time to Make Your Move

In this show, I interview Rachael Carman, author of The Word in Motion Bible curriculum published by Apologia. We discuss the fact that you can start this course anytime of the year. And it's designed to be unintimidating and doable. It's time to make your move. You can do this. So get started now.

Mar 10, 2025•20 min

#261 How to Instill a Love of Learning

Davis and Rachael Carman discuss 5 ways to instill a love of learning in your children as a homeschool parent and the importance of doing so.

Feb 25, 2025•19 min•Ep. 261

#260 Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is almost here! Join us as we reminisce over our vow renewal and discuss the value of showing your kids how much you love your spouse.

Feb 10, 2025•13 min•Ep. 260

#259 The Inauguration and March for Life

We spent the week of January 20-24 in Washington DC to attend the Inauguration of President Trump, visit family, and sponsor the March for Life where Vice President JD Vance made his first public appearance. We share many more activities from the week in our nation's capital.

Jan 27, 2025•34 min

#258 New Year Goal Setting

We continue our annual tradition of recording a "goal setting" discussion on the first Monday of each new year. This year we want you to ask this question: "What is the one thing you can do this week that will make all the difference in the world?" Then for goodness sake, make sure you get that one thing done.

Jan 06, 2025•21 min

#257 Devotional - Parting the Waters

We present a devotional on the 5th Monday of each month. This time, it's based on Exodus 14:21 and other times God parted the waters.

Dec 30, 2024•5 min

#256 Mary Remembers

Each year during the Advent season, it's our tradition to replay this dramatization of the Christmas story entitled: Mary Remembers.

Dec 23, 2024•28 min

#255 Favorite Childhood Christmas Memories

In this holiday themed episode, we reminisce about our favorite childhood Christmas memories. Then we point out the difference in what we experienced versus what we decided to do with our own children.

Dec 16, 2024•22 min

#254 How Many Times? (pt 13 of 13) - Conclusion

We finally wrap up this 13-part series with a walk through memory lane. We briefly review all 11 shows (not counting the introduction and today's conclusion).

Dec 09, 2024•35 min•Season 6Ep. 175

#253 Giving Tuesday

Thanksgiving is followed by Black Friday, which is followed by Cyber Monday, which is finally followed by Giving Tuesday. This is a day to promote giving opportunities. What organizations do you plan to support this year? Giving Tuesday is a great way to pause and think about which charitable organizations you want to support financially.

Dec 02, 2024•11 min

#252 The Family Dinner Project

In 2018/2019, The Family Dinner Project concluded that the average family dinner only lasts 12 minutes. That's not a long time. They also discovered that one-third of families do not talk during their meals together. An encouraging statistic was that 87% of families do have at least one meal together each week. How can you make the most of your family dinner times? Listen to hear our suggestions.

Nov 25, 2024•21 min

#251 How Many Times? (part 12 of 13) - I Love You!

This is the bonus episode we've been promising to include in this series. We looked at 10 of the 68 chapters in Rachael's book titled: How Many Times Do I Have To Tell You? This is an 11th chapter we included. How many times do you say "I love you" to your kids? We hope it's a lot.

Nov 18, 2024•15 min

#250 Dixie the Dog

We believe pets should be allowed in all schools, especially your homeschool. In this show we talk about the many varied pets we had in our homeschool and introduce you to the newest member of our family: Dixie the dog. She's a 3-month old yorkipoo.

Nov 11, 2024•22 min

#249 Alaska

Rachael spoke at two homeschool events in Alaska. One in North Pole (near Fairbanks) and the other in Anchorage. In this show, we talk about our visit to the 49th state, the sites, and people, and the moose (you'll understand what I mean when you listen).

Nov 04, 2024•25 min

#248 How Many Times? (part 11 of 13) - How Many Times...?

In this 13-part series based on Rachael's book, we have been looking at 10 (plus a bonus) of the 68 chapters. In this episode, we look at chapter 9, which where the title of the book came from: How Many Times Do I Have To Tell You?

Oct 28, 2024•14 min

#247 Empty Classrooms

Since the pandemic of 2020, public schools are experiencing an epidemic of chronic absenteeism. Why is this happening? What's going on? And what about homeschools? By definition, all homeschoolers should receive a perfect attendance award every year. They never miss a day, even when the are sick. Listen in to hear all of our thoughts on this subject.

Oct 21, 2024•15 min

#246 Five Things to Prioritize in Your Homeschool

Do you ever wonder if you're doing enough, preparing your students to be prepared for life after graduation from your homeschool? Of course. We all have doubts and ask these kind of questions from time to time. In this show we share what we believe to be 5 things to teach so that you can rest assured that you were responsible with this opportunity that God has entrusted to you.

Oct 14, 2024•27 min

#245 How Many Times? (part 10 of 13) - Be Still

I bet you recently told your kids to "Please be still." And when you said this phrase, did you get a sense that God was trying to say the same thing to you? Yeah. This happens to all parents. In this episode, we talk about being still and knowing that He is God.

Oct 07, 2024•21 min

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