Have you ever wondered how people just like you manage to homeschool their children and apparently love every moment of it? Are you ready to give up the formative years of your children’s lives to a stranger? Do you think homeschoolers are weird? Does the word, homeschool, bring to mind Birkenstocks, jumpers, and hairy legs? Honestly half my family fit the hairy leg stereotype…so who cares? I’m here to help you let go of any pre-conceived notions you may have about home educators. Forget all the excuses ever made under the sun for not homeschooling and listen to my show which is a generous mix of my life as the oxymoron, Sociable Homeschooler, international guests from all walks of life and light hearted views and comments about education and basements. I will also bend your ear with excerpts from my soon to be published book, also entitled, The Sociable Homeschooler, which chronicles many good causes for why my blue eyed cowboy and I chose to go off the deep end hand in hand with God and have everyone talking about us behind our backs and in the end winning them over. Come and be won over on Toginet Radio Live on Fridays, if only to get a weekly taste of Britain.
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This week I am talking to three homeschooling mothers who are in the fray. Jill Martin from Toginet Radio, Teresa Brett from Parenting for Social Change and Melissa Kuntz who was my guest on Good Friday. Together we are going to explore the ideas behind the word, socialization. Why people think our children need it and aren’t getting it at home. What does it mean to you to be socialized? Do you think homeschoolers are well socialized? Join me this week and find out why socialization is such a ho...
My guest this week is Mitch Rhodes, founder of Kings Academy Christian School in Tyler, Texas. Mitch believes in keeping the parent in charge of their children’s education and does so by using the University Model in his private school. He has worked with Tim Lambert, the president of the Texas Home School Coalition and is currently employed by the local school district as a mathematics teacher at the district’s Disciplinary Alternative Education Program where he works with students who have fai...
I am delighted to welcome back Mike Donnelly, staff attorney for the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) and director of international relations. This time we will be talking about Dads; how they can play an active part in the home school and influence their families as God has called them to do. Mike will also share his expertise and insights about parents in Western Europe who do not have the freedom we enjoy in the U.S. to choose how to raise their children without Government interv...
This week I’ll be talking with Lisa Cottrell-Bentley, author of the Wright on Time series of children’s chapter books about an RV-living, homeschooling family who travel America learning while on the road. Lisa is a radical unschooler, whose children really have it together. Come and find out how she and her family live a peaceful and exhilarating lifestyle together. Find her at: www.WrightOnTimeBooks.com and read her blog at: www.DoLifeRight.com
My guest this week is Carol Topp, CPA. We’re going to talk about homeschooling co-ops and how to share the education of your child with others who may do things differently. Carol is the author of “Homeschool Co-ops: How to Start Them, Run Them and Not Burn Out.” She will give us some ideas on what to teach in a co-op and we will discuss the benefits and disadvantages of group learning. Join me this afternoon and learn how co-oping is a good way to experience the God given talents and gifts of o...
Ever heard of World School? Eli Gerzon, owner and operator of Worldschool Travel Tours takes homeschooling teens abroad so that they can further understand the world they live in and discover how their lives fit into the larger picture. Join me this afternoon as I talk to Eli, an innovative young man who turned his homeschooling experience and trips to Europe into a career.
I’m talking to Ann Zeise this week who is a self taught Web Master. Ann will tell us how she decided to homeschool her son and her journey from teacher of one to teacher of the world on her world wide web education site. Her son is now CFO of her company and together they manage the 1,000 plus pages from her home in California. Come and listen as Ann and I share some homeschooling stories and talk about maintaining jobs and an identity while educating our children.
Linda Kane is my guest today. She homeschooled her children and discovered how Neurodevelopmental Treatment could help her son Scott who had Down Syndrome. Join me to hear how Linda changed her son’s life. We will be talking about the many applications of ND and how to determine when this approach is applicable in a child’s development. Linda now works as a certified neurodevelopmentalist and has changed the lives of many children with learning disabilities.
This week my theme is Good Friday. I will be sharing with you some customs, legends and superstitions attached to this day. I am also going to read a story that will bring tears to your eyes. My guests are Pamela, my well heeled stranger, who encouraged me to homeschool all those year ago, and a relatively new homeschooler, Melissa, who decided to stick her neck out and go for it! We’ll be talking to you about obedience and the Easter story. Join me as I eat my hot cross bun and drink a cup of t...
Join me as I speak to Debra Bell an Apologia Live Speaker. Debra has written, The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling and The Ultimate Guide to Homechooling Teens. Find out how she balanced homeschooling her children with her career as an author, speaker and educator while still keeping her sanity. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. is the well known curriculum company that publishes the science books by Dr. Jay L. Wile.
Mr. Shelby Sharpe is my most esteemed guest this week. He has been a lawyer since 1965 and was involved in the basic question “are homeschools private schools?” He filed a lawsuit against all the school districts on behalf of several homeschoolers and brought a class action suit, Leeper vs Arlington, to trial in January 1987 which changed the face of homeschooling for Texans. Join me this afternoon to hear the results of that trail blazing trial that still allows us, 23 years later, to educate o...
This week my guest is, Hannah Keeley, host of the PBS T.V. show, “Hannah Help Me!” You’ll want to listen in and learn how Hannah balances a busy career and a family of nine. By making every moment count she cooks healthy meals, collaborates on homeschool projects and shows off her long, smooth legs. Meet Hannah with me and dare to transform your life.
I will be talking to Julie Meekins, a homeschooler who refused to take the diagnosis of her daughter’s CHARGE Syndrome lying down. We will talk about her positive approach, how God worked in her life and how she was moved to become a certified Neurodevelopmentalist. Julie will explain ND to us and share how all her children worked together to help her daughter progress through the natural development of her body, step by step. Julie stresses the importance of not skipping steps and her story is ...
My guest this week is Mike Donnelly from HSLDA where he serves as staff attorney and director of international relations. Mike works to encourage greater freedom for homeschoolers all over the world. He is a frequent speaker and writer on the subject of homeschooling. He and his wife homeschool their six children. We will talk about Mike’s background and discuss the work he does in America and around the world to ensure that homeschooling remains a parental choice.
I am talking to Gretchen Roe this week who is the Community Liaison for Calvert School. As a homeschooling mother of six Gretchen herself and a user of the Calvert Curriculum she has a wealth of experience as both a teacher and mentor for Calvert users around the world. Find out more about this curriculum where each grade comes self contained in a box and can be shipped to you anywhere in the world.
Join me as I talk to Dixie who has just jumped on the homeschooling bandwagon. She and her four children are thriving. Motivated by meeting a “normal” looking family who homeschooled, Dixie and her husband spent a year deciding whether it was a lifestyle they could embrace. After reading my book they made up their minds to take the plunge. Dixie and I talk about her experience teaching in the public schools and how she now views homeschooling.
This week my guest is Linda Sacco who traveled with her husband to war torn Beirut, Lebanon in the 1970’s and decided it was safer to homeschool her children in their house in the hills than to send them to school where they could get caught on the street in crossfire or stranded by a curfew. They experienced mortar fire and shelling but Linda was able to continue her children’s education despite several evacuations.
Join me as I talk to former circus performer and homeschooling mother of three, Bev Abderrahman. Bev talks about her days as a trapeze artist with the Shriners, how she met her acrobatic husband, and kept her growing family together by educating them on the road with elephants, lions, tigers and bears, oh my!
