Should You Add Online Learning to Your Homeschool?
Hey, homeschoolers! Are you incorporating online learning into your homeschool this year? Should you? That wasn't even an option when I started homeschooling in 1999. But now it is, and I'm so excited to share an interview I did with online learning platform founder Amir Nathoo. Listen to the podcast Sponsor Are you looking for a new Math Curriculum? CTCMath specializes in providing online video tutorials that...
Teaching Media Literacy in High School
Hey, homeschoolers! I think media literacy is a course we should consider including in our high school curriculum plan. When I learned that friend Nate Noorlander was teaching a class on it, I asked him to rejoin me on the podcast to discuss it. Nate gave me a new perspective that I hope blesses you as it did me. Listen to the podcast Watch on YouTube Takeaways Media literacy is an important skill for high school students to navigate...
Robotics in Your Homeschool
Hey, homeschoolers! Have you considered learning robotics in your homeschool? I don’t have an engineering brain so I enrolled my kids in in-person and online classes. My youngest is now majoring in computer science in college. His classes had a major impact on his career direction. Today on the podcast, you’ll hear about the advantages of including robotics and programming in your homeschool from my guest, Francie Black. I met...
How to Encourage Independent Cooking
Listen to the podcast Watch on YouTube In this podcast episode, Melanie Wilson interviews Chanel Miller, a homeschooling mom, about her journey and her new cookbook for kids called Kid De Cuisine. Chanel shares that she homeschools her three daughters and explains how the idea of homeschooling began during the pandemic when her daughters were in pre-K. She wanted to be more hands-on with their education and spend quality family time...
Teaching the Underground Railroad with Danika Cooley
Introduction In this episode of the Home School Sanity Show, Melanie Wilson welcomes back Danika Cooley to discuss her latest additions to the Who What Why series, which is designed to teach Christian history. Listen to the podcast Watch on YouTube Sponsor: Reading Eggs With Reading Eggs, your homeschoolers will enjoy a highly personalized learning journey,designed to support them at every stage. Plus, you’ll get four programs in one...
Freedom in Homeschooling with Connor Boyack
Hey, homeschoolers! For me and for so many of you, homeschooling is about freedom—the freedom to educate our children ourselves, the freedom to teach our values. It’s a freedom that we often take for granted. Sometimes it’s a freedom that feels at odds with government education and programs. Listen to the podcast Watch on YouTube I am happy to have Connor Boyack join me for an enlightening discussion of freedom in homeschooling....
About Me
I'm a Christian psychologist turned homeschooling mother of six graduates. I now help other homeschooling moms find joy in their journey. Check out sanity-saving books and curriculum at FunToLearnBooks.com. -Dr. Melanie Wilson
