In this podcast we will be talking with a variety of different people; parents who are and have homeschooled, and students who are being homeschooled as well as those who have been homeschooled. This is going to be an exciting season be sure to follow me on anchor by spotify and spotify. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thechatwithbex/support
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The Homeschool Podcast is a podcast that focuses on educating homeschool parents, teachers, and anyone who's looking to up-their learning with short hacks to age old activities. Why reinvent the wheel when you can take what YOU already know and level UP!
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Welcome to the Homeschool advantage, an interview based podcast that connects homeschoolers to vendors, curriculum content creators, coops and more. My name is Bex Buzzie and I am a teacher, coach and educational course content creator from San Diego California. The homeschool advantage is here to give you the leg up in a world that is slightly upside down by connecting parents who want to homeschool, parent who have been homeschooling, teachers who are looking for an edge or new material to ...
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Create A Legacy Of Entrepreneurship And Time-Money Freedom For Generations To Come With Crissi Allen Founder And Executive Director Of HEART Academy
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Intro Crissi Allen Founder and Executive Director of HEART Academy Christian Microschool in San Jose, California, and a Certified Holistic Health Coach. She finds it great joy helping parents capture the hearts of their children, helping parents find their children's God-given passions early in life, creating a heartfelt community, and partnering a…
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Equip Your Child With The Skills, Training, And Strategies With Norma Jean Maxwell Founder Of Time To Shine
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Intro Norma Jean Maxwell, Founder of Time to Shine Teach & Coaching is an Orton Gillingham trained Reading, Spelling & Writing Specialist. With over 20 years teaching experience, both within and outside the public school system, Norma Jean truly loves teaching children, particularly those with learning differences. She is passionate about providing…
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Empowering Young Minds Through The Socratic Method With Michael Strong Founder And Chief Visionary Of The Socratic Experience
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Intro Michael Strong Founder and Chief Visionary of The Socratic Experience, is one of the most experienced designers of innovative school programs in the United States. He is also the author of The Habit Of Thought: From Socratic Seminars To Socratic Practice and the Lead Author of Be The Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can S…
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Help Your Children Broaden Their Horizons Through Opportunities For Leadership With Josie Balkowski Founder of Online Scribblers
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Intro Josie Balkowski is the Founder of Online Scribblers, an online writing program for students in Grades 3-12 of all skill levels. Josie is a blogger and writer who strives to bring writing education to the forefront of every student's learning and to engage their creativity to create proficient communicators of the future. Since 2012, Josie has…
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Reading Will Help Your Child Be Successful For The Rest Of Their Lives With Yvette Boucher CEO Of Lil Learners Luv Learning
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Intro Yvette Boucher CEO of Lil Learners Luv Learning, a certified kindergarten teacher for 20 years, and an experienced online teacher. She loves to teach little learners. Her passion is teaching children to read. Nothing excites Yvette more than to see a student's face light up as they start to read. Her teaching style includes music and movement…
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Clear Parenting Plan On You Christian Family Journey With Derek And Amy Weichel CEOs And Founders Of Faithful Parent
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Intro Derek and Amy Weichel CEOs and Founders of Faithful Parent they were both personally blessed with Christian Education from elementary through high school. Faithful Parent helps you have a clear parenting plan on your Christian family journey, and find the time and guidance to develop one. They help parents to be more intentional about looking…
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Keep The Joy In Learning And Empower Your Learners By Co-design Learning With Jennifer Mercer And Jill Pearson-Keltner CEOs And Founders Of Learning Journeys Forum
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Intro Jennifer Mercer, M.Ed Co-Founder of Learning Journeys Forum and she has been working with youth since she was 16 years old. She has spent the past 30 years developing and growing her skills in many different ways; as a classroom teacher, special education teacher, lead teacher, college instructor, tutor, Girl Scout leader, mentor, and group f…
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Kids Can Have Fun Learning Chemistry With Colleen Kelley Ph.D Founder Of Kids’ Chemical Solutions
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Intro Colleen Kelley Ph.D Founder of Kids' Chemical Solutions received her B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Richmond, and her Ph.D in Organometallic Chemistry from the Pennsylvania State University. Her teaching duties have spanned from graduate level courses all the way to elementary school courses. She is the author of "The M.C. Detective…
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Live Out Your Dreams Of Traveling While Still Providing Your Kids With Rich Educational Experiences With Brooke DeHority Founder Of The Brooke Review
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Intro Brooke DeHority Founder of The Brooke Review, an education leader and literacy enthusiast with over a decade of experience working in New York City public schools. Her expert approach to improving early reading achievement through aligned cross-curricular instructional design and project-based learning yields exceptional results for students.…
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Immersive Live Spanish Instruction To Learners Of All Ages With Dana Argueta Puentes Administrator of Spanish Institute of Honduras
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Intro Dana Argueta is the Puentes Administrator at the Spanish Institute of Honduras, an educator with a background in elementary education and linguistic acquisition. She serves as the administrator of the homeschool program and also handles missionary care and student services at Spanish Institute of Honduras. She has been in Honduras since 2018,…
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Bridging The Best Of Unconventional Education Approaches With Michael Staton CEO And Co-Founder of Colearn
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Intro Michael Staton CEO and Co-Founder of Colearn. Colearn has redesigned the school experience around families for an era of remote and hybrid work. They are bridging the best of unconventional education approaches and great schools to create an entirely new learning experience that prioritizes families. Top three takeaways How Colearn is focused…
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Everyone Can Learn Spanish Easily, Affordably, And Effectively With Debbie Annett Founder And Creator Of Spanish For You!
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Intro Debbie Annett Founder and Creator of Spanish For You! A unique theme-based curriculum for elementary and middle school-aged children. She is an Illinois state-certified teacher who has enjoyed teaching the Spanish language to kids of all ages for 23 years. She has a Bachelor's degree in Spanish from the University of Illinois and a Master's d…
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No One Is More Qualified To Love Your Children Than We Are With Leah Ballard CEO and Founder of B3 Homeschool Support
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Intro Leah Ballard CEO and Founder of B3 Homeschool Support, a certified teacher in the state of Florida. She has a BA from the University of Central Florida in Secondary Education with a Biology focus. Her certifications are in Biology, General Science, and Math. Top three takeaways No one knows our children better or is more qualified to love the…
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Homeschool Today Your One Stop Location For All Your Homeschool Needs With Patty Marler Media Relations
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Intro Patty Marler Media Relations of Homeschool Today. Patty Marler is a veteran homeschooler with over two decades of homeschool experience from preschool through high school. Patty is passionate about helping people navigate the various options, tailor educational methods and resources, and identify supports to build a solid home education progr…
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Embrace Imperfections And Unleash Your Artistic Potential With Connie Chapman CEO And Founder Of Your Art Class
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Intro Connie Chapman CEO and Founder of Your Art Class. She was born in Mobile, Alabama, and moved with her family to New Orleans where she finished high school and college, got married, and had two children. She has a bachelor's degree in Elementary education with a minor in art. She has taken art classes at Tulane, attended many art workshops, ta…
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Empowering Parents In Improving Communication With Their Kids With Neta Shani CEO And Founder Of My E-motions
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Intro Neta Shani CEO and Founder of My E-motions. She is a pediatric acupuncturist and sensory balancing practitioner specializing in sensory and emotional processing challenges. Over the years she has acquired an extensive knowledge on these subjects and kept adding more tools to help her better address each child’s specific needs. Her goals were …
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How To Set Up Your Homeschool Right And Be More Present At Home With Melissa Muir CEO and Founder Of Melissa Is Teaching
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Intro Melissa Muir is a homeschooling mom of 4 and works with teachers via coaching and products as she loves teaching online and helping people get started & thrive as online teachers so that they can be present at home. (Yes, even while homeschooling!) Top three takeaways Homeschooling doesn’t mean the end of a career. Working in online education…
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Bringing Together Educators And The Wider Community With Calli Veludos CEO And Founder of The Ark Education
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Intro Calli Veludos CEO And Founder of The Ark Education, their goal is to bring together educators and the wider community and to empower people with an educational need by providing a space where they are able to access educators and educational services with ease. Calli and her original team had over 75 years of experience in education, spanning…
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Unveiling The Vital Connection Between Agriculture, Food, And The Environment With Heather Cassill CEO And Founder Of Kids Sonder Agriculture- Unboxed
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Intro Heather Cassil CEO and Founder of Kids Sonder Agriculture-Unboxed, a former 4-H Youth Development Educator/Agent who has lots of information and ideas in her head, love creating educational content and educating kids and she is passionate about learning and teaching about agriculture and the environment. Her mission is to inspire and empower …
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Overcoming Obstacles On Your Homeschooling Journey With Alexis Rosin Founder and CEO Of Guided Light Services LLC
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Intro Alexis Rosin, the Founder and CEO of Guided Light Services LLC, Their goal at Guided Light Services is to help families achieve their fullest potential. They provide compassionate, individualized, one-on-one, and family coaching sessions for children and adults who have been diagnosed with ASD. Their faith-based approach guides their clients …
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Learning To Code Has never Been Easier And USER FRIENDLY! With CEO and Founder of the Blackbird Code Ness Blackbird
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Intro Ness Blackbird CEO and Founder of the Blackbird Code, realized that there were no good systems out there for learning coding at home and that was his inspiration for creating Blackbird Code. Blackbird Code Inc. is an educational technology company based in Portland, Oregon that gives every student the friendliest experience as they learn to c…
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How To Make Social Studies More Than Just Facts! Make It An Experience With CEO And Author KeriAnne N. Jelinek Of Sloth Dreams Books & Publishing
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Intro KeriAnne N. Jelinek CEO of Sloth Dreams Books & Publishing Company specializes in providing engaging and informative social studies books for young learners in preschool and early elementary grades. Their books are tailored to meet the needs of educators and homeschool educators who are looking to teach their students about history, geography…
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Intro Greg Baran, Creator of The Baran Method. The Baran Method turns every child into a writing ninja. Kids learn the method in the handbook and then practice in the workbook. They recommend every child have their own handbook since they’ll be referring to it regularly throughout their school years. Yet once your child has their own Baran Method t…
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Using Curriculum And Other Learning Tools As A Tool Never Your Master With Tina Hollenbeck CEO And Creator Of The Homeschool Resource Roadmap
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Intro Tina Hollenbeck, The Homeschool Resource Roadmap's creator, is a veteran homeschooling mom (i.e., educational entrepreneur) who passionately advocates for the merits of home education. She launched the research project that birthed the Common Core Project database and later created The Homeschool Resource Roadmap to serve the homeschool commu…
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See How Jesus Brings Lasting Change In Kids And Families With B.J. Meurer CEO And Founder Of Jesus, Help Me Parent
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Intro B.J. Meurer CEO and Founder of Jesus, Help Me Parent help parents learn how to use a heart-based approach to parenting to empower their children with the skills they need to not simply change behaviors but to also change their hearts. As a husband and father, his wife and him have used a heart-based approach with all 8 of our children no matt…
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A Comprehensive And Effective Education Opportunities With Marisa Donnelly CEO And Founder Of Donnelly’s Daily Apple
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Intro Marisa Donnelly, M.Ed., and Founder Donnelly’s Daily Apple — a tutoring and flexible learning company, website, educational resource platform, and collaborative network for teachers, students, home school programs, and parents. She is also the founder & CEO of Be A Light Collective, a virtual and San Diego-based writing/editing and content cr…
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Build An Appreciation For The World Around Your Children With Madlen Sarkisyan Co-Founder Of Children’s Forest School
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Intro Madlen Sarkisyan CO-Founder of Children's Forest School for over 15 years and homeschooling Mama since 2020 Madlen has had a passion for nature and child development that compelled her to begin her journey. Madlen is a seasoned classroom teacher with years of experience working alongside children. She has a Master's degree in Early Childhood …
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Learn About Nature In A Natural Setting With Jennifer Payne Pierson CEO And Founder of Jentopia Farm
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Intro Jennifer Payne Pierson CEO and Founder of Jentopia Farm, she has been animal crazy since the beginning of her time on this Earth. She was that kid who brought home stray dogs and cats and, well, maybe even a chicken once. So it's no wonder she studied Animal Science! Jentopia Farm Experiences is safe and convenient for the whole family, and t…
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Being Different Is Definitely Okay With Connie Williams Author And Founder Of Strugglers And Others
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Intro Connie Williams Founder of Strugglers And Others, is an author and retired school teacher in California. Strugglers and Others is a deep dive into life with ADHD and different learning difference and Connie is here to help you with your child's learning difference. She helps you answer the questions How do I know if my child is dyslexic? Is t…
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Turning The Fear Of Change And The Unknown Into Relief With Jamie Heston CEO Of Jamie Heston Homeschool Consulting
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Intro Jamie Heston CEO and Founder of Jamie Heston Homeschool Consulting, Jamie has been encouraging new homeschoolers and helping them get started for over 13 years. Jamie homeschooled for over 15 years and is very active in the San Francisco Bay Area homeschool community as an activities organizer, volunteer, and conference speaker. She has succe…
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Navigate The Many Pathways Of Homeschooling To Excellent Education With Dr. Kat Patrick CEO And Founder Of Dreaming Spires Home Learning
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Intro Kat Patrick CEO and Founder of Dreaming Spires Home Learning, Dreaming Spires has live, online courses designed and delivered by the subject experts themselves that do all the teaching. All tutors at Dreaming Spires are hand-picked by the CEO, Dr. Patrick, for their knowledge and proven teaching skills. Additionally, they all have years of ex…
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Intro Dave Peterson CEO and Founder of No Debt College, Dave is the father of a current college sophomore who, to date, has won over $80,000 in scholarship. And that amount keeps increasing. Dave now uses the same methodology the he developed for his son to coach other students to find and win scholarships so that they can achieve their own debt-fr…
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Access High Quality Early Childhood Education With Deepti Jain Co-Founder And Stephanie Director Of We Skoolhouse
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Intro Deepti Jain Co-Founder of We Skoolhouse, felt the challenge and constraints of accessing quality early childhood learning programs for children, and quickly realized she wasn’t alone. With an evident need, combined with a deeply rooted love for children and an understanding of how critical these early years are, Deepti and her partner embarke…
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Building Community Of Homeschoolers With The Homeschool HQ App With Lauren Bordeaux CEO And Founder Of Homeschool HQ
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Intro Lauren Bordeaux CEO and Founder of Homeschool HQ. The HomeschoolHQ app is a user-populated homeschool resource platform. The app was built by homeschoolers for homeschoolers to help build community. Users can add resources in multiple categories like co-ops, activities, camps, conventions, and field trip ideas. The app also has a Built-in loc…
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Classical Music and Fine Art Through Active Engagement With Svetlana Khmelnitsky CEO Of Kids Look Listen Create
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Intro Svetlana Khmelnitsky CEO of Kids Look Listen Create. Each Kids Look Listen Create program is a multisensory experience that exposes young children to classical music and fine art through active engagement. It stimulates imagination and encourages unlimited interpretations of works of art and classical music. It celebrates childhood creativity…
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Intro Monica Cuquerella is the CEO and Founder of Active Play. When Active play was born, Monica was running workshops, extracurricular and after school classes, birthdays party, corporate events, camps, messy play sessions, phonics and private lessons, and much more. Active play provides great experiences for you& your family that shape your littl…
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Helping Struggling Readers and Dyslexic Learners Through The Orton Gillingham Approach With Jane Engel CEO of Angel Educators
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Intro Jane Engel CEO of Angel Educators, she started tutoring after she retired from the classroom, due to the overwhelming amount of students that were struggling with reading. As she searched for educational materials to support almost everything she found online didn't comply with the approach she learned during her training, and over the years …
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Discover How Handwriting Opens Your Child’s Brain Up For Learning With Tiffany Philips Of Learning Made Easy Publishing
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Intro Tiffany Philips Founder of Learning Made Easy Publishing was inspired by the negative impact virtual learning had on young children during and since the pandemic. She believes that it’s incredibly difficult to replicate the benefits of an in-person learning environment to young kids in a digital space. After seeing how ineffective virtual lea…
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Make Learning Come Alive Literally!! WIth Peter Edwards is Director of San Diego Liberal Arts Academy.
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Intro Peter Edwards is Director of San Diego Liberal Arts Academy. SDLAA employs an "upside down classroom" model, in which live class meeting time focuses on hands-on activities, collaborative learning, interactive discussions, projects, and simulations. Background research and assignments are completed independently, with teacher support availabl…
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Intro Marcela CEO and Founder of Calming Bee, Calming Bee is designed to be a Balance for children. Their class routine here is designed with the purpose to create a harmonious balance between structured and non-structure activities. Children are set up for success. When children are engaged they get to explore, think outside the box, they are crea…
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Intro Gabrielle Hughes a Tutor and an Autism advocate, Gabrielle got her start in by teaching sewing lessons when she was a homeschool senior. She taught classes at a local home school group and discovered she had a passion for teaching. When she was 19 she discovered she was most likely autistic and was able to get an official diagnosis at 21. Thi…
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Making Your Child Feel Special, Smart, And Strong With Sensei Jan Stockton of Great Start Karate
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Intro Sensei Jan Stockton, she is a 3rd degree black belt, and has been a leader in the martial arts for over 35 years. She is the founder of Great Start Karate and co-founder of Karate West in Washington state, one of the largest martial arts schools in the country. The Great Start Karate hosts in-person and virtual programs! Our programs are excl…
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Understand Nutrition And Healthy Eating Habits With Erin Madden Dietitian And CEO Of Happy Kids Nutrition Academy
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Intro Erin Madden, BSc AHN Dietetics is the founder and CEO of Happy Kids Nutrition Academy. At Happy Kids Nutrition Academy, they believe that good food starts with good education. That’s why they offer online nutrition and food science courses to teens and preteens. Their programs are designed to give kids the skills and knowledge they need to ma…
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See The Infinite Possibilities For Growth And Learning In Our World With Katie Kelly Director Of Cresconova
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Intro Katie Kelly CEO, Director of Learning and Platform Development at Cresconova Cresconova is a nonprofit organization that fosters critical thinking, social-emotional learning, collaboration and problem solving. The world has changed drastically over the past 20 years, but so much of what is taught in the classroom has remained the same. At Cre…
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Intro Leon Olguin CEO and Teacher of At Home With Music, He is a classically trained pianist with over 3 decades of experience in playing classical music, pop, rock, and jazz. His career as a professional musician and record producer afforded him the flexibility to homeschool her daughter for 5 years back in the 90s from grades 6 through 10! He has…
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Intro Michele Holmes CEO of is a veteran homeschool mom of 30 years. Her desire is to help you give your student the best home education you can for their high school years. She helps homeschool parents create high school credits that meet their homeschooled teen's needs and interests. You'll get clear on credit requirements and work out a plan for…
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Show Up In Your Homeschool And Life Authentically, Purposefully, And Confidently With Teresa Wiedrick Of Capturing The Charmed Life
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Intro Teresa Wiedrick CEO of Capturing The Charmed Life, author of Homeschool Mama Self-Care: Nurturing the Nurturer, Theresa offers homeschool life coaching, helping you shed what’s not working so you can show up in your homeschool (& life) authentically, purposefully, and confidently. Her coaching helps you Transform your frustration, confusion, …
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Intro Carabeth Rahtjen consultant at HomeWorks by Precept where they provide the homeschool community with the best textbooks and resources available. HomeWorks Consultants are veteran homeschool moms available to help equip parents to give their children a strong Christian homeschool education. Their goal is to equip parents with the tools needed …
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Beauty In The Mundane Moments Of Motherhood And Homeschooling With Maggie Cure of Counting Lives and Counting Cures
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Intro Maggie Cure Founder of Counting lives: back to the basics, before she became a mom, she taught second grade. It never once crossed her mind to homeschool her own kids one day. When her oldest was a year away from entering kindergarten, she figured she’d have nothing to lose by giving it a trial year. She went into it focused on the curriculum…
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Homeschooling Is More Natural Than She Thought With Tammy Founder Of Create A Homeschool Life
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Intro Tammy Founder of Create A Homeschool Life, Tammy found that homeschooling is more natural than she thought and understanding that it is human nature to over-complicate things, she soon realized that this area is not immune to that perception. Letting go of preconceived notions of what she thought homeschooling was, allowed her to find a rhyth…
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