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EPISODE · Jul 30, 2025 · 46 MIN

The Call to Homeschool, Freedom in Routine, and Hobbies as a Homeschool Mom w/ Dr. Melanie Wilson

from The Well-Trained Mind podcast · host Susan Wise Bauer & Susanna Jarrett

CONTRIBUTE your own response to this episode's interview questions for a chance to be featured on the final episode of this season!In this episode, Susan Wise Bauer and Susanna Jarrett interview Dr. Melanie Wilson who has her own podcast for homeschoolers, The Homeschool Sanity Show. She also sells curricula and homeschool tools at Fun to Learn Books. A book that inspired Melanie: A Field Guide to Homeschooling by Christine FieldThe Fly Lady website!  (00:00) - Intro with Dr. Melanie Wilson (00:35) - Melanie's history with homeschooling (03:16) - Melanie's call to homeschooling (13:09) - Setting expectations (15:18) - Habits, routines, and Fly Lady (28:11) - Break (28:12) - Back to the outline (28:24) - Changing styles (32:59) - Not losing yourself while homeschooling (40:22) - A pride point and sore point (45:43) - Outro

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