All Episodes
Homeschool Unrefined — 265 episodes
212: Our Best Advice + Our Audiobook Is Here!
Bonus Episode: Our Thoughts On Education with Teresa Wiedrick
211: Raising Critical Thinkers With Julie Bogart
Bonus Episode: Seeing Children As Humans with Rachel Rainbolt
Bonus Episode: Homeschooling & Motivation with Casey O'Roarty
Bonus Episode: Creativity And Homeschool with Julie Soul
Bonus Episode: Differently wired Learners with Debbie Reber
210: When Struggles Happen
209: Devices, Technology & Screens
208: Getting Honest About Socialization
207: Easy Ways To Connect With Your Kids
206: Reframing Mental Health
205: A New Approach to Neurodivergent Learning (That Works For Everyone!)
204: 4 Homeschool Tentpoles
203: 5 Elements of Effective Learning
202: You Don't Need Our Permission, But...
201: Homeschool and ADHD with Tanya Faisal
200: Bonus: Outsourcing with Amir Nathoo
199: Let's Hear It For Quirky Kids
198: Changing Our Minds with Julie Bogart
197: How We Homeschool With Robyn Robertson
196: When Kids Push Back
195: Bonus Episode: Sparking Inspiration with Josh Davidson
194: How We Homeschool With Camille Kirksey
Clip: September Check In
193: Your Unique Homeschool
Clip: September Q&P: Kids & Social Media
Clip: August Check-In
Clip: August Q&P: Neurodivergence + Homeschool
192: Most-Loved Episodes #1: Where We Empower Kids to Self-Evaluate
Clip: Summer & Letting Go
191: Most-Loved Episodes #2: The Reluctant Learner
Mini Bonus Episode: LTW's & Back To School Summit
Clip: July LTW Extra
190: Most-Loved Episodes #3: Where We Confess Our Biggest Homeschool Mistake
Clip: Angela's Teen On Homeschool, Public School & Neurodivergence
189: Most-Loved Episodes #4: A Harmonious Homeschool
Clip: July Check-In
Clip: June Q&P: Rapid-fire Homeschool Edition
188: Most-Loved Episodes #5: Where We Give Ourselves Credit
Clip: June LTW Extra
187: Most-Loved Episodes #6: Where We Begin with Deschooling
Clip: Maren Interviews Her Mom
186: Most-Loved Episodes #7: Where Audiobooks Count
185: Most-Loved Episodes #8: What We Don't Do
Clip: Homeschool Conversation with Angela's Sister
184: Most-Loved Episodes #9: Where We Make it Fun
Clip: May LTW Extra with Jill Jarvis
183: Most-Loved Episodes #10: Where We Think Differently About Homeschool
Clip: Screens and Devices
182: Most-Loved Episodes #11: Where We Honor Authenticity
Clip: May Check-In (plus a tween/teen parenting class)
181: Most-Loved Episodes #12: Where We Marie Kondo Our Homeschool
180: Most-Loved Episodes #13: Where We Hit the Road
Clip: April LTWs
179: Most-Loved Episodes #14: When Hobbies Are Your Homeschool
Clip: Teens & Pop Culture
178: Most-Loved Episodes #15: Raising Confident Kids (Raising Ourselves, Too)
Clip: April Check-In
177: Most-Loved Episodes #16: Where We Let Go of Perfectionism
176: Most-Loved Episodes #17: Where Autopilot Save the Day
Clip: How We Handle Puberty and Sex Talks
175: Most-Loved Episodes #18: Where We Follow Their Interests
Clip: March LTWs
174: Most-Loved Episodes #19: Where We October (2018) Check-In
Clip: Homeschool vs. Public School
173: Most-Loved Episodes #20: Permission to Cancel School This Year
172: How We Homeschool with Rachel Jepson Wolf
171: What We Don't Do
170: How We Homeschool: Video Games and Unschooling with Deb Shin
169: The Socialization Episode: A Patreon Exclusive
168: How We Homeschool with Iris Chen
167: The Reluctant Learner
166: How We Homeschool with Faryal from Cup of Home
165: Getting On The Same Page As Your Partner
164: How We Homeschool with Tanya from Project Happy Home
163: Personal Updates & 3 Tips for a Successful Fall
162: Diverse Books Mini-Episode
161: Summer Mini-Episode
160: YouTube Is the New Curriculum (and a big list of our favorite shows)
159: Our 10 Favorite Books of the Year (for all ages!)
158: Simplify Spring and Summer
157: Making Mealtime Easier
156: When Hobbies Are Your Homeschool
155: Finding a Rhythm, Unschooling, and Screens
154: Unrefined Education: What Have We Learned From Pandemic Schooling?
153: Permission to Cancel School This Year
152: What's Going On With Chores
151: Pandemic Homeschooling & Aha Moments
150: Taking Our Own Advice
149: You've Got This: What We Don't Do
148: You've Got This: A Harmonious Homeschool
147: You've Got This: The Device Dilemma
146: On Being a Homeschool Family of Color with Niurka Maldonado
145: How Homeschool is REALLY Going (A FREE Patreon Episode)
144: Raising Confident Kids (Raising Ourselves, Too)
143: Prioritize Your Strengths. Energize Your Homeschool.
142: When It's All Too Much: The Mental Health Episode with Yolonda Coles Jones
141: Loose Planning: Curriculum, Books, and Routines
140: The Summer Recap & The Fall Pivot
Bonus: The Unrefined Curriculum Guide is here!
139: How We Homeschool Through a Pandemic: 3 Solutions for Your Summer
138: How We Homeschool Through a Pandemic: Q &A
137: How We Homeschool Through a Pandemic: What We Miss & What's Saving Us
BONUS: Where We Read Diverse Books with Charnaie Gordon
136: How We Homeschool Through a Pandemic: What's Next?
135: How We Homeschool Through a Pandemic: Projects & Productivity
134: How We Homeschool Through a Pandemic: Learning All the Time
133: How We Homeschool Through a Pandemic: Screens, Self-Care, Curriculum
132: How We Homeschool Through a Pandemic, Part 3
131: How We Homeschool Through A Pandemic, Part 2
130: How We Homeschool Through a Pandemic
129: Where Diverse Books Matter with Christine Platt
Bonus: Introducing the App School Guide!
128: Where Audiobooks Count
127: Where We App School
126: Where We Begin with Deschooling
Throwback: Where We Marie Kondo Our Homeschool
Throwback: Top 10 Things We've Learned In 21 Years of Homeschooling With Pam Barnhill
Throwback: Where We Honor Authenticity
125: Where We Go Our Own Way with Saira Siddiqui
Bonus: A Holiday Gift Guide for YOU
124: Simple Holiday Gift Guide
123: What's Saving Our Homeschool + Personalities: Four Tendencies
122: What's Saving Our Homeschool + Enneagram
121: What's Saving Our Homeschool + Myers-Briggs
120: What's Saving Our Homeschool + Personalities
Bonus: The "Unruffled by Skeptics" Chat
119: Your Guide to Non-Traditional Homeschool Resources
Bonus: Favorite IG Follows Excerpt
118: Our Best Homeschool Hack: Homeschooling on Autopilot
Bonus: The "Sibling Rivalry & Competitive Kids" Chat
117: Creating a "Heck Yes!" Homeschool Plan
Bonus: The "I'm So Bored" Chat
116: No Report Cards Necessary: The Power of Self-Evaluation
Bonus: July Check-In Excerpt
115: You're Not Lazy (The Give Yourself Credit Episode)
Bonus: The "Talking About Hard Things" Chat
114: Homeschool That's Fun for Everyone, Including YOU
Bonus: LTW Extra Excerpt
113: Interest-Led Learning IRL
112: How We Summer {plus our Summer Favorites gift guide}
111: Where We Hit the Road
110: Where We Get in the F.L.O.W. with guest host Vanessa Wright
109: Where We Introvert with Jamie Martin
108: Personalities Deep Dive—An Introduction
107: Where We Think Differently About Homeschool
106: Where Our Kids Are Differently Wired With Debbie Reber
105: Where We Honor Authenticity
104: Where We Marie Kondo Our Homeschool
103: Where We Get an Enchanted Education With Julie Bogart
102: Where We Ease Back In: A Post-Holiday Check-In
Throwback: Where We Confess Our Biggest Homeschool Mistake
Throwback: Where Nature Inspires Us With Greta Eskridge
Throwback: Where Our Kids Fight
101: Where We Get Unschooled With Kristiina Craven
100: Where We Celebrate!
99: Where We Take a Winter Break
98: Where We November Check-In
Throwback: Where We Are Brave Writers With Julie Bogart
97: Simple Holiday Gift Guide
96: Where We Follow Their Interests
95: Where We October Check-In
94: Where We Break Out the Non-Traditional Resources
93: Where We Relax Into High School With Renee Tougas, Part 2
92: Where We Relax Into High School With Renee Tougas, Part 1
91: Where We Werk!
90: Where We September Check-In
89: Top 10 Things We've Learned in 21 Years of Homeschooling With Pam Barnhill
88: Where We Empower Kids To Self-Evaluate
87: Where We Make It Fun
86: Where Nature Inspires Us With Greta Eskridge
85: Where We Pare Down: Curriculum, Co-ops & Clubs
84: Nature Series: How To Raise a Wild Child, Ch 9-10
83: Summer Mode: Slow Planning, Library Fees & Book Recs
82: Nature Series: How To Raise a Wild Child, Ch 6-8
81: Summer Mode: Competitive Kids, Shoe Update & Amazon Weakness
Throwback: Where We Stage an Intervention
Thowback: What We Don't Do
80: Nature Series: How To Raise a Wild Child, Ch 3-5
79: Summer Mode: The State of Our Cars
78: Nature Series: How To Raise a Wild Child, Ch 1-2
77: Summer Mode: Boredom, Rhythm & Reading
76: Where We Play! With Christy Thomas
75: Where We Q & A
74: Where We Slide Into Summer
73: Where We Learn How To Homeschool
After School Special: Get To Know Us
72: Where Simple Homeschool Is Our Jam with Jamie Martin
71: Where You're Considering Homeschool
70: Where We Are Brave Writers With Julie Bogart
69: Where Our Kids Fight
68: Where We Don't Make Meaning For Our Kids With Amanda Ginn
67: Where We Have All the Feels About Screens
66: Where Angela and Her Teen Talk Books and Homeschooling
65: Where We Confess Our Biggest Homeschooling Mistake
64: Where We Need a Reset
63: Where We Are Students of Our Children With Krista O'Reilly-Davi-Digui, Part 2
62: Where We Are Students of Our Children With Krista O'Reilly-Davi-Digui, Part 1
61: Where We Do a Curriculum Check-In
60: What We're Reading {With Some Listener Reads Too}
59: Where We Address Anxiety In Children With Rachel Larson
58: Where We Don't Live Up To Our Ideal Homeschool
57: Where We Speak In Love Languages
56: Where We Adventure With Emily Carlson
55: Where We Give Ourselves Credit
Throwback: Where We Talk Science With Jenny
Throwback: Where We Appreciate the Highly Sensitive Person
54: Where We Take a Break
53: Where Homeschool Doesn't Break the Bank with Jessica Sarchett
Throwback: Favorite Christmas Books
52: Where We De-stress
51: What Every Homeschool Parent Deserves {Gift Guide}
50: What We Don't Do: Holiday Edition
49: Where Autopilot Saves the Day
48: Where We Take On Tweens With Vanessa Wright
47: Where We Throw Ourselves a Surprise Party {With Anniversary Giveaways}
46: Where We Dive Into the Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin
45: Where We Fumble Through Conversations About World Events
44: Where We Positive Discipline with Casey O'Roarty
43: Where We Decide What's Next
42: Where We Change Things Up
41: Where We Stage an Intervention
40: Where We Let Go of Perfectionism
39: Where We Talk Curriculum Specifics
38: Where We Are Unruffled By Skeptics
37: Where We Plan Loosely
36: Where We Transition
35: Where Maren Talks With Her Husband
34: Summer Book Club: How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, Part 3
33: Where We Include the Little Ones: Summer Chat Series
32: Summer Book Club: How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, Part 2
31: Where We Homeschool Through Hard Times With Vanessa Wright
30: Summer Book Club: How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, Part 1
29: Where We Institute Quiet Time: Summer Chat Series
28: Where We Co-op: Summer Chat Series
27: Where We Appreciate the Highly Sensitive Person
26: Where We Demystify Audio Content
25: Where We Suggest Simple Summer Projects
24: Where We Recap This Year's Read-Alouds
23: What We Don't Do
22: Where We Enneagram
21: Where We Summer
20: Where We Get Chatty 2
19: Where We Charlotte Mason
18: Where We Travel
17: Where We Embrace Routine
16: Where We Ask Why
15: Where We Delegate
14: Where We Get Crunchy
13: Where We Get Techie
12: Where We Exercise Self-Care
11: Where We Question All Our Decisions
Bonus #5: Simplicity Parenting Book Club Ch. 5-6
10: Where We Talk Science With Jenny
Bonus #4: Simplicity Parenting Book Club Ch. 3-4
09: Where We Geek Out About Hamilton
Bonus #3: Simplicity Parenting Book Club Ch.1-2
08: Where We Read Simplicity Parenting
07: Where We Get Chatty
06: Where We Talk Personalities
Bonus #2: Favorite Christmas Books
05: Where We Get Musical
Bonus #1: Favorite Read Alouds
04: Where We Read Aloud