Welcome back to my newest Simple Homeschool series, in which I’m going back in time to share my thoughts as a retired homeschool mom after 15 years of active duty!

• This episode is sponsored by My Fun Science and Oak Meadow
• Take Jamie's quiz, What's Your Homeschool Mom Personality?

In this month's episode, I decided to chat about an article I wrote back in 2010 called 7 Characteristics of a Charlotte Mason Education.

Obviously I have a LOT more homeschooling experience and thoughts of my own now, many years later, and in this episode I share them all with you!

Listen in for a dose of homeschooling inspiration, and to also relieve yourself of any Charlotte Mason homeschool guilt.

If you prefer to read the original post and check out any of its further links, head here.

This year I'm doing monthly Then and Now Reflections on the podcast - looking back over my 15 year homeschooling career and sharing what I've learned along the way AND what I'd do differently if I could go back. Welcome!
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• This episode is sponsored by Sonlight K-12 Curriculum and Dyslexia Connect
• Take Jamie's quiz, What's Your Homeschool Mom Personality?

In Episode 126, you'll hear me and my daughter Trishna (20-yrs-old, homeschool graduate, special needs) discuss:

• I introduce the special guest who's new to the podcast, my daughter Trishna!
• What I feel I would change about our homeschool routine if I could go back to this point in our family's journey
• We go down the rabbit trail of remembering Trishna's favorite TV shows from this time
• Who used to do all the cooking, compared to who does it these days
• Activities that were NOT Trishna's favorite from our daily routine
• The bedtime routine that the kids loved and I found exhausting (& soon stopped!)
• My advice when it comes to using screen time for moms of littles

To read the original article I wrote in 2013 and/or check out links & photos mentioned in this episode, head here.

Listen in for a dose of homeschooling inspiration!

How often do you wish you could have a homeschool do-over? Well, now you can, through revisiting Jamie's mistakes instead of having to make your own!
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• This episode is sponsored by Ivy Kids and TJEd's Young Statesmen/Stateswomen Society!
• Take Jamie's quiz, What's Your Homeschool Mom Personality?

This year I'm doing monthly Then and Now Reflections on the podcast - looking back over my 15 year homeschooling career and sharing what I've learned along the way.

In Episode 125, you'll hear me and my son Jonathan (19-yrs-old, homeschool graduate) discuss:

• The details of our homeschool routine back with a 6, 7, and 8-year-old, having just moved to a house in the countryside
• Our experiment having "Yes" Day on Mondays
• How having greater access to nature influenced the flow of our days
• When homeschool moms manage to find time to eat
• How bloggers with three young kids have to make sure the photos in a post are "fair"
• What made this one of my favorite years of homeschooling

Come listen in and be encouraged!

To read the original article I wrote in 2012 and/or check out links mentioned in this episode, head here.