The rise in homeschooling | keep the magic alive in learning

With homeschooling on the rise, there are reasons now more than ever to homeschool. I sit down with my friends Josefa Ciccarelli and Jenna Strubhar to share all about our homeschool routines, the reasons we homeschool, tips to keep the magic alive in learning, where we get our inspiration from, the benefits we’ve seen, and more. In this episode we cover: Different homeschooling philosophies Josefa and Jenna’s personal homeschooling journey The reasons to homeschool Problems that can arise with modern or public schooling The many incredible teachers there are - whose hands are often tied with many of the systems in place Are the milestones the public education system has created arbitrary, or is there a place for it? The rise in homeschooling and the reasons now more than ever to homeschool What age to start homeschooling? The concern some parents have that they aren’t certified teachers or experts in certain subjects and that they wont be able to properly educate their children Do homeschooled kids lack socialization? How to keep your kids motivated. What do you do when your kids don’t want to do homeschool? Does homeschooling require a schedule? Homeschooling ideas with a budget or financial restrictions like both parents needing to work Are there any cons to homeschooling? Creative ways to keep the magic alive in learning homeschooling authors and resources that have inspired us RESOURCES Jodie Mockabee: https://jodimockabee.com/schoolhousec... Jodi Mockabeee Getting started with homeschooling guide: https://jodimockabee.com/schoolhousec... TedTalk Hackschooling makes me Happy by Logan LaPlante:    • Hackschooling makes me happy | Logan LaPla...   Changing Education Paradigms:    • RSA ANIMATE: Changing Education Paradigms   Data suggests 1.2 million families switched to homeschooling last academic year: https://www.the74million.org/article/... Art for kids hub: https://www.artforkidshub.com Outschool: https://outschool.com/#abkxy3zdji https://hslda.org TedTalk Do Schools Kill Creativity? By Sir Ken Robinson:    • Do schools kill creativity? | Sir Ken Robi...   Homeschooling philosophies we discussed: Unschooling Boxed curriculum Online schooling (lakeshore learning, rainbow resources, the good and the beautiful, Acellus, etc) Charolette Mason Books How Children Learn by John Holt How Children Fail by John Holt The 5 Hour School Week by Aaron & Kaleena Amuchastegui The Call of the Wild and Free by Ainsley Arment Dumbing us Down by John Taylor Gatto WHERE TO FIND JOSEFA & JENNA: Jenna’s instagram:   / jennastrubhar   Jenna’s website: https://www.withthestrubhars.com Josefa’s instagram:   / naturalwellnest   Josefa’s website: https://www.naturalwellnest.com Where to find me: Get my ebooks: https://www.ellenfisher.com/ebooks My instagram:   / ellenfisher   LISTEN to these episodes on Apple Podcast or Spotify: https://link.chtbl.com/ellenfisherpod Family YouTube channel:    / ellenfisher   Elevate your videos with record-label quality music from Musicbed: http://share.mscbd.fm/ellenfisher