Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

In this week's little coffee break, Carrie talks with two of her homeschooling friends about the advantages of having pets and raising animals and how to simply incorporate these experiences into your home education. There are some great podcasts specifically for homesteading homeschoolers. This episode is for the city-slicker types like Carrie and for families who don’t have acres of land or space for a farm. This episode is on how to meet the needs of your child, who is an animal-lover, while doing it on a budget and in an urban-type environment.  Pour yourself a cup of cowboy coffee, take your boots off, and join Carrie and her friends for a little conversation about walking on the wild side of home education.

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Attend the Bloom & Blossom: West Coast Conference in San Diego, October 10th & 11th. Register at https://www.christinacarpenter.org/bloom-and-blossom-conference. I'll be there! Come join me and friends!

Purchase Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education.

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There are 10 Essentials needed for a joyful homeschooling journey, and you might be surprised to find out they aren't a perfect curriculum, a must-read book, or the best methodology to use. The 10 Essentials to homeschooling are far more foundational than that.  In this week's episode, Carrie shares Part 2, the last 5 essentials.  If you are new to homeschooling, this list will help you get started and if you have been homeschooling for years, this list will remind you of what is truly important.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and join Carrie for a little coffee and conversation about the essentials of home education.

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Attend the Bloom & Blossom: West Coast Conference in San Diego, October 10th & 11th. Register at https://www.christinacarpenter.org/bloom-and-blossom-conference. I'll be there! Come join me and friends!

Purchase Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education.

Purchase Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool Simply & Enjoyably.

Schedule a Coffee Date (One-on-One Personalized Coaching Session: Coffee With Carrie

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Is there room for Jesus in your inn?  "Mary gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn" (Luke 2:7).  

If this verse describes your heart and home this holiday season, take a little coffee break with Carrie.  If your December is so jam-packed with homeschool lessons and "must dos" that there isn't any room for Jesus, then listen to this week's episode; Carrie updated one of her favorite Christmas episodes. Carrie shares practical tips, organizational ideas, and holiday hacks to help you calm the Christmas season so there is always room for Jesus in your holiday traditions, festivities, and activities.  This episode is 30 minutes full of helpful tips to save time, create memories, and keep Jesus at the center of it all.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up (yes, you have time to listen today), and take a little coffee break with Carrie.  

For more ideas, listen to the following episodes:
 #45 "ADVENTures:  Preparing for Christmas"
 #97 "A Heart of Worship: Lessons Learned from Mary"
 #146 "It's Advent! Come and Adore"
 #147 "Christmas Schooling with Christmas Carols"
 #196 "Christmas Nature Studies"
 #198 "Epiphany:  Celebrate the 12 Days of Christmas"
#246 “Yule School:  Simple Holiday Homeschooling Ideas”

Support the show

Attend the Bloom & Blossom: West Coast Conference in San Diego, October 10th & 11th. Register at https://www.christinacarpenter.org/bloom-and-blossom-conference. I'll be there! Come join me and friends!

Purchase Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education.

Purchase Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool Simply & Enjoyably.

Schedule a Coffee Date (One-on-One Personalized Coaching Session: Coffee With Carrie

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What's the secret to kicking up your home education a notch or two?  Field Trips!  Sure, you can homeschool without field trips.  But when you include learning outside the four walls of your home, you take your homeschooling to a whole new level.  Take advantage of the freedom and flexibility you have because you homeschool.  Don't let guilt or a tight budget keep you from adding a few more field trips to your lessons and schedule.  In this week's episode, Carrie shares why you should include field trips in your scheudule, how to plan memorable excursions, and where to find field trips on a budget.  Listen with your kids and when the podcast is over, then let them help you brainstorm possible adventures you can take this year.  Get a notebook, pour yourself a shot of espresso, and join Carrie for a little coffee break.  

Support the show

Attend the Bloom & Blossom: West Coast Conference in San Diego, October 10th & 11th. Register at https://www.christinacarpenter.org/bloom-and-blossom-conference. I'll be there! Come join me and friends!

Purchase Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education.

Purchase Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool Simply & Enjoyably.

Schedule a Coffee Date (One-on-One Personalized Coaching Session: Coffee With Carrie

Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Join Today!

Subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog at https://coffeewithcarrie.org

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The countdown has begun!  It's almost February which means Valentine's Day is just around the corner.  Join Carrie this week for a super special coffee break.  In this week's episode, Carrie shares 10 simple and fun ways to celebrate Valentine's Day by focusing on God's love and God's call to love others.  Carrie explains how to use a Valentine's Day Countdown to study God's Word and to memorize scripture as a family.   She also shares several other fun activities you can use during family devotions and morning basket time in the month of February.  In this updated episode, Carrie shares a few more devotional ideas to do with teens during the month of February.  It is fourteen days of love, random acts of kindness, devotions, and read-aloud.   Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and join Carrie for a little coffee break. 

For a copy of the free February Morning Time Plans that include the Valentine's Countdown, Bible verses, and heart cutouts, go to www.coffeewithcarrie.org.

Support the show

Attend the Bloom & Blossom: West Coast Conference in San Diego, October 10th & 11th. Register at https://www.christinacarpenter.org/bloom-and-blossom-conference. I'll be there! Come join me and friends!

Purchase Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education.

Purchase Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool Simply & Enjoyably.

Schedule a Coffee Date (One-on-One Personalized Coaching Session: Coffee With Carrie

Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Join Today!

Subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog at https://coffeewithcarrie.org

Follow on Instagram @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.

Is your New Year's Resolution to read more this year?  Is your goal to read more of God's Word, to read more aloud with your family, and to read more for enjoyment?  If so, then take a little coffee break and listen to this week's episode.  Carrie shares two ways she reached her reading goals and how she helped other moms stay accountable to theirs.   In this week's episode, Carrie shares simple tips and recommendations for Mom Book Clubs as well as practical and easy ways to host a book club for your children and their friends.  This is an episode you don't want to miss!  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up and join Carrie for some coffee and conversation about books.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Just Breathe Mom Book Club Set by Carrie De Francisco
• The Read-Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections with Your Kids by Sarah Mackenzie
• Wild and Free Book Club: 28 Activities to Make Books Come Alive by Ainsley Arment
• Give Your Child the World: Raising Globally Minded Kids One Book at a Time by Jamie Martin
• Beyond Five In a Row (FIAR): Volumes 5-8

Support the show

Attend the Bloom & Blossom: West Coast Conference in San Diego, October 10th & 11th. Register at https://www.christinacarpenter.org/bloom-and-blossom-conference. I'll be there! Come join me and friends!

Purchase Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education.

Purchase Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool Simply & Enjoyably.

Schedule a Coffee Date (One-on-One Personalized Coaching Session: Coffee With Carrie

Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Join Today!

Subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog at https://coffeewithcarrie.org

Follow on Instagram @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.

It is the week of Christmas!  Join Carrie for this special Bible study coffee break.   In this episode, Carrie digs deep into Luke 1 for an in-depth look at Jesus' mother,  Mary.  Mary had a heart of worship.  Single moms, married moms, young moms, confused moms, scared moms, and homeschooling moms can learn many lessons from Mary that can be applied to motherhood, parenting, and homeschooling.  Carrie looks at Mary's questions, her actions, and her responses and then challenges moms to worship instead whine, to have faith over fear, and to believe instead of doubt.  No matter what impossible situation you may find yourself in this holiday season, God can work miracles.  Pour yourself a holiday latte, get your Bible, listen while you wrap presents, and join Carrie for a little coffee break.  

Support the show

Attend the Bloom & Blossom: West Coast Conference in San Diego, October 10th & 11th. Register at https://www.christinacarpenter.org/bloom-and-blossom-conference. I'll be there! Come join me and friends!

Purchase Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education.

Purchase Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool Simply & Enjoyably.

Schedule a Coffee Date (One-on-One Personalized Coaching Session: Coffee With Carrie

Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Join Today!

Subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog at https://coffeewithcarrie.org

Follow on Instagram @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.

In this week's episode, Carrie talks with Desiree Lang about planning holiday parties and homeschool dances.  Desiree is a homeschool mom of three who has a knack for planning elegant yet simple parties as well as planning fun homeschool proms on a budget.   If you are feeling overwhelmed this holiday season or you have a high schooler who would like to attend a prom this year, you don't want to miss this week's little coffee break.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, get a notebook, and join Carrie and Desiree for some much-needed coffee and conversation about celebrating and entertaining.  

Support the show

Attend the Bloom & Blossom: West Coast Conference in San Diego, October 10th & 11th. Register at https://www.christinacarpenter.org/bloom-and-blossom-conference. I'll be there! Come join me and friends!

Purchase Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education.

Purchase Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool Simply & Enjoyably.

Schedule a Coffee Date (One-on-One Personalized Coaching Session: Coffee With Carrie

Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Join Today!

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"Joy to the world, the Lord has come!"  Christmas carols (or hymns for the Advent season) are full of biblical truths, Bible verses, and the gospel.  Why not use the sounds of the season for your family devotions or your "lessons" in the month of December?  In this week's episode, Carrie shares how you can do some Christmas schooling using only three things:  your favorite carols, a Bible, and the book, Then Sings My Soul (Special Edition) by Robert Morgan.   Carrie gives you simple, step-by-step directions as well as historical background, Bible passages to read, and even some trivia about four beloved Christmas carols.   Pour yourself a cup of peppermint latte, put up your feet, crank up the Christmas music, and take a little coffee break with Carrie.

To read and print the activities shared in this episode, visit www.coffeewithcarrie.org.  Read the blog article, "Christmas Schooling With Christmas Caroling."

Support the show

Attend the Bloom & Blossom: West Coast Conference in San Diego, October 10th & 11th. Register at https://www.christinacarpenter.org/bloom-and-blossom-conference. I'll be there! Come join me and friends!

Purchase Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education.

Purchase Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool Simply & Enjoyably.

Schedule a Coffee Date (One-on-One Personalized Coaching Session: Coffee With Carrie

Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Join Today!

Subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog at https://coffeewithcarrie.org

Follow on Instagram @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.

Before you get caught up in the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season, listen to this week's episode of Coffee With Carrie Homeschool Podcast.   Advent season allows believers the opportunity to draw near to the Savior and to remember the reason for celebrating.  In this week's episode, Carrie talks with Kristi Lynn Menashe, author of Come & Adore: An Advent Devotional.  In this conversation, Kristi talks about her Advent devotional and shares how to start your days in December with Jesus.  Carrie and Kristi also share some of their favorite Advent traditions that help keep the focus on Jesus' birth and the true meaning of Christmas during the month of December.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your holiday "to do lists" down for a minute, and join Carrie and Kristi for a little coffee and Christmas conversation.

To order Kristi's books, Come & Adore: An Advent Devotional and Precious & Pleasant Riches: Encouragement For The Homeschooling Parent, go to Amazon.com.

Connect with Kristi on Instagram at @k.menashe.writes.

To order the Advent Book Calendar mentioned in the episode, The Story of Christmas Story Book Set and Advent Calendar by Carol Croll, go to Amazon.

Support the show

Attend the Bloom & Blossom: West Coast Conference in San Diego, October 10th & 11th. Register at https://www.christinacarpenter.org/bloom-and-blossom-conference. I'll be there! Come join me and friends!

Purchase Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education.

Purchase Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool Simply & Enjoyably.

Schedule a Coffee Date (One-on-One Personalized Coaching Session: Coffee With Carrie

Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Join Today!

Subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog at https://coffeewithcarrie.org

Follow on Instagram @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.