Everyday Educator – Details, episodes & analysis

What’s a “capstone event”? What’s a “Mock Trial”? Inquiring minds want to know, and answers are just a listen away. Join Lisa as Academic Advisor Emily Martin provides the “why” “what” and “how” of Challenge B’s Mock Trial project.  Find out how to help your student embrace all this event has to offer, sharpen their thinking skills, and develop the confidence that doing hard things brings.

Parent Practicum events are hosted around the globe each year, inspiring and equipping parents to become better “everyday educators.” Combining the encouragement of community, integration of ideas, and practice with the classical skills, Parent Practicum is a once-a-year parent investment. Let us help you find a Parent Practicum event near you at www.ccpracticum.com

Classical educators read A LOT!  Our students also read a lot and are introduced to a myriad of characters through the years.  As parents and students discuss these books and characters, we may find that we’ve learned more than we realized about human nature in general and ourselves in particular.  Listen to this episode with Stephanie Meter, Exposition Developer, as she shares how stories pass on insights that surface when we need it.

Parent Practicum events are hosted around the globe each year, inspiring and equipping parents to become better “everyday educators.” Combining the encouragement of community, integration of ideas, and practice with the classical skills, Parent Practicum is a once-a-year parent investment.

Let us help you find a Parent Practicum event near you at www.ccpracticum.com

The homeschooling journey may look different for every family; it may indeed be like a kaleidoscope, changing the view as you “change the filter”!  Sometimes it helps to hear from others on the same path.  This episode introduces you to Charity Brown and Delise Germond, two homeschool moms on different ends of the journey.  Listen, and be encouraged.

 Life is busy! Download audio versions of the articles from the Catalog and listen while you’re in the car, working out, or forward an episode to a friend. 
To listen to articles that will equip and encourage you no matter where you are in your homeschooling journey go to ClassicalConversations.com/Catalog-Articles

Guest host Delise Germond invites Lisa Bailey to share the Why, the What, and the What Next about CC’s newest resource, Scribblers At Home:  Recipes from Lifelong Learners.  Listen in and hear about the beginnings of Scribblers, the behind-the-scenes stories, and the features that will make learning together easy for families.  Scribblers at Home is ready to be delivered to your door now, so visit classicalconversationsbooks.com and order your copy today.

Why did God give your children to you?  What does He want you to tell them?  Show them?  Do alongside them?  At Classical Conversations, we believe God trusts parents with their children!  Charity Brown and her husband believe they’ve been called primarily to shepherd the hearts of their children toward God.  Listen to hear just what things look like in their home…

What are your most memorable homeschooling moments?  What do you want your children to remember about your home and the learning you do together?  Join Lisa today as she talks to Chelly Barnard about the best ways to cultivate the memories we want to keep!  Chelly provides an honest look back at what worked, what didn’t, and what she finally decided were the most important memories to make.

What’s “Protocol” all about?  Is it just about good manners and fancy outings?  ABSOLUTELY NOT!  Listen as guest Sarah Davis breaks it down for us, sharing how Protocol is actually about honor, mercy, grace, and loving your neighbor.  “It’s not about ‘putting on airs’, but about elevating the people you’re with!”

What do you wish you knew about Challenge B?  About Challenge B students?  About Mock Trial?  This week’s guest offers a wealth of insight from a lifetime of experience!  Join host Lisa Bailey as she talks to Stephanie Meter about how Mock Trial is actually the perfect capstone to the Challenge B year, synthesizing the skills of Challenge B in a way that transforms the students.

Have you ever asked yourself this question:  “Why should I consider homeschooling?”  The purpose we assign to education will often answer the question for us!  But…are we practicing what we preach?  How can we practically align our purposes with our daily routines, our lesson plans, even our assessments?  Listen in as guest Julie Melendez and host Lisa Bailey offer honest testimony to what this can and does look like at home.

If you’re intrigued by the bits and pieces you’ve recently heard about Scribblers At Home:  Recipes from Lifelong Learners, you will definitely want to listen to this episode!  Amy Jones joins Lisa as they share how Scribblers sets families up to delight in learning together. All of us “want to do it right” when it comes to educating our kids; Scribblers gives us ideas and encouragement to create natural and winsome ways to learn together at home.