2 podcasts i love for homeschooling philosophy | no. 27

Home education for many is an unmarked path. Which style of education is best for my child? What resources do I need? How do I make sure they're learning what they should? What if I miss something and they grow up illiterate? Okay, maybe not that last one.

Even as someone who grew up homeschooled, I still asked myself these questions when preparing to start homeschooling my daughter. About a year ago, I stumbled across two podcasts that have helped to shape my homeschooling philosophy. Surprisingly, at first glance you wouldn't think these two go together.

However, I've truly enjoyed how these two podcasts complement each other, share such concise and encouraging information, and offer guidance and confidence to the parents involved in coaching their children to live rightly and excel at their giftings.

I hope you find encouragement from these podcasts! I recommend starting each of these podcasts from the beginning and listening chronologically. While you can glean from any episode, these podcasts build on each other from the beginning and it's helpful to have that framework as you approach your homeschool.

The Commonplace with Autumn Kern

This is the first podcast I discovered. Autumn shares such detailed, clear, and studied information regarding Charlotte Mason philosophy, original thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle, Homer, and the early church fathers. She consistently ties educational philosophy to spiritual truths, historical thoughts and ideas, and our development as mothers as we approach our children's education and soul care.

The Life Without School Podcast with Stark Raving Dad

I love firstly that this podcast is hosted by a dad. We rarely hear the dad's perspective on homeschooling. The philosophy and encouragement shared by this podcast get right to the heart of why we are educating and how we should be tailoring that to each individual, not giving a one-size-fits-all, traditional public schooling approach to our homeschool.

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Combining the interest-led, confident, guidance approach to schooling that The Life Without School podcast offers with the philosophy, history, and spiritual structure of The Commonplace has given me a very unique understanding of home education. I hope to seamlessly incorporate the heart of both in my home atmosphere.

I hope this post has been helpful and you've found a new podcast to learn from on your homeschooling journey!