Are you considering home educating but wondering how to continue with paid work as well as giving your children a rigorous, varied, Bible-based education? It sounds a big ask but this is exactly what Clare does with the help of the ACE curriculum.
Join her and Molly as they discuss the philosophy behind ACE and the day-to-day practicalities of how it works. It could be the answer for your family!
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As this episode airs, you may be whisking up some pancakes all ready for a Shrove Tuesday feast. We hope you enjoy a hearty and fun filled celebration.
But what about Lent? How can we observe this season of fasting and preparation for Easter? Are there any faith strengthening habits we can practice and family enhancing rituals we can integrate into our daily rhythms during the next six weeks? Come and join us as we share some thoughts on Lent, some of our own family traditions and of course, some resources.
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All of the books below can be found on our Rooted To Flourish Goodreads list.
Resources for the family:
And for Mums:
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Sooner or later, everyone connected with a Home Ed family has the same question – what about exams? Well. What about them? Are they compulsory? Can you manage them from home? Are they necessary? How? When? Where? Which? The questions come thick and fast.
When we planned this episode of our podcast, we thought of the click bait style titles. “My teen did no exams – look what happened next!” Or “10 Reasons You Don’t Need GCSES”. But then, we’re not really that sensationalist!
Instead, listen in as three of our mums chat candidly about their experiences. See how the exam journey is different for each family – and even for each child in the same family. Hear some of the considerations that came up as we helped our teens decide if and when to take exams. Rest assured, this will be the first of several episodes to cover this beefy matter…
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Our first Rooted to Flourish Christmas episode! We’d love to be sitting with you around a blazing fire, sipping warm spiced drinks and partaking of mouthwatering mince pies while sharing our Christmas traditions and memories. However, as this sadly isn’t possible, we hope our special Christmas episode with Helen, Molly, Clare and Ruth will encourage you as you bake, wrap,make or grab a few minutes to sit down yourself.
May you know the redeeming love of Jesus in the midst of your family this Christmas. We hope you get time to rest. Replenish weary souls, laugh, play games, read good books, enjoy plenty of fresh air and eat delicious food.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
“May the God of Hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13
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Are you at the beginning of your home Ed adventure? Are you considering taking your child out of school to embark on Home Education? If so, this is the episode for you! Actually, we think there are nuggets of wisdom which will encourage you wherever you are on your journey.
Come and listen to Ruth share her experiences. She took her children out of secondary school and watched them flourish – not only at home, but later on as older teens and young adults.
If you have younger children, we hope Molly’s long term perspective will reassure and encourage you. We know you want to enjoy this precious time with your little ones. For those who have children with additional needs, please listen in and know you’re not alone.
Listen Here on Spotify and you can also find all five episodes on Apple Podcasts at Rooted to Flourish Home Ed Podcast!
Mentioned in the episode – “Another Way to Learn? Discovering the Beauty of Home Education”
Today Helen and Mary are joined by fellow Home-Educator Kirstine to discuss Advent resources for the family.
With the hectic pace of December it can be really hard to find time as a family to focus on the real meaning of Advent. In this episode we chat about some of our favourite resources that we have used to refocus on Jesus and prepare our hearts for Christmas.
Do you have any favourites that we haven’t come across? Do let us know in the comments!
Here’s a list of the resources we discussed:
Books:
Devotionals:
Others:
Audio:
Welcome to episode 3 of Rooted to Flourish Home Ed Podcast!
We’re so glad you can join us today as Molly and Ruth talk through our “whys” of Home Ed; why we begin this journey, why we continue and how we increasingly can see the benefits of Home Education in our older children’s lives. We hope that you will be encouraged and maybe inspired to pray over and jot down your own “whys”. This is a fun exercise which will help shape your vision, keep you on track during the tough times and add direction during those cross road moments.
To dig a bit deeper, check out these resources down below:
For a few decades we’ve been wondering whether we women can really “have it all”. And now we’ve gone and added educating our children into the mix. How is it possible? How can we juggle the demands of home, family, education and general life?
I can’t promise that the Rooted to Flourish team have all the answers. And I think this will be a topic we need to revisit and dig into more deeply. For now, join us as Clare, Helen and Mary discuss some of their top tips for negotiating the busy-ness of a home ed life.
Welcome to Episode 1 of the Rooted to Flourish Home Ed Podcast.
Join us as we introduce ourselves and say a little bit about our hopes for the podcast. We’re very excited to be embarking on this venture. We are aware, more than ever, of the profound task we have as mums – raising our children to be like Daniel: living well in the world, but not of it. It is a God given calling, but not an easy one.
We’d love to be able to come alongside you and cheer you on from the sidelines as you live out your own unique home ed adventure with your precious family.
Listen in and be encouraged.
The Rooted to Flourish team x
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