Thinking about homeschooling, but are scared to death...especially with the teenagers? I was as well, but you don't have to do this alone! This is for parents ready to reclaim your children's education, build deeper connections, and step into homeschooling with clarity, confidence, and joy.
I share practical strategies, resources, and encouragement to help you confidently transition from public school, support your kids academically and socially, and create a thriving, joyful learning environment for your family. You Got This!
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167. How to Use This 1877 Arithmetic Book to Teach Your Child
Do you want to teach out of a vintage textbook, but can't figure out how? Today's episode is for you!
SCHOOL TO HOMESCHOOL RESOURCES:
Janae's Links for Vintage Books
Oct 27 23 min
166. How to Use Two Vintage Textbooks to Teach Writing
In this episode, I explain how to use two vintage textbooks to teach writing. Yes, I ramble a bit. Would you expect anything less?
📚 Vintage curriculum (free downloads
Oct 20 41 min
165. Struggling Reader? 3 Things We Do Every Week (Including a 190-Year-Old Reader)
Is your child a "good reader" who can't actually tell you what they just read? A distressed mama asked me in the comments how we handle struggling readers, so in Episode
Oct 13 24 min
164. Have We Confused Schooling With Learning? with Dr. Pablo Riboldi
What happens when an instructional-science PhD decides grades and tests may be getting in the way of real learning?
Dr. Pablo Riboldi joins me to explain why he built a
Oct 6 50 min
Homeschooling High School: YouTube Live 2 with Sherry Hayes
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Teen Guide to Homemaking by Jeanne Hayden Brinkley: Valerie M.
Sep 29 1 h 03 min
163. Family Style Learning with Tina Bassett
Tina Bassett joins me to talk about teaching multiple ages together, choosing curriculum with purpose, and making homeschooling work for your whole family.
lightbringer
Sep 22 43 min
162. What If It's Not Behavior? The OT Clues Parents Miss with Sarah Collins, OT
In this episode, I talk with pediatric occupational therapist and homeschool consultant Sarah Collins about the clues parents often see before they know what those clues
Sep 15 45 min
161. Five 19th Century School Practices We Desperately Need Back!
What did 19th-century one-room schoolhouses understand about education that we have forgotten? Some of their teaching methods produced capable readers, careful writers, a
Sep 8 27 min
REPLAY: YouTube LIVE with Sherry Hayes
Join us for a replay of the June YouTube Live in June with Sherry Hayes of the Mom Delights YouTube Channel and Podcast where we discuss family, homeschooling, vintage cu
Sep 1 1 h 04 min
160. What About the Girls? A Path Beyond College with Rachel
In this episode, I speak with Rachel about building an education around real skills rather than simply collecting credentials. As a second-generation homeschooler, she ex
Aug 21 48 min
159. Bringing Back Commonplace Books
Let's rediscover the beautiful historic practice of keeping a Commonplace Book! Education is for us too!
SCHOOL TO HOMESCHOOL RESOURCES:
Janae's Links for Vintage Bo
Aug 18 16 min
158. Why we should NEVER stop reading aloud to children.
Why do families stop reading aloud once children learn to read for themselves?
In this episode, we make the case that we may be stopping far too soon.
We explore the
Aug 11 27 min
THROWBACK: Preparing for the Fall: YOUTUBE WORKSHOP July 2025
It is that time of year again! Join me as we prepare for the fall with this is a throwback workshop from YouTube!
SCHOOL TO HOMESCHOOL RESOURCES:
Janae's Links for
Aug 4 45 min
157. From Lost at 17 to EMT, Pilot, Firefighter, and Entrepreneur: Interview with Maxim Smith
What happens when a teenager knows college is not the answer—but has no idea what comes next? I sit down with Maxim Smith, co-author of The Preparation, to hear how he we
Jul 28 55 min
156. Doing Science Differently
I used to believe I needed the perfect curriculum to teach homeschool science correctly. In this episode, I share 12 better ways to help children experience science throu
Jul 21 39 min
155. How to Help Your Teen Build a Career Without College with Hannah Maruyama of DegreeFree
I talk with Hannah Maruyama of Degree Free about helping teens and young adults build meaningful careers without automatically defaulting to college. We discuss apprentic
Jul 14 1 h 22 min
154. When School Fails the ADHD Child with Dr. Amy Moore
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Amy Moore, a cognitive psychologist, child development specialist, ADHD mom, and Director of Psychology and Research at LearningRx, t
Jul 7 51 min
THROWBACK: There Will Be Opposition
In this episode, I pause to honor America's 250th birthday and reflect on what it means to teach our children about liberty, history, virtue, and truth....AND revisit a p
Jun 30 43 min
153. Homeschooling with an IEP: What Parents Need to Know with Elyse Scheeler
In this episode, I talk with Elyse Scheeler, a licensed speech-language pathologist, special needs advocate, homeschool coach, and host of Speaking Life Into Motherhood.
Jun 23 40 min
152. The best curriculum I've found wasn't written this century.
After years of researching education history, I decided to try something radical: teaching my children with textbooks from the 1800s and early 1900s. In this episode, I s
Jun 16 39 min
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Janae inspires so much confidence in my decision to homeschool. She combines real-life experience, research, and amazing guests in a way that leaves me uplifted and excited after every episode. As a mom of two under two, I’m grateful for the wisdom and book recommendations I’m getting before I even start homeschooling. So thankful I found this podcast!
Camilla Mac 3 · Nov 2025
This is a must-listen to show if you are a homeschooling parent or on the fence about homeschooling. I particularly loved episode #84, Outwitting the Devil. What a treasure this podcast is to us homeschoolers. It’s inspiring without the fluff or unattainable checklist most of us homeschoolers come across. Do less, but do it great.
Jen Petrillo · May 2025
I am so thankful that I came across a recommendation for this podcast on a random homeschooling Facebook group. I have two children who have spent their schooling careers in the public school system. One is headed to middle school next year, the other is headed to high school. It has always weighed heavy on my heart that homeschooling is best for them but the timing has never seemed right. After several issues the past few years between friend/classmate drama, teachers pushing ideas that our family doesn’t agree with, and feeling like our kids are stifled educationally, we decided to pull them out of the public school system and homeschool next school year. I was terrified that I am not going to be enough for them and that my relationship with my kids will suffer if we’re constantly fighting about schooling. I am still a little terrified, but this podcast has given me so much encouragement to believe that we can do this and ultimately, we will all thrive in the end.
Thank you Janae for your encouraging words and thoughtful insight!
Amy Lundell · Jun 2024
As a mom who is going from “school to homeschool” right now, Janae’s podcast is everything my scattered, doubting, excited soul needed. Thank you for putting to words what i am feeling and encouraging and laying out steps to take. I feel hope!!
BrennanWilkins · Aug 2023
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