Join Us at the Book Hearth

EP102: Book Hearth workshops are designed to help homeschooling parents bring stories, lessons, and experiences to your children and students all designed around one book so that you can craft the learning with more ease and keep your homeschooling simple, inspiring, and doable.

Join us at the Book Hearth!

Book Hearth Workshops (www.artofhomeschooling.com/bookhearth)

Find the Show Notes Here (www.artofhomeschooling.com/episode102)

Inspired at Home Membership (www.artofhomeschooling.com/inspiredathome)

Reconnect with WHY you're homeschooling & learn through hands-on workshops at the 19th annual  Taproot Teacher Training. This in-person summer homeschool training happens August 14-17, 2025. Learn from seasoned homeschoolers alongside other heart-centered parents, explore fresh ideas, & experience lessons firsthand. Details at www.artofhomeschooling.com/taproot2025 

Chapters

• 1:16 Introducing the Book Hearth!
• 1:48 The importance of books in our lives & families
• 2:23 Jean & Alison each share their experiences growing up with books and learning to read
• 8:06 The experience of the Book Hearth as an archetypal, ancient way of gathering around stories
• 11:00 How stories meet the development stages of our children
• 14:28 The development of literacy skills and mechanics
• 20:00 The Book Hearth workshops & guides
• 21:51 Who is the Book Hearth workshop for
• 24:42 Our approach to literature & the 5 key pillars of the Book Hearth
• 26:10 Pillars 1 & 2 of the Book Hearth: Story & Self, Whole to Parts
• 27:24 Pillar 3: Senses
• 29:02 Pillar 4: Strenghts
• 32:26 Pillar 5: Sharing
• 35:23 Our Book Hearth books for this fall
• 37:44 We hope you'll gather with us or with your own family around the Book Hearth