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HOMESCHOOL GLUE || Real-Life Simple Systems + Rhythms for Overwhelmed Homeschool Moms
Homeschooling was supposed to feel meaningful — not like you're one bad Tuesday away from quitting. The Homeschool Glue Podcast helps overwhelmed homeschool moms cut through the mental clutter and build simple systems and rhythms that make homeschooling feel lighter, calmer, and sustainable for real life. If you're tired of holding everything together in your head, you're in the right place.
Episodes
41 episodes
007 || Why Your Chore Chart Isn't Working (& What to Do Instead)
Sarah posted a chore chart to her Instagram Stories without thinking much of it — and got hundreds of DMs by the end of the day. So in this episode she’s sharing the whole system.You’ll hear the full three-tier tending system she uses wi...
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006 || Stop Letting Summer Happen to You — Design It Instead
A slow summer doesn’t happen by accident — it happens by design. And if you’ve ever finished the school year dreaming of a slower pace, only to look up in August wondering where it went, this episode is for you.Sarah shares exactly how s...
005 || Why I Kept Homeschooling When Life Fell Apart
When life gets really hard, the advice is almost always the same: take a break. And sometimes that’s the right call. But in two of the hardest seasons of her life — one involving a devastating family crisis and one involving a brand new baby — ...
004 || Stop Rebuilding Your Homeschool Every Sunday (Do THIS Instead)
If you spend an hour planning your homeschool every Sunday, that’s 30-36 hours a year rebuilding the same week over and over. This year Sarah spends about five minutes a week. In this episode she explains exactly how and why the Sunday rebuild ...
003 || The Real Reason Your Homeschool Still Feels Chaotic — 3 Types of Overwhelm Every Mom Should Know
Have you ever tried to fix your homeschool (new planner, new curriculum, new schedule) and wondered why nothing is actually changing? There’s a good reason for that. You might be solving the wrong problem.In this episode Sarah breaks dow...
002 || You are NOT Bad at Homeschooling
You are not bad at homeschooling. I know that might sound like something you’d scroll right past on Instagram — but stay with me. Because being bad at something and being overwhelmed by something are two completely different things with complet...
001 || The Hidden Curriculum Running Your Homeschool
Right now — whether you’re actively homeschooling or not — there’s a curriculum already running your homeschool. You didn’t choose it from a catalog. But your kids are being shaped by it every single day.In this first episode of the rela...
34 || Today I'm Answering All YOUR Questions!
Every once in a while it's fun to switch things up and answer some of your questions on the podcast! Over on Instagram, I encouraged followers to submit questions, and submit they did! In this episode I'm answering questions like, "...
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33 || What Are You Running From in Your Homeschool?
Many homeschool families begin their journey because they realize, either before sending their kids to school or after their kids are in school, that they don't like certain aspects of the school system. Everyone's journey is different, b...
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32 || 5 Things I'm Struggling with in My Homeschool
If you follow lots of homeschooling accounts on social media, it's easy to feel like everyone else has it all together! However, like all social media, we usually are only seeing the "highlight reel" and not a true representation of a person's ...
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31 || Our Homeschool Plans with New Baby
For most people, it's the holiday season, but for us, we are in full baby mode with just a few weeks left to go before baby boy (our fourth child) is due! With a major (beautiful, amazing) interruption smack dab in the middle of our schoo...
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30 || How to Fit in One-on-One Time in Your Homeschool (& Why It Matters)
As homeschool parents, it's easy to assume we are already giving our kids tons of quality time because we spend so many more hours with them each day than we would if they went to school outside of the home. But, how often are we spending...
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29 || 15 EASY Ways to Incorporate Christmas into Your Homeschool
Many families like to devote a few weeks into December to following a Christmas curriculum, but alternatively, many families don't have the time, patience, money, or resources to do this. However, there are SO many ways to bring the spiri...
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28 || Daily Habits for a Happier Homeschool
Because our homeschool is more of a lifestyle than a place our kids go to learn, and because we are with our children so much, it's so easy for negative moods, hard times, hard current events, illnesses, and so much more negatively impact our h...
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27 || How to Make $$$ While You Homeschool
I recently had a spirited conversation in the comments of an Instagram reel with someone who believed that for most people, homeschooling is just impossible because both parents need to work. I tried to explain that upwards of a third of ...
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26 || Why are the "Riches” Important & How Do We Fit Them In?
What are the riches? Why are they important if most educations today don't include them? And once we deem them important, how do we fit them in on top of everything else?I'm answering all these questions in today's episode!<...
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25 || Our Fall Rhythm for Balancing Work + Homeschool
The new school year is just around the corner so I suppose it’s time to start thinking about what our school rhythm will be! I always find it so interesting how other people (especially working homeschool parents) fit everything in, so I ...
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24 || 20 Things I Would Tell Myself if Starting Over Again
I’m definitely not at the end of my homeschooling journey – with baby 4 on the way I have another 18 years to go – but I have definitely learned a thing or two (or 20) that I would want to tell myself if I was starting again. So, if you a...
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23 || How to Implement a Morning Time in Your Homeschool
No matter how early or late into your homeschool journey you are, how old your kids are, or how much time you spend homeschooling each day – it is never too late to start a family morning time routine in your homeschool!Our morning time ...
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22 || How Next School Year will Change with a New Baby
We learned in late May we are expecting baby #4. This was definitely a surprise baby as we had convinced ourselves we were happy with three kids because I get SO sick during pregnancy. Well, God had other plans and now we are having...
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21 || How to Thrive as an INTROVERTED Homeschool Mom
The reality of homeschooling for an introverted mom, or just being a mom in general, with so many needs, so many sounds, so many behaviors to help regulate, so many emotions, so much touching, and being pulled in a million directions can be EXC...
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20 || How We Do a Daily Quiet Time and Why We Love It
Juggling the demands of homeschooling and homemaking (and many time working) can be a real circus act sometimes if I'm being honest! As a former daycare provider who used to watch 10 kids (including my own) 10 hours a day, 5 days a week, ...
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19 || How We Are Homeschooling This Summer
Last week, I shared a recap of our homeschool choices we used this current school year and shared what we will be using for next year, but we have a solid 3 months in between the school years. So, what are we doing this summer in our home...
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18 || How This Year Went + What We are Using Next School Year!
If you haven’t figured out a plan for next school year – why are you here listening to me?!? Just kidding – whether you’ve figured out your plan for next year or not, I always find it fun and interesting to learn about what other families...
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