Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool Podcast
Sit down, relax, and take a little coffee break with Carrie. Using practical wisdom, years of experience, and a little bit of humor, Carrie De Francisco offers homeschooling advice, tips, and ideas to moms navigating the homeschooling adventure. Weekly coffee breaks and conversations with Carrie will give you the support and encouragement you need to help you homeschool one day at a time, one step at a time, and one cup of coffee at a time. Speaker, Homeschool Coach, Home Educator, and Author of A Home Education Handbook: 9 Questions to Ask for Simple and Balanced Home-Based Learning, Homeschool High School: A Handbook for Christian Education, and Just Breathe ( & Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool Simply & Enjoyably.
Episodes
267 episodes
Heart of Preschool (& Kindergarten)
If you have a toddler, preschooler, TK, Kindergartener or 6 year old, you don't want to miss this Coffee With Carrie Homeschool episode. If your children are past this stage, then make sure you share this episode with friends who are thin...
To Teach or Not Teach Shakespeare: 5 Simple Strategies
To teach or not to teach Shakespeare? That is the question! If you are thinking, "There’s no way I can teach Shakespeare to my kids!" or "There is no way my kids will enjoy learning about Shakespeare and his plays. I don't understa...
Math Morning Time: Tame Math Tears & Fears
Join Carrie for this little coffee break. In this episode, Carrie shares fun and simple ways to incorporate math picture books, games, read aloud, and problem-solving activities into your Morning (or Basket) Time. Carrie shares how ...
Homeschooling Together: A Conversation with Friends About Grandparents Homeschooling Their Grandkids
There’s a beautiful new trend in the homeschooling community: grandparents partnering with parents to homeschool their grandkids! Do you work full-time or part-time and need extra support homeschooling your child? Are you a single parent ...
History Alive! Revisited & Updated
No textbook? No problem! You can teach history without relying on dry, boring textbooks filled with sound bites, half-truths, political agendas, or revisionist narratives. Did you hate history class growing up? Are your kids bored to deat...
The Gentle VS Rigorous Home Education Debate: A Conversation with Christina Carpenter
Is gentle homeschooling truly effective, or does it risk leaving children unprepared compared to a rigorous, structured approach? In this episode, Carrie sits down with Christina Carpenter to explore the Gentle vs Rigorous Home Education ...
Practical Self Care for Busy Moms: A Conversation With Ingrid Fincher
In this week’s coffee date, Carrie welcomes Ingrid Fincher of Healthy Holy MomLife to discuss how homeschooling moms can create healthy, Christ-centered rhythms that nurture their spiritual, emotional, and physical well-being in every ...
Conversational Spanish Without the Grammar Grind: A Conversation with Georgina Tanefski
In this week’s Coffee Break, Carrie sits down with one of her closest friends, Georgina Tanefski—better known in our homeschool community as Señora T. A bilingual speaker with over ten years of teaching & tutoring experience, Señora T...
Magnets For Our Attention: Declutter Your Home & Mind
It's time to declutter and build a habit of organization. "Instead of seeing items as objects, see them as magnets for your attention" (James Clear, Author of Atomic Habits). Let's get rid of (or at least re-organize) those "magnets...
The Prayer Card System: A Conversation with Stacey Waller
The habit of prayer does not and should not be complicated. As homeschool moms and busy women, it is hard creating a consistent and meaningful prayer life. In this week's coffee break, Carrie is talking with author, speaker, and her...
Travel Schooling: Costa Rica Culture & Nature Study Family Adventure
Exciting News! Coffee with Carrie is going to Costa Rica and we would love for you and your family to join us! In partnership with WorldStrides, Mike and I have curated an unforgettable 8- day educational adventure through one of th...
Coffee & Conversation With A 2nd Generational Homeschooler
If you need to subdue those fears that you are "messing up your kids," then talk with a 2nd Generation Homeschooler! In this week's Coffee With Carrie episode, Carrie shares a past conversation she had with Christa Svoboda, a 2nd Generati...
Literary Wanderlust & Traveling the World: A Conversation with Francesca De Francisco
Books take us places (figuratively and literally)! In this episode of the Coffee With Carrie Homeschool Podcast, Carrie sits down with her daughter Francesca De Francisco to explore the magic of books and how they spark literary wanderlus...
The Inspired Homeschool: A Conversation with Jennifer Pepito
Be inspired to home educate (or to keep homeschooling) your child! If you need even more reasons to home educate or you need a confidence that you are teaching your children well, then listen to this week's conversation with Jennifer Pepi...
You CAN Teach Your Child To Read: A Conversation with Melanie Jeffery
You CAN teach your child to read without being a reading specialist or having a teaching credential. For most children, learning to read is a natural and relatively easy process. Homeschool moms do not need to overcomplicate the pro...
Mi Chiled Iz An Awfl Speller! Help Your Struggling Speller Succeed
"Help! My child is an awful speller? Why and what can I do?" Even good readers can be bad spellers. There's a scientific reason for this. If you have a child or teen who reads well, has a great vocabulary, but m...
Through The Wardrobe: A Year of Learning With C.S. Lewis (All Ages)
C.S. Lewis once said, "We read to know that we are not alone”. Let's spend the year reading with the most reluctant convert and one of the world's most beloved authors and theologians. In this episode, Carrie shares the year-long un...
Simple Ways to Raise Critical Thinkers & Independent Learners
How many times do you hear in a day “Mom, I need your help"? How many times do you say to yourself, “I need him to do more on his own without my help or without me directing every step of the way.” In this we...
Hard Educational Decisions: A Conversation with Jamie Phipps
Anyone and everyone can homeschool their children, but sometimes, not everyone should homeschool. The day you became a parent, you became your child's most important teacher so, yes, you can teach your child. However, there may be l...
Nature Studies: Get Your Feet Wet This Summer
Are you interested in the idea of nature studies but aren't quite sure what they are or how to get started? In this week's episode, Carrie encourages you to dip your feet into the relaxing waters of nature studies. There is no better way ...
Homeschool Record Keeping & Transcripts: It's Easier Than You Think
Don't stress about creating report cards or transcripts! You may not even need them. If your state requires them, if your student athlete needs them, if the college admission board requests them, or if you have no idea if you ...
Birthday Coffee Chat With Francesca De Francisco: Motherhood + Me (Then and Now)
Carrie is celebrating another year around the sun and another year of motherhood. As a fun way to celebrate Mother's Day and her Birthday (which happens to fall on the same day this year), Carrie is sitting down with one of her favorite p...
Homeschool High School Q & A: Collaboration With Rachel Kovac
Carrie and Rachel answer all of your high school questions and calm your fears! Rachel shares insights from her new book, Their Future Is Shining Bright: A Guide to Homeschooling in High School—and Equipping Your Child for Success and...
Adventure Schooling: A Conversation with Nichole Holze
Today, did you exercise? Did you explore nature? If you are adventure schooling, you've done both and so much more! What is "adventure schooling?" In this week's episode, Carrie is talking with Nichole Holze, aka Lucky W...