Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool Podcast
Sit down, relax, and take a little coffee break with Carrie. Using biblical principles, years of experience, and a little bit of humor, Carrie De Francisco offers homeschooling advice, tips, and ideas to moms who have been called to this 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. Author of Just Breathe ( & Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool Simply & Enjoyably, Homeschool High School: A Handbook for Christian Education, and A Home Education Handbook: 9 Questions to Ask for Simple and Balanced Home-Based Learning.
Episodes
267 episodes
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 (Revisited)
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...
P.E Is Essential!
Yes, Physical Education (PE) is truly essential! Movement and exercise play a key role in your child's overall learning and academic success. Free time is foundational for your teen's mental, emotional, and physical well-being. Everything...
The Comparison Trap: Homeschooling Unicorns & Hamsters
What do unicorns, hamsters, and the comparison trap have in common? If your interest is piqued and you are wondering what on earth this has to do with homeschooling, then join Carrie for this week's podcast. Do you feel like you are...
Trading the Principal's Office for the Kitchen Table Classroom: A Conversation with Mandy Davis
Are you thinking of pulling your child out of the traditional school setting to homeschool? Are you a homeschool mom thinking of putting your child into a traditional classroom? If so, make sure you listen to this week's conversatio...
Celebrating Holy Week: Family Bible Studies & Activities
He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! Next week is the most important and solemn week of the year. We remember the redemptive work of our savior, Jesus Christ, on the cross and our new life in Christ because of His death and resurr...
Homeschool Hustle to Homemade Meals: A Conversation With Lori Beth Auldridge
As a homeschool mom, do you feel like you live in the kitchen? Between planning, shopping, prepping, and cooking the meals (and cleaning the mess after each meal), it is hard to find time to finish all the chores and teach the ki...
Mom, Make Time for Personal Reading: A Conversation with Katie Klein
As a mother, especially as a homeschooling mom, reading is one of the most important habits you should form. Why should you make the time when you have so many other things to do? Reading broadens your horizons, enhances your concen...
An ADHD Homeschool Mom’s Toolkit: A Conversation With April Pettyjohn
Does your child have trouble following directions, organizing tasks, or sitting still for more than 5 second? Is his work messy, does he have poor time management skills, is he always forgetting materials (or can’t find them), or is he ea...
Creating A Calmer Home: A Conversation With Jami Glenn
Would you like to create a calmer home environment? In this week's episode, Carrie talks again with Jami Glenn, an Emotional Wellness Coach, the owner of Sacred Ground Coaching, and the host of Emotions With Ease Podcast. J...
Lessons Learned: A Conversation With Aby Rinella
In this week's episode, Carrie talks with Aby Rinella, a fellow homeschool mom who also has a homeschool graduate. Aby is the co-host of School House Rocked Podcast, an advocate for homeschool freedom in Idaho, and the founder of...
Mompreneur: A Conversation With Andrea Snee
Is it possible to raise kids, teach them, and run a business? In this week's episode, Carrie talks with Andrea Snee, a mom who is doing it! Andrea Snee is a home educator and the founder of Happy Trails Press, a publisher of homesch...
Laundry, Lunch, and Lessons: Getting It All Done While Homeschooling
Are you trying to "get it all done" but the laundry, dishes, and lessons just keep piling up? Then join Carrie for a cozy cup of coffee as she shares simple, encouraging ways to make your homeschool days both practical and purposeful. In this e...
Letters From a Mother's Heart: A Few Lovely Traditions
It is officially February! Since we are in the season of love and showing others how much we love them, Carrie is feeling a bit nostalgic these days as her adult kids are living their lives and doing what they love. In this week's e...
Become a Master Teacher: The Teaching Methods of Jesus
Do you want to become a master teacher and rock this home educator role? You don't need be a trained teacher or have a Masters in Education. You can simply apply the teaching methods of The Master Teacher: Jesus. In this...
You Are Enough: What Are Your Loaves & Fish?
If you have asked these questions, you are not alone: Am I doing enough? Are the kids doing enough? Am I messing up my kids by homeschooling? Many moms have asked these questions at some point along their homeschooling j...