Encouragement for Homeschool Moms with Autumn Kern

About this episode

This episode features Autumn Kern discussing her journey and providing encouragement for homeschool moms.

About the Guest Autumn Kern is the host of The Commonplace , a place to help new homeschooling moms get their bearings in the classical, Charlotte Mason world. She explores the Classical Tradition on her podcast , releases practical philosophy videos on YouTube , offers ongoing education for mother-teachers in Common House , and, more recently, leads directed programmes of study under Mother Academia . She and her husband are raising their four children in an old 1700s Pennsylvania farmhouse, hoping one of these wardrobes will bring them face-to-face with Aslan. Show Notes This episode is dedicated to homeschool mothers! Many people have asked me to share my homeschool journey and I wanted to know more about Autumn Kern's journey into the Charlotte Mason Classical homeschool world. Autumn and I share our ups and downs as homeschool moms as means of encouragement to our fellow home educators. Some topics covered include: How we got started in the homeschool movement The classical connection to Charlotte Mason Common challenges to homeschool moms How to recover from burn out How to handle crisis situations How to juggle management of a home while homeschooling Adrienne's Family…

People in this episode

Host: Beautiful Teaching, LLC

Guest: Autumn Kern

Topics covered

• homeschooling
• classical education
• Charlotte Mason
• motherhood
• burnout recovery
• home management

Keywords

• homeschool moms
• classical education
• Charlotte Mason
• burnout
• home management
• education resources

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Commonplace, Common House, Mother Academia

Books & works: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, A Thinking Love by Karen Glass (Vol 1 Charlotte Mason), An Essay Towards a Philosophy of Education by Charlotte Mason (Centenary Expanded Edition published by Smidgen Press)

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