About this episode

Carrie De Francisco joins Jennifer Pepito to discuss evaluating home education through simple questions.

How do you know if your home education is ticking the right boxes? How do you know if you're hitting the right priorities, making important milestones, and raising healthy, happy, whole, and well educated children? With so much noise, so many checklists, and so many conflicting goals, Carrie De Francisco joins Jennifer in Episode 179 to talk about evaluating your home education journey through simple questions. Carrie De Francisco and Jennifer Pepito are both veteran homeschoolers who have made it their goal to help parents navigate education, particularly highschool, without reverting to the defunct system that is traditional school. Home Education, at it's best is effective and simple, and Carrie's new book A Home Education Handbook with nine questions to help you evaluate your home school process is a great resource to destress, get back on track, and feel confident in what you are doing. Asking questions rather than trying to check off a daily list or confine experience, real life challenges Whether you're considering homeschooling through high school, in the midst of it, or looking for fresh ideas after homeschooling your third child, this episode is a goldmine of practical…

People in this episode

Host: Jennifer Pepito

Guest: Carrie De Francisco

Topics covered

• home education
• homeschooling
• parenting
• education evaluation
• milestones

Keywords

• home education
• homeschooling
• education milestones
• parenting advice
• Carrie De Francisco

Sponsors

Peaceful Press

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: A Home Education Handbook

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