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What starts as a conversation on homeschooling multiple children turns into a rich discussion on the nature of learning, teaching, and avoiding the pitfalls of home education. 
Missy Andrews Joins Yvette Hampton to share wisdom from her many years as a homeschool mom, curriculum publisher, and literature expert.
Come back tomorrow for the rest of this conversation.
Watch this full conversation on our YouTube channel.
This week Missy and Yvette cover the following topics:
Is it really possible for me to give my kids a top drawer, literary education when I am just one person - and maybe not even a very well-educated person?
How can the concept of mastery education intensify the already substantial burden that homeschooling parents carry?
How might clarifying our definition of education free us from the tyranny of booklists?
If education isn't a list of facts and books, then what is it?
If education is less about how many books you read and more about how you read them, then my booklist just got a lot shorter! Isn't this too good to be true?
How might an unexamined view of success and identity complicate the homeschooling process? 
How does the gospel liberate us to homeschool our kids joyfully and graciously?
RECOMMENDED RESOURCES:
CenterForLit.com
BiblioFiles Podcast
ESV Bible
The Gift of Fire, by Ritchard Mitchell
Paradise Lost, by John Milton
The Lost Tools of Learning, by Dorothy Sayers
Center for Lit - Teaching the Classics Basic Seminar
Reading Roadmaps, by Missy Andrews
My Divine Comedy: A Mother's Homeschooling Journey, by Missy Andrews
Wild Bells: A Literary Advent, by Missy Andrews
Hop, Skip, and a Rhyme: Literary Devices for Young Writers, by Megan Andrews
 
RECOMMENDED PODCAST EPISODES:
Docendo Discimus, "By Teaching, We Learn" - Dr. Christopher Perrin, of Classical Academic Press
 
 
It's not too late to enjoy the Homegrown Generation Family Expo. Rachael Carman was a speaker in both 2023 and 2020! Register today for lifetime access to every session - and BONUS access to the 2020 conference. Save 25% on registration when you use the coupon code PODCAST today!
Register at HomegrownGeneration.com.
 
Support Schoolhouse Rocked!
Has the Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast been a blessing to you? Support from our listeners allows us provide resources, support, and encouragement to homeschooling families around the world. Please consider donating to support Schoolhouse Rocked.
 
Be the most popular mom in your co-op. Get your Homegrown Generation merch here.
SPONSORS:
CTCMath - CTCMath specializes in providing online video tutorials that take a multi-sensory approach to learning. Creative graphics and animation, synchronized with the friendly voice of internationally acclaimed teacher, Pat Murray, make learning math easy and effective. Start your free trial today.
BJU Press Homeschool provides complete curriculum for preschool through 12th grade with both traditional textbooks and video courses available. Education from a Christian worldview reshapes how children see the world. BJU Press materials teach Christ's power and lordship through the Big Story of creation.
The Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) equips teachers and teaching parents with methods and materials which will aid them in training their students to become confident and competent communicators and thinkers. Using the Structure and Style™ writing method, IEW will give you the ability to fill young minds with language-building skills, laying the groundwork for a lifetime of excellent writing.
Apologia – Apologia is a Christ-centered, award-winning homeschool curriculum provider. Our mission is to help homeschooling students and families learn, live, and defend the Christian faith through our print and digital curriculum and online classes.
The Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast is proud to be a member of the Christian Podcast Community.
 
Connect with us:
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SchoolhouseRocked/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/SchoolhouseRocked
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Website: https://SchoolhouseRocked.com

What starts as a conversation on homeschooling multiple children turns into a rich discussion on the nature of learning, teaching, and avoiding the pitfalls of home education. 
Missy Andrews Joins Yvette Hampton to share wisdom from her many years as a homeschool mom, curriculum publisher, and literature expert.
Come back Wednesday and Thursday for the rest of this conversation.
Watch this full conversation on our YouTube channel.
This week Missy and Yvette cover the following topics:
Is it really possible for me to give my kids a top drawer, literary education when I am just one person - and maybe not even a very well-educated person?
How can the concept of mastery education intensify the already substantial burden that homeschooling parents carry?
How might clarifying our definition of education free us from the tyranny of booklists?
If education isn't a list of facts and books, then what is it?
If education is less about how many books you read and more about how you read them, then my booklist just got a lot shorter! Isn't this too good to be true?
How might an unexamined view of success and identity complicate the homeschooling process? 
How does the gospel liberate us to homeschool our kids joyfully and graciously?
RECOMMENDED RESOURCES:
CenterForLit.com
BiblioFiles Podcast
ESV Bible
The Gift of Fire, by Ritchard Mitchell
Paradise Lost, by John Milton
The Lost Tools of Learning, by Dorothy Sayers
Center for Lit - Teaching the Classics Basic Seminar
Reading Roadmaps, by Missy Andrews
My Divine Comedy: A Mother's Homeschooling Journey, by Missy Andrews
Wild Bells: A Literary Advent, by Missy Andrews
Hop, Skip, and a Rhyme: Literary Devices for Young Writers, by Megan Andrews
 
RECOMMENDED PODCAST EPISODES:
Docendo Discimus, "By Teaching, We Learn" - Dr. Christopher Perrin, of Classical Academic Press
 
 
It's not too late to enjoy the Homegrown Generation Family Expo. Rachael Carman was a speaker in both 2023 and 2020! Register today for lifetime access to every session - and BONUS access to the 2020 conference. Save 25% on registration when you use the coupon code PODCAST today!
Register at HomegrownGeneration.com.
 
Support Schoolhouse Rocked!
Has the Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast been a blessing to you? Support from our listeners allows us provide resources, support, and encouragement to homeschooling families around the world. Please consider donating to support Schoolhouse Rocked.
 
Be the most popular mom in your co-op. Get your Homegrown Generation merch here.
SPONSORS:
CTCMath - CTCMath specializes in providing online video tutorials that take a multi-sensory approach to learning. Creative graphics and animation, synchronized with the friendly voice of internationally acclaimed teacher, Pat Murray, make learning math easy and effective. Start your free trial today.
BJU Press Homeschool provides complete curriculum for preschool through 12th grade with both traditional textbooks and video courses available. Education from a Christian worldview reshapes how children see the world. BJU Press materials teach Christ's power and lordship through the Big Story of creation.
The Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) equips teachers and teaching parents with methods and materials which will aid them in training their students to become confident and competent communicators and thinkers. Using the Structure and Style™ writing method, IEW will give you the ability to fill young minds with language-building skills, laying the groundwork for a lifetime of excellent writing.
Apologia – Apologia is a Christ-centered, award-winning homeschool curriculum provider. Our mission is to help homeschooling students and families learn, live, and defend the Christian faith through our print and digital curriculum and online classes.
The Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast is proud to be a member of the Christian Podcast Community.
 
Connect with us:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/schoolhouse_rocked/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SchoolhouseRocked/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/SchoolhouseRocked
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRHomeschool
Website: https://SchoolhouseRocked.com

It’s a joy to be able to sit at the feet of someone who has been teaching for over 30 years. It’s an additional privilege for that person to have been a homeschool dad to his 7 children! As part of our Meet the Cast lineup, Yvette Hampton sits down with Andrew Pudewa, IEW’s founder and principal speaker, who has spent the last 3 decades speaking and writing about issues related to teaching, writing, thinking, spelling, and music with clarity, insight, practical experience, and humor.
Support Schoolhouse Rocked
Has Schoolhouse Rocked been a blessing to you? We need your help! Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support Schoolhouse Rocked.
Support from the homeschool community allows us provide resources and encouragement to homeschooling families around the world. Whether or not you can donate, we ask that EVERY listener support the show by sharing it with your friends and family, by leaving a review on iTunes, and by praying for our team.
Watch this full conversation on our YouTube channel.
Andrew Pudewa is the founder and principal speaker of the Institute for Excellence in Writing. Presenting around the world, he addresses issues relating to teaching, writing, thinking, spelling, and music with clarity, insight, practical experience, and humor. His seminars for parents, students, and teachers have helped transform many a reluctant writer and have equipped educators with powerful tools to dramatically improve students’ skills. Although he is a graduate of the Talent Education Institute in Japan (Suzuki Method) and holds a Certificate of Child Brain Development, his best endorsement is from a young Alaskan boy who called him “the funny man with the wonderful words.” He and his wonderful, heroic wife, Robin, have homeschooled their seven children and are now proud grandparents of eleven, making their home in Northeastern Oklahoma’s beautiful green country.
Andrew Pudewa’s mission is to equip teachers and teaching parents with methods and materials which will aid them in training their students to become confident and competent in various modes of written and oral communication.
Listen to Andrew Pudewa's previous interviews on the Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast.
Watch Andrew Pudewa’s session from the Homegrown Generation Family Expo, “However Imperfectly: Lessons Learned from Thirty Years of Teaching”. (Registration required)
Recommended Resources:
However Imperfectly [DVD/Book Combo] by Andrew Pudewa
The 5 Love Languages of Children: The Secret to Loving Children Effectively by Gary Chapman & Ross Campbell
The Flickering Mind: Saving Education from the False Promise of Technology by Todd Oppenheimer
Salina, Kansas - 1895 8th grade test
If you are considering homeschooling or just need some great homeschooling encouragement, please check out HomegrownGeneration.com for over 9 hours of FREE homeschool videos from the Homegrown Generation Family Expo.
 
New, lower price! FULL ACCESS to the Homegrown Generation Family Expo is just $10!
 
Please take a minute to visit our sponsors and thank them for helping to bring you The Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast. We ONLY work with companies we know and love! We happily recommend these companies and their products.
Are you looking for a new Math Curriculum? CTCMath specializes in providing online video tutorials that take a multi-sensory approach to learning. Creative graphics and animation, synchronized with the friendly voice of internationally acclaimed teacher, Pat Murray, make learning math easy and effective. Visit CTCmath.com today to start your free trial today.
 
The Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) equips teachers and teaching parents with methods and materials which will aid them in training their students to become confident and competent communicators and thinkers. Using the Structure and Style™ writing method, IEW will give you the ability to fill young minds with language-building skills, laying the groundwork for a lifetime of excellent writing.
 
Classical Conversations leads the home-centered education movement by teaching parents and students the classical tools of learning so that they can discover God's created order and beauty. Share the love of learning through a Christian worldview and fellowship with other families. Our families thrive using three keys to a great education: Classical, Christian, and Community.
Podcast Topics: Andrew Pudewa, Writing, Reading, Thinking, Teaching, IEW, Institute for Excellence in Writing, Homeschool Families, Yvette Hampton, Interview, Cast and Crew, Schoolhouse Rocked: The Homeschool Revolution, Homeschool Movie, Homeschool Documentary

It’s a joy to be able to sit at the feet of someone who has been teaching for over 30 years. It’s an additional privilege for that person to have been a homeschool dad to his 7 children! As part of our Meet the Cast lineup, Yvette Hampton sits down with Andrew Pudewa, IEW’s founder and principal speaker, who has spent the last 3 decades speaking and writing about issues related to teaching, writing, thinking, spelling, and music with clarity, insight, practical experience, and humor.
Come back tomorrow for the rest of this conversation.
Support Schoolhouse Rocked
Has Schoolhouse Rocked been a blessing to you? We need your help! Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support Schoolhouse Rocked.
Support from the homeschool community allows us provide resources and encouragement to homeschooling families around the world. Whether or not you can donate, we ask that EVERY listener support the show by sharing it with your friends and family, by leaving a review on iTunes, and by praying for our team.
Watch this full conversation on our YouTube channel.
Andrew Pudewa is the founder and principal speaker of the Institute for Excellence in Writing. Presenting around the world, he addresses issues relating to teaching, writing, thinking, spelling, and music with clarity, insight, practical experience, and humor. His seminars for parents, students, and teachers have helped transform many a reluctant writer and have equipped educators with powerful tools to dramatically improve students’ skills. Although he is a graduate of the Talent Education Institute in Japan (Suzuki Method) and holds a Certificate of Child Brain Development, his best endorsement is from a young Alaskan boy who called him “the funny man with the wonderful words.” He and his wonderful, heroic wife, Robin, have homeschooled their seven children and are now proud grandparents of eleven, making their home in Northeastern Oklahoma’s beautiful green country.
Andrew Pudewa’s mission is to equip teachers and teaching parents with methods and materials which will aid them in training their students to become confident and competent in various modes of written and oral communication.
Listen to Andrew Pudewa's previous interviews on the Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast.
Watch Andrew Pudewa’s session from the Homegrown Generation Family Expo, “However Imperfectly: Lessons Learned from Thirty Years of Teaching”. (Registration required)
Recommended Resources:
However Imperfectly [DVD/Book Combo] by Andrew Pudewa
The 5 Love Languages of Children: The Secret to Loving Children Effectively by Gary Chapman & Ross Campbell
The Flickering Mind: Saving Education from the False Promise of Technology by Todd Oppenheimer
Salina, Kansas - 1895 8th grade test
If you are considering homeschooling or just need some great homeschooling encouragement, please check out HomegrownGeneration.com for over 9 hours of FREE homeschool videos from the Homegrown Generation Family Expo.
 
New, lower price! FULL ACCESS to the Homegrown Generation Family Expo is just $10!
 
Please take a minute to visit our sponsors and thank them for helping to bring you The Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast. We ONLY work with companies we know and love! We happily recommend these companies and their products.
Are you looking for a new Math Curriculum? CTCMath specializes in providing online video tutorials that take a multi-sensory approach to learning. Creative graphics and animation, synchronized with the friendly voice of internationally acclaimed teacher, Pat Murray, make learning math easy and effective. Visit CTCmath.com today to start your free trial today.
 
The Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) equips teachers and teaching parents with methods and materials which will aid them in training their students to become confident and competent communicators and thinkers. Using the Structure and Style™ writing method, IEW will give you the ability to fill young minds with language-building skills, laying the groundwork for a lifetime of excellent writing.
 
Classical Conversations leads the home-centered education movement by teaching parents and students the classical tools of learning so that they can discover God's created order and beauty. Share the love of learning through a Christian worldview and fellowship with other families. Our families thrive using three keys to a great education: Classical, Christian, and Community.
Podcast Topics: Andrew Pudewa, Writing, Reading, Thinking, Teaching, IEW, Institute for Excellence in Writing, Homeschool Families, Yvette Hampton, Interview, Cast and Crew, Schoolhouse Rocked: The Homeschool Revolution, Homeschool Movie, Homeschool Documentary

It’s a joy to be able to sit at the feet of someone who has been teaching for over 30 years. It’s an additional privilege for that person to have been a homeschool dad to his 7 children! As part of our Meet the Cast lineup, Yvette Hampton sits down with Andrew Pudewa, IEW’s founder and principal speaker, who has spent the last 3 decades speaking and writing about issues related to teaching, writing, thinking, spelling, and music with clarity, insight, practical experience, and humor.
Come back Wednesday and Thursday for the rest of this conversation.
Support Schoolhouse Rocked
Has Schoolhouse Rocked been a blessing to you? We need your help! Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support Schoolhouse Rocked.
Support from the homeschool community allows us provide resources and encouragement to homeschooling families around the world. Whether or not you can donate, we ask that EVERY listener support the show by sharing it with your friends and family, by leaving a review on iTunes, and by praying for our team.
Watch this full conversation on our YouTube channel.
Andrew Pudewa is the founder and principal speaker of the Institute for Excellence in Writing. Presenting around the world, he addresses issues relating to teaching, writing, thinking, spelling, and music with clarity, insight, practical experience, and humor. His seminars for parents, students, and teachers have helped transform many a reluctant writer and have equipped educators with powerful tools to dramatically improve students’ skills. Although he is a graduate of the Talent Education Institute in Japan (Suzuki Method) and holds a Certificate of Child Brain Development, his best endorsement is from a young Alaskan boy who called him “the funny man with the wonderful words.” He and his wonderful, heroic wife, Robin, have homeschooled their seven children and are now proud grandparents of eleven, making their home in Northeastern Oklahoma’s beautiful green country.
Andrew Pudewa’s mission is to equip teachers and teaching parents with methods and materials which will aid them in training their students to become confident and competent in various modes of written and oral communication.
Listen to Andrew Pudewa's previous interviews on the Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast.
Watch Andrew Pudewa’s session from the Homegrown Generation Family Expo, “However Imperfectly: Lessons Learned from Thirty Years of Teaching”. (Registration required)
Recommended Resources:
However Imperfectly [DVD/Book Combo] by Andrew Pudewa
The 5 Love Languages of Children: The Secret to Loving Children Effectively by Gary Chapman & Ross Campbell
The Flickering Mind: Saving Education from the False Promise of Technology by Todd Oppenheimer
Salina, Kansas - 1895 8th grade test
If you are considering homeschooling or just need some great homeschooling encouragement, please check out HomegrownGeneration.com for over 9 hours of FREE homeschool videos from the Homegrown Generation Family Expo.
 
New, lower price! FULL ACCESS to the Homegrown Generation Family Expo is just $10!
 
Please take a minute to visit our sponsors and thank them for helping to bring you The Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast. We ONLY work with companies we know and love! We happily recommend these companies and their products.
Are you looking for a new Math Curriculum? CTCMath specializes in providing online video tutorials that take a multi-sensory approach to learning. Creative graphics and animation, synchronized with the friendly voice of internationally acclaimed teacher, Pat Murray, make learning math easy and effective. Visit CTCmath.com today to start your free trial today.
 
The Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) equips teachers and teaching parents with methods and materials which will aid them in training their students to become confident and competent communicators and thinkers. Using the Structure and Style™ writing method, IEW will give you the ability to fill young minds with language-building skills, laying the groundwork for a lifetime of excellent writing.
 
Classical Conversations leads the home-centered education movement by teaching parents and students the classical tools of learning so that they can discover God's created order and beauty. Share the love of learning through a Christian worldview and fellowship with other families. Our families thrive using three keys to a great education: Classical, Christian, and Community.
Podcast Topics: Andrew Pudewa, Writing, Reading, Thinking, Teaching, IEW, Institute for Excellence in Writing, Homeschool Families, Yvette Hampton, Interview, Cast and Crew, Schoolhouse Rocked: The Homeschool Revolution, Homeschool Movie, Homeschool Documentary

Join Yvette Hampton, Aby Rinella, and Andrew Pudewa for the second half of their discussion on how to cultivate an entrepreneurial, or georgic, aptitude in our children. The future of freedom may depend on it!
Many of us realize that we value home education not only because it often results in better academics, superior social environments, and enriched family life, but because it builds a better community and country. The result of true liberal education —a freedomship education— will be not only young men and women who know how to think and communicate but who think evangelically and entrepreneurially. 
  
You can watch the video of this full interview at HomegrownGeneration.com. The Homegrown Generation Family Expo is an online homeschool conference offering over 35 hours of encouragement and practical advice. Lifetime access to all of the 2020 conference sessions is just $20, or you can preview over 9 hours of content for free.
 
More from Andrew Pudewa:
IEW.com - Institute for Excellence in Writing
IEW Facebook Page
30 Minutes for Jokes from Andrew Pudewa
Recommended Resources:
An Underground History of American Education, by John Taylor Gatto
Dumbing Us Down, by John Taylor Gatto
Weapons of Mass Instruction, by John Taylor Gatto
A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the Twenty-First Century, by Oliver DeMille
Are you looking for a new Math Curriculum? CTCMath specializes in providing online video tutorials that take a multi-sensory approach to learning. Creative graphics and animation, synchronized with the friendly voice of internationally acclaimed teacher, Pat Murray, make learning math easy and effective. Visit CTCmath.com today to start your free trial today. 
The Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW®) equips teachers and teaching parents with methods and materials which will aid them in training their students to become confident and competent communicators and thinkers. Using the Structure and Style™ writing method, IEW will give you the ability to fill young minds with language-building skills, laying the groundwork for a lifetime of excellent writing.
 

Join Yvette Hampton, Aby Rinella, and Andrew Pudewa for a discussion of how to cultivate an entrepreneurial, or georgic, aptitude in our children. The future of freedom may depend on it!
Many of us realize that we value home education not only because it often results in better academics, superior social environments, and enriched family life, but because it builds a better community and country. The result of true liberal education —a freedomship education— will be not only young men and women who know how to think and communicate but who think evangelically and entrepreneurially. 
  
You can watch the video of this full interview at HomegrownGeneration.com. The Homegrown Generation Family Expo is an online homeschool conference offering over 35 hours of encouragement and practical advice. Lifetime access to all of the 2020 conference sessions is just $20, or you can preview over 9 hours of content for free.
 
More from Andrew Pudewa:
IEW.com - Institute for Excellence in Writing
IEW Facebook Page
30 Minutes for Jokes from Andrew Pudewa
Recommended Resources:
An Underground History of American Education, by John Taylor Gatto
Dumbing Us Down, by John Taylor Gatto
Weapons of Mass Instruction, by John Taylor Gatto
A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the Twenty-First Century, by Oliver DeMille
Are you looking for a new Math Curriculum? CTCMath specializes in providing online video tutorials that take a multi-sensory approach to learning. Creative graphics and animation, synchronized with the friendly voice of internationally acclaimed teacher, Pat Murray, make learning math easy and effective. Visit CTCmath.com today to start your free trial today. 
The Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW®) equips teachers and teaching parents with methods and materials which will aid them in training their students to become confident and competent communicators and thinkers. Using the Structure and Style™ writing method, IEW will give you the ability to fill young minds with language-building skills, laying the groundwork for a lifetime of excellent writing.
 

"I, of course, have been preaching on this for 20 years. That if what you want is a person who is good at speaking and writing, the single most important thing to do every day is read out loud to them in huge quantity, all through childhood." - Andrew Pudewa
If you believe in homeschooling, please consider supporting Schoolhouse Rocked with a donation here, or by becoming a Schoolhouse Rocked Backstage Pass member here. Your support allows us to continue to produce valuable resources to encourage and equip the homeschool community, including the Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast and the upcoming feature-length documentary, Schoolhouse Rocked: The Homeschool Revolution.
 
Andrew Pudewa is the founder of the Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW). He is a popular speaker and author, who has been talking to homeschool families around the world for 30 years. We were privileged to have been able to interview him for Schoolhouse Rocked and have been blessed by the support of IEW as a gold sponsor of the film.In this episode Mr. Pudewa talks about the growth of homeschooling in Russia, China, and around the world. He also addresses how to motivate our kids to work diligently and effectively.
Click here for the transcript of this episode
Transcripts are provided by MakeCrate. MakeCrate provides your homeschooler with the STEM skills they need for the future! Fun, hands-on electronics kits paired with an online learning platform teach your middle or high schooler engineering and coding fundamentals right at home! No technical expertise is required. Order your MakeCrate today at MakeCrate.Club/SR.
Yvette Hampton recently had the opportunity to talk with Andrew Pudewa, for the Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast, about the importance of reading aloud to our children. They also discussed the ideas of mastery of subject matter and maximizing our homeschooling time by teaching integrating multiple subjects. Andrew Pudewa is the founder of the Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW). He is a popular speaker and author, who has been talking to homeschool families around the world for 30 years. We were privileged to have been able to interview him for Schoolhouse Rocked and have been blessed by the support of IEW as a gold sponsor of the film.
You can find Andrew Pudewa and IEW online at IEW.com.
Andrew Pudewa recommends the following resources in his interview.
Homeschool Legal Defense Association: HSLDA
IEW: Teaching Boys & Other Children Who Would Rather Build Forts All Day
IEW Recommended Book List (Books for Boys & Other Children Who Would Rather Make Forts All Day)
Read Aloud Revival with Schoolhouse Rocked cast member, Sarah Mackenzie.
Book Recommendations:
However Imperfectly by Andrew Pudewa
IEW Book List: Timeline of Classics
Center for Lit: Reading Roadmaps
Honey for a Child’s Heart by Gladys Hunt
Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know by E.D. Hirsch Jr.
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
This episode of the Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast is brought to you by the Institute for Excellence in Writing. IEW equips teachers and teaching parents with methods and materials which will aid them in training their students to become confident and competent communicators and thinkers. Using the Structure and Style™ writing method, IEW will give you the ability to fill young minds with language-building skills, laying the groundwork for a lifetime of excellent writing.
 
 

Andrew Pudewa is the founder of the Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW). He is a popular speaker and author, who has been talking to homeschool families around the world for 30 years. We were privileged to have been able to interview him for Schoolhouse Rocked and have been blessed by the support of IEW as a gold sponsor of the film.
In this episode Mr. Pudewa talks about the growth of homeschooling in Russia, China, and around the world. He also addresses how to motivate our kids to work diligently and effectively.
Click here for the transcript of this episode
Transcripts are provided by MakeCrate. MakeCrate provides your homeschooler with the STEM skills they need for the future! Fun, hands-on electronics kits paired with an online learning platform teach your middle or high schooler engineering and coding fundamentals right at home! No technical expertise is required. Order your MakeCrate today at MakeCrate.Club/SR.
A listener asks, "How do you motivate the daydreamer to buckle down and complete their assignments quickly but well so that they can have more free time to pursue their passions. We’ve tried everything and even a scaled back assignment will take all day because she has no drive to finish. Do we just have to nag?" In his answer, Andrew Pudewa talks about four principals of motivation.
You can find Andrew Pudewa and IEW online at IEW.com.
Andrew Pudewa recommends the following resources in his interview.
Homeschool Legal Defense Association: HSLDA
IEW: Teaching Boys & Other Children Who Would Rather Build Forts All Day
IEW Recommended Book List (Books for Boys & Other Children Who Would Rather Make Forts All Day)
Read Aloud Revival with Schoolhouse Rocked cast member, Sarah Mackenzie.
Book Recommendations:
However Imperfectly by Andrew Pudewa
IEW Book List: Timeline of Classics
Center for Lit: Reading Roadmaps
Honey for a Child’s Heart by Gladys Hunt
Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know by E.D. Hirsch Jr.
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
 
This episode of the Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast is brought to you by Teaching Textbooks. Try the first 15 lessons in any of their programs for free at TeachingTextbooks.com
 
Support this podcast.

 
Andrew Pudewa is the founder of the Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW). He is a popular speaker and author, who has been talking to homeschool families around the world for 30 years. We were privileged to have been able to interview him for Schoolhouse Rocked and have been blessed by the support of IEW as a gold sponsor of the film.In this episode Mr. Pudewa talks about the importance of reading aloud to our children. A listener asks, "How can read-alouds cross "subject" barriers and maximize our homeschooling hours (literature, science, theology, history, ethics in one!)"
You can find Andrew Pudewa and IEW online at IEW.com.
Andrew Pudewa recommends the following resources in his interview.
Homeschool Legal Defense Association: HSLDA
IEW: Teaching Boys & Other Children Who Would Rather Build Forts All Day
IEW Recommended Book List (Books for Boys & Other Children Who Would Rather Make Forts All Day)
Read Aloud Revival with Schoolhouse Rocked cast member, Sarah Mackenzie.
Book Recommendations:
However Imperfectly by Andrew Pudewa
IEW Book List: Timeline of Classics
Center for Lit: Reading Roadmaps
Honey for a Child’s Heart by Gladys Hunt
Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know by E.D. Hirsch Jr.
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
 
Support this podcast.

This episode of the Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast is brought to you by Teaching Textbooks. Try the first 15 lessons in any of their programs for free at TeachingTextbooks.com
 
Andrew Pudewa is the founder of the Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW). He is a popular speaker and author, who has been talking to homeschool families around the world for 30 years. We were privileged to have been able to interview him for Schoolhouse Rocked and have been blessed by the support of IEW as a gold sponsor of the film.In this episode Mr. Pudewa talks about the growth of homeschooling in Russia, China, and around the world. He also addresses how to motivate our kids to work diligently and effectively.
A listener asks, "How do you motivate the daydreamer to buckle down and complete their assignments quickly but well so that they can have more free time to pursue their passions. We’ve tried everything and even a scaled back assignment will take all day because she has no drive to finish. Do we just have to nag?" In his answer, Andrew Pudewa talks about four principals of motivation.
You can find Andrew Pudewa and IEW online at IEW.com.
Andrew Pudewa recommends the following resources in his interview.
Homeschool Legal Defense Association: HSLDA
IEW: Teaching Boys & Other Children Who Would Rather Build Forts All Day
IEW Recommended Book List (Books for Boys & Other Children Who Would Rather Make Forts All Day)
Read Aloud Revival with Schoolhouse Rocked cast member, Sarah Mackenzie.
Book Recommendations:
However Imperfectly by Andrew Pudewa
IEW Book List: Timeline of Classics
Center for Lit: Reading Roadmaps
Honey for a Child’s Heart by Gladys Hunt
Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know by E.D. Hirsch Jr.
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
 
Support this podcast.