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Brave Writer
The Brave Writer podcast is a big juicy conversation about how to bring learning to life for your kids! Julie Bogart and guests talk about how parents and children are partners in the learning adventure, especially when approaching the daunting task of writing. Brave Writer appeals to homeschoolers,...
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362 episodis
355. Feed Them Well with Jennifer Anderson
What if feeding our kids didn’t have to feel like a test we could pass or fail?
Registered dietitian and Kids Eat in Color founder Jennifer Ande...
354. Working Parents and Homeschooling
Can you really homeschool well while also holding down a job? Yes, but the answer may require us to rethink when, where, and how learning happens.
353. Only Connect: The Power of Partnership in Homeschooling
What changes when we stop treating homeschooling as something we do to our children and begin learning alongside them?
Connection is at t...
352. Handwriting: Why, When, and How to Teach It
What if one of the simplest tools for improving reading, memory, attention, and creative thinking is already sitting in your pencil cup?
We’re r...
351. Hot Pink and the Art Museum
What changes when we stop rushing children toward the lesson we planned and start noticing the learning already unfolding?
A visit with Julie’s...
350. Pro Tips for Fabulous Field Trips
What if some of the richest learning in your homeschool happened after you walked out the front door?
We’re exploring how to plan family outings...
349. Preparing for the First Week of Homeschool
What if the best first day of homeschool begins long before the first lesson?
As summer stretches toward a new school year, we’re talking about...
348. Kids Don't Learn the Way You Think They Do
What if rigor isn’t about children sitting still, pushing through tedium, and finishing every worksheet without complaint?
In this episode, we r...
347. ADHD and Homeschooling Part 2
Have you ever wondered whether your scattered systems, duplicate scissors, or frozen to-do list are actually character flaws, or clues to how your bra...
346. ADHD and Homeschooling Part 1
What if the neurodivergence in your homeschool is not only in your child, but in you?
In this honest and eye-opening conversation, we explore wh...
345. DIY Writing Retreats for Kids
What if a writing retreat didn’t require a plane ticket to Ireland?
This week, we explore what makes writing feel spacious, playful, and alive....
344. Courageous Divorce: An Interview with Alisha Roth
What happens when faith, prayer, endurance, and every “right” effort still do not make a marriage safe?
In this brave and deeply honest convers...
343. Partnership Writing with Dawn Smith
Why teach writing when AI can generate paragraphs in seconds?
In this episode, Melissa Wiley talks with Brave Writer president Dawn Smith about...
342. Brave Learning and Academics
What if academic standards didn’t have to threaten your homeschool rhythm?
In this episode, we explore how to translate grade-level expectation...
341. What If My Child Won't Finish the Lesson?
When is schoolwork really finished? If your child refuses the last five math problems, drags through copywork, or resists the assignment you carefully...
340. Family Favorites: Resources and Routines Beloved by Melissa’s Kids
What if your best homeschool resources are the small routines, songs, snacks, and tools your kids remember years later?
In this episode, we gath...
339. Facing Our Limits as Parent Educators
What does it mean to prepare our children for a future we can’t predict?
In this episode, we reflect on homeschooling, parenting, adult c...
338. Narration: It’s Out of This World!
What if your child’s long, winding stories are not a distraction from learning, but the very foundation of it?
In this episode, we explor...
337. Life Skills
What do our kids actually need to know before they leave home?
In this episode, we explore the everyday life skills that often get overlooked,...
336. Do You Suffer From an Adventure Deficit?
What if the crankiness in your homeschool isn’t a behavior problem at all, but an adventure deficit?
In this episode, we explore how too...
335. How to Build Mathematical Imagination Through Everyday Life, Play, and Curiosity
What if math felt less like drudgery and more like discovery?
In this episode, we explore “mathematical imagination” and the many ways math is...
334. Rescuing Reluctant Writers: Brave Writer Online Classes
What if an online writing class didn’t mean Zoom fatigue, rigid schedules, or one more thing to manage?
In this episode, Melissa Wiley talks wit...
333. Resisting FOMU, the Fear of Messing Up
What if the biggest obstacle in your homeschool isn’t what you’re missing—but the fear that you’re doing it wrong?
This week, we explore...
332. Long-term and Working Memory
Why does a child understand something one day and forget it the next?
In this episode, we explore what neuroscience reveals about how learning...
331. A Slew of Practical Hacks for Your Homeschool
Ever have one of those homeschool days when your brain feels completely empty?
We’ve been there too. In this episode, we share a long list of pr...
330. Board Games: Let Them Do the Teaching!
What if the best critical thinking curriculum is already in your closet?
This week, we explore why board games and card games do more than pass...
329. Accidental vs. On-Purpose Learning
Are you wondering if you’ve done “enough” this year? What if the real question isn’t about subjects completed—but about the atmosphere you’re creating...
328. A Critical Thinking Bill of Rights
What do you—and your kids—have the right to think, question, and say?
This week, we unpack a “Critical Thinking Bill of Rights” and apply it to...
327. Becoming a Critical Thinker
What does it really mean to think critically in a world that never stops shouting at us? In this episode, we slow things down and explore how to stay...
326. Big and Little Families
Homeschooling looks different depending on how many kids you’re teaching—and that’s exactly the point. In this episode, we explore the real-life rhyth...
325. The Myth of Magicmaking
What if enchanting learning didn’t require themed parties, elaborate prep, or constant performance? In this episode, we unpack the myth of magic-makin...
324. The Practice of Active Wondering
What happens when we slow down long enough to really wonder? In this episode, we explore the difference between rabbit trails and rabbit holes—and why...
323. Silent Reading Parties
What if the most powerful way to strengthen focus, creativity, and connection in your home is…quiet? In this episode, we explore the growing trend of...
322. Parenting a Spicy One with Mary Van Geffen
What if your child’s hardest behaviors aren’t a problem to fix, but an invitation to grow? In this episode, we sit down with Mary Van Geffen, author o...
321. No Paper Trail? No Problem!
If your homeschool doesn’t produce stacks of worksheets, does that mean learning isn’t happening? We explore why meaningful education often leaves ver...
320. An Important Message from Julie about Brave Writer
What happens when you realize the mission can grow even as your energy changes? This week, we share a heartfelt update about Brave Writer’s next chapt...
319. How to Grow Writing Skills as an Adult
Have you ever wished you could grow as a writer—not just help your kids write, but find your own voice on the page? In this episode, we explore practi...
318. For the Kids: Meet the Lighthouse Family
What happens when we slow down and really listen to the language of a story? In this special episode for kids and parents, we cozy up with Cynthia Ryl...
317. Hygge Homeschool for the Holidays
As the leaves turn and the days shorten, there's a distinct shift in the air – it's the cozy season, a time for warmth, reflection, and connection. Th...
316. When Your Middlers Lack Interest
What do we do when our tweens and teens don’t seem “into” anything? In this episode, we explore how to revive interest, curiosity, and motivation in t...