Start homeschooling this week!  If you are thinking about homeschooling, this episode will get you started!  Homeschooling is legal in all 50 states.  Don't be overwhelmed by the process.  You really only need to do 7 simple things.  If you are an experienced home educator, this is the perfect episode to share with friends.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and take a little coffee break with Carrie.  Then check out her website, www.coffeewithcarrie.org for more resources including her FREE 3 Hour Homeschooling 101: Beginner Digital Course.  Support the Show.To purchase Carrie's new book, Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education, visit Amazon.com and Christianbooks.comTo purchase Carrie's homeschooling book, Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool in Step with God), visit Amazon.com. Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Get access to even more encouragement, fellowship, and homeschooling help. Visit The Coffee House to become a member. To subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog, visit https://coffeewithcarrie.org or to follow Carrie on Instagram go to @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.To hear more podcasts about homeschooling, subscribe ...

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 episode, Carrie looks at Jesus’ teaching methods and shares how you can  use them in our own home education.  Jesus taught the most important lessons in the simplest of ways.  He successfully applied the principle "Less is more" on daily basis.  Come sit at the feet of Jesus and learn how to become more like The Master Teacher.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and join Carrie for a little coffee date about simple teaching pedagogy.  Support the Show.To purchase Carrie's new book, Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education, visit Amazon.com and Christianbooks.comTo purchase Carrie's homeschooling book, Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool in Step with God), visit Amazon.com. Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Get access to even more encouragement, fellowship, and homeschooling help. Visit The Coffee House to become a member. To subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog, visit https://coffeewithcarrie.org or to follow Carrie on Instagram go to @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.To hear more podcasts about homeschooling, subscribe ...

Are you a slave to your teacher's guide?   Are you in a "curriculum cult"?  If you are overwhelmed with curriculum choices, or if your bank account is overloaded with curriculum expenses, then take a little coffee break.  You can successfully homeschool with only 3 things!  What are those 3 things?  Take a listen to this week's episode.  Carrie talks with Erin McGhee, a veteran homeschool mom and host of Show Me Homeschool Podcast, about how to homeschool outside the curriculum box.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and join Erin and Carrie for a little coffee and conversation about how to tame the curriculum chaos.Support the Show.To purchase Carrie's new book, Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education, visit Amazon.com and Christianbooks.comTo purchase Carrie's homeschooling book, Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool in Step with God), visit Amazon.com. Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Get access to even more encouragement, fellowship, and homeschooling help. Visit The Coffee House to become a member. To subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog, visit https://coffeewithcarrie.org or to follow Carrie on Instagram go to @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.To hear more podcasts about homeschooling, subscribe ...

Any day is a good homeschooling day if you start in God's Word.  God's Word will not come back void!  Even five minutes a day reading and reflecting on God's Word will bless you and your family.  Keep Bible time or family devotion time simple.  In this week's episode, Carrie shares some of her favorite family-friendly Bible study resources and devotional books and how to make family devotions a time rich in worship and prayer.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and take a little coffee break with Carrie.  Support the Show.To purchase Carrie's new book, Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education, visit Amazon.com and Christianbooks.comTo purchase Carrie's homeschooling book, Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool in Step with God), visit Amazon.com. Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Get access to even more encouragement, fellowship, and homeschooling help. Visit The Coffee House to become a member. To subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog, visit https://coffeewithcarrie.org or to follow Carrie on Instagram go to @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.To hear more podcasts about homeschooling, subscribe ...

As a mother and home educator, you are standing on holy ground.  Motherhood and homeschooling is a calling.  They come with many blessings and challenges.  In this week's episode, Carrie shares how to dig deep into God's Word and how to study the Bible using the 3 Question Method.  All that is needed is a Bible, a notebook, and a pen and highlighter.  As Carrie expounds on the truths in Exodus 1 and how moms can apply these principles to their lives and homeschooling, she also explains how to use the 3 Question Method to study God's Word.   Carrie even used this simple approach with her own children as a way to study God's Word together as a family.  It is a two-for-one episode:  Biblical teaching and a "how to" lesson.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, get your Bible, put your feet up, and take a little coffee break with Carrie.  Go to www.coffeewithcarrie.org to purchase the 22-Week Bible Study resource, Walk in Faith:  Book of Exodus Bible Study for Homeschooling Moms.Support the Show.To purchase Carrie's new book, Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education, visit Amazon.com and Christianbooks.comTo purchase Carrie's homeschooling book, Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool in Step with God), visit Amazon.com. Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Get access to even more encouragement, fellowship, and homeschooling help. Visit The Coffee House to become a member. To subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog, visit https://coffeewithcarrie.org or to follow Carrie on Instagram go to @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.To hear more podcasts about homeschooling, subscribe ...

Praying with your kids can be a time of connection and fun.  In this week's episode, Carrie talks with Steph Thurling & Sarah Holmstrom, the authors of Raising Prayerful Kids:  Fun and Easy Activities for Building Lifelong Habits of Prayer about how to  make prayer fit naturally into your daily routines. Carrie, Steph, and Sarah share relatable stories of their successes and failures along with fun activities and games to help parents turn everyday moments into moments filled with prayer.  They even discuss how moms can develop a more meaningful prayer life too.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and join Carrie, Steph, and Sarah for a little coffee and conversation about raising prayerful kids.  To order Raising Prayerful Kids: Fun and Easy Activities for Building Lifelong Habits of Prayer, go to Amazon. com or to go to the website, raisingprayerfulkids.comSupport the Show.To purchase Carrie's new book, Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education, visit Amazon.com and Christianbooks.comTo purchase Carrie's homeschooling book, Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool in Step with God), visit Amazon.com. Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Get access to even more encouragement, fellowship, and homeschooling help. Visit The Coffee House to become a member. To subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog, visit https://coffeewithcarrie.org or to follow Carrie on Instagram go to @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.To hear more podcasts about homeschooling, subscribe ...

This week Carrie continues her discussion on how to balance life and homeschooling.  In this week's episode, Carrie focuses on balancing  health, work, and homeschooling.  Carrie sits down with Evgeniia Arasim, a holistic health coach and creator of the Nourished Motherhood Program.  Evgeniia shares a holistic approach to wellbeing, motherhood, and homeschooling.  Both Evgeniia and Carrie also understand the stress that comes with being a homeschooling mom and being a small business owner.  In this conversation, Evgeniia and Carrie discuss the importance of creating a balanced, healthy lifestyle and how to get started. Pour yourself a cup of warm water (its better for you in the morning), put your feet up, and join Carrie and Evgeniia for a little coffee and conversation about your physical, mental, and spiritual  well being.  To sign up for The Nourished Motherhood Program and to book Evgeniia as a health coach, go to https://www.atnourishedmotherhood.com/nourished-motherhood-program.Follow Evgeniia on Instagram @at.nourished.motherhood.Support the Show.To purchase Carrie's new book, Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education, visit Amazon.com and Christianbooks.comTo purchase Carrie's homeschooling book, Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool in Step with God), visit Amazon.com. Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Get access to even more encouragement, fellowship, and homeschooling help. Visit The Coffee House to become a member. To subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog, visit https://coffeewithcarrie.org or to follow Carrie on Instagram go to @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.To hear more podcasts about homeschooling, subscribe ...

How do you homeschool and get all of the chores and errands done too?  It is definetely balancing act!  In this week's episode, Carrie shares eight simple tips for balancing homemaking with homeschooling.  It is doable!  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up and join Carrie for little coffee date.Support the Show.To purchase Carrie's new book, Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education, visit Amazon.com and Christianbooks.comTo purchase Carrie's homeschooling book, Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool in Step with God), visit Amazon.com. Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Get access to even more encouragement, fellowship, and homeschooling help. Visit The Coffee House to become a member. To subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog, visit https://coffeewithcarrie.org or to follow Carrie on Instagram go to @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.To hear more podcasts about homeschooling, subscribe ...

Carrie has a special treat for you this week!  She is talking with Leah Boden, also known as Modern Miss Mason.  Leah is the author of Modern Miss Mason:  Discover How Charlotte Mason’s Revolutionary Ideas on Home Education Can Change How You & Your Children Learn & Grow Together and the host of Modern Miss Mason Podcast.  In this week's episode, Leah shares the five big ideas of using a Charlotte Mason approach.  If you are interested in spreading a feast of beautiful things before your children or would like to use a more gentle approach to homeschooling, then don't miss this episode.  Pour yourself a cup of tea (Leah is British), put your feet up, and join Leah and Carrie for a little coffee and conversation about Charlotte Mason Home Education.Support the Show.To purchase Carrie's new book, Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education, visit Amazon.com and Christianbooks.comTo purchase Carrie's homeschooling book, Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool in Step with God), visit Amazon.com. Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Get access to even more encouragement, fellowship, and homeschooling help. Visit The Coffee House to become a member. To subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog, visit https://coffeewithcarrie.org or to follow Carrie on Instagram go to @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.To hear more podcasts about homeschooling, subscribe ...

In this week's podcast, Carrie shares how to do simple and engaging art history lessons in five minutes. What are art studies?  Since we are created in God's image, we have a natural desire to create too.  Learning about different artists and their artwork is just another way to bring beauty into your home and into your children's lives. (And they are super fun and easy to do too).   Carrie even shares how to incorporate writing and read alouds into your art studies too.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and join Carrie for a special little coffee break.Support the Show.To purchase Carrie's new book, Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education, visit Amazon.com and Christianbooks.comTo purchase Carrie's homeschooling book, Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool in Step with God), visit Amazon.com. Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Get access to even more encouragement, fellowship, and homeschooling help. Visit The Coffee House to become a member. To subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog, visit https://coffeewithcarrie.org or to follow Carrie on Instagram go to @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.To hear more podcasts about homeschooling, subscribe ...

What is one of the hardest things about motherhood and homeschooling?  It is extending (and receiving) undeserved grace.  God calls us to give to others the kind of grace He so graciously gives us.  In this week's episode, Carrie is full of candid confessions and transparent talk about being a homeschooling mom.   She shares several ways to apply 2 Timothy 1:9 to your hearts and homes and how to fill your homeschooling with grace.   Pour yourself a cup of coffee, give yourself some grace, and take a much-needed coffee break with Carrie.  Support the Show.To purchase Carrie's new book, Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education, visit Amazon.com and Christianbooks.comTo purchase Carrie's homeschooling book, Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool in Step with God), visit Amazon.com. Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Get access to even more encouragement, fellowship, and homeschooling help. Visit The Coffee House to become a member. To subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog, visit https://coffeewithcarrie.org or to follow Carrie on Instagram go to @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.To hear more podcasts about homeschooling, subscribe ...

The midyear slump is real!  Every year for almost twenty years of homeschooling, Carrie hit what she called the “February Wall.” If you have been homeschooling for at least a year, you know that "wall" and you know how hard it is to scale it this time of the year.  There's no need to scale the February Wall.  It will only add more bruises and fatigue.  Instead, look for the door in the February Wall; the Lord always provides one.  In this week's episode, Carrie shares seven simple and practical tips to help you get past the midyear slump and to conquer the February Wall.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and join Carrie for a little coffee break. Support the Show.To purchase Carrie's new book, Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education, visit Amazon.com and Christianbooks.comTo purchase Carrie's homeschooling book, Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool in Step with God), visit Amazon.com. Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Get access to even more encouragement, fellowship, and homeschooling help. Visit The Coffee House to become a member. To subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog, visit https://coffeewithcarrie.org or to follow Carrie on Instagram go to @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.To hear more podcasts about homeschooling, subscribe ...

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 episode, Carrie shares two special traditions she had with her children.  One tradition she did every February and one tradition she did once a year for each child's birthday.  You will love the sweet and simple ideas shared in this short and sweet episode.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and join Carrie for a little coffee break.Support the Show.To purchase Carrie's new book, Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education, visit Amazon.com and Christianbooks.comTo purchase Carrie's homeschooling book, Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool in Step with God), visit Amazon.com. Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Get access to even more encouragement, fellowship, and homeschooling help. Visit The Coffee House to become a member. To subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog, visit https://coffeewithcarrie.org or to follow Carrie on Instagram go to @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.To hear more podcasts about homeschooling, subscribe ...

Do you have a calm, cool, and collected homeschool friend?  Do you know her secret?  She probably has cultivated seven simple habits into her homeschooling routine.  In this week's episode, Carrie shares the 7 habits that all highly effective homeschool moms possess and how you can cultivate these habits into your homeschooling too.  You might be surprised by a few of them. Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, (this is actually one of the 7 habits), and join Carrie for a little coffee break.Support the Show.To purchase Carrie's new book, Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education, visit Amazon.com and Christianbooks.comTo purchase Carrie's homeschooling book, Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool in Step with God), visit Amazon.com. Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Get access to even more encouragement, fellowship, and homeschooling help. Visit The Coffee House to become a member. To subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog, visit https://coffeewithcarrie.org or to follow Carrie on Instagram go to @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.To hear more podcasts about homeschooling, subscribe ...

Just breathe… You can homeschool the high school years (and enjoy it too)!  Carrie's new book, Homeschooling High School:  A Handbook for Christian Education, will be released on March 1st, 2024!  In this week's episode, Carrie shares what is in the book, gives a sneak peek inside one of the chapters, and explains how you can be a part of the Book Launch Team.  Carrie's kids homeschooled through high school, successfully graduated, went on to college (and grad school), and are now pursuing their dreams and living out their God-given purposes.  Carrie's new book is full of practical information, real-life examples, and sound advice as well as tips you will need to graduate your teen with a high school diploma.  Pour yourself a shot of espresso (you will need the extra caffeine for the high school years), put your feet up, and join Carrie as she shares her heart about homeschooling the high school years.  Join the Book Launch Team and get an advanced copy of Carrie's new book!  Go to https://coffeewithcarrie.org to sign up before the spaces fill up. Support the Show.To purchase Carrie's new book, Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education, visit Amazon.com and Christianbooks.comTo purchase Carrie's homeschooling book, Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool in Step with God), visit Amazon.com. Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Get access to even more encouragement, fellowship, and homeschooling help. Visit The Coffee House to become a member. To subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog, visit https://coffeewithcarrie.org or to follow Carrie on Instagram go to @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.To hear more podcasts about homeschooling, subscribe ...

Have you ever seen the movie, City Slickers, with Billy Crystal?  This week, Carrie shares her advice for homeschooling in 2024.  It is borrowed from Curly, the crusty old cowboy in the movie:  Focus on your ONE Thing.  In this week's episode, Carrie helps you figure out what is your one thing and then she shares how to simply set realistic homeschooling goals for the new year.  This is the perfect time of the year to evaluate and assess last year.   Use the new year and the month of January as a time to reflect and readjust.  January is a great time to look ahead and to plan ahead.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, get your pen and pencil ready, and join Carrie for a little coffee break.  Support the Show.To purchase Carrie's new book, Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education, visit Amazon.com and Christianbooks.comTo purchase Carrie's homeschooling book, Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool in Step with God), visit Amazon.com. Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Get access to even more encouragement, fellowship, and homeschooling help. Visit The Coffee House to become a member. To subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog, visit https://coffeewithcarrie.org or to follow Carrie on Instagram go to @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.To hear more podcasts about homeschooling, subscribe ...

Moms need real friends on this journey of motherhood and homeschooling. As moms, we may be in different seasons and on different journeys, but we all need a place to belong.  God didn't expect us to do this life alone.  In the first episode of 2024,  Carrie has a transparent (and fun) conversation with her Torri Oglesby of The Womanhood about making community and building friendships a priority in this new year.  You don't want to miss the episode!  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and join Carrie and Torri for some coffee and conversation about cultivating friendships and meaningful relationships.Connect with Torri on Instagram @torrie_oglesby.Join The Womanhood Community at https://the-womanhood.mn.co or get involved on IG @the_womanhood_co Are you looking for community with like-minded homeschooling mamas? Then join The Coffee House, a Coffee With Carrie Premimun Membership.  Go to www.coffeewithcarrie.org for more information or to sign up!Support the Show.To purchase Carrie's new book, Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education, visit Amazon.com and Christianbooks.comTo purchase Carrie's homeschooling book, Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool in Step with God), visit Amazon.com. Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Get access to even more encouragement, fellowship, and homeschooling help. Visit The Coffee House to become a member. To subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog, visit https://coffeewithcarrie.org or to follow Carrie on Instagram go to @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.To hear more podcasts about homeschooling, subscribe ...

Carrie is celebrating Coffee With Carrie Homeschool Podcast's 200th episode with a fun reversal!  The tables are turned!  This week, Carrie is the guest, and her friend, Nicole Skeber, a long-time listener and Coffee With Carrie follower, interviews her instead.  Get the T on Carrie!  In this week's little coffee break, Nicole surprises Carrie with questions about her family, her homeschooling fails, her faith, and so much more.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and join Carrie and Nicole for a super fun conversation!Support the Show.To purchase Carrie's new book, Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education, visit Amazon.com and Christianbooks.comTo purchase Carrie's homeschooling book, Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool in Step with God), visit Amazon.com. Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Get access to even more encouragement, fellowship, and homeschooling help. Visit The Coffee House to become a member. To subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog, visit https://coffeewithcarrie.org or to follow Carrie on Instagram go to @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.To hear more podcasts about homeschooling, subscribe ...

In this week's episode, Carrie gives you permission to put off taking down those decorations a few days more, to start lessons a little later in January, and to keep celebrating Christmas a little longer.  Don't just sing the Christmas carol, "The Twelve Days of Christmas," go ahead and celebrate the 12 Days of Christmas. In this week's coffee break, Carrie shares a ton of fun activities you can do with the entire family to celebrate The Twelfth Night, the Feast of Epiphany, or King's Day, and all the days leading up to them.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and join Carrie for fun little coffee break.  To get the Epiphany game cards and printed directions, CLICK HERETo receive "40 Ways to Do School in December Without Doing School" list, subscribe to coffeewithcarrie.org during the month of December.  Look for the festive little green subscription box at coffeewithcarrie.org Support the Show.To purchase Carrie's new book, Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education, visit Amazon.com and Christianbooks.comTo purchase Carrie's homeschooling book, Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool in Step with God), visit Amazon.com. Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Get access to even more encouragement, fellowship, and homeschooling help. Visit The Coffee House to become a member. To subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog, visit https://coffeewithcarrie.org or to follow Carrie on Instagram go to @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.To hear more podcasts about homeschooling, subscribe ...

Taking time to reflect on the character and nature of God is vital to our spiritual growth.  Praying the attributes of God is a simple way to worship and deepen your relationship with the Lord.  In this week's episode, Carrie talks with Kristi Menashe, author of Faithful & True:  Devotions & Prayers on the Attributes of God, about how to pray and mediate on the character of God.  Carrie and Kristi also talk about how to slow down and focus on what is truly important during this Christmas season.  Pour yourself a cup of coffee, put your feet up, and join Carrie and Kristi for a little coffee and conversation.Order Faithful & True:  Devotions & Prayers on the Attributes of God at Amazon.com.Connect with Kristi on Instagram @k.menashe.writes and @k.menashe.Support the Show.To purchase Carrie's new book, Homeschooling High School: A Handbook for Christian Education, visit Amazon.com and Christianbooks.comTo purchase Carrie's homeschooling book, Just Breathe (and Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool in Step with God), visit Amazon.com. Join The Coffee House, Coffee With Carrie Premium Membership. Get access to even more encouragement, fellowship, and homeschooling help. Visit The Coffee House to become a member. To subscribe to Coffee With Carrie email newsletter and blog, visit https://coffeewithcarrie.org or to follow Carrie on Instagram go to @coffeewithcarrieconsultant.To hear more podcasts about homeschooling, subscribe ...