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What happens when two homeschool moms, each with an only child, meet at the local ice-skating rink and strike up a friendship?We’re about to find out…We’re Christyn Edwards and Gina Prosch, and we created the OnlySchoolers Podcast and community to share the wisdom and hard-learned lessons of our years homeschooling only children.Our kids spend hours at our local rink each week, and while they skate, we wait…and talk. Our conversation topics range widely, but we always come back to homeschool ...
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Here are the famous quotations the OnlySchoolers are talking about in this episode. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ― Winston S. Churchill “It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.…
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Here are the famous quotations the OnlySchoolers are talking about in this episode. “If you give a mouse a cookie, he's going to ask for a glass of milk. When you give him the milk, he'll probably ask you for a straw. When he's finished, he'll ask you for a napkin. Then he'll want to look in a mirror to make sure he doesn't have a milk mustache.” -…
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Here are the famous quotations the OnlySchoolers are talking about in this episode. “And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.” - John Muir “The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” —Henri Matisse “We still do not know on…
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Here are the famous quotations the OnlySchoolers are talking about in this episode. “Education is not the learning of many facts, but the training of the mind to think.” – Einstein “Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy.” – Alexand…
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Here are the famous quotations the OnlySchoolers are talking about in this episode. “An army marches on its stomach.” – Napoleon “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world..” – J.R.R. Tolkien “One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” – Virginia Woolf “He was a bold …
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Here are the famous quotations the OnlySchoolers are talking about in this episode. “By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.” - Shakespeare “Awake, chaos; we have napped.” - e.e. cummings “In all chaos, there is a cosmos, in all disorder, a secret order.” - Carl Jung “Without order, nothing can exist—without chaos, nothing ca…
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Every September, Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to write books that express differing ideas and experiences, as well as the freedom to access, choose, and read books that expand our learning. Here at the OnlySchoolers, we are book lovers. Banned Books Week was last week, but today we’d like to replay this episode from Season 3 where we ta…
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Here's the list of the #QUOTES we're talking about during this episode devoted to Teens. “Small children disturb your sleep; big children, your life.” - Yiddish proverb “Little children, headache; big children, heartache.” - Italian proverb. “The average teenager still has all the faults his parents outgrew.” - Unknown “It takes courage to grow up …
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The OnlySchoolers are talking Early Childhood in this episode, and the quotes we're tackling are: “Play is the work of childhood.” - Jean Piaget “Play is the work of the child.” - Maria Montessori “Play is the work of children. It’s very serious stuff.” - Captain Kangaroo “Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But…
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Here are the quotes we'll be talking about during this episode of the podcast. “Beware the barrenness of a busy life.” - Socrates “Every man is worth just so much as the things about which he busies himself.” - Marcus Aurelius "It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. What are we busy about?” - Henry David Thoreau “There is more to life than i…
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What #QUOTES are we talking about this episode? “Good fences make good neighbors.” - Robert Frost No is a complete sentence.” - Anne Lamott “Don’t set yourself on fire trying to keep others warm.” - Penny Reid “Don’t ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.” - G.K. Chesterton “Your personal boundaries protect the inner core o…
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Here are the quotes we're looking at during this episode: “Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid.” -- Frederick Buechner “Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.” -- Benjamin Franklin “Beware for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.” -- Mary Shelley “The question isn’t about who …
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Quirky and Unusual: the OnlySchoolers Take on Excerpts and Sayings or #QUOTES "Life is a journey, not a destination." --Ralph Waldo Emerson "Throughout the centuries, there were men who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision." -- Ayn Rand "Start by doing what is necessary, then do what’s possible, and suddenly you a…
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Did you guess what this episode was going to be about? If there's one thing that pretty much sums up the philosophy of the OnlySchoolers, it's Ownership of Education. Find out what it is, why it's so important to our homeschools, and how to make sure your kids are owning their educations, too. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify…
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Can you believe it? Christyn found a couple of essay topics that imply homeschoolers lack a sense of self and motivation! How crazy is that!? Tune in to see what the OnlySchoolers have to say about them apples! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/onlyschoolers/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.…
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Gina & Christyn do a quick check-in on their guiding words for 2022: Ready (Gina's word) and Journey (Christyn's word). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/onlyschoolers/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/onlyschoolers/support
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The OnlySchoolers are talking tests & transcripts today. Helpful Links*: HSLDA Transcript Service FastTranscript How to Homeschool Today Transcript Creator High School Transcript Template High School GPA Calculator High School GPA Calculator *These links are included for informational purposes only and should not be construed as an endorsement or r…
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Our kids aren't the only ones who are learning something! In this episode Gina and Christyn talk about how homeschooling has been a tool for learning and growth for each of them. Three questions they consider are: What lessons did they personally learn as educational facilitators for their kids? What growth did they experience? What insights did th…
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As parents, we're often telling our kids to "Use your words." The words we use and the way we use them are incredibly important for successful communication. Join Gina and Christyn as they share their experiences with confusing homeschool jargon, and discuss ways to make sure we're using words that invite and reassure, rather than confuse and overw…
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The OnlySchoolers are kicking off Season 3 with a look at their chosen words for 2022, and then we're moving on to talking about Failing to Succeed....but this episode may not be about what you think it's going to be about :-) "The Journey" (Mary Oliver) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/onlyschoolers/messageSuppo…
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This most wonderful time of the year brings with it the final episode of Season 2! Join Gina and Christyn as they talk about the role of wonder in their homeschools and how embracing and encouraging that sense of exploration and awe opens up so many avenues to learning. And each avenue creates its own zeitgeist — the particular mood and feelings yo…
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As homeschoolers, we are used to going our own way and are generally unafraid to do what we know is best for our children — it's the nature of homeschooling! Sometimes, though, these choices leave us vulnerable to criticism from outsiders and surprisingly, vulnerable to our own critical inner voices, as well. Join Gina and Christyn as they talk abo…
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As homeschoolers, we are all blazing a trail with our children...but we are all also creating new traditions as we go. Join Gina and Christyn as they talk about the new paths they've taken, the traditions that have emerged, and the balance they find in between new and old ideas as they homeschool. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?hos…
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