In this episode, we’re joined by Julie Bogart, author and creator of the Brave Writer curriculum. Julie shares laughter, insights, and hard-won wisdom from her years of homeschooling five children.

Find Julie Bogart's curriculum at bravewriter.com and her author website at juliebogartwriter.com. Check out her latest book: Help! My Kid Hates Writing: How to Turn Struggling Students into Brave Writers! And if you enjoyed this conversation, check out The Brave Writer Podcast—we highly recommend it!

• (00:00) - Intro with Julie Bogart
• (00:55) - Julie's history with homeschool
• (03:05) - Julie's first encounter with homeschooling
• (07:01) - Fears before starting
• (09:13) - Choosing an ideal method over time
• (15:43) - What "being flexible" looks like
• (28:43) - Break
• (29:52) - Being in the thick of it
• (41:58) - Looking back on the journey
• (48:21) - Julie's new book!
• (50:53) - Outro

In this episode, Susan Wise Bauer and Susanna Jarrett interview Susan’s son, Chris Bauer, for the inside scoop on what it was like to be homeschooled by the author of The Well-Trained Mind.

• As promised, here is the "Daniel fingers!" blog post Chris mentions.
• At 50:53 Susan mentions her history growing up in a fundamentalist cult, for more on her story check out Season 1, Episode 1:
  Our Education Journeys, or Season 4, Episode 1: Honest Reflections on My Homeschool Experience w. Susan Wise Bauer

• (00:00) - Intro with Chris (Christopher) Bauer
• (01:25) - Chris was the test case
• (02:52) - Who is Chris?
• (09:45) - Chris' homeschool experience in 3 words | Consistent, flexible, and varied
• (10:30) - Earliest homeschool memories
• (16:23) - Typical homeschool days
• (23:51) - Susan invites negativity
• (27:07) - The rest of Chris' homeschool day
• (30:19) - Break
• (30:21) - Chris' biggest challenges
• (34:05) - How homeschooling shaped Chris' life
• (39:17) - Beta testing WTM
• (45:32) - What would Chris change?
• (47:00) - What Chris is passionate about
• (48:03) - Definite do and don't for Chris' hypothetical future children
• (52:04) - Outro

In this episode, Susan Wise Bauer shares an honest reflection on her journey—from being homeschooled herself to becoming a homeschool parent and a leading voice in the homeschooling community.

As promised in the episode, here is the link to Susan's blog posts about daily life homeschooling four young children!

• (00:00) - Welcome to season 4!
• (01:53) - Susan's homeschooling story
• (13:28) - Susan's decision to homeschool
• (20:50) - Break
• (23:03) - The use of "Classical Education"
• (25:09) - Managing life and The Well-Trained Mind
• (31:01) - A picture of a homeschool day
• (33:42) - Proudest thing as a homeschool parent
• (36:57) - A piece of advice
• (42:14) - Final thoughts
• (42:50) - Thanks for listening!