The NewSchool Podcast

20. Paragraphs: The Perfect Puzzle

Listen in as Avaline & Carli discuss the sometimes overlooked, life-long importance of how to structure and embellish the perfect paragraph. Empower students of all ages to write in compelling and entertaining ways with the simple strategies outlined in this episode. Helpful for students and parents alike! And be sure to check out our DIGITAL COURSE, that is proven to help families: Stop stressing about home schooling. Establish a fail-safe rhythms that will get students the educational outcomes they need. Strengthen, instead of strain,  family relationships. Preserve parental sanity and equip families with the systems needed to educate at home peacefully and productively. For 2.5 hours of tangible, practical and easily implementable homeschooling TIPS & TRICKS to help you achieve these outcomes, CLICK HERE!

19. Flashcards For All Ages

This episode is an introduction to Flashcards For All Ages, a powerful procedural learning method to  assist students in any subject at any grade level. Whether you are feeling behind, right on track or ahead with grade outcomes for your children this year, this practice has the ability to strengthen learning, increase knowledge retention and engage your children in fun and helpful ways. Be sure to listen to the end, where Avaline offers her no-fail, recommended reviewing cycle that elevates the flashcard process from short term, wrote memorization to long term, locked in learning. Listen in to see how this old school technique is the perfect addition to your NEWSCHOOL. And be sure to check out our DIGITAL COURSE [//WWW.NEWSCHOOL.CA/COURSE], that is proven to help families: * Stop stressing about home schooling. * Establish a fail-safe rhythms that will get students the educational outcomes they need. * Strengthen, instead of strain,  family relationships. * Preserve parental sanity and equip families with the systems needed to educate at home peacefully and productively.  For 2.5 hours of tangible, practical and easily implementable homeschooling TIPS & TRICKS to help you achieve these outcomes, CLICK HERE [//WWW.NEWSCHOOL.CA/COURSE]!

18. Planning for Peace in the New Year

Listen in for a quick conversation on ways you can fold the beauty of the Christmas season into your learning AND learning into your family's holiday experience this Christmas. These suggestions have the potential to bring added joy, meaning and intention to your homeschool & holiday experiences this year.  Merry Christmas from Avaline & Carli! We can't wait to continue empowering parents educating at home in the new normal, in the NEW YEAR! Until then, have a wonderful holiday season and look forward to more peaceful schooling empowerment in 2021!

17: Declutter December

This episode is all about the tangible ways you can finish the year strong by assessing: learning progress, established systems, the evolution of your physical space and how both you and your child(ren) are doing so far this year. Listen in for an empowering conversation on how to finish this calendar year strong, how to start the new year fresh (physically and mentally), and overall, how to ensure your child achieves the educational outcomes necessary this year in a peaceful and productive way.  Listen in as Avaline & Carli offer practical tips on how to declutter and improve your physical space, how to assess curriculum progress and create a custom plan to catch up or deep dive, how to assess learning procedures that required strengthening and much more!

16: 90 Day Check-In

This episode is all about taking stock, 90 days in to the homeschool year to assess what is working and what could use readjustment. The discussion is brief yet insightful, encouraging parents to assess each child's progress so far, as well as an honest account of how they, as the parent are doing. It is a time to take inventory, chart progress, reach out for help, reassess rhythms, make space for the ones that are working and edits the ones that aren't. Listen in to see how this reset could work for you and your family!