10 Ways to Start Strong in Your Homeschool Journey

10 Ways to Start Strong in Your Homeschool Journey

Listen as Julie, Linda, and Edy share tips from their years of homeschooling their own children and evaluating 100's of families.  * Follow the PA Homeschool Law Basics * Find Community * Let Your Child's Curiosity Guide You * Prepare Your Evaluation as You Go * Have Fieldtrip Fun * Seek Your Child's Future  * Begin With the End in Mind * Rise to the Challenge * Execute Your Brilliant Ideas * Make Adjustments as You Go For more information on all things homeschooling, check out Eagle Mom Squad.com [https://www.eaglemomsquad.com/]

AI for the Home Educator

Join Edy and Marya as they discuss how you may want to use AI in your homeschool program. From creating inspiring reading material, to producing different-grade learning experiences from one educational text (differentiation), to offering an inspiring creative opportunity to your children, AI has amazing possibilities.  At the same time, we discuss the dangers and promises of this new technology so you can best use it in your homeschooling. For more information on all things homeschooling, check out Eagle Mom Squad.com [https://www.eaglemomsquad.com/] AI links that Marya mentions in this episode: Lesson Planning: * Magic School [https://www.magicschool.ai/] (used also for differentiation) * ChatGPT [https://openai.com/index/chatgpt/] * KhanMigo [https://www.khanmigo.ai/teachers] (used also for differentiation) Other AI Assistants, AKA Chatbots: * CoPilot  [https://copilot.microsoft.com/] * Grok [https://x.ai/] * Meta [https://www.meta.ai/] * GabAI [https://gab.ai/app] * Claude AI [https://claude.ai/new] * Gemini [https://gemini.google.com/app] Differentialtion: * Diffit [https://web.diffit.me/] * Khanmigo [https://www.khanmigo.ai/] Special Needs Support: * Dragon speech-to-text [https://www.nuance.com/en-gb/dragon.html?srsltid=AfmBOop_yLbWfEx6OFzMnzHp7y_RsY4Y0TUKbVuVerrW4ZQ55jK-LJta#!] * AI Tools for Inclusive Schools [https://theuniversalsandpit.org/] Analytics: * IXL [https://www.ixl.com/] * ReadTheory [https://readtheory.org/] Writing and Research: * Sudowrite [https://sudowrite.com/] * Khanmigo Writing Coach [https://www.khanmigo.ai/writingcoach] * Grammarly [https://www.grammarly.com/ai/ai-for-students] Creative Content Creation: * Future Tools [https://www.futuretools.io/] * Monica Podcast Generator [https://monica.im/ai-podcast] Language Learning: * DuoLingo [https://www.duolingo.com/] * Mondly [https://www.mondly.com/] * Glossika [https://ai.glossika.com/] Extra Resources: * 27 Popular AI Assistants [https://builtin.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-assistant] * 18 Best AI Teaching Tools Every Educator Swears By [https://www.edcafe.ai/blog/best-ai-teaching-tools] * AI Tools for Inclusive Schools [https://theuniversalsandpit.org/] * Future Tools [https://www.futuretools.io/]

Lesson Planning

Join Marya, Edy, Marann, Ann, and Cassandra for a romp through lesson planning. We discuss some valuable resources for planning what to teach and aids for that teaching. In addition, we offer insight into engaging instruction in all kinds of settings: traditional home education, the Waldorf method, private tutoring, and formal classrooms.  Slide Presentation which includes links to resources: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1QWOzexCLvsOTlJwezrgjjNuMb0C-9FqsHVwDPMfsHEg/edit#slide=id.g33909e15c37_0_1794 [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1QWOzexCLvsOTlJwezrgjjNuMb0C-9FqsHVwDPMfsHEg/edit#slide=id.g33909e15c37_0_1794] Eagle Mom Squad Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3381781531846342 [https://www.facebook.com/groups/3381781531846342] Homeschool Help: www.eaglemomsquad.com [http://www.eaglemomsquad.com/]

Homeschooling 101

If you are considering homeschooling or have recently started and you want to see that you have everything covered, this is a great place to start. Join Edy, Ann, Julie, Marya, and Rachel as we discuss: * PA Homeschool Law * The timeline of a year of homeschooling * Subjects to be covered * What determines a "day" and "subject"  * How do high school, middle school, and elementary school differ * What is unschooling USEFUL RESOURCES COVERED IN THIS PODCAST Pennsylvania Homeschool Law: https://pahomeschoollaw.com/law/ Homeschool Help: www.eaglemomsquad.com Examples of affidavits and educational objectives: www.askpauline.com Evaluators and other resources: https://www.eaglemomsquad.com/more-homeschoool-resources More information about learning stages: https://susanwisebauer.com/ Lesson planning resources: https://www.goodandbeautiful.com/pre-k-8-curriculum/ https://allinonehomeschool.com/ wwwteacherspayteachers.com Used curriculum store (25 Ridge Rd, Dillsburg, PA) https://pacurriculumexchange.com/

Homeschooling in High School Help

Today we're interviewing Beth Mellott, the president of Harrisburg Area Homeschoolers about their January 28th, 2025 Homeschooling Thru High School Workshop. Ms. Mellott is also the founder and owner of HomeschooLegacy.com where parents can find such things as unit studies for all ages and valuable field trip guides. Join us as we discuss the workshop, homeschooling under trying circumstances, and upcoming events. Homeschooling Thru High School Workshop: https://www.homeschool-life.com/346/events/events_view?public=0&eventid=3591392 [https://www.homeschool-life.com/346/events/events_view?public=0&eventid=3591392] Harrisburg Area Homeschoolers (HAHA): https://www.homeschool-life.com/pa/hahaofpa/ [https://www.homeschool-life.com/pa/hahaofpa/] Beth Mellott's HomeschooLegacy.com: https://homeschoolegacy.com/ [https://homeschoolegacy.com/] Eagle Mom Squad Website: https://www.eaglemomsquad.com/ [https://www.eaglemomsquad.com/]