Suzanne caught a cold this weekend, so consider this a bonus episode of the podcast: Amy’s going it solo to talk about how we get our groove back after the holiday break.
Episode 13: We Think We Can, We Think We Can
Episode 12: Pollen! (Also: How We Teach Language Arts)
Episode 11: The Orange Elephant in the Room and Finding a New Normal
In this episode, we’re trying to come to terms with a new normal and nervously peeking out of our political closets, talking about how we homeschool when all we want to do is hide under the covers and/or obsessively check the news (spoiler: sometimes we just don’t), and trying to get back on the book reading wagon with a comfort read classic. (Also: The scoop on the Lost Episode—a.k.a. Episode 10—which Amy promises she really will upload eventually.)
Episode 10: The Lost Episode Is the Math Episode, But It’s Not a Metaphor, We Promise
In this episode we’re talking about math, math, and more math, including our favorite homeschool math curriculum options, chatting about British television, British writers, and the historical plight of women married to Percy Shelley, trying to explain the awesomeness of Suzanne’s Bag of Justice, and the puzzling out the problem with Atticus Finch.
Episode 9: When the Going Gets Tough
Episode 8: You Might Have Mentioned That a Little Sooner
Episode 7: Making (Up) the Grade
In this (slightly all-over-the-place) episode, we’re talking about how to figure grades for transcripts if you’re in a situation where something’s forcing you to figure grades for transcripts, superheroes who like saving the day, Veronica Mars in the afterlife, what’s happening in library chicken, and many, many books.
Episode 6: But Why Do I Have to Do This?
In this episode, we’re talking about how to handle it when a kid just plain doesn’t want to do something on your homeschool’s academic to-do list (and, for the billionth time, about how Amy stopped doing math for two years and the world did not explode around her homeschool), what we’re up to on the homefront, and Five Children on the Western Front, Kate Saunders’ tribute to the great E. Nesbit.
Episode 5: I Do Not Think That Word Means What You Think It Means
Episode 4: If Fall Is Approaching, We Must Need School Supplies
In this episode, we’re talking about how we gear up for a new homeschool year (school supplies and denial are involved), the done list versus the to-do list, nerdy movies, getting your AP class approved, Aaron Burr in history and in Gore Vidal’s Burr, and more.
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Episode 3: But How Will You Teach Calculus?
In this episode, we’re answering the weird curriculum questions people always seem to ask homeschoolers and the curriculum questions we ask ourselves, the rules of library chicken, domesticity vs. housework, and the deliciously Victorian dragon society in Jo Walton’s Tooth and Claw.
UPDATE: 7/18 @ 1:26 P.M. Sound issues have been resolved—if your sound is off, download the new version below, and it should solve the problem.
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In this episode:
- E.D. Hirsch’s What Your X-Grader Needs to Know series
- The summer issue of home | school | life
- Strawberry freezer jam recipe
- Our fall classes (registration coming soon!)
- Tooth and Claw
- Framley Parsonage
- To Marry an English Lord
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Episode 2.5: Homeschool moms don't get sick days
In this in-between episode of the Podcast with Suzanne and Amy, Suzanne gets sick but doesn't actually take the day off—which is kind of how sick days usually work in our homeschools so that's what we're talking about. (As soon as Suzanne's voice returns, we'll be back with Episode 3!)
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Episode 2: Summer Homeschooling and Lack Thereof
In this episode of The Podcast with Suzanne and Amy, we're talking about how summer fits into our homeschool lives, the fine line between delightfully snarky and annoyingly snobbish, ridiculous amounts of baby knitting, and Greensleeves by Eloise Jarvis McGraw.
Want to read along with us? We're talking about Tooth and Claw in our July 4 episode and Gore Vidal's Burr on July 18.
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In this episode:
- The Duke TIP program
- The Hamilton cast closes the Tony Awards ceremony
- James Corden on Doctor Who (5:11 The Lodger and 6:12 Closing Time)
- Ravelry (and Amy on Ravelry)
- Umaro by Jared Flood
- Mara, Daughter of the Nile
- Greensleeves
- The Westing Game
- Tooth and Claw
- Subscribe to the magazine
- Email us about home | school | life reads
In related news, Suzanne's kitten continues to be adorable:
Episode 1: It seemed like a good idea at the time
In our first official episode of the Podcast with Suzanne and Amy, we talk about how we came to be homeschoolers, dish about what's happening in our lives right now (Jane Austen! Men in 18th century shirts! KITTENS!), and discuss the infinitely delightful Mapp and Lucia in our book talk.
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- In this episode:
- The Well-Trained Mind
- Love and Friendship
- Lady Susan
- Cold Comfort Farm
- Poldark
- Mapp and Lucia
- Greensleeves
- Mara, Daughter of the Nile
- More information about HSL's online classes
- More information about group subscriptions to HSL
Plus: Gratuitous kitten on books photo. (Can I just point out that Suzanne also had a deer give birth to twins in her backyard this weekend? So she basically has a kitten AND baby deer right now. In related news: Life isn't fair. :))
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Welcome to The Podcast with Suzanne and Amy, home | school | life's new podcast! In this episode, we're testing out our cool podcasting tools and talking about what you can expect in upcoming episodes. (Spoiler: Books. Lots and lots of books.) Check back Monday for EPISODE 1: At Least It's Better Than the Phantom Menace.
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