The Christy-Faith Show

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  Episode #130

  Ep. 130 - 7 Homeschool Systems That Make Your School Year Run Smoother (Part 2 of 2)

  Aug 13, 202632 minS1

  It's 8 AM on the first day of school — pencils sharpened, kids ready — and the website won't load, a password is wrong, and the whole morning unravels before it starts. In Part 2 of How to Set Up Your Homeschool Year, homeschool expert Christy-Faith — author of Homeschool Rising with over 20 years of experience in education — moves from mindset to the nuts and bolts: the 7 systems she sets up every summer so her homeschool runs at a clip instead of starting in overwhelm. Free Resource: Sample Homeschool Schedules Curious what other homeschool moms' schedules actually look like? Grab free sample schedules by age and stage — Christy-Faith's own included. Free Download In this episode, you'll learn: Why the worst time to teach a new chore system is September — and when to train it instead How a simple printed schedule lowers your kids' stress hormones (clinicians have measured it) Why you don't need a dedicated schoolroom — and the "everything has a home" rule that keeps your house tidy The unglamorous tech-and-passwords setup that saves your first day of school How to teach kids exactly what to do when mom gets pulled away mid-lesson The prep work Christy-Faith does every summer before she opens a single curriculum How to layer subjects in slowly so the year starts calm instead of like a tidal wave Sponsors: BJU Press Homeschool ✔ Flexible curriculum to fit your family's needs ✔ Biblical worldview and critical thinking built in ✔ Hands-on learning for every grade level View Samples CTC Math ✔ Get 50% off my favorite online math program ✔ Adaptive lessons so kids build confidence at their own pace ✔ Teaching, grading, and testing — all done for you! Get 50% Off (Homeschool Discount) Start Your Free Trial LearningRx ✔ Backed by 35 years of research ✔ Real long-term help with ADHD and dyslexia ✔ Strengthens attention, memory, reading, writing, and math Use code HOME50 for $50 off your cognitive skills assessment Get $50 Off Your Cognitive Skills Assessment True North Homeschool Academy ✔ Cognia-accredited live online and self-paced courses for grades 6–12 ✔ Dual degree track or tech & trades diploma ✔ Small classes, college-ready rigor, faith-friendly environment Explore Courses & Get Started Summit Healthshare ✔ Save 40–60% vs. traditional health insurance ✔ See any doctor — no networks, no permission slips ✔ Free labs, office visits, prescriptions on select plans View Health Plans & Savings Resources mentioned: Free Sample Homeschool Schedules — by age and stage: christy-faith.com/download-free-sample-homeschool-schedules How to Set Up Your Homeschool Year (Part 1) — start here first: Listen to Part 1 Homeschool Rising — Christy-Faith's book (deschooling chapter): Homeschool Rising The Christy-Faith List — find homeschool-friendly providers: christy-faiths-list.com Thrive Homeschool Community: christy-faith.com/thrive Connect with Christy-Faith: Instagram: @christy_faith_homeschool TikTok: @christy_faith Website: christy-faith.com Book: Homeschool Rising Love the show? Follow, subscribe, and leave a review wherever you listen — it helps more homeschool families find us! (00:00) - Welcome to Part 2 — Building Your Year by Hand (01:31) - What This Show Is About (02:41) - System 1: Retrain Chores in the Summer (05:01) - System 2: The Printed Schedule (A Security Blanket for Kids) (11:46) - System 3: Give Everything a Home (You Don't Need a Schoolroom) (15:59) - System 4: Set Up Tech & Passwords Before Day One (20:38) - System 5: Teach the Plan for When Mom's in the Weeds (23:52) - System 6: Do Your Own Homework First (27:10) - System 7: Layer Your Subjects in Slowly (31:44) - The 7 Systems, Recapped

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  Episode #129

  Ep. 129 - How to Set Up Your Homeschool Year: The Episode I Needed a Decade Ago

  Aug 6, 202628 minS1

  You planned the perfect first week — and by day three it was already falling apart. What actually torches the start of a homeschool year has nothing to do with school supplies, curriculum, or the color-coded spreadsheet you built in July. It's your expectations. Homeschool expert Christy-Faith, an education and parenting expert with over 20 years of experience, walks through the seven mindset shifts that make setting up your homeschool year sustainable instead of soul-crushing. Free Resource: My Curriculum Recommendations I spill the tea! No paid sponsorship placements! Grab the list, by subject, of the most reputable homeschool programs on the market (in my opinion). Free Download In this episode, you'll learn: Why everything is hard at the beginning — even in year 15 — and the three-things rule that keeps week one from burying you Why the first weeks of school are the worst possible time to teach brand-new content How to prep before day one so your kids aren't learning new systems and new material at the same time Why your July and August plan is supposed to fall apart — and the documented brain glitch behind it How much margin to build into every single slot in your homeschool schedule Why there's no "teacher hat" to put on, and what changes when you teach as yourself Why you were always the variable, not the curriculum box Why that bone-deep week-one exhaustion is proof your brain is doing hard, honest work Sponsors: BJU Press Homeschool ✔ Flexible curriculum to fit your family's needs ✔ Biblical worldview and critical thinking built in ✔ Hands-on learning for every grade level View Samples CTC Math ✔ Get 50% off my favorite online math program ✔ Adaptive lessons so kids build confidence at their own pace ✔ Teaching, grading, and testing — all done for you! Free Trial Get 50% Off LearningRx ✔ Backed by 35 years of research ✔ Real long-term help with ADHD and dyslexia ✔ Strengthens attention, memory, reading, writing, and math ✔ Use code HOME50 for $50 off your cognitive skills assessment Get $50 Off Your Cognitive Skills Assessment Summit Healthshare ✔ Save 40–60% vs. traditional health insurance ✔ See any doctor — no networks, no permission slips ✔ Free labs, office visits, prescriptions on select plans View Health Plans & Savings Resources mentioned: Free Sample Homeschool Schedules — Christy-Faith's real schedules for every age and stage, PK through 12th: Get the Schedules Free Curriculum Recommendations — The vetted list, by subject, with zero paid placements: Free Download New to Homeschooling? Start with Episode 101 — the New Homeschooler Series is the best place to begin The Christy-Faith List — Find homeschool-friendly providers: christy-faiths-list.com Thrive Homeschool Community: Learn More Connect with Christy-Faith: Instagram: @christy_faith_homeschool TikTok: @christy_faith Website: christy-faith.com Book: Homeschool Rising Love the show? Follow, subscribe, and leave a review wherever you listen — it helps more homeschool families find us! (00:00) - The Day That Fell Apart (02:07) - Why I Threw the First Draft in the Trash (03:41) - Expectations vs. Systems — What Part 1 Covers (05:20) - Mindset 1: Everything Is Hard at the Beginning (06:11) - The Three-Things Rule (07:36) - Mindset 2: The Worst Possible Time to Teach New Content (09:20) - Start Prepping Before Day One (12:51) - Mindset 3: Your July Plan Is Supposed to Fall Apart (13:35) - The Planning Fallacy (14:55) - Why Every Schedule Needs Margin (15:46) - Mindset 4: There Are No Hats (17:00) - Mindset 5: You Were Always the Variable, Not the Box (19:40) - Mindset 6: Go Easy on Your Kids Too (24:04) - Mindset 7: Why Week One Levels You (25:47) - Your Expectations Weigh More Than Your Curriculum (27:01) - The Recap — and What’s Coming in Part 2

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  Episode #128

  Ep. 128 - How to Stop Second-Guessing Your Homeschool Decisions

  Jul 30, 20261h 22mS1

  You've researched the curriculum, built the schedule, and made the plan — so why do you still lie awake wondering if you're doing enough? In this rare, behind-the-scenes episode, homeschool expert Christy-Faith sits down with the mentors of Thrive Homeschool Community to talk about why even devoted homeschool moms keep second-guessing their decisions — and how to finally trust that you're the right one to make the call for your kids. Free Resource: My Curriculum Recommendations I spill the tea! No paid sponsorship placements! Grab the list, by subject, of the most reputable homeschool programs on the market (in my opinion). Free Download In this episode, you'll learn: The three questions that keep homeschool moms up at night: "Am I doing enough? Am I doing too much? Are these the right things?" Why more information hasn't made homeschooling easier — and how too many "experts" fuel the second-guessing Where real homeschool confidence actually comes from (hint: it's not a perfect curriculum) What the Accelerator group is and how it walks new members through Christy-Faith's core frameworks Why "Finding Your Why" becomes the North Star for every curriculum and scheduling decision How office hours, DMs, and mentor support give you an objective second set of eyes — not more forum noise Why competence breeds confidence — and why every family's homeschool plan should look different What makes a values-aligned support community different from a free Facebook group Sponsors: BJU Press Homeschool ✔ Flexible curriculum to fit your family's needs ✔ Biblical worldview and critical thinking built in ✔ Hands-on learning for every grade level View Samples CTC Math ✔ Get 50% off my favorite online math program ✔ Adaptive lessons so kids build confidence at their own pace ✔ Teaching, grading, and testing — all done for you! Free Trial · Get 50% Off for Homeschool Families LearningRx ✔ Backed by 35 years of research ✔ Real long-term help with ADHD and dyslexia ✔ Strengthens attention, memory, reading, writing, and math Get $50 Off Your Cognitive Skills Assessment — use code HOME50 Summit Healthshare ✔ Save 40–60% vs. traditional health insurance ✔ See any doctor — no networks, no permission slips ✔ Free labs, office visits, prescriptions on select plans View Health Plans & Savings Resources mentioned: Thrive Homeschool Community — Christy-Faith's training and support community for homeschool moms: christy-faith.com/thrive The Christy-Faith List — Find homeschool-friendly providers: christy-faiths-list.com Connect with Christy-Faith: Instagram: @christy_faith_homeschool TikTok: @christy_faith Website: christy-faith.com Book: Homeschool Rising Love the show? Follow, subscribe, and leave a review wherever you listen — it helps more homeschool families find us! (00:00) - Introduction: A Rare Look Inside Thrive (01:35) - Meet the Thrive Mentors (06:06) - Why Every Homeschool Mom Needs a Guide (09:51) - Too Much Information, Too Many “Experts” (13:24) - “Yes, I Can Do This”: Where Confidence Comes From (16:58) - Inside the Accelerator Group (36:21) - A Guided Community vs. a Facebook Group (38:42) - The Fears That Keep Moms Up at Night (46:15) - Finding Your Why: Your Homeschool North Star (48:43) - Why Every Homeschool Plan Looks Different (01:00:04) - Homeschool as a Lifestyle, Not a Classroom (01:02:35) - Learning to Trust Your Own Decisions (01:08:30) - Why Thrive Is a Paid Community (01:16:05) - Investing in Yourself as a Homeschool Mom

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  Episode #127

  Ep. 127 - Benefits of Reading Aloud to Kids - Even After They Can Read

  Jul 23, 202632 min

  Should you still be reading aloud to your kids after they can read on their own? It turns out this is one of the most settled questions in all of education — and the answer has been sitting in a government report since 1985. Homeschool expert Christy-Faith walks through what the research actually says about reading aloud to kids, why it never expires, and why the book on your couch may outrank half of what's on your lesson plan. Free Resource: My Curriculum Recommendations I spill the tea! No paid sponsorship placements! Grab the list, by subject, of the most reputable homeschool programs on the market (in my opinion). Free Download In this episode, you'll learn: Why reading aloud to kids is called the single most important activity for building a reader What the million word gap study found about read-alouds before kindergarten Why the rare words in books almost never show up in everyday conversation What MRI scans revealed about a child's brain during a read-aloud How animated screens do the imagining that a book leaves to your child Why reading aloud to older kids does NOT make them lazy readers The difference between constrained and unconstrained reading skills What kids themselves say they want most from being read to Sponsors: BJU Press Homeschool ✔ Flexible curriculum to fit your family's needs ✔ Biblical worldview and critical thinking built in ✔ Hands-on learning for every grade level View Samples CTC Math ✔ Get 50% off my favorite online math program ✔ Adaptive lessons so kids build confidence at their own pace ✔ Teaching, grading, and testing — all done for you! Free Trial — or purchase with the homeschool discount LearningRx ✔ Backed by 35 years of research ✔ Real long-term help with ADHD and dyslexia ✔ Strengthens attention, memory, reading, writing, and math ✔ Use code HOME50 for $50 off your cognitive skills assessment Get $50 Off Your Cognitive Skills Assessment Summit Healthshare ✔ Save 40–60% vs. traditional health insurance ✔ See any doctor — no networks, no permission slips ✔ Free labs, office visits, prescriptions on select plans View Health Plans & Savings Resources mentioned: Free Quote of the Week Notecard — the Emilie Buchwald quote from this episode, ready to print My Curriculum Recommendations — the free list, by subject All of Christy-Faith's free homeschool resources The Christy-Faith List — Find homeschool-friendly providers Thrive Homeschool Community Homeschool Rising — Christy-Faith's book Related episodes: Ep. 107 — How to Reduce Screen Time for Kids Ep. 61 — Are Schools Killing a Love of Learning? Ep. 92 — Behind the Screen (Part 1/6) — the start of Christy-Faith's vulnerability series ⭐ New to Homeschooling? Start with Episode 101 — the New Homeschooler Series is the best place to begin. Connect with Christy-Faith: Instagram: @christy_faith_homeschool TikTok: @christy_faith Website: christy-faith.com Book: Homeschool Rising Love the show? Follow, subscribe, and leave a review wherever you listen — it helps more homeschool families find us! (00:00) - Should You Be Reading Aloud to Your Kids? (01:53) - Welcome + Why This Episode (02:50) - When Reading Aloud Feels Like a Chore (04:03) - How Story Time Became “Literacy” (06:55) - Am I Doing Enough? (07:35) - The Million Word Gap (08:47) - Why Book Words Beat Everyday Words (12:37) - Inside Your Child's Brain During a Read-Aloud (13:57) - What Screens Do Instead (14:54) - “My Kid Can Read Now — Can I Stop?” (16:22) - Constrained vs. Unconstrained Skills (17:14) - Lifting Big Kids to a Higher Ledge (18:01) - Beowulf and the Seventh-Grade Reading Circle (19:49) - Why Kids Love Being Read To (22:39) - What Kids Say They Want Most (23:52) - Family Read-Alouds (24:35) - Start Tonight — Even Five Minutes (27:15) - Reading Is Worth It (28:05) - The Quote and the Free Notecard

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  Episode #126

  Ep. 126 - How to Homeschool a Child Who Won’t Sit Still

  Jul 16, 202636 min

  You've said "sit down, please" about twenty thousand times this week — and it's starting to feel personal. It isn't. Homeschool expert Christy-Faith unpacks what's actually happening in your child's brain, why the wiggling may be how the learning gets in, and the small shifts that make the morning stop being a fight. 🎁 Free Resource: 20 Questions to Kickstart Your Deschooling Adventure Twenty honest questions that help you spot the school-shaped rules you're still carrying — so you can put them down, one at a time. 👉 Free Download In this episode, you'll learn: The attention-span rule of thumb every homeschool mom should know — a few minutes per year of age on a grown-up-chosen task Why a 45-minute lesson is quietly asking your six-year-old to hold on three times longer than they can The three expectations strangling your homeschool mornings — and permission to put all three down What 54 studies and nearly 30,000 kids revealed about movement and learning How to shorten and split lessons without falling behind Why doing the hard subjects first changes the whole back half of your day How to rescue your read-alouds — a still body was never the point Loop scheduling and trimming your list so a lighter day actually gets finished How to build the focus muscle one minute at a time How to tell the difference between a kid being a kid and something worth investigating Sponsors: BJU Press Homeschool ✔ Flexible curriculum to fit your family's needs ✔ Biblical worldview and critical thinking built in ✔ Hands-on learning for every grade level 👉 View Samples CTC Math ✔ My favorite online math program — a real teacher walks them through every lesson ✔ Adaptive lessons so kids build confidence at their own pace ✔ Teaching, grading, and testing — all done for you! 👉 Free Trial 👉 Get 50% Off for Homeschool Families Summit Healthshare ✔ Save 40–60% vs. traditional health insurance ✔ See any doctor — no networks, no permission slips ✔ Free labs, office visits, prescriptions on select plans 👉 View Health Plans & Savings Resources mentioned: 20 Questions to Kickstart Your Deschooling Adventure — Spot the school-shaped rules you're still carrying Sample Homeschool Schedules — Real, doable rhythms you can borrow, including loop schedules Quote of the Week Notecard — A free printable of this episode's quote Homeschool Rising — Christy-Faith's book, including the chapter on deschooling The Christy-Faith List — Find homeschool-friendly providers: christy-faiths-list.com Thrive Homeschool Community: Get on the waitlist All of Christy-Faith's free resources Related episodes: Ep. 82 — How Long Should a Homeschool Day Really Be? Ep. 64 — Overwhelmed by Homeschooling? How to Make It Manageable ⭐ New to Homeschooling? Start with Episode 101 — the New Homeschooler Series is the best place to begin. Connect with Christy-Faith: Instagram: @christy_faith_homeschool TikTok: @christy_faith Website: christy-faith.com Book: Homeschool Rising 🎧 Love the show? Follow, subscribe, and leave a review wherever you listen — it helps more homeschool families find us! (00:00) - The "Sit Down, Please" Morning (04:16) - Expectation One: What Focus Actually Looks Like (05:40) - Expectation Two: Redefining What "Done" Means (06:35) - Expectation Three: The Wiggling Isn’t Disrespect (07:50) - Shorten and Split the Lesson (09:00) - What Deschooling Actually Means (14:10) - Let Them Move on Purpose: 54 Studies, 30,000 Kids (15:30) - Do the Hard Things First (16:45) - Rescuing Your Read-Alouds (20:51) - Trim Your List and Loop Your Subjects (22:06) - Build the Focus Muscle Slowly (23:00) - Check the Inputs Before You Worry (27:30) - Is My Kid Normal, or Is Something Deeper Going On? (31:55) - Where We Started, Where We Landed

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