Creating a Homeschool You Love: Encouragement and Practical Tips from Carrie Lindquist
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Are you wondering how to create a homeschool experience that truly fits your family’s unique needs—especially if you're juggling work, neurodiversity, or the realities of everyday life? In this episode of Show Me Homeschool, host Erin sits down with Carrie Lindquist, a second-generation homeschooler, bestselling curriculum author, and mom of three energetic boys. Carrie shares her journey from being pulled out of private school to becoming both a homeschool mom and curriculum developer, highlighting how her own childhood fears and challenges have influenced the joy and flexibility she now brings to her own children's education.
Listeners will hear practical, encouraging advice on finding the right curriculum, integrating biblical truth across subjects, coping with burnout, and building supportive homeschool communities—whether in person or online. Carrie provides hope for moms who feel overwhelmed, emphasizing that homeschool doesn’t have to look perfect and that every family’s path will be different.
Links & Resources:
Carrie Lindquist’s website, www.theeverydayhomeschool.com
Instagram, @theeverydayhomeschool
Carrie’s curriculum at Master Books, including Foundations Phonics
Connect with Erin & Joe at Show Me Homeschool:
- Show Me Homeschool Website
- On Instagram, @show.me.homeschool
- On X, @ShowMeHomeSch
- On Pinterest, @showmehomeschool
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Chapters
1. Creating a Homeschool You Love: Encouragement and Practical Tips from Carrie Lindquist (00:00:00)
2. Welcome to Show Me Homeschool (00:00:06)
3. Keri's Homeschool Journey (00:03:40)
4. Creating Engaging Curriculum (00:06:21)
5. Balancing Homeschool Life (00:08:10)
6. Overcoming Comparison (00:10:53)
7. Managing Multiple Ages (00:12:39)
8. The Evolving Homeschool Community (00:16:13)
9. Supporting Neurodiverse Learners (00:20:34)
10. Building Community Connections (00:22:27)
11. Encouragement for Burnt-Out Moms (00:25:46)
12. Keri's Coaching and Blog (00:31:09)
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