Reflections on the Homeschool Movement w/ Julie Bogart

The Well-Trained Mind podcast

Julie Bogart’s Books:

• The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning and Life
• Raising Critical Thinkers: A Parent’s Guide to Growing Wise Kids in the Digital Age
• Becoming a Critical Thinker: A Workbook to Help Students Think Well in the Age of Disinformation
• Julie’s Secular Devotionals: A Gracious Space

Julie’s Other Reading Recommendations:

• How to Really Love Your Child by Ross Campbell
• The Well-Trained Mind: Essential Edition by Susan Wise Bauer
• Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards
• Authors Julie recommended: Charlotte Mason, John Holt, John Taylor Gatto, and Peter Gray.

If you enjoyed this episode, check out our episode from Season Two with Julie Bogart, Different Approaches to Teaching Writing.

• (00:00) - Intro with Julie Bogart
• (01:32) - Julie's early years homeschooling
• (09:03) - Experiences with public school
• (11:59) - Finding homeschool community
• (22:04) - A brief(ish) aside on parenting styles
• (28:12) - Break
• (29:03) - We're figuring this out as we go
• (34:21) - Dealing with outside gaze through the years
• (46:05) - Being a parent and an educator
• (55:51) - Check out "Becoming a Critical Thinker" by Julie!
• (57:13) - Outro