Restoration Home with Jennifer Pepito

How do you know if your home education is ticking the right boxes? How do you know if you're hitting the right priorities, making important milestones, and raising healthy, happy, whole, and well educated children? 

With so much noise, so many checklists, and so many conflicting goals, Carrie De Francisco joins Jennifer in Episode 179 to talk about evaluating your home education journey through simple questions. 

Carrie De Francisco and Jennifer Pepito are both veteran homeschoolers who have made it their goal to help parents navigate education, particularly highschool, without reverting to the defunct system that is traditional school. 

Home Education, at it's best is effective and simple, and Carrie's new book A Home Education Handbook with nine questions to help you evaluate your home school process is a great resource to destress, get back on track, and feel confident in what you are doing. 

Asking questions rather than trying to check off a daily list or confine experience, real life challenges 

Whether you're considering homeschooling through high school, in the midst of it, or looking for fresh ideas after homeschooling your third child, this episode is a goldmine of practical advice.

Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press!

 In this episode–

Daily questions to check your home education progress 

The best decisison Carrie made in homeschooling

How to feel confident when your homeschooling looks different 

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Welcome to episode 178!

Work is essential for things like hand-eye coordination, a sense of self-esteem and belonging in children, and a core building block for future success. 

How do we build this habit, though, without destroying childhoods, derailing parent-child relationships, or raising children who hide when they see us coming for fear of being tasked with work. 

Jennifer takes you through the work and life of "Ma Moody" to discover keys to raising children who love work, who want to work with you, and building good habits without taking away from a child's childhood. 

Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press!

Check out the Homeschool Planner for a great way to stay organized and focused as the new year starts. 

Looking for more nature and science for this year? The Peaceful Press Nature Book Flood is a beautiful addition to your school year.  

In this episode:

The lessons of work from Mrs. Moody

Work is a building block for successful children

The three things we can do as a parent to make work enjoyable: Be present; appreciate the effort; keep work manageable 

The best habits are built around daily rhythms; check out the Peaceful Press FREE Daily Rhythm Pack

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If you're looking for inspiration for a habit make-over check out: Habits for a Sacred Home by Jennifer Pepito 

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Welcome to episode 177 of the Restoration Home Podcast! 

The dream we have of a godly family, and good habits, and leaving a family legacy, and only choosing what really matters must start in relationship with God. An important part of that relationship is the habit of hearing from God.

Margaret Feinberg, author of The God You Need to Know and Fight Back with Joy joins Jennifer to talk about how to build a habit of hearing from the Holy Spirit, discerning the voice of God, and how this habit fuels every other undertaking. 

Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press!
 In this episode–

How to deal with pain when spiritual leaders betray us

The importance of hearing from God

How to deal with dissapointment when we think we heard, but didn't 

Walkin in humility

The joy of communion, and so much more.

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Welcome to episode 176 with Ginny Yurich, a long time friend and the amazing founder of 1000 Hours Outside. This episode was such a delight to record., and we think you'll have as much fun listening.

Ginny and Jennifer are both bubbling over with enthusiasm for homeschooling, daily nature time habits, letting go of unrealistic education standards that hinder rather than help your child, the importance of parental connection over peer connection, and so much more. We love debunking myths that, in the end, make our lives simpler, our children happier and more succesful, and protect childhood over rigid and unproductive learning.

So settle in and enjoy! 

Episode sponsored by the Peaceful Press!
 In this episode–

Peer to peer versus peer to parent connections

When to clean your baseboards with cotton balls 

How to get outside in the dead of winter

What going outside in lots of weather does for your children

The books we love

And so much more!! 

https://www.1000hoursoutside.com/ 

Get the Peaceful Press Nature Book Flood here

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Jennifer and Emelie come to the show to talk about the wedding they planned in less than a month. Why a wedding, you might ask, because one of the ultimate goals of the Restoration Home Community is creating longevity in our families. This looks like adult children, who are there for each-other, planning celebrations around family vision, and the long-term goal of community. 

Plus, it's fun to talk about weddings! 

This great conversation is made possible by the Peaceful Press!

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The Peaceful Press Elementary Bundles 

 In this episode–

Planning celebrations around your family vision 

The beauty of community

Enjoying the goodness of God 

Learning to live aware of the gifts of God 

Investing in long-term community 

Writing your family vision with the Peaceful Press guide

You can learn more about Jennifer here-

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