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Classical Conversations supports homeschooling parents by cultivating the love of learning through a Christian worldview in fellowship with other families. We believe there are three keys to a great education: classical, Christian, and Community.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Everyday Educator makes home education more concrete by connecting parental reflection with usable approaches to science, mathematics, reading, and critical thinking.
Everyday Educator turns home education into a set of choices families can examine, try, and adapt. Guest conversations favor practical detail over abstract instruction, with Lisa Bailey and other hosts asking how learning works around an ordinary household.
Blanket forts and a Mad Hatter tea party: your homeschool read-aloud can leave the page.
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A warm conversation about practicing classical Christian habits in family learning.
Everyday Educator's Top Homeschool Secrets to Success is a warm, practical conversation about The Habits of a Classical Education and the slow work of forming a learning culture at home.
A senior thesis becomes a yearlong Odyssey of discovery, guided by someone explaining it while living it as a parent.
The senior thesis can feel like a wall of academic weight, but this episode gives it a path forward: an Odyssey shaped around a question that may shift before the student reaches the end.
A warm Everyday Educator conversation on perseverance when homeschooling feels hardest.
Everyday Educator turns the winter doldrums of homeschooling into a practical reflection on perseverance. Lisa Bailey and DeeDee Adetutu frame the hardest stretch of the work as a moment when face-to-face support, family conviction, and steady purpose matter most.
A steady, practical conversation about helping families turn spring energy and year-end pressure into a purposeful finish.
Finishing Strong treats the close of a CC year as something worth planning for, without turning it into a crisis. Lisa Bailey and guest Deb keep the conversation grounded in the real pressure points: closing community days, last-minute projects, celebrations, spring fever, and…
A warm handoff frames Everyday Educator's refresh as an open invitation to its homeschooling community.
Everyday Educator turns a show announcement into a story about continuity, as Lisa Bailey welcomes Delise Germond to the helm and the two talk through how the podcast will carry forward with a little old and a little new.
A calm welcome for parents who want homeschooling encouragement with a practical nudge toward local support.
The episode opens with a warm invitation to learn together, encourage one another, and see homeschooling as an adventure worth taking on. It pairs that welcome with a practical nod toward a local CC community and classicalconversations.com, which keeps the message grounded…
A warm conversation about homeschooling as the work of shaping a family legacy.
This conversation frames homeschooling as a way to shape family legacy. Lisa Bailey, Delise, and Olivia Walsh focus on what legacy can mean in home education, and Olivia's K-12 homeschooling background gives the discussion its clearest personal grounding.
Memory work comes through as practice, poise, and a family win.
Everyday Educator follows the 2025 National Memory Master Competition and introduces Evangeline Trott with Jason and Tricia Trott after Kelly Wilt frames the event as a celebration of memory work already mastered.
German law, tested against real cases.
California trusts and estates, carefully explained.
Family court strategy without the fog.
The hosts and guest discuss summer rhythms for homeschooling families, covering topics like balancing academics, savoring time with children, managing household chores, and maintaining spiritual growth.
Lee Bortens shares her experience taking a photography course in Botswana, drawing parallels between adult learning and homeschooling challenges.
Kathy Gibbons discusses cognitive biases and critical thinking, sharing personal stories like the Dunning-Kruger effect and how to respond to bias accusations with curiosity.
Host Lisa Bailey and guests Kelly and Delise discuss strategies for making summer reading active and engaging for homeschooling families, sharing personal anecdotes, practical tips like using musical books and reading forts, and resources to cultivate curiosity in children and parents alike.
Host Lisa Bailey interviews Alexis Selby Carrico, founder of Jam with Latin, about integrating Latin into homeschooling.
Host Lisa Bailey and guests Delise and Olivia Walsh explore how homeschooling builds a family legacy beyond academics, focusing on identity, truth, and worship.
Kevin, founder of Biblingo, discusses the importance of learning biblical Greek and Hebrew for deeper Scripture understanding.
This episode of the Everyday Educator podcast, hosted by Lisa Bailey, discusses the role of habits in homeschooling through a Christian worldview, emphasizing classical education and community support.
This episode features Amy Jones discussing how to integrate science into homeschooling during summer, emphasizing rest, curiosity, and seeing God in creation.
This episode features an interview with the 2025 National Memory Master Champion Evangeline Trott and her parents, discussing their homeschooling journey, preparation for the competition, and the community support that shaped their experience.
Babs from the Math Map team discusses creative summer math learning for homeschoolers, emphasizing practical activities, overcoming math anxiety with faith, and seeing God's character in numbers.
Everyday Educator's episode on The Habits of a Classical Education centers on Kelly and Amy Jones explaining the five core grammar habits: naming, attending, memorizing, expressing, and storytelling.
Tim Knotts and Daniel Shirley frame Classical Conversations' Senior Thesis as a two-part capstone: a written paper and a live defense before judges, parents, and siblings.
["Lisa Bailey and DeeDee Adetutu frame the episode around the line 'Everybody wants to quit in February' and the homeschool slump that follows Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year\u2019s.", "DeeDee, a mother of four with Challenge 4, Challenge 2, Challenge A, and a Foundations/Essentials student, says the holiday season 'created this monster' because the rest of winter feels flat by comparison.", "They talk through family rest, weekly Classical Conversations community, cross-country training, and a mountains getaway where they scroll photos and ask where they want to be next year.", "The episode lands on a senior son's line that 'the hardest part of the race is what defines you,' then connects that idea to interval study, short sprints, and finishing the school year without regret."]
["Lisa Bailey and Deb Switzer use Everyday Educator's \"Finishing Strong\" to talk about closing a Classical Conversations homeschool year when May projects and celebrations are piling up.", "Switzer says she has homeschooled for 20 years and worked in CC for 15, so her advice comes from the same tired season she describes.", "The practical focus is on taking eyes off the calendar, giving each child individual time, and using spring fever with outdoor resets instead of panic.", "The emotional center is her son's moment of \"Mom, I'm smart,\" which Bailey uses to define finishing strong as visible growth, not perfect completion."]
Everyday Educator relaunches with Lisa Bailey and Delise Germond moving the show to YouTube as a video podcast while keeping its Classical Conversations focus.
Lisa Bailey discusses the book and movie 'The Best Christmas Pageant Ever' as part of Advent season, encouraging homeschooling families to enjoy holiday traditions.
This episode explains the Memory Master program in Classical Conversations' Foundations curriculum, addressing common questions and concerns for homeschooling parents.
A conversation with Lisa Bailey about parenting, homeschooling, and faith, featuring encouragement for mothers.
Lisa Bailey discusses the art of good conversation and how parents can teach conversation skills to their children, with guest Daniel Shirley.
Lisa Bailey interviews Leigh Bortins about the new math curriculum The Math Map, discussing its vision and benefits for homeschooling families.