256. Welcome Back Julie! Plus Lessons from Spain

Brave Writer

Julie Bogart and Melissa Wiley

Books, Arts, Education For Kids, Kids & Family, Education

4.8 • 904 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The sound of Moroccan Arabic, the smell of dried buffalo chips, the taste of sugary mint tea, the view of an open prairie–in today’s episode Julie and Melissa reflect on immersive learning experiences and how education becomes a part of a person for the rest of their life.

Julie is back from her trip to Europe, having spent a significant amount of her time in Spain. Always the homeschooler, she describes events on her journey that illuminated the true meaning of learning and teaching. She and Melissa discuss the joy that comes from being a lifelong learner alongside adult kids.

As the academic new year begins, this episode is a great way to fall back in love with education.

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0:47.0	Julie, hi, we're back.
0:53.5	Oh my gosh, I've missed you, Melissa.
0:55.5	It's been way too long.
0:56.8	I was becoming quite reliant on these weekly doses of Melissa goodness.
1:02.1	Me too. I was realizing how much these conversations with you have carried me back to when my kids were little and I spent so much time at Park Days or on email lists in conversation with
1:17.9	other homeschooling moms and it's not like I don't talk to other homeschooling
1:21.7	moms now but we all have older kids and it's just
1:25.6	different and these conversations with you is the fun of getting to do deep
1:31.1	dives into topics that are the things that I've been
1:34.9	grappling with as a homeschooling mom this whole time so it's just so fun and
1:38.0	lively plus I love you to pieces. Oh likewise and in fact for those who paying attention, I've been out of the country. I went to a big family wedding in Italy and then on a vacation in Spain. And the whole time I was thinking about homeschoolers, I was thinking about this rich tapestry of learning that we offer our children, and then we watch them grow up and become these people who relish learning.
2:04.7	And one of the great joys of the trip to Italy is that two of my kids, Jacob and Liam were
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