Season 2- Episode 56 On this episode, Black Kids Read Press Founder, Jomo, shares his experience teaching on the University level, how important it is to get books in front of your kids, the benefits of reading at or above grade level, his passion for writing and publishing books, protective factors, and the need for revamping of the public-school science curriculum. Black Kids Read (ES)2 STEM Learning Lab (es2rp.org) https://twitter.com/JomoMutegi) https://www.facebook.com/ProfessorMutegi Jomo W. Mutegi has jumped from a plane at over the Velds of South Africa, braved the rushing rapids of the Cheat River, raced down the slopes of Colorado mountains, and explored monuments on the Giza Plateau. Yet his greatest adventure is that of a husband, father and educator.
A professor of science education, Jomo studies how children learn science. He founded Black Kids Read to develop children’s book and curriculum materials that tackle challenging, social and science-related topics. He currently lives in Hampton Roads, Virginia with his wife and their youngest son. Homeschool Yo Kids Podcast shares organic conversations that promote confidence, a growth mindset, and are filled with inspiration and good energy. Sharing stories from the classroom, their home learning journey, and other reflections and life experiences, come grow and learn with Jae.

Homeschool Yo Kids Organization is a 501c3 nonprofit that provides families with tools to aid unconventional learning experiences, helping to create a positive home learning environment. In addition to this, we are missioned to help families in traditional schools build a healthy collaborative relationship between the school and home. Visit our website!! https://www.homeschoolyokidsexpo.com/ Follow us on IG:@homeschoolyokids @homeschoolyokidspodcastJoin our FB Group: Homeschool Yo Kids Jae is a former public-school teacher, now homeschooling her 2 little people. She is the founder of the 501c3 nonprofit Homeschool Yo Kids Organization. Join Jae as she chats with homeschool families, homeschool resource providers, and others that support the homeschool community on this journey of 'reimagining what learning looks like'.

Season 2- Episode 55 On this episode, homeschool mom, Donna, shares her experience with raising her gifted daughter, how important it is to grow your child's emotional intelligence, the benefits of homeschooling gifted kids, the early signs she recognized in her child, how vital community is, and the advocacy she does for parents of gifted children. https://athenasacademy.com/ Donna Metler is a long time educator, at every level from infants to adults, whose greatest teaching challenge came when, to her horror, her baby hadn’t read the “normal child development milestones” and instead, chose to progress in their own, asynchronous, manner. This led to a journey of gifted/2e homeschooling which included starting interest based clubs and organizations, taking and teaching online classes, facilitating independent projects, attending international conferences with a teen presenter, locating outside mentors, and supporting a child attending early college. Donna currently teaches music at Singleton Community Center in Bartlett, TN, mentors and supports homeschoolers in the local community, and moderates and mentors junior instructors at Athena’s Advanced Academy, an Cognia accredited online program offering a la carte classes to meet the needs of gifted and 2e students. Donna’s workshops and 1-1 mentoring involve looking at a child where they are and figuring out a roadmap…while being ready for your child to light the roadmap on fire and throw it out the window at any moment, and enjoying the trip wherever it leads. Donna’s in person classes offer opportunities for children to engage joyously in music, regardless of neurotype. Homeschool Yo Kids Podcast shares organic conversations that promote confidence, a growth mindset, and are filled with inspiration and good energy. Sharing stories from the classroom, their home learning journey, and other reflections and life experiences, come grow and learn with Jae.

Homeschool Yo Kids Organization is a 501c3 nonprofit that provides families with tools to aid unconventional learning experiences, helping to create a positive home learning environment. In addition to this, we are missioned to help families in traditional schools build a healthy collaborative relationship between the school and home. Visit our website!! https://www.homeschoolyokidsexpo.com/ Follow us on IG:@homeschoolyokids @homeschoolyokidspodcastJoin our FB Group: Homeschool Yo Kids Jae is a former public-school teacher, now homeschooling her 2 little people. She is the founder of the 501c3 nonprofit Homeschool Yo Kids Organization. Join Jae as she chats with homeschool families, homeschool resource providers, and others that support the homeschool community on this journey of 'reimagining what learning looks like'.

Season 2- Episode 54

On this episode, the owner of The Penmanship Lab, Leslie, shares her methods of making writing fun, how important it is to work on children's fine motor skills, the benefits of writing by hand, how she builds her homeschool curriculum, how vital self-advocacy is for kids, and how she created a homeschool lifestyle that works for her family.

https://www.thepenmanshiplab.com/

Leslie Catlett MS, OTR/L, owner of The Penmanship Lab, brings academic training and clinical expertise to child handwriting remediation. Featured in media outlets like Good Day Columbus and recognized as DFW Mom Approved in 2021, Leslie's achievements include pioneering telehealth cases and participation in the Mavs Business Assist Program. Her mission is to enhance legibility through tailored instruction and virtual classrooms. With a background in Chemistry and Occupational Therapy, Leslie specializes in virtual school-based services, offering evaluations and interventions for students K-12 worldwide. She excels in supporting diverse learning needs, including dyslexia and ADHD, to ensure academic success and well-being.

Homeschool Yo Kids Podcast shares organic conversations that promote confidence, a growth mindset, and are filled with inspiration and good energy. Sharing stories from the classroom, their home learning journey, and other reflections and life experiences, come grow and learn with Jae.

Homeschool Yo Kids Organization is a 501c3 nonprofit that provides families with tools to aid unconventional learning experiences, helping to create a positive home learning environment. In addition to this, we are missioned to help families in traditional schools build a healthy collaborative relationship between the school and home.

Visit our website!! https://www.homeschoolyokidsexpo.com/ Follow us on IG:@homeschoolyokids @homeschoolyokidspodcastJoin our FB Group: Homeschool Yo Kids

Jae is a former public-school teacher, now homeschooling her 2 little people. She is the founder of the 501c3 nonprofit Homeschool Yo Kids Organization. Join Jae as she chats with homeschool families, homeschool resource providers, and others that support the homeschool community on this journey of 'reimagining what learning looks like'.

Season 2- Episode 53 On this episode, Lionman School of Rewilding, Max, shares his passion for foraging and plants, how important it is to learn how to farm, why being able to hunt and gather is vital, the benefits of learning how to work with your hands, the reasons he tries to do something new every day, and how to build a sustainable life. http://lionmanrewilding.com/ LMSR Founder, Head Instructor Graduated from the Maine Primitive Skills School’s Apprenticeship in 2018. Graduated from Sunbridge Institute in their WETE Program in 2024. Working on a book regarding ethnobotany (foraging) throughout prehistory. Visited the Amazonian Shiviar tribe in 2017 for a research project. Homeschool Yo Kids Podcast shares organic conversations that promote confidence, a growth mindset, and are filled with inspiration and good energy. Sharing stories from the classroom, their home learning journey, and other reflections and life experiences, come grow and learn with Jae. Homeschool Yo Kids Organization is a 501c3 nonprofit that provides families with tools to aid unconventional learning experiences, helping to create a positive home learning environment. In addition to this, we are missioned to help families in traditional schools build a healthy collaborative relationship between the school and home. Visit our website!! https://www.homeschoolyokidsexpo.com/ Follow us on IG:@homeschoolyokids @homeschoolyokidspodcast Join our FB Group: Homeschool Yo Kids Jae is a former public-school teacher, now homeschooling her 2 little people. She is the founder of the 501c3 nonprofit Homeschool Yo Kids Organization. Join Jae as she chats with homeschool families, homeschool resource providers, and others that support the homeschool community on this journey of 'reimagining what learning looks like'.

Season 2- Episode 52

On this episode, High Impact Tutoring Founder, Linda, shares her passion for helping with the literacy crisis, how important reading aloud is for a child, why phonetics is vital, the benefits of 'guided reading', the reasons she offers free reading assessments, and the link between higher literacy and eating dinner together as a family.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/guidedreadingsupporthttps://myhighimpacttutoring.com

Linda's Bio....

In my twenties, I became a Waldorf teacher. I taught first-graders how to read using a traditional phonics-based approach combined with Waldorf multi-sensory methods.Later, I became a reading interventionist and I put together my signature reading program, incorporating best practices from many different sources, including the latest research on the teaching and learning of reading.Interesting fact: I'm a "second generation" reading teacher. My father was a reading and writing teacher for over fifty years, and my sister teaches reading to ESL students. It is in the family!I currently study in the Master's Program in Literacy at the University of Cincinnati. My goal is to complete advanced research on reading assessment which will help differentiate different "types" of dyslexia. I have three children, a husband, and one cat, and my hobby is growing plum trees!

Homeschool Yo Kids Podcast shares organic conversations that promote confidence, a growth mindset, and are filled with inspiration and good energy. Sharing stories from the classroom, their home learning journey, and other reflections and life experiences, come grow and learn with Jae.

Homeschool Yo Kids Organization is a 501c3 nonprofit that provides families with tools to aid unconventional learning experiences, helping to create a positive home learning environment. In addition to this, we are missioned to help families in traditional schools build a healthy collaborative relationship between the school and home.

Visit our website!! https://www.homeschoolyokidsexpo.com/

Follow us on IG:@homeschoolyokids @homeschoolyokidspodcast

Join our FB Group: Homeschool Yo Kids

Jae is a former public-school teacher, now homeschooling her 2 little people. She is the founder of the 501c3 nonprofit Homeschool Yo Kids Organization. Join Jae as she chats with homeschool families, homeschool resource providers, and others that support the homeschool community on this journey of 'reimagining what learning looks like'.

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Season 2- Episode 51

On this episode, Homeschool Mom, Amber, shares her journey into homeschooling, how she built her confidence in leading her children's education journey, why she created 'Heritage Mom', her village 'Heritage Homeschoolers', the importance of cultural representation for kids, and how she 'self cares'.'

Website: HeritageMom.com

Book: APlaceToBelongBook.com

IG: @heritagemomblog

FB: @heritagemomblog

Amber O’Neal Johnston lives in Georgia, nestled among pine trees, hammocks, and ziplines with her husband and their four children. Her happy place is the back porch on a rainy day, preferably with a giant mug of hot tea and a good book. She’s the author of A PLACE TO BELONG: Raising Kids to Celebrate Their Heritage, Community, and the World, and she offers literature-based homeschool lesson guides focused on Black history and culture at HeritageMom.com and on Instagram @heritagemomblog.

Homeschool Yo Kids Podcast shares organic conversations that promote confidence, a growth mindset, and are filled with inspiration and good energy. Sharing stories from the classroom, their home learning journey, and other reflections and life experiences, come grow and learn with Jae.

Homeschool Yo Kids Organization is a 501c3 nonprofit that provides families with tools to aid unconventional learning experiences, helping to create a positive home learning environment. In addition to this, we are missioned to help families in traditional schools build a healthy collaborative relationship between the school and home.

Visit our website!! https://www.homeschoolyokidsexpo.com/

Follow us on IG:@homeschoolyokids @homeschoolyokidspodcast

Join our FB Group: Homeschool Yo Kids

Jae is a former public-school teacher, now homeschooling her 2 little people. She is the founder of the 501c3 nonprofit Homeschool Yo Kids Organization. Join Jae as she chats with homeschool families, homeschool resource providers, and others that support the homeschool community on this journey of 'reimagining what learning looks like'.

Introduction Song- ChrisNTeeb -Expect- Manifestation 2*⁠⁠⁠⁠‎The Manifestation 2 by Chris-n-Teeb on Apple Music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Manifestation 2 - Album by Chris-n-Teeb | Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠chrisnteeb.com⁠

Season 2- Episode 50

On this episode, teacher, Ruth, shares the importance of making learning fun, the need to be able to effectively communicate an idea, her catalog of books, the long-term effects of social media, the value in trusting your kids, some of the life skills we should focus on building up in our kids, and ensuring that kids put more focus on the solution than the problem.

http://www.artbyruth.com/

Award-winning artist and author Ruth A. Douthitt has been drawing and writing since an early age. An Arizona native, she first was inspired by her fourth grade teacher to learn more about the fine arts and to make it her life's endeavor. Later, her high school English teacher entered her poetry into a contest that she won. Her art teacher gave her many challenging class assignments that helped her win two scholarships to study art in college.

She has had a one-woman show in New Bern, North Carolina where she and her husband were stationed with the USMC. It was there that Ruth developed a love of wildlife art and drawing animals. She did "pet portraits" while working at Ballantyne Framing & Art. She also was able to sell her watercolors there as well. Back in Arizona, she began painting portraits of children. First she started painting friend's kids and pets, but that grew into a business. Her commissions increased thanks to positive "word of mouth" reviews from clients.

Her clients range from Police officers, lawyers, and Superior court Judges to stay-at-home moms and grandmothers: all wanting realistic portraits of their beloved children or grandchildren. It was around this time that Ruth drafted a story she had in mind ever since her time in North Carolina...a story about dragons.

She completed her B.A. in Visual Arts from ASU and a Masters degree in Education from University of Phoenix. Ruth has taught art at Glendale Community College and is a member of the Arizona Watercolor Association. She finally had her first book published in 2011, "The Dragon Forest." Since then, she has had several more books released, including the 2017 Moonbeam Children's Book Award Bronze Medal award-winning "The Children" series. As an award-winning author of books for middle grade readers, Ruth decided to blend her art and her writing. She has illustrated many books: "The White Wolf," "Dragon Games," "Dragon Riders," and "The Road to Home." In 2023, she released her first coloring book! She plans on releasing many more...And, finally after 34 years in the making, she released her first picture book, "Peter and the Dragon Forest," with illustrations by her husband.

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Homeschool Yo Kids Podcast shares organic conversations that promote confidence, a growth mindset, and are filled with inspiration and good energy. Sharing stories from the classroom, their home learning journey, and other reflections and life experiences, come grow and learn with Jae.

Homeschool Yo Kids Organization is a 501c3 nonprofit that provides families with tools to aid unconventional learning experiences, helping to create a positive home learning environment. In addition to this, we are missioned to help families in traditional schools build a healthy collaborative relationship between the school and home.

Visit our website!! https://www.homeschoolyokidsexpo.com/

Follow us on IG:@homeschoolyokids @homeschoolyokidspodcast

Join our FB Group: Homeschool Yo Kids

Jae is a former public-school teacher, now homeschooling her 2 little people. She is the founder of the 501c3 nonprofit Homeschool Yo Kids Organization. Join Jae as she chats with homeschool families, homeschool resource providers, and others that support the homeschool community on this journey of 'reimagining what learning looks like'.

Introduction Song- ChrisNTeeb -Expect- Manifestation 2*⁠⁠⁠⁠‎The Manifestation 2 by Chris-n-Teeb on Apple Music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Manifestation 2 - Album by Chris-n-Teeb | Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠chrisnteeb.com⁠

Season 2- Episode 49

On this episode, Principal, Dr. Randall, shares his journey through the education system, why he decided to stop "fighting" the system, the many opportunities available at Pathways Early College Academy, the importance of small class sizes, the need for a new public school model, and the need for representation for all in educational spaces.

https://www.peca.org/ Randall.Hoggard@peca.org

Dr. Randall Hoggard holds a Doctorate in Education Administration from Argosy University and has over 17 years of experience working in schools from 6th grade through college. During his involvement in the various school environments he has always focused on educational opportunities for all children by addressing normal barriers to success. His experience covers a wide range of school formats - online, 1 to 1 instruction, classroom based, hybrid and other alternative methods.

Homeschool Yo Kids Podcast shares organic conversations that promote confidence, a growth mindset, and are filled with inspiration and good energy. Sharing stories from the classroom, their home learning journey, and other reflections and life experiences, come grow and learn with Jae.

Homeschool Yo Kids Organization is a 501c3 nonprofit that provides families with tools to aid unconventional learning experiences, helping to create a positive home learning environment. In addition to this, we are missioned to help families in traditional schools build a healthy collaborative relationship between the school and home.

Visit our website!! https://www.homeschoolyokidsexpo.com/

Follow us on IG:@homeschoolyokids @homeschoolyokidspodcast

Join our FB Group: Homeschool Yo Kids

Jae is a former public-school teacher, now homeschooling her 2 little people. She is the founder of the 501c3 nonprofit Homeschool Yo Kids Organization. Join Jae as she chats with homeschool families, homeschool resource providers, and others that support the homeschool community on this journey of 'reimagining what learning looks like'.

Introduction Song- ChrisNTeeb -Expect- Manifestation 2*⁠⁠⁠⁠‎The Manifestation 2 by Chris-n-Teeb on Apple Music⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Manifestation 2 - Album by Chris-n-Teeb | Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠chrisnteeb.com⁠