2024

An Easier Way to Teach Decoding with Dr. Marnie Ginsberg
Switch It — Integrate, Don't Isolate
Sort It — Teaching Advanced Phonics
Podcast: Reading Simplified with Dr. Marnie Ginsberg
Webinar: An Easier Way to Teach Decoding with Dr. Marnie Ginsberg
Homeschool Burnout
Signs of Homeschool Burnout
A Homeschool Burnout Recovery Plan
Expert Insight on Burnout
Scatterbook Prompts: Homeschool Burnout
Webinar: Homeschool Burnout
The Brave Learner - Chapter 5: Capacities for Learning
Nourishing the Interest: The Four Capacities for Learning (Julie Bogart)
Capacity 1: Curiosity
Capacity 2: Collaboration
Capacity 3: Contemplation
Capacity 4: Celebration
Scatterbook Prompts
Brave Learner Companion Guide: Part 2
Webinar: Brave Learner - The 4 "Cs" for Learning

2023

Build-a-Unit-Study with Brave Writer®: Winter or Holidays
Winter/Holiday Unit Study Planner
Self-Regulation Skills for Neurodiverse Learners
Mirror Neurons and Hidden Anxiety
Practices to Boost Learning
Scatterbook Prompts
Webinar: Self-Regulation Skills for Neurodivergent Learners
Webinar Handout: Self-Regulation Skills for Neurodiverse Learners
Resistant Learners
Overcoming Resistance in Learning
Healing Resistance in Writing
Scatterbook Prompts
Webinar: Resistant Learners
Academic Writing with Brave Writer®
Freewriting: Invisible Academic Skills
Elementary: Should You Teach Young Children Formats?
Middle Schoolers: Do Formats Hush the Writing Voice?
High School: Adventures in Academic Writing
Scatterbook Prompts
Webinar: Academic Writing with Brave Writer
The 4th R: Relationship
Obedience vs. Collaboration
Shift the Power Dynamic
6 Steps to Build Trust in Writing
The 4th "R" Scatterbook Journaling Topics
Webinar: The 4th R: Relationship
Intuitive Homeschool Planning
Introduction to Intuitive Homeschool Planning
Exercise 1: Trusting Your Intuitive Mind
Exercise 2: Applying the Analytical Brain
Exercise 3: Deepening Your Insight
Exercise 4: Developing a Vision
Exercise 5: Seeding Your Imagination
Exercise 6: Creating a Predictable Routine
Exercise 7: Add YOU Into the Mix!
Webinar: Intuitive Homeschool Planning
Design Your Own Literature-Based Curriculum
To lesson plan or not to lesson plan?
Webinar: How to Design a Literature-Based Curriculum
Year-End Celebrations
Your Virtual Room Mom Celebration Plans
Webinar: Year-End Celebrations
How to Shop for Curriculum
Curriculum Hunt Traps
Strategies for Curricula Overwhelm
5-Day Challenge: How to Shop for Curriculum
Webinar: How to Shop for Curriculum
Cultivating a Family Art Habit (Melissa Wiley)
How to Cultivate a Family Art Habit by Melissa Wiley
Create Your Own Enchanted Art Area
5-Day Challenge: Begin a Family Art Habit
Webinar: Cultivating a Family Art Habit with Melissa Wiley
Reignite YOUR Learning
Who Do You Think You Are? (Barbara Sher)
Exclusive Podcast: Explore Your Curiosity
The Environment that Creates Winners (Barbara Sher)
5-Day Challenge: Reignite YOUR Learning!
Webinar: Reignite YOUR Learning
Re-Upping Your Homeschool
Re-Upping Readings from Julie
Natural Stages of Growth as a Home Educator
5-Day Challenge: Meeting Your Re-Upping Moments
Webinar: Re-Upping Your Homeschool

2022

The Myth of Rigor and Requirements in Homeschool
A Keen Observation of Rigor
Rigor vs. Relaxed Alertness
Balancing Requirements with Teens
Has my teen "done enough"?
Webinar: The Myth of Rigor and Requirements in Homeschool
Help! My Plan Isn't Working!
If It's Not Working...
5 Questions to Reinvent Your Plan
Webinar: Help! My Plan Isn't Working!
Homeschool Beliefs That Don't Support You
Community Discussion
Joy is the Best Teacher
Ten Theses of the Joy of Learning
Brave Writer Tips for Joyful Learning
Joyful Learning with Teens
Joy-Centered Learning for the Reluctant Learner
Webinar: Joy is the Best Teacher
Back to Homeschool
Six Tips to Start Your Year
A Six-Week Start-up Plan
Back to Homeschool Bingo
Back to Homeschool podcast
Webinar: Back to Homeschool
Forum Discussion
Records: Measuring Progress (Issy Buston)
A Different View of Progress
Measuring What Matters
Webinar: Measuring Your Child's Progress From The Inside Out with Issy Buston
Teaching Hard History (Amber O’Neal Johnston)
From Tragedy to Triumph: Bringing Hard History into the Home
Tools for Teaching Hard History
Webinar: A Place to Belong with Amber O'Neal Johnston
Science through Literature (Bang-Jensen & Lubkowitz)
Structure and Function: Appreciating the Paper Clip
Compost Stew
Webinar: Sharing Books, Talking Science
Community Discussion: Sharing Books, Talking Science
Raising Critical Thinkers with Julie Bogart
Raising Critical Thinkers Book Club Companion Guide
Webinar: Raising Critical Thinkers Book Celebration
What is a Critical Thinker?
Webinar: What Is a Critical Thinker?
Read, Experience, Encounter: A Real Education
Webinar: Read, Experience, Encounter: A Real Education with Julie Bogart
The Rhetorical Imagination
Webinar: The Rhetorical Imagination with Julie Bogart
Secrets of a Busy Cook (Mary Ann Kelley)
The Homeschool Challenge Nobody Warns You About
Cooking with Kids
Webinar: Secrets of a Busy Cook with Mary Ann Kelley
Community Discussion: Secrets of a Busy Cook

2021

Project Time (Leslie Martino)
Introduction to Project Time
The Power of Project Time
Doing the Work
Webinar: Project Time with Leslie Martino
Community Discussion: Homeschooling with Project Time
Talking To Your Kids (Dr. William Stixrud)
Communicating Empathy: A Recipe for Closeness & Connection (Stixrud & Johnson)
What About Consequences? (Stixrud & Johnson)
Webinar: What Do You Say: How to Talk with Kids to Build Motivation, Stress Tolerance, and a Happy Home with Dr. Stixrud
Community Discussion: What Do You Say?
Your Child's Perspective
Moral Kids (Alfie Kohn)
Perspective Taking (Alfie Kohn)
Webinar: Moral Kids
Webinar: Perspective Taking
Webinar: Your Child's Perspective
Video Games and Learning (Ash Brandin)
The Good News About Video Games
Video Games in Your Homeschool
Tools and Strategies for Smoother Sailing
Webinar: Video Games and Education with Ash Brandin
Community Discussion: Video Games and Education
Creating Co-ops and Community (Alycia Wright)
Finding Your People
Micro Co-ops: Small Group, Deep Roots
Homeschool Co-ops 101
Using Brave Writer Products in a Group
Webinar: Creating the Homeschool Co-op of Your Dreams with Alycia Wright
Flexibility & Compassion (Dr. Diana Hill)
Psychological Flexibility: learning and thriving in the midst of challenge
Self-Compassion: preparing the ground for psychological well-being
Tap into these Superpowers!
Webinar: Psychological Flexibility and Self-Compassion with Dr. Diana Hill
Webinar: Cultivating Compassion with Dr. Diana Hill
Community Discussion: Psychological Flexibility and Self-Compassion
Transcripts and Documentation
Homeschool Records: Who Needs Them?
What to Keep in Elementary and Middle School
High School Transcripts 101
Course Description Examples
College Admission Requirements
Documenting Outside Evidence of Learning
Scatterbook Prompts
Webinar: Transcripts & Documentation
Cultivating Genius (Dr. Gholnecsar Muhammad)
How to Cultivate Genius
Beyond Skills
Changing Education
Webinar: Cultivating Genius with Dr. Gholnecsar Muhammad
Community Discussion: Cultivating Genius
Unschooling (Sue Patterson)
Unschooling: Philosophy and Fallacies
​What Can We Learn From Unschooling?
Unschooling in Your Homeschool
Webinar: Unschooling with Sue Patterson
The Culturally Rich Home (Amber O’Neal Johnston)
Books as Mirrors and Windows
​Diversifying our Bookshelves to Broaden our Minds
Grow Your Home Library
Webinar: Culturally-Rich Family Atmosphere with Amber O'Neal Johnston
Community Discussion: Building a Culturally-rich Family Atmosphere
Executive Function (Samantha Feinman)
Grow Executive Functioning Skills—Brave Writer Style!
Executive Functioning: What is it and why should we care?
Brains Aren't Born, They're Built
Webinar: Developing Executive Function Skills with Samantha Feinman

2020

Why Storytelling Matters (Jim Weiss)
The Significance of Storytelling
Your Kids Have Stories to Tell!
Webinar: Storytelling with Jim Weiss
Sustaining Your Homeschool (Leah Boden)
​Look at Your Long Game
Putting Relationship First
Reframing Your Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Webinar: Playing The Long Game with Leah Boden
The Self-Driven Child (Dr. William Stixrud)
It's Your Call: Kids as Decision Makers (Stixrud & Johnson)
Inner Drive: How to Help Your Kids Develop Motivation
Promoting Motivation, Health, and Excellence: Ed Deci at TEDxFlourCity
Talk About it—What Motivates Your Child?
Author Talk: The Self-Driven Child
Webinar: Inner Drive with Dr. William Stixrud
Webinar: Book Discussion with Julie
Great Family Culture (Melissa Wiley)
Tidal Homeschooling: The Ebb & Flow of Home Education with Melissa Wiley
Living a Learning Lifestyle
Cultivate Your Family Culture
Webinar: Family Culture:The Secret Sauce to Academics with Melissa Wiley
Homeschool to College (Blake Boles)
Serve Up a Delicious Feast of Ideas
College without High School
High School: Planning Ahead, Planning from Behind
Webinar: College Without High School
Mathematical Lifestyle (Julie Scheider)
Three Steps to Supporting Your Child's Math Learning (Julie Schneider)
Video: Everyday Math Part 1—Your relationship with math
Video: Everyday Math Part 2—Creating a math-rich lifestyle
Webinar: How to Follow a Child’s Curiosity to Conquer Your Anxiety and Help them Succeed in Math
The Brave Learner - Chapter 11: Awesome Adulting
Awesome Adulting—Expanding Our Horizons (Julie Bogart)
The Pixie Dust of Reasonable Expectations—Embracing Our Limits (Julie Bogart)
Letter of Encouragement
Webinar: Brave Learner Book Club Finale–Awesome Adulting
The Brave Learner Chapters 12-13: The Invisible Education
The Disenchanting Power of Doing It Right
The Real World of Homeschooling
Manage the Damage
Webinar: Invisible Education
The Brave Learner - Chapter 9: House-schooling
House-schooling: Recruit Your Home
That Pernicious Topic: Chores
Webinar: Brave Learner Book Club 14—Let Your House Do the Homeschooling

2019

The Brave Learner - Chapter 8: Liberation from School
Home, Not School
Routine, Not Schedule
Measuring Progress
Brave Learner Companion Guide: Part 3
Webinar: Brave Writer Book Club 13—Liberation from School
Reclaiming Childhood Wonder (Ainsley Arment)
The Wild + Free Way
The School of Nature (Ainsley Arment)
Webinar: Reclaiming Wonder in Your Child's Education with Ainsley Arment (Founder of Wild + Free)
The Brave Learner - Chapter 10: Collaboration with Compassion
The Brave Learner: Companions and Champions (Julie Bogart)
Compassionate Action (Pema Chödrön)
Webinar: Brave Learner Book Club 11—Collaboration with Compassion
Podcast: Love + Collaboration in Learning
The Brave Learner - Chapter 7: Applying the Superpowers
Think like a . . .
Writing Down the Bones: Beginner's Mind (Natalie Goldberg)
Think like a . . . Writing Coach! (Julie Bogart)
Writing Workshop: Wacky Revision Tactics
Webinar: Think Like a Writer with Kirsten Merryman
What Makes a Great Writing Assignment
Rethinking School (Susan Wise Bauer)
The Child's Vision (Susan Wise Bauer)
Webinar: Rethinking School with Susan Wise Bauer
The Brave Learner - Chapter 6: Ports of Entry
Taking Root: The Four Ports of Entry (Julie Bogart)
Brave Learner Companion Guide: Part 2
Port 1: Mind
Port 2: Body
Port 3: Heart
Port 4: Spirit
Webinar: The Four Ports of Entry
The Brave Learner - Chapter 4: Forces of Enchantment
Casting the Spell (Julie Bogart)
Brave Learner Companion Guide: Part 2
Enchantment Force 1: Surprise!
Enchantment Force 2: Mystery!
Enchantment Force 3: Risk!
Enchantment Force 4: Adventure!
Webinar: Brave Learner Book Club 3: The Four Forces of Enchantment
The Brave Learner - Chapters 1-3: Finding Everyday Magic
Enchanted Living (Julie Bogart)
Brave Learner Companion Guide: Part 1
Continent of Learning (Julie Bogart)
Webinar: Brave Learner Book Club 1: An Overview of the 12 Superpowers
Webinar: Brave Learner Book Club 2: Continent of Learning
Learning through Historical Fiction (Caroline Star Rose)
Historical Fiction: Advocate for Empathy
Webinar: Light up Every Subject through Historical Fiction with Caroline Starr Rose
In Practice: Where in the World Are We Reading?
In Practice: Mixing Primary Documents and Student Creativity
Resource: Historical Fiction Booklists

2018

Partnering with Teens (Johannah Bogart)
How to Love (Thich Nhat Hanh via Brain Pickings)
How to Reckon with Emotion and Change Your Narrative (Brené Brown)
Finding Balance in High School
44 Ways to Grow as a High School Writer
Webinar: Partnering with Your Teens for a Great Future
How to Homeschool So Kids Will Listen...
Helping Children Deal with Their Feelings
Webinar: How to Homeschool So Kids Will Listen
Helping Children with Hard Feelings
Engaging Cooperation
The Enneagram and Parenting (Leslie Hershberger)
What is the Enneagram?
Enneagram and Parenting (Leslie Hershberger)
Determining Your Enneagram Type
Webinar: Three-Centered Relationships with Leslie Hershberger
The Biology of Relationships, Love and the Enneagram: The Three Centers of Intelligence (David Daniels)
Webinar: Enneagram Reprise
Learning How to Learn (Barbara Oakley)
Why Brain-Links Are Important (Oakley)
Podcast: An Interview with Barbara Oakley, PhD
Making Brain-Links (Oakley)
Webinar: Learning How to Learn with Barb Oakley
Poems are Teachers (Amy Ludwig VanDerwater)
Podcast: Amy Ludwig VanDerwater Poet Interview
Poems are Teachers (Amy Ludwig VanDerwater)
Webinar: Poems Are Teachers Workshop with Amy Ludwig VanDerwater
Brave Writer Teacher Picks: Our Favorite Poems
More Brave Writer Teacher Picks: Our Favorite Poems
Brain Breaks for Focused Attention (Joshua MacNeill)
Brain Basics (Joshua MacNeill)
Podcast: Brain Breaks with Joshua MacNeill
Brain Breaks Webinar
Natural Learning
"Cognition and Games"
"Invisible Learning"
"How Do You Document Natural Learning in Year-End Evaluations?"

2017

Whole Child Learning
Beyond Average (Todd Rose)
Tackling Ages 0-12 Years Old Webinar
The Biological Basis of Thinking and Learning (Lawrence F. Lowery)
Tackling the Teen Years (13-20) Webinar
Harnessing the Incredible Learning Potential of the Adolescent Brain (Katrina Schwartz)
A Few More Perspectives on Teens
Rethinking Motivation
The Four Tendencies (Gretchen Rubin)
Better Than Before "Different Solutions for Different People: Distinctions"
Rethinking Motivation Webinar
Notes from Julie on Motivation
YOUR Creative Life
Exploring the Creative Life (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Giving Ourselves Permission (Elizabeth Gilbert)
Passion vs Curiosity
Creativity as an Approach to Living
Creativity Webinar
Records: Assessments
What Kind of Student Should School Produce? (Terry Heick)
Assessments Webinar
The Inconvenient Truth about Assessment (Terry Heick)
The Peril of Trusting Your Child (Julie Bogart)
Deep Dive into Poetry
A Poetry Handbook (Mary Oliver)
"Reading a Poem"
"Sound"
Deep Dive into Poetry Webinar
Raising Resilient Children
Experiencing Success: Nurturing Islands of Competence (Robert Brooks)
Raising Resilient Children Webinar
Bringing History to Life!
Using Schema Theory To Teach American History (National Council for the Social Studies)
"Schema Theory for History"
Making Historical Thinking Reality (Bruce A. Lesh)
Bringing History to Life Webinar

2016

Sibling Conflict
Siblings Without Rivalry "Not Til the Bad Feelings Come Out..."
"Coercive Culture"
"Chores"
Blog Post: Love Who You Are
Siblings Without Rivalry Webinar
Above All, Remember to Laugh
Reading for Insight
Notice and Note: Signposts (Beers and Probst)
Notice and Notes Webinar
"What You Read Matters More Than You Think" — The Science!
Contrasts and Contradictions (Sample Chapter for a Signpost)
"Big Juicy Conversations and the Sign Posts"
Personality Types
Temperament and Character (Dr. David Keirsey)
Some Myers-Briggs Fun
E vs I and N vs S
T vs F and J vs P
Personality and Myers-Briggs Webinar
The Enneagram
Charting Your Personal Growth Path (Beatrice Chestnut)
Enneagram Explored
Enneagram Webinar
Teaching Punctuation
Punctuation: Living with Two Traditions (Peter Elbow)
"Punctuation and Illusion"
Good Enough Punctuation by Careful Reading Aloud and Listening (Peter Elbow)
"Dr. Peter Elbow discusses Vernacular Eloquence with me!"
Punctuation Webinar
Punctuation Follow Up Webinar
Introducing John Holt
Biographical Detail about John Holt
An Interview with John Holt
How Children Learn: Learning and Love (John Holt)
"Observation Instead of Expectation"
On Being Podcast “Unfolding Language, Unfolding Life” with Jean Berko Gleason
"How Children Learn: Reading"
Vulnerability
Rising Strong: The Physics of Vulnerability (Brene Brown)
The Power of Vulnerability

2015

Cultivating Habits
Habits of Mind (Arthur L. Costa)
"Habits of Mind - Persisting and Managing Impulsivity"
Heart-to-heart About the Process
Questions for Persisting and Managing Impulsivity
"Habits of Mind - Listening"
"Habits of Mind - Listening Part Two (What About Adults Who Drive You Nuts?)"
"Habits of Mind: Thinking Flexibly"
"Metacognition: Thinking about Thinking"
Intentional Learning Goals (created by students)
Teaching Self Awareness
Math and Ability (Noah Bogart)
TEDX Talk: The Math of Learning - John Mighton (JUMP Math)
The Myth of Ability - John Mighton
Guided Discovery
Vihart: Infinite Trees are Super Weird
Socratic Method and Binary Math with Noah Bogart
Natural Learning and the Brain
Natural Learning (Caine)
"Patterns that Work"
"Emotions–Yours and Your Kids"
Right Brained Learning (Cindy Gaddis)
Whole Brain (Last minute add-on!)
The Power of Play
Play, Learning, and Development (David Elkind)
"Play, Love, Work"
Washington Post: The Decline of Play in Preschoolers–The Rise of Sensory Issues
"The Elusive Balance"
Brain-Based Learning Research
Empowering Underachievers
Empowering Underachievers: General Interventions (Spevak and Karinch)
"Unhooking the Projection"
"Stealing Emotions"
"Four Practices"
Developing Minds
"Big Rocks and Powerful Kingdoms" (Barell, Hopper, White)
"KWHLAQ–Say what?"
TeachThought: Problem-Based Learning
Making Thinking Visible
"Unpacking Thinking" (Ritchhart, Church, and Morrison)
Thinking Task #1: See-Think-Wonder
Thinking Task #2: The Explanation Game
Thinking Task #3: 3-2-1 Bridge
"Learning, not training"
Writing with Power
Other People - The role of audience to your child (Peter Elbow)
"Audience and Learning (Safety)"
"Being an Audience to Self"
Assignment: Write a Narrative and Post It

2014

In Praise of Slowness
Children: Raising an Unhurried Child (Carl Honoré)
"Practical Application of Slowness to Learning"
The Re-Enchantment of Every Day Life
The Enchanted Child; The Presence of the Hand (Thomas Moore)
”Valuing a Child's Self-Expression"
More thoughts on the enchantment of childhood
”Valuing a teen's self expression"
The Adventure of Living
The Adventure of Living (Paul Tournier)
"The Adventure of Living"
Disillusionment (aka: Disenchantment)
"The difference between a child's adventure cycle and yours"
Thoughts about The Adventure of Living