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In this episode of the Podcast with Suzanne and Amy, we're talking about what planning for the new homeschool year looks like for us (it's a lot more relaxed than you might think), how we're navigating a weird quarantine world full of changes and disappointments with our kids and ourselves, and some particularly good books we've been reading lately.Thank you to our Patreon supporters for making this podcast possible!You can listen to the podcast with the embedded player below, or download the podcast to listen to at your convenience. Of find us on iTunes or Stitcher. (And if you enjoy the podcast, leave us a rating to help other secular homeschoolers find us!) In this episodeLove it, leave it, need it lists How to plan your whole homeschool year in one coffee date Ideas to celebrate the first day of your homeschool year The summer issue of home/school/life The Thief The Queen of Attolia Daisy Jones and the Six City of Girls Gingerbread Boy, Snow, Bird White Is for Witching

In this episode of the Podcast with Suzanne and Amy, we're talking about recognizing and navigating white privilege in our homeschool lives — plus how we handle end-of-the-year evaluations in our homeschools and some great books we've been reading lately.Thank you to our Patreon supporters for making this podcast possible!You can listen to the podcast with the embedded player below, or download the podcast to listen to at your convenience. Of find us on iTunes or Stitcher. (And if you enjoy the podcast, leave us a rating to help other secular homeschoolers find us!) In This EpisodeSo You Want to Talk about Race We Are Never Meeting in Real Life Wow, No Thank You Blackish (the Juneteenth episode) One Crazy Summer Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry We Need Diverse Books Well Read Black Girl Black Panther Wakanda ForeverThe City We Became Upright Women Wanted Magic for Liars River of Teeth Something Light

In this episode of the Podcast with Suzanne and Amy, we're talking about the power of long-term planning in your homeschool (plus tips on how to actually, you know, long-term plan!), what it feels like to graduate a homeschooler (which Amy recently did, in case you missed her five million other posts about it!), and what we're reading and watching lately, both academically (a great history of a Japanese city) and not-so-much (now is the time for comfort television). It's been a little while, so this is a long one!Thank you to our Patreon supporters for making this podcast possible!You can listen to the podcast with the embedded player below, or download the podcast to listen to at your convenience. Of find us on iTunes or Stitcher. (And if you enjoy the podcast, leave us a rating to help other secular homeschoolers find us!) IN THIS EPISODEWhat We Do in the Shadows Spaced Slings and Arrows My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Avatar Westworld Jane the Virgin Kyoto: A Cultural and Literary History Death By Black Hole: And Other Cosmic QuandariesMy Brother's Husband A Corner of White The Year of Secret Assignments Gravity Is the Thing

In this extra-long episode, we're talking about what we've learned over the course of our homeschool lives so far, our favorite gaming distraction, and a new generation of comfort books.Thank you to our Patreon supporters for making this podcast possible!You can listen to the podcast with the embedded player below, or download the podcast to listen to at your convenience. Of find us on iTunes or Stitcher. (And if you enjoy the podcast, leave us a rating to help other secular homeschoolers find us!) In this episodeThe Story of Science (with the Johns Hopkins extension) Akata Witch (the sequel is Akata Warrior) home/school/life on Patreon Stardew Valley Stardew Valley cross-stitching The Blue Castle The Blue Sword Sorcery and Cecelia To Say Nothing of the Dog The Phoenix Guards All Creatures Great and Small Mapp and Lucia (and the great adaptations) The Magicians (and the series) The Cazalet Chronicles Murder Must Advertise The Sorcerer to the Crown Space Opera The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

Suzanne and I have been doing a weekly Library Chicken podcast on Patreon, and we thought it would be fun to share an episode with our regular podcast listeners. This isn’t a replacement for the HSL podcast, but since the logistics of that one are more involved, we’ve enjoyed having a place to chat for 30-ish minutes every week about what we’re reading, how our classes are going, and what’s happening in our homeschool lives. (You can get all the new episodes every week if you support us on Patreon for $5 or more per month.) In this episode, we’re talking about the sudden preponderance of giant underwater monsters terrorizing young adult protagonists, the joys of the end of the term, and what we’re looking forward to reading over the upcoming holiday break.Thank you to our Patreon supporters for making this podcast possible!You can listen to the podcast with the embedded player below, or download the podcast to listen to at your convenience. Of find us on iTunes or Stitcher. (And if you enjoy the podcast, leave us a rating to help other secular homeschoolers find us!) Show NotesThis is episode 4 of the weekly Library Chicken podcast. Patreon supporters can listen to previous episodes here.Fruitlands: The Alcott Family and Their Search for UtopiaGlitter washi tapeSolsticeThe Fyre Festival (in case you missed it or just want to relive it!)Harrison SquaredSpoonbendersSorcerer to the CrownThe True QueenThe Secret CommonwealthRed RisingLucy Knisley

In this episode, we're talking about starting a hybrid homeschool (it's all about the lists), time travel stories, and our current adventures in homeschooling, including dual enrollment and trying to get math credit for homeschool work at a public high school.Thank you to our Patreon supporters for making this podcast possible!You can listen to the podcast with the embedded player below, or download the podcast to listen to at your convenience. Of find us on iTunes or Stitcher. (And if you enjoy the podcast, leave us a rating to help other secular homeschoolers find us!) In this episodeThe AcademyThe high school fall scheduleAmy’s high school curriculumOur awesome Patreon supporters (thank you for making our podcast possible!)The Time Traveler’s AlmanacShiverton Hall

In this episode of the podcast, we're talking all about middle school: what it can be, what it often ends up being, what we regret, what we love, what we'd like to do differently, and why it can feel so darn hard. Plus: life on the back burner and fangirling over N.K. Jemisin.Thank you to our Patreon supporters for making this podcast possible!You can listen to the podcast with the embedded player below, or download the podcast to listen to at your convenience. Of find us on iTunes or Stitcher. (And if you enjoy the podcast, leave us a rating to help other secular homeschoolers find us!) In this episodeAkata WitchThe Analects of ConfuciusSaxon MathSimply Charlotte Mason Business MathDuke TIPThe Inheritance Trilogy (it starts with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms)The Broken Earth TrilogyHow Long ‘til Black Future Month?Trail of Lightning

In this episode, we're talking about the big homeschool questions on our minds these days, what's happening our very transitional homeschools, and the delightful Space Opera.You can listen to the podcast with the embedded player below, or download the podcast to listen to at your convenience. Of find us on iTunes or Stitcher. (And if you enjoy the podcast, leave us a rating to help other secular homeschoolers find us!) In this episodethe school where we spend all our time these daysour PatreonThe Good PlaceSpace OperaThe Time Traveler's Almanac: A Time Travel AnthologyAnd feel free to weigh in: Is there something you’d like us to discuss on the Podcast?

Suzanne caught a cold this weekend, so consider this a bonus episode of the podcast: Amy’s going it solo to talk about how we get our groove back after the holiday break. You can listen to the podcast with the embedded player below, or download the podcast to listen to at your convenience. Of find us on iTunes or Stitcher. (And if you enjoy the podcast, leave us a rating to help other secular homeschoolers find us!)

In this long, long-awaited episode, we’re dusting off our headphones to talk about how the new homeschool year is going (busy! ACT tests! Not-White-Men History!), what’s keeping us busy, all the television Suzanne is generously watching for us, and the sci-fi novel Ancillary Justice. We’re back!You can listen to the podcast with the embedded player below, or download the podcast to listen to at your convenience. Of find us on iTunes. (And if you enjoy the podcast, leave us a rating to help other secular homeschoolers find us!) In this episode: Suzanne’s Library ChickenLittle WomenDuolingoCambridge LatinEmerson biographyThe Good PlaceBrooklyn Nine-NineParks and RecreationThis Is UsBlack-ishSpeechlessThe Real O’NealsGhostedAncillary JusticeI, RobotThe Rabbit Back Literature SocietyThe MoominsWe love to hear from you! Email us any time!

In this allergy medicine-fueled episode, we’re talking about how we teach (and don’t teach) language arts in our homeschool, from workbooks to deliberate avoidance, sharing our favorite podcasts that aren’t this one, and talking about that delightful comfort book, 84 Charing Cross Road.You can listen to the podcast with the embedded player below, or download the podcast to listen to at your convenience. Of find us on iTunes. (And if you enjoy the podcast, leave us a rating—we're starting to feel a little lonely!) In this episode:Sorcery and CeceliaThe Lost Episode (it’s up!)The Well-Trained MindModern Curriculum Press: Spelling WorkoutVocabulary from Classical RootsVocabTest.comFirst Language LessonsGrowing with GrammarG.U.M. workbooksThe Mother TongueThe Transitive VampireEats Shoots and LeavesWriting With EaseWriting StrandsParagraph TownEssay VoyageThe Westing GameThe Phantom TollboothLittle House on the PrairieHeidiPippi LongstockingAnne of Green GablesNorton Anthology of American History (Volume 1 and Volume 2)When Marnie Was ThereThe BorrowersHowl’s Moving CastleWitch PleasePhilosophy BitesThrilling Adventure HourWelcome to Night ValeFresh AirRadio LabThis American LifeOn BeingThe Infinite Monkey CageBook RiotReading the End84 Charing Cross RoadThe Duchess of Bloomsbury StreetAncillary JusticeWe love to hear from you! Email us any time!

In this episode, we’re trying to come to terms with a new normal and nervously peeking out of our political closets, talking about how we homeschool when all we want to do is hide under the covers and/or obsessively check the news (spoiler: sometimes we just don’t), and trying to get back on the book reading wagon with a comfort read classic. (Also: The scoop on the Lost Episode—a.k.a. Episode 10—which Amy promises she really will upload eventually.)You can listen to the podcast with the embedded player below, or download the podcast to listen to at your convenience. Of find us on iTunes. (And if you enjoy the podcast, leave us a rating—we're starting to feel a little lonely!) In this episode:How to build a pillow fortThe Handmaid’s TaleAre you registered to vote?March for ScienceTeen VogueDuolingoSuzanne’s Hamilton History classOne Crazy SummerOur Black History Month reading listJason’s school, The AcademyOur homeschool testing workshop The Good PlaceJane SteeleThe Road Through the WallA Royal Experiment: The Private Life of King George IIIThe Lie Tree84 Charing Cross RoadThe Supernatural EnhancementsWe love to hear from you! Email us any time!

In this episode we’re talking about math, math, and more math, including our favorite homeschool math curriculum options, chatting about British television, British writers, and the historical plight of women married to Percy Shelley, trying to explain the awesomeness of Suzanne’s Bag of Justice, and the puzzling out the problem with Atticus Finch. You can listen to the podcast with the embedded player below, or download the podcast to listen to at your convenience. Of find us on iTunes. (And if you enjoy the podcast, leave us a rating—we're starting to feel a little lonely!) In this episode:Saxon MathSingapore MathLife of FredMiquon MathBeast AcademyKhan AcademyAcorn on Amazon PrimeAnd Then There Were NonePartners in CrimeRaised by WolvesInspector MorseAgatha RaisinThe BrontesJane Steele: “Reader, I murdered him”Romantic OutlawsThe Tenant of Wildfell HallShrillTo Kill a MockingbirdCatcher in the RyeRoll of Thunder, Hear My CryCoretta Scott King awardsWe love to hear from you! Email us any time!

In this episode, we’re coming out of our pillow forts to talk about how to homeschool through challenging times, our favorite coping mechanisms (including the Library Chicken Book Bender exception), and some of the titles on our comfort reading lists. You can listen to the podcast with the embedded player below, or download the podcast to listen to at your convenience. Of find us on iTunes. (And if you enjoy the podcast, leave us a rating—we're starting to feel a little lonely!) In this episode:Odd SquadNOVAKen Burns documentariesOliver!Globe TrekkerCandlewickingLittle House on the Prairie dress patternPortlandiaParks and RecreationSeason 3 of Buffy the Vampire SlayerHamilton soundtrackStuff We LikeDorothy SayersMapp and LuciaThe Blue SwordSorcery and CeceliaTo Say Nothing of the DogL.M. Montgomery’s short storiesChuang TzuThe Myth of SisyphusThe Blue CastleThe Tangled WebCotillionThe Grand SophyFredericaThe Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox Ivory Book SeriesTo Kill a MockingbirdWe love to hear from you! Email us any time!

In this episode, we’re talking about things we wish someone had told us before we started homeschooling, adventures in the Twitterverse, library chicken victories, starting a liberal arts high school, and Lab Girl by Hope Jahrens. You can listen to the podcast with the embedded player below, or download the podcast to listen to at your convenience. Of find us on iTunes. (And if you enjoy the podcast, leave us a rating—we're starting to feel a little lonely!) In this episode:Follow Suzanne on Twitter. (HSL is on Twitter, too, totally thanks to Shelli!)Jason’s liberal arts high school (Suzanne is teaching Hamilton history)Lab GirlTo Kill a MockingbirdWant to chat? An email to this address will always find us.

In this (slightly all-over-the-place) episode, we’re talking about how to figure grades for transcripts if you’re in a situation where something’s forcing you to figure grades for transcripts, superheroes who like saving the day, Veronica Mars in the afterlife, what’s happening in library chicken, and many, many books. You can listen to the podcast with the embedded player below, or download the podcast to listen to at your convenience. Of find us on iTunes. (And if you enjoy the podcast, leave us a rating—we're starting to feel a little lonely!) In this episode:SupergirlThe FlashJesse L Martin, Rick Cosnett, and Carlos Valdes inging Firefly themeParks and RecreationThe Good PlaceBeachwaverThe Almost Nearly Perfect PeopleThe Year of Living DanishlyDanny, Champion of the WorldMansfield ParkLeading the BlindWorst President EverThe Secret Keepers BlackoutCrosstalkHarald BluetoothLibraryThingThe Alex AwardLab GirlEmail us any time!

In this episode, we’re talking about how to handle it when a kid just plain doesn’t want to do something on your homeschool’s academic to-do list (and, for the billionth time, about how Amy stopped doing math for two years and the world did not explode around her homeschool), what we’re up to on the homefront, and Five Children on the Western Front, Kate Saunders’ tribute to the great E. Nesbit.  You can listen to the podcast with the embedded player below, or download the podcast to listen to at your convenience. Of find us on iTunes. (And if you enjoy the podcast, leave us a rating—we're starting to feel a little lonely!) In this episode: Saxon MathSingapore MathEats, Shoots and LeavesKhan AcademyNo, but we’re serious, you can email us any time. It is the high point of our week.home | school | life readsThe Westing GameDragonConMo Willems’ Pigeon booksBest Cities for Homeschoolers (and the list from 2014)Five Children on the Western FrontFive Children and ItThe Phoenix and the CarpetThe Story of the Amulet

In this episode, we’re talking about the dreaded “S” word, socialization, and what it does and doesn’t mean and about how homeschoolers find friends and build social networks, which isn’t the same thing as being socialized, darn it. Also: Star Trek, All the Birds in the Sky, and more. You can listen to the podcast with the embedded player below, or download the podcast to listen to at your convenience. Of find us on iTunes. (And if you enjoy the podcast, leave us a rating—we appreciate it so much!) In this episode:Our online classes (including Suzanne's critical thinking class)Oliver TwistSaxon MathStar Trek: BeyondAll the Birds in the SkyFive Children on the Western FrontFive Children and ItAND INTRODUCING home | school | life reads: Suzanne's family's favorite hand-me-down: the unsocialized homeschooler t-shirt!

In this episode, we’re talking about how we gear up for a new homeschool year (school supplies and denial are involved), the done list versus the to-do list, nerdy movies, getting your AP class approved, Aaron Burr in history and in Gore Vidal’s Burr, and more. You can listen to the podcast with the embedded player below, or download the podcast to listen to at your convenience. Of find us on iTunes. (And if you enjoy the podcast, leave us a rating—we appreciate it so much!) In this episode:Amy’s high school planning processGhostbustersSpring into Summer RomperPuerperium CardiganPixie HoodMy Crazy Ex-GirlfriendThe College Board’s course audit infoBurr by Gore VidalThe Memoirs of Aaron BurrLincoln by Gore VidalAll the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders 

In this episode, we’re answering the weird curriculum questions people always seem to ask homeschoolers and the curriculum questions we ask ourselves, the rules of library chicken, domesticity vs. housework, and the deliciously Victorian dragon society in Jo Walton’s Tooth and Claw. UPDATE: 7/18 @ 1:26 P.M. Sound issues have been resolved—if your sound is off, download the new version below, and it should solve the problem.You can listen to the podcast with the embedded player below, or download the podcast to listen to at your convenience. Of find us on iTunes. (And if you enjoy the podcast, leave us a rating—we appreciate it so much!) In this episode:E.D. Hirsch’s What Your X-Grader Needs to Know seriesThe summer issue of home | school | lifeStrawberry freezer jam recipeOur fall classes (registration coming soon!)Tooth and ClawFramley ParsonageTo Marry an English Lord We love to hear from you! An email to this address will always find us.