The Homeschool How To
I don't claim to know anything about homeschooling, so I set out on a journey to ask the people who do! Host Cheryl interviews homeschooling families about how they actually teach, socialize, and structure their days.
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Sep 12, 2026 · 59 min#186: What Happens When You Stop Making School the Center of Childhood?Owen and Christina explain how their family left Canada for rural Guatemala after a water shutoff experiment changed how they saw childhood and education. Their kids now Sep 5, 2026 · 39 minWhat 200 Homeschool Families Taught Me About How Kids Really LearnCheryl reflects on what she's learned from more than 200 family interviews, tackling the common fears about socialization and academic progress. She explains why effectivAug 22, 2026 · 1h 0m#184: How Teaching Public & Private School Led Her to HomeschoolChristina Franco, a former public and private school teacher, explains why she left the school system entirely. She covers her son's surprise military enlistment and her Aug 15, 2026 · 52 min#183: Leaving It All for Life on a Bus... Three Years Later, Do They Regret It?Jennifer Gossett returns three years after her first appearance to talk about roadschooling across 47 states. She addresses whether homeschooling families miss out on traAug 8, 2026 · 46 min#182: They Left Germany Because Homeschooling Was Illegal | Worldschooling Across EuropeStacy describes leaving Germany to worldschool across Europe after running into homeschooling restrictions. Her family combines unschooling, farm work, and interest-led lAug 1, 2026 · 47 min#181: It's Not the Curriculum, It's the Brain: A Cognitive Psychologist on Why Reading Programs FailDr. Amy Moore, a cognitive psychologist with three neurodivergent sons, explains why standard reading interventions often underperform and the difference between content Jul 25, 2026 · 41 min#180: Why This Former Teacher Had to Unlearn EverythingWhat if the best thing you could do for your homeschool is put the worksheet down? In this episode of The Homeschool How To Podcast, Cheryl sits down with Kaitlin Zara, fJul 18, 2026 · 52 min#179: You DON'T Need to Have It All Figured Out to Homeschool | Chad HuffordWhat if the biggest thing standing between you and homeschooling isn't your ability...it's your belief that you have to get everything right? In this episode of The HomesJul 11, 2026 · 53 min#178: A Mother’s Wake-Up Call About Bullying And SELWhen Ali Johnson’s teenage daughter started saying she didn’t want to go to school, Ali initially thought she was dealing with normal middle school conflict. Then everythJul 5, 2026 · 47 min#177: The Truth About Leaving a Successful Career to HomeschoolWhat happens when you've built everything you thought you wanted... and realize it's no longer the life you want? In this episode, I sit down with Ceci Washington, entrepJun 27, 2026 · 51 min#176: What If Your "Imperfect" Homeschool Is Actually Enough? | Jennifer PepitoAre you constantly wondering... "Am I doing enough?" It's one of the biggest fears homeschool parents carry—and after nearly 30 years homeschooling seven children, JennifJun 20, 2026 · 47 min#175: Former Teachers Reveal: Your Kid Only Gets 7 Minutes of 1-on-1 Time in SchoolTwo former public school teachers — and twin sisters — pull back the curtain on what really happens in a classroom of 25+ kids, including the one statistic that will chanJun 13, 2026 · 46 min#174: The World Schooling Dad Who Says American Education Is Getting It WrongRapkat was born in northwest China, fled to Malaysia at five, landed in Brooklyn, bounced through public, private, and charter school, married at seventeen, attended a coJun 6, 2026 · 39 min#173: When the Right School Didn't Exist, They Built It. Here's How.What happens when two parents with a 70-acre property, a wedding venue, and a 2% chance of having children decide the local school system just isn't good enough for theirMay 30, 2026 · 56 min#172: They Didn't Want Smart Kids — The Truth About How Public School Was Designed | Nicki TruesdellWhat if the problems in public school weren't accidents? What if low literacy rates, changing math standards, social emotional learning, and ideological curriculum were aMay 23, 2026 · 49 min#171: Homeschool Mom of 5 Gets Real About the Chaos — Multiple Ages, One Income, and Starting a BusinessWhat does it actually look like to homeschool five kids across wildly different ages — while running a business, managing a rambunctious toddler, and doing it all on one May 16, 2026 · 44 min#170: They Shut Down Her Classroom Because Kids Were Getting Too Much HelpElyse Scheeler spent years inside the public school system as a speech language pathologist. She had a classroom full of kids making real, measurable progress. The distriMay 9, 2026 · 38 min#169: Homeschooled, Sheltered & Addicted Young: A Conversation Every Parent Needs to HearWhat happens when someone who hated being homeschooled grows up and chooses to homeschool his own children anyway? In this deeply honest conversation, Logan Hufford shareMay 2, 2026 · 31 min#168: Homeschooling Through Grief: A Former Teacher's Raw and Honest StoryWhat happens when life completely falls apart — and you still have to show up for your kids? This week Cheryl sits down with Barbara, a former special education teacher tApr 25, 2026 · 43 min#167: When the School Said 'Behind' — One Mom Said 'Watch Me'What happens when a single mom in the Foreign Service gets the double whammy — "your child might have dyslexia" AND profound hearing loss? She figures it out. Katharyn HaApr 18, 2026 · 33 min#166: How Homeschooling Her Only Child Turned Him Into a 9-Year-Old Author & Stock TraderMost parents ask, “Can I homeschool if I still need to work?” Laresia and her family didn’t just ask that question—they built a life that answers it. In this episode, we Apr 11, 2026 · 46 min#165: She Left Teaching, Bought Houses Without a Bank, and Homeschools 2 KidsLast week, we heard why teachers are leaving the system. This week, meet one who did — and what she built instead. Jen Delle Fave spent 8 years as a public school EnglishApr 4, 2026 · 55 min#164: Teachers Are Leaving the System—Here’s Why (Homeschool + Work Reality)What happens when a former public school teacher decides she won’t send her own kids to school? In this episode of the Homeschool How To Podcast, Cheryl sits down with AsMar 28, 2026 · 41 min#163: The More Self-Sufficient You Are, the Less You Need SchoolIn this episode, we step outside the traditional conversation around education and take a deeper look at something bigger—how we’re raising our kids in today’s world. CheMar 21, 2026 · 59 min#162 Dr. Peter Gray: What Schools Get Wrong About LearningWhat if the biggest problem with education isn’t your child… but the school system itself? In this episode of the Homeschool How To Podcast, Cheryl sits down with Dr. Pet
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