Coffee With Carrie: Homeschool Podcast

Updated: 21 Aug 2025 • 276 episodes
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Sit down, relax, and take a little coffee break with Carrie. Using biblical principles, years of experience, and a little bit of humor, Carrie De Francisco offers homeschooling advice, tips, and ideas to moms who have been called to this homeschooling adventure. Weekly coffee breaks and conversations with Carrie will give you the support and encouragement you need to help you homeschool one day at a time, one step at a time, and one cup of coffee at a time. Author of Just Breathe ( & Take a Sip of Coffee): Homeschool in Step with God  & Homeschool High School: A Handbook for Christian Education.

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Actually, you don"t even need a basket to start a morning time routine and to use this family-style approach to learning.  It doesn"t even have to happen in the morning time!  In this week"s episode, Carrie answers the most FAQ about starting a morning time basket and about how to simplify your already existent morning

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Have you seen Carrie"s "Cook & Chat" reels on TikTok and Instagram?  If so,  you know how much Carrie loves to cook.  Do you have a child who loves to cook or bake?  One of the best ways to learn about cultures and countries around the world is through cooking.  Through the culinary arts, students learn geography, hist

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This week, Carrie is taking a little sabbath break to recoup from conventions and traveling and to spend some time planning a wedding.  This week"s episode is an oldie but goodie!  As you plan and prep for a new school year, read one or some of these homeschool books as a way to be encouraged and inspired.   In this we

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The Coop (Jessica Carpinelli and Mandi McArthur) are back on the Coffee With Carrie Homeschool Podcast.  This time Carrie, Jessica, Mandi are sharing activities you can do to celebrate the First Day (and 1st Week) of "School."  Carrie and The Coop also share some fun, non-traditional ways to celebrate NOT going Back to

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Being a homeschool mom does not require a teaching credential, a masters in education, or an expertise in algebra.  Moms can homeschool without these things.  However, there is one thing you cannot homeschool without. It is a sense of humor.  In order to joyfully home educate, moms need to be able to laugh at themselve

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If you have constant battles over handwriting, composition, and/or math lessons, then check out this week"s episode.  This week, Carrie explains Dyslexia"s cousins:  Dysgraphia and Dyscalculia.  Students with Dysgraphia have extreme difficulties with written expression, fine motor coordination, and language processing.

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