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Ever feel overwhelmed about homeschooling? You’ll find inspiration in Leigh Ann and Jason’s story. They are homeschooling six kids!!! They cover how it feels to get started, using analogies like super-bananas, and general principles, like teaching kids to govern themselves. Also, since Jason is the ambassador concierge at Satlantis, we preview this Nostr/Bitcoin project at the end of the program.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:

Leigh Ann and Jason’s background
Jason is the one who suggested homeschooling to Leigh Ann
Doesn’t hurt to try homeschooling
It is so nice spending time with your children
They don’t separate parenting from homeschooling
Their grandfather would quiz the kids to test the effectiveness of homeschooling
Turning the tables, when your kids know more about subjects than you
Jason’s personal education experiences
Compliments from others about how well behaved their kids are, testament to homeschooling kids socializing with people of all ages
Managing time, allowing for flow, following the unschooling approach
Learning is best done through experience, it is not like uploading Kungfu in the Matrix
Low time preference mentality applied to homeschooling includes investing learning skills, e.g., reading, early
“Living books”, aka Charlotte Mason method, learning history through history
The power of choice, e.g., letting kids select subjects they want to learn deeply
One of their favorites is “Vincent's Starry Night and Other Stories: A Children's History of Art” by Michael Bird
Self-custody of parenting means kids can explore topics outside of the limited state-dictated curriculum
Ultimate goal is to prepare kids for the adult world
All of their kids are in Bitcoin
Power of analogy … Using the story of “The Super Banana” to explain Bitcoin to a 10 year old
Teach correct principles and let people govern themselves, let them verify for themselves and live them
Kids are worth more than Super Bananas (Bitcoin)
Jason’s journey from outside-in (Bitcoin can save the world) to inside-out (the personal revolution)
God’s hand guiding us along the way
Homeschooling is what you make it
It takes a lot of time investment to find good homeschooling resources
Leigh Ann’s recommendations: “The Good and the Beautiful”, “Starfall”, and “I See Sam”
Homeschooling allows parent-teachers to adjust programs 1-on-1 to adapt and fit individual learning styles of each child, contrast with the one-size-fits-all-approach public-school teachers have to use to teach classes of 20+ students
Strengths, weaknesses and interests … the key is to listen to your kids, do not buy into institutional standards e.g., Common Core or No Child Left Behind (Jason calls the latter socialized education)
Don’t replicate the system you pulled your kids out of, i.e., public schools, it will stress you out
Kids naturally want to learn, laziness is a myth

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW:

Jason’s twitter: @geekigai
Jason’s Nostr: geekigai@nostrplebs.com or npub1693220pmp0a4c04a0p7hkz874vsxkyfrvtk2yk4zjyj3e4c0ugjs3r4j0c21
Jason’s book “21 Questions: A Beginners Guide to Bitcoin”, https://a.co/d/0mcMtUC
Satlantis, https://www.satlantis.io/place
Bitcoin Chattanooga, https://www.meetup.com/bitcoin-chattanooga/

Leigh Ann’s recommendations

(1) Full Curriculum:

The Good and the Beautiful (goodandbeautiful.com)

- K-8 Language Arts - Free

- K-7 Math - Free

*Requires no daily prep time

*Emphasizes family, God, high character, nature, and wholesome literature

(2) Free Printable Early Readers:

- I See Sam (marriottmd.com/sam/index.html)

(3) Literature & History:

- Reading Through History (Charlotte Mason) (simplycharlottemason.com/build-your-own-curriculum/)

(4) Free Math Resources:

- Minimalist Math by Research Parent (researchparent.com/learn/mathematics/minimalist-math-curriculum/) - Grades 1-6

- School Yourself (schoolyourself.org) - Harvard Instructors

(5) Other:

- Book “Vincent's Starry Night and Other Stories: A Children's History of Art” by Michael Bird and Kate Evans

- Curriculum “Starfall”, https://www.starfall.com/h/

Other
Hodlween, twitter @hodlween
Book “Seventh Property” by Eric Yates
Book “The Bitcoin Standard” by Saifedean Ammous

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STANDING RESOURCE RECOMMENDATIONS:

Article "Homeschoolers Are Bitcoiners Who Don't Know It Yet" https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/parallels-between-homeschool-and-bitcoin

Tali’s “Quick Start” checklist https://www.freemarketkids.com/blogs/i-want-to-start-homeschooling/i-want-to-start-homeschooling-quick-start-checklist