Brave Homeschooling with Writing Expert Julie Bogart — Glambition? Radio Episode 266 with Ali Brown

I never expected to homeschool my twins. But 2020 was a transformational year, and I realized the incredible value of?creating a deeper connection?with my kids through our homeschool journey. And I have today’s guest to thank for helping guide our homeschool transition!

Julie Bogart?is the founder of the innovative program?‘Brave Writer’?and?is known as ‘the popular voice of common sense and compassion in the homeschool community’. She’s a mother who educated her own?five children?at home, and draws on her work with?tens of thousands?of families over the last 20+ years to provide enriching and educational programs for those new to homeschooling.

Julie’s writing advisory began as a need for parents in her community in the late 1990s when, as a professional writer, she was?shocked?to discover?the lackluster instruction?in her friend’s homeschooling curriculum. She quickly realized the market opportunity for her teaching expertise. And while Brave Writer has been successfully guiding homeschool families for more than 20 years, it has?taken off to incredible heights due to?the mass homeschool migration?of 2020. (Imagine growing a membership community?from 600 clients to over 10,000?in just one year!)

Julie’s Brave Writer programs include award-winning online writing classes and paradigm-shifting writing manuals that?allow parents and kids to become allies?in the writing process.?She is also the author of the best-selling book,?‘The Brave Learner’?and host of the popular?Brave Writer podcast. Her newest book,?‘Raising Critical Thinkers’, comes out in February 2022. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio where she home educated her five children (now globe-trotting adults) for 17 years.

On this episode of?#GlambitionRadio, you’ll hear:

·??????The eye-opening moment Julie realized?the viability of a ‘how to homeschool’ business… and the epiphany that?her natural gifts?were in HIGH demand for other parents and peers (she was way ahead of her time, as you’ll hear…)

·??????Julie’s fascinating observations on?the evolving counterculture of homeschooling… especially as a wave of?‘Covid-Schoolers’?has created an ENORMOUS new market of public-school converts (and I’m one of them!)

·??????How Julie’s ‘flower power’ schoolteachers, an innocent inquiry from her date, and her own mother’s self-directed career helped?shape Julie into the homeschool expert?she is today (I LOVE when dots connect in hindsight!)

·??????A?brilliant solution?to?inspire your children to write… and how to leverage these innocent moments into?boosts of confidence,?family closeness, and?skill-building?(and if you’re getting some pushback from the kiddos, Julie has an answer for that, too!)

·??????Why?mechanics?aren’t actually the most important aspect of teaching your children how to write… and what to focus on instead to?create an enriching learning environment?anywhere, anytime

Head to Apple Podcasts now to listen to this episode of?Glambition Radio?(or download it for later).

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XO,

Ali

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