Today we join Tina Hollenbeck. Author of 8 Great Smarts for Homeschoolers and creator of The Homeschool Resource Roadmap. This podcast was originally recorded as 1 interview which I split up into 2 parts.

The first part covers Tina's story and how she got into homeschooling after being a teacher for many years. Throughout her story we learn that the journey that led her to creating the Homeschool Resource Roadmap actually started off as a 'little' personal project jumpstarted from Common Core making an appearance.

Don't stop there though, be sure to stick around for part 2 as we go into the different styles of homeschooling and the book she wrote; 8 Great Smarts for Homeschoolers!

TINA HOLLENBECK BIO:
Tina and her husband Jeff educated their Irish-Twin daughters from home for the girls' whole lives, graduating them together in Spring 2020. Tina began actively advocating for homeschooling parents in March 2013, with the creation of her free curriculum database, The Homeschool Resource Roadmap. From that foundation, she subsequently created other resources, including a homeschool-parent resource center for home educators in her local area and an online discussion group that connects Christian homeschoolers across the country. She's also written a book, 8 Great Smarts for Homeschoolers, published by Moody Publishers in August 2021. When not thinking or talking about homeschooling, Tina cheerleads for her husband, daughters, and son-in-law; laughs at her cats' antics; cherishes the opportunity to serve on her church's worship team; and dotes on her first grandchild, born in December 2022.

Resources:

• Tina's website: https://www.homeschoolroadmap.org/
• Israel Wayne has several books for homeschoolers, including Education: Does God Have an Opinion? He is a homeschool grad (his mom homeschooled his siblings and him before it was legal as a single mom!) and current homeschool dad himself.
• The pastor mentioned who strongly advocates for homeschooling is Voddie Baucham.
• When You Rise Up by RC Sproul Jr.
• The literature “guide”/book list Honey for a Child’s Heart (by Gladys Hunt) (andHoney for a Teen’s Heart too).

• The “style quiz” is here: https://eclectic-homeschool.com/homeschool-philosophies-quiz/
• Tina's podcast has two versions: 94 episodes of The Homeschool Loftcast and The Homeschool Loftcast 2.0. They’re both available on all the typical platforms, but here are the links from Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-homeschool-loftcast/id1570355117 and https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-homeschool-loftcast-2-0/id1691159818.

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