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The Homeschool Advantage is a podcast about reclaiming learning as a way of life.
Hosted by educator, author, and instructional leader Bex Buzzie, the show explores how families, teachers, and educational leaders can support meaningful learning—whether children are homeschooled, enrolled in public or charter schools, or navigating a blend of both.
Drawing from over two decades in education and recent work in educational leadership, Bex brings together voices from across the learning landscape, including homeschool families, classroom teachers, curriculum creators, microschools, co-ops, and education innovators.
This is not a podcast about choosing the “perfect” system.
It’s about partnership, posture, and presence.
Whether you’re a parent supporting learning at home, a teacher rethinking instruction, or an educator seeking deeper alignment between school and life, The Homeschool Advantage offers thoughtful conversations, practical insights, and a return to the basics of how learning actually happens.
Because homeschooling isn’t a location.
It’s a posture.
Episodes
Tuesday Jun 18, 2024
Tuesday Jun 18, 2024
Intro
Patty Marler Media Relations of Homeschool Today. Patty Marler is a veteran homeschooler with over two decades of homeschool experience from preschool through high school. Patty is passionate about helping people navigate the various options, tailor educational methods and resources, and identify supports to build a solid home education program, because no two homeschools are exactly alike, nor should they be.
Homeschool Today was launched in 2020 and it has provided valuable information to the homeschool community. It was created to be a place where homeschooling questions can be answered by experienced homeschoolers, experts in their field. Parents can find all they need to equip their homeschooling and begin their homeschool journey with confidence.
Top three takeaways
- Homeschool Today is a one stop location for new homeschoolers.
- Parents can come to the website with little to no knowledge of homeschooling and leave with a path to a solid homeschool.
- Homeschool Today is focused on helping parents answer all the questions they have in their homeschooling journey.
Call to Action
Homeschool.Today Official Website
What is Next!
Thank you for supporting this show by listening and sharing with friends! If you like this podcast please rate and write a review of how this show has impacted or helped you!
Great ratings will accelerate the show's visibility to the nation so others can learn more about homeschool and find quality curriculum and the potentially join the homeschool community thus change the face of education forever!!
Who would have thought that we could change the education world with a click and a share!
Also if you would like to hear more about any specific educational topic please email me at realedtalk@gmail.com I would love to support your families educational needs in all areas!!
Bex Buzzie
The Homeschool Advantage Podcast
Monday Jun 17, 2024
Monday Jun 17, 2024
Intro
Connie Chapman CEO and Founder of Your Art Class. She was born in Mobile, Alabama, and moved with her family to New Orleans where she finished high school and college, got married, and had two children. She has a bachelor's degree in Elementary education with a minor in art. She has taken art classes at Tulane, attended many art workshops, taught art, and was an art director for two companies. She has completed many art commissions, posters, logos, book illustrations, murals, and art on canvas. She is an artist and has shown her art in many galleries and has been in many art shows. Connie is honored every time someone buys or enjoys her art. Currently, her artwork is available at her Art Gallery in Pier House Restaurant in Orange Beach, Alabama
Top three takeaways
- Art is for everyone! Art is relaxing! Art is fun!
- How her program is designed to embrace their imperfections and unleash their artistic potential.
- How her activities are not just an activity but can also help learners and parents get involved in art.
Call to Action
Your Art Class Official Website
What is Next!
Thank you for supporting this show by listening and sharing with friends! If you like this podcast please rate and write a review of how this show has impacted or helped you!
Great ratings will accelerate the show's visibility to the nation so others can learn more about homeschool and find quality curriculum and the potentially join the homeschool community thus change the face of education forever!!
Who would have thought that we could change the education world with a click and a share!
Also if you would like to hear more about any specific educational topic please email me at realedtalk@gmail.com I would love to support your families educational needs in all areas!!
Bex Buzzie
The Homeschool Advantage Podcast
Friday Jun 14, 2024
Friday Jun 14, 2024
Intro
Neta Shani CEO and Founder of My E-motions. She is a pediatric acupuncturist and sensory balancing practitioner specializing in sensory and emotional processing challenges. Over the years she has acquired an extensive knowledge on these subjects and kept adding more tools to help her better address each child’s specific needs. Her goals were not only to improve each patient’s overall being by what the work done in her clinic but also to provide families with “homework” they could easily implement at home for the purpose of empowering both child and parents while improving their communication skills as a family.
Top three takeaways
- We as parents should be empowered to be the ones our kids go to share their day, for a shoulder to cry on, for advice. We can build great communication with our kids
- How she is focused on spreading the language of E-motions! empowering parents in improving communication with their kids
- How she saw parents were helpless in helping their kids, so she created activities in her clinic.
Call to Action
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What is Next!
Thank you for supporting this show by listening and sharing with friends! If you like this podcast please rate and write a review of how this show has impacted or helped you!
Great ratings will accelerate the show's visibility to the nation so others can learn more about homeschool and find quality curriculum and the potentially join the homeschool community thus change the face of education forever!!
Who would have thought that we could change the education world with a click and a share!
Also if you would like to hear more about any specific educational topic please email me at realedtalk@gmail.com I would love to support your families educational needs in all areas!!
Bex Buzzie
The Homeschool Advantage Podcast
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
Thursday Jun 13, 2024
Intro
Melissa Muir is a homeschooling mom of 4 and works with teachers via coaching and products as she loves teaching online and helping people get started & thrive as online teachers so that they can be present at home. (Yes, even while homeschooling!)
Top three takeaways
- Homeschooling doesn’t mean the end of a career. Working in online education can bring a new dimension as we continue to do the work of homeschooling.
- How the Lord has opened some unexpected doors, and how she was so grateful to be able to walk through them using the gifts He's given her family!
- How she wants to help parents and teachers get set up to teach and use online resources so they can be more present in their home life.
Call to Action
Melissa Is Teaching Official Website
Free Teaching Business Workbook
Free Week of Writing Prompts for Homeschoolers (Digital & Print)
What is Next!
Thank you for supporting this show by listening and sharing with friends! If you like this podcast please rate and write a review of how this show has impacted or helped you!
Great ratings will accelerate the show's visibility to the nation so others can learn more about homeschool and find quality curriculum and the potentially join the homeschool community thus change the face of education forever!!
Who would have thought that we could change the education world with a click and a share!
Also if you would like to hear more about any specific educational topic please email me at realedtalk@gmail.com I would love to support your families educational needs in all areas!!
Bex Buzzie
The Homeschool Advantage Podcast
Tuesday Jun 11, 2024
Tuesday Jun 11, 2024
Intro
Calli Veludos CEO And Founder of The Ark Education, their goal is to bring together educators and the wider community and to empower people with an educational need by providing a space where they are able to access educators and educational services with ease. Calli and her original team had over 75 years of experience in education, spanning from ECE to secondary and learning support, and they also had 25 years of homeschooling altogether. Calli is now working on her own due to her original partners moving back into the school sector for work, but she is open to investment and/or partnerships.
Top three takeaways
- There is always a choice. We create our reality through the choices we make.
- How the obvious inadequacy of the present dominant system inspired her to create her contents and help parents, tutors and teachers.
- How her work provides a choice and modelling a space for a paradigm shift in Education.
Call to Action:
The Ark Education Official Website
What is Next!
Thank you for supporting this show by listening and sharing with friends! If you like this podcast please rate and write a review of how this show has impacted or helped you!
Great ratings will accelerate the show's visibility to the nation so others can learn more about homeschool and find quality curriculum and the potentially join the homeschool community thus change the face of education forever!!
Who would have thought that we could change the education world with a click and a share!
Also if you would like to hear more about any specific educational topic please email me at realedtalk@gmail.com I would love to support your families educational needs in all areas!!
Bex Buzzie
The Homeschool Advantage Podcast
Monday Jun 10, 2024
Monday Jun 10, 2024
Intro
Heather Cassil CEO and Founder of Kids Sonder Agriculture-Unboxed, a former 4-H Youth Development Educator/Agent who has lots of information and ideas in her head, love creating educational content and educating kids and she is passionate about learning and teaching about agriculture and the environment. Her mission is to inspire and empower kids to learn about agriculture, food and the environment by helping provide agriculture education resources to parents and educators.
Top three takeaways
- Agriculture is science and there are lots of ways to use agriculture to teach kids about everyday life occurrences and concepts.
- The connection between agriculture, our food, and the environment is strong and we should be teaching kids agriculture education.
- Many urban areas have incorporated agriculture into their school curriculums, with programs like rooftop gardens and community gardens becoming increasingly popular.
Call to Action
Kids Sonder Agriculture Unboxed Official Website
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What is Next!
Thank you for supporting this show by listening and sharing with friends! If you like this podcast please rate and write a review of how this show has impacted or helped you!
Great ratings will accelerate the show's visibility to the nation so others can learn more about homeschool and find quality curriculum and the potentially join the homeschool community thus change the face of education forever!!
Who would have thought that we could change the education world with a click and a share!
Also if you would like to hear more about any specific educational topic please email me at realedtalk@gmail.com I would love to support your families educational needs in all areas!!
Bex Buzzie
The Homeschool Advantage Podcast
Friday Jun 07, 2024
Friday Jun 07, 2024
Intro
Alexis Rosin, the Founder and CEO of Guided Light Services LLC, Their goal at Guided Light Services is to help families achieve their fullest potential. They provide compassionate, individualized, one-on-one, and family coaching sessions for children and adults who have been diagnosed with ASD. Their faith-based approach guides their clients to overcome obstacles on the path to achieving all of their goals.
Alexis has coached diverse individuals for over 10 years in various capacities such as traditional education, learning centers, churches, home settings, and clinical settings. She enjoys working one-on-one with children and adults to help them thrive by applying individual learning and coaching styles to each person
Top three takeaways
- Many autistic individuals have gained the necessary skills throughout their life and live an independent lifestyle. Never give up on your children.
- This community of individuals despite how people have limited them can live life to the fullest: to live independently, have jobs, be married, and have kids in the future.
- You are your child’s best advocate so be involved. Pray for your children and encourage them. Love your children and be proud of every accomplishment! Never give up on them!
Call to Action
Guided Light Services Official Website
What is Next!
Thank you for supporting this show by listening and sharing with friends! If you like this podcast please rate and write a review of how this show has impacted or helped you!
Great ratings will accelerate the show's visibility to the nation so others can learn more about homeschool and find quality curriculum and the potentially join the homeschool community thus change the face of education forever!!
Who would have thought that we could change the education world with a click and a share!
Also if you would like to hear more about any specific educational topic please email me at realedtalk@gmail.com I would love to support your families educational needs in all areas!!
Bex Buzzie
The Homeschool Advantage Podcast
Thursday Jun 06, 2024
Thursday Jun 06, 2024
Intro
Ness Blackbird CEO and Founder of the Blackbird Code, realized that there were no good systems out there for learning coding at home and that was his inspiration for creating Blackbird Code. Blackbird Code Inc. is an educational technology company based in Portland, Oregon that gives every student the friendliest experience as they learn to code.
Ness's sole desire is to give the world unprecedented access to computer programming education. This app allows students to learn quickly and effectively and teachers don't need prior coding experience. Blackbird's innovative approach is currently being used in K-12 schools, afterschool programs, households, and by individual learners around the United States.
Top three takeaways
- Every student, 6th grade and up, can actually learn to code.
- How his kids inspired him to create his contents because he realize there were no good systems out there for learning coding at home.
- How many autistic kids have learned to code on Blackbird.
Call to Action
Blackbird code Official Website
What is Next!
Thank you for supporting this show by listening and sharing with friends! If you like this podcast please rate and write a review of how this show has impacted or helped you!
Great ratings will accelerate the show's visibility to the nation so others can learn more about homeschool and find quality curriculum and the potentially join the homeschool community thus change the face of education forever!!
Who would have thought that we could change the education world with a click and a share!
Also if you would like to hear more about any specific educational topic please email me at realedtalk@gmail.com I would love to support your families educational needs in all areas!!
Bex Buzzie
The Homeschool Advantage Podcast