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Navigating Big Emotions While Homeschooling Your Tween
You’ve mastered the curriculum planning, figured out how your tween prefers to learn, and conquered the math programs. But if you’re like most of us, it’s not the academics keeping you up at night—it’s navigating those intense emotional moments that can derail an entire homeschool day. Your tween hasn’t fully developed emotional regulation skills yet…
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[TTVN018] Managing Big Emotions in Your Homeschool
Host: Marina JoyEpisode: Tween Talk Voice Notes #018 What You’ll Learn In this episode, Marina tackles the most challenging part of homeschooling: dealing with your tween’s big emotions (and your own!). She shares why the academics are easy compared to the emotional drama, and gives you practical tools to navigate those overwhelming moments. Key Topics…
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How to Stop Feeling Behind in Homeschool: 4 Simple Strategies That Actually Work
Are you staring at a fresh homeschool year with that familiar knot in your stomach? Maybe you’re already a few weeks in and wondering how you’re possibly behind already. If this sounds like you, you’re not alone—and there’s hope. The secret to not feeling constantly behind in homeschool isn’t about doing more. It’s not about…
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[TTVN017] The Secret to Not Feeling Behind This Homeschool Year
Episode Summary Ever feel like you’re already behind—even before your homeschool year has really started? You’re not alone. In this episode of Tween Talk Voice Notes, Marina Joy shares the one secret that keeps homeschool parents from running on the hamster wheel of “catching up.” Spoiler: it’s not about doing more, organizing better, or finding…
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New Homeschool Curriculum Not Working? Here’s What to Do First
And why you shouldn’t panic (yet) It’s probably on every homeschool mom’s mind this time of year: that shiny, new curriculum you so carefully chose is sitting there, and you’re starting to wonder if you made a huge mistake. Maybe you’ve already started and you’re thinking, “I got this curriculum and I don’t think it’s…
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[TTVN016] Why Your Perfect Middle School Homeschool Curriculum Might Feel Like a Complete Disaster
Tween Talk Voice Notes – Show Notes Host: Marina Joy Episode Overview It’s that time of year again — new curriculum season! You’ve done your research, read the reviews, and made your choice. But now that you’ve started implementing it, you’re second-guessing everything. Sound familiar? In this episode, Marina Joy shares why that first week…
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The Top 5 Planning Mistakes Parents Homeschooling Middle Schoolers Make (And What to Do Instead)
Are you making one of these five planning mistakes when you’re planning for your middle schooler this homeschooling year? Let’s fix them before they lead to burnout for both of you. If your homeschool days feel chaotic, your tween seems overwhelmed, or you’re constantly second-guessing your approach, you might be stuck in patterns that worked…
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Homeschooling Middle Schoolers: How to Create Intentional Routines That Prevent Bad Habits
Originally from Tween Talk: Voice Notes with Marina Joy As we approach September and the start of a new homeschool year, I want to share something important: I don’t believe your homeschool schedule should be packed back-to-back. It’s simply unsustainable. But I also believe in being intentional, because when there’s bare ground in our routines,…
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[TTVN015] Why Your Tween’s Bad Habits Are Like Weeds (And How to Pull Them Before They Take Root)
Just like a garden left unattended will fill with weeds, your homeschool and your tween’s character need intentional cultivation. In this episode, Marina Joy shares how moving to a new house taught her an important lesson about the power of being proactive versus reactive — both in gardening and in parenting tweens. You’ll be reminded…
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Why Your Middle Schooler Isn’t “Getting It” (And What Homeschooling Parents Need to Know)
Have you ever watched your tween struggle with a concept and found yourself thinking, “They should know this by now”? This feeling becomes especially intense when homeschooling middle schoolers, who seem caught between childhood and independence. Pre-teens are at such a unique developmental stage — they want to be treated like they’re older, but they…
