Jenny was inspired to write a book series to help children manage their emotions after adopting two children who had suffered trauma in their early years. These children struggled to express and deal with their emotions. Through the use of rhyme and story, Jenny's books connect with children and help them to better understand their own feelings. Jenny's books can be found on Amazon.com The Grump on the Stump Kyree Sue Our Bug-a-Boo Listen to the Podcast here: About Jenny She and her husband Larry have five children. Three are biological, and two are adopted. They were from social services in Utah. They wanted to help them out because they had been in the foster care system. They found out t
Jodi Chaffee is a homeschool mom of 4 kids. She takes an unschooling approach. Jodi says her role as a parent is to create an environment of learning and to provide resources so her kids can explore and learn. She trusts her kids to bring the desire to learn; she then helps them fulfill that desire by giving them the needed tools. This approach to learning is different than what we see in public schools but has provided a great education for their family. To listen to Jodi's podcast: www.homeandfamilyculture.com Follow her on Instagram at www.instagram.com/familyculturepodcast Jodi and Chanelle's episode on Home and Family Culture is here. Listen to the Podcast here: About Jodi Chaffee Homes
Marcy Loveless is a homeschool mom of 5 boys. As her kids have grown and she has added more students to her classroom, she has had to change the way she teaches. Her methods not only work with many grade levels, they also have gotten her kids excited about learning and doing better than ever at school. Listen here: About Marcy Marcy is a homeschooling mom of 5 boys ages 12 to 4. They live in Utah. They started homeschooling about 4 years ago. Marcy blogs at upliftingmayhem.com Choosing to Homeschool Marcy was not against homeschool but she always said there was no way she would homeschool. She thought homeschoolers were fantastic but did not plan to be one herself. After school got out, she
Laura Yates works as a multi-classroom educator. Her work in schools helps individual children to improve their reading and test scores, as well as helps teachers to be more effective in the classroom. This support leads to better schools and more teacher retention. Listen here: Laura is a multi classroom leader. She has been in education for 12 years. She taught 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade, and primarily math. She wanted to be able to reach more students and to reach teachers. Her school district started a partnership with Public Impact and Opportunity Culture. Multi classroom leaders do instructional coaching and spend time with teachers and reach out to help students and teachers. Multi class
