The Snack Table · Episode 1 · About 9 minutes with Lisa Nehring and Gina Glenn Steffy
Gina and Lisa homeschooled nine kids between them, and neither one kept four plans going for long. Here’s how one lesson can work for every child at the table.
In this episode
- What layered learning is, and why it gives you your evenings back
- How each of the four Fourfold steps stretches from a six-year-old to a fifteen-year-old
- Which subjects can be family subjects, and which still need their own level
Try this week
Pick one book your kids love. Read it together, ask each child one question sized for them, ask where they’ve seen it before, and let each one put something on paper at their own level.
Resources mentioned
The Snack Table is our snack-size series: one real homeschool question, answered in about ten minutes, so you can listen between math and lunch. Every episode opens one part of the Fourfold Method: Gather, Test, Connect, Commit.
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Author, Publisher, Curriculum Developer at True North Homeschool Academy
Lisa Nehring has been married for over 30 years, has five children, 2 graduate degrees and a black belt in homeschooling. She has homeschooled since 1991 and wrote a Master’s Thesis on Why Parent’s Homeschool, the Literature Review being, A History of Education in America.
Lisa Nehring and her husband, Dr. David Nehring, a Clinical Psychologist, and Biblical Scholar speak together on a wide variety of topics, including education, classical education, vision, mission, parenting, marriage, and more.
New here? Start with our free guide, The Fourfold Method: A Guide for Homeschool Families. Four simple moves that help your children keep what they learn, in every subject and at every age.
Lisa Nehring and her husband, Dr. David Nehring, a Clinical Psychologist, and Biblical Scholar speak together on a wide variety of topics, including education, classical education, vision, mission, parenting, marriage, and more.
New here? Start with our free guide, The Fourfold Method: A Guide for Homeschool Families. Four simple moves that help your children keep what they learn, in every subject and at every age.
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