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Five Minutes on the Fifth Thursday

OnlySchoolers GrabBag: 2022 Word Check-In

OnlySchoolers GrabBag: 2022 Word Check-In

by OnlySchoolers · Mar 31, 2022

Gina & Christyn do a quick check-in on their guiding words for 2022: Ready (Gina’s word) and Journey (Christyn’s word).

Filed Under: Episodes, Five Minutes on the Fifth Thursday, Season 3 Tagged With: update on ready and journey

Five Minutes: Best Things About Onlies

Five Minutes: Best Things About Onlies

by OnlySchoolers · Jul 29, 2021

Homeschooling an only child is the only “normal” Gina and Christyn have ever known. Listen in as they discuss their favorite things about onlyschooling.

1:50 Allowing child-led experience and ownership of education can be simpler: it’s the ultimate private school
3:45 Flexibility with curriculum; and if you hit a roadblock in learning, you can just stop for a while
5:23 The logistics of extracurricular activities and learning opportunities are easier

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Filed Under: Episodes, Five Minutes on the Fifth Thursday, Season 2 Tagged With: only pancakes, we love our onlies

Five Minutes on the Fifth Thursday: Book Lists

Five Minutes on the Fifth Thursday: Book Lists

by OnlySchoolers · Jul 30, 2020

So…we lied…it’s really about 7 minutes, but hey — we were talking about books and book lists! And really, five — or even seven minutes — is not nearly long enough to talk books!

Take a listen to hear about how we use book lists and which authors/books are not our favorites.

1:06 — Christyn likes to use book lists to find new reads, especially when she can’t get to the library to browse shelves

1:41 — Anne Vogel at  “Modern Mrs. Darcy” (blog/podcast) curates awesome lists that Christyn always browses through. Currently, Christyn is reading food memoirs and accompanying food-fiction novels.

2:25 — Favorite recent memoir read was A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter by William Deresiewicz

2:33 — Gina likes to look at booklists for new or never-heard-of-before books

3:10 — Right now, Gina’s reading mostly classics that she missed before and some non-fiction

3:43 — Gina’s 10% rule: Read that much of a book and if the story or writing doesn’t grab you, stop reading and find something else!

4:00 — We discuss our least-favorite authors and/or book titles

6:22 — Links to some of our favorite booklists
Books in translation
Food memoirs
Jane Austen-inspired

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Filed Under: Episodes, Five Minutes on the Fifth Thursday, Season 1 Tagged With: book lists, what we don't like, what we like

Five Minutes  on the Fifth Thursday: How Do We Unwind

Five Minutes on the Fifth Thursday: How Do We Unwind

by OnlySchoolers · Apr 30, 2020

In this bonus episode, Gina and Christyn talk about their favorite ways to unwind.

0:18 — Welcome to the Episode

0:45 — What is Five Minutes on the Fifth Thursday

1:07 — Topic of the Day: How do we unwind?

1:25 — How Gina unwinds

2:25 — What are Christyn’s favorite stress busters

3:41 — Links to show notes

4:05 — Take time to unwind in your favorite way

Tea Christyn is enjoying right now:
Harney & Sons Malachi McCormick
Harney & Sons Emerald Isle

Books Christyn is reading right now:
A Room With A View, E. M. Forster
Parenting Beyond the Rules: Raising Teens with Confidence and Joy, Connie Albers

Gina’s favorite places for quilting supplies
Happy Hands Tatting (Lisbeth thread)
Missouri Star Quilt Company (online retailer)
Specialty Quilts (favorite LQS – local quilt shop)
Prairie Point Junction (the BEST place for wool felt)

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Filed Under: Episodes, Five Minutes on the Fifth Thursday, Season 1 Tagged With: books, coffee, quilting, tea

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