• How Long is a Homeschool Day?

    “How long is a homeschool day supposed to be?” Every few episodes, Yvette Hampton and Aby Rinella answer listeners’ questions on The Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast. For answers to your homeschooling questions, listen to the podcast or visit our Homeschool Answers YouTube playlist. You can even submit your own questions on the Schoolhouse Rocked Facebook page. Yvette Hampton:           A listener asks, “How long is a homeschool day supposed to be?” So Aby, how much time should a family spend homeschooling each day? Aby Rinella:                  Okay, your homeschool day is as long as it needs to be for your family. The answer is not going to be “as long as a public school day.” I’ll tell you that. Yvette Hampton:           Right.…

  • Thank You

    Thank you for supporting Schoolhouse Rocked through your Backstage Pass membership. You now have access to all of the exclusive content on the Backstage Pass site. Please take a minute to join the private Facebook Group for Backstage Pass members. While you’re at it, don’t forget to subscribe to The Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast on iTunes or on your favorite podcast player. ENJOY YOUR GIFT! As a gift for subscribing, enjoy these exclusive videos, only available to subscribers. Andrew Kern on Classical Education – Watch online or download using this link. Heidi St. John on Homeschooling – Watch online or download using this link.Josh Tolley on Homeschooling and Entrepreneurship – Watch Online…

  • Phonics or Sight Words: What is the Best Method for Teaching Reading?

    Recently, Alex Newman, was a guest on The Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast, with Yvette Hampton and Aby Rinella, to address the current state of education in our nation. During that conversation Alex covered the very important topic of teaching reading through phonics or sight words (also called “look say,” “see say,” whole-word, or whole-language method). Yvette Hampton:           I want to go back to something that you talked about just a little while ago. You were talking about phonics versus other methods of teaching reading. Talk about that a little bit, because I know that’s something that you’ve studied, and I understand the difference between the two, but I’ve never actually heard anyone explain how has that…

  • Coronavirus and Common Core: The Future (and Past) of Public Education

    2020 has been a year of critical changes in education. Will virtual school and social distancing be the new normal? Will the millions of students who have begun homeschooling due to the COVID-19 pandemic continue as classroom learning returns to normal? Should they? One of the major effects of millions of students doing public school at home is that the heart of public school education is being revealed to parents who are paying attention to their children’s Zoom lessons. At the same time, our culture has been in a state of upheaval, in near civil war, and the roots of this culture war have been nourished in the public schools.…

  • The Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast Has Joined the Christian Podcasters Community

    We are very excited to announce that The Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast has joined the Christian Podcast Community, a ministry of Striving For Eternity. We are very pleased to be a part of this community of like-minded Christian producers who podcast on areas of expertise and passion. Check out the community for excellent, “soul-feeding” programming that believers can find useful and focused on the Gospel of Christ, its truth, and its application. The Christian Podcast Community features shows Andrew Rappaport, Justin Peters, Coleen Sharp and Rachel Miller, Jamal Bandy, Eddie Roman, James Watkins and Daryl Updike, James White, Eric Luppold and Dillon Kenniston, Kristen Hamilton, Anthony Russo, Patrick Antonucci, and many more.…

  • Hope Starts at Home

    “No matter how bad it gets down here, no matter if everything comes crashing down, we know who wins in the end…” Alex Newman Alex Newman recently joined Yvette Hampton and Aby Rinella on The Schoolhouse Rocked Podcast and even in the face of all of the challenges of 2020 he was able to bring a message of hope. In this short excerpt Alex Reminds us that God is sovereign and Christian Parents have an important role in raising up leaders for revival. Yvette Hampton:           Alex. Can you just offer some hope? Because this stuff is so heavy and it’s scary to look at our nation around us and know that…

  • It’s Time to Take Action!

    Join the Revolution! We all want to be part of something BIG. We want to make a difference in the world and impact the lives of others. That’s why we see masses of people linking arms to make their voices heard about the things they believe in – both good and bad. And YOU have an opportunity to be part of something big (and good), too! Four years ago, our family set out to produce a documentary called Schoolhouse Rocked: The Homeschool Revolution – a documentary that will show the world that homeschooling is good for families and vital to saving our great nation. It will debunk many of the misconceptions and…