Kolbecast

170 A Spiraled Art

AMDG.  Thinking well is important.  Communicating those thoughts well is too.  As the school year kicks off, English and Literature department teachers Kim Crawford, Amanda Hayes, and Beth Dobrozsi share insights and tips for helping students learn to put thoughts to paper.  They describe the progression of writing approaches and skills throughout various grade levels, challenges for students with ADD or ADHD, and the importance of physicality in writing.  Their encouragement and tricks, coupled with the Kolbe support options they describe, are a launch pad for developing nuance, style, and clarity. 
Related Kolbecast episodes: 
61 Middle Ground with Amanda Hayes and Alex Pischke 
70 First Draft: A Parent In-Service 
87 Home Base featuring homeroom teachers  
160 A Legendary Occasion, highlights from Kolbe Academy’s in-person 2023 commencement  
164 This Is Not a Kolbe Infomercial 
145 Subsidiarity, Support, and Resources 
Writing resources recommended by our guests: 
Kolbe Academy’s new Writing and Style Guide is now available! 
Purdue OWL   
Guide to Grammar and Writing from Capital Community College 
The Excelsior College OWL  
Writing@CSU (Colorado State University) 
The Writing Center at UNC (especially the tips & tools section) 
Grammarly 
 
Kolbecast episodes cover a range of topics relating to school at home, the life of faith, and Catholic education. Using the filters on our website, you can sort the episodes to find just what you're looking for. If you listen to the Kolbecast via a podcast app/player, we'd be so grateful to you for leaving a rating and review. That helps us reach more listeners. However you listen, please spread the word about the Kolbecast! 
Have questions or suggestions for future episodes? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey. 

169 No Made-Up Answers

AMDG.  Kolbe teachers educate their students, sure, but their bigger role is to help their students’ formation.  Today mathematics chair Wes Stratman and theology teacher Brendan Murphy share their own roads to Kolbe and how those roads prepared them to help their students explore for themselves rather than check boxes in class.  Along with their teaching philosophies and a few favorite stories, Wes and Brendan also share tips for getting the school year off to a good start. 
Relevant links: 
Kolbecast episode 132 Monday Morning Assembly featuring Wes Stratman and others affiliated with Kolbe’s Monday morning schoolwide gatherings 
It’s Back to School Time from the Kolbe blog with links to several Kolbecast episodes that might be helpful as the school year gets underway 
Kolbecast episodes cover a range of topics relating to school at home, the life of faith, and Catholic education. Using the filters on our website, you can sort the episodes to find just what you're looking for. If you listen to the Kolbecast via a podcast app/player, we'd be so grateful to you for leaving a rating and review. That helps us reach more listeners. However you listen, please spread the word about the Kolbecast! 
Have questions or suggestions for future episodes? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey. 

168 The Adventure of a Lifetime featuring Melissa Dee of Saints Alive

AMDG.  If the saints have ever felt inaccessible or unrelatable to your family members, hearing their stories in a different format may help them come alive.  In this episode, Melissa Dee—homeschool graduate, mother, and producer of the Saints Alive podcast—joins the Kolbecast to share how she, her husband Alex, and their team produce episodes that she describes as watching a movie in your mind.  Melissa highlights the heart of each saint’s mission and explains how learning about the holy individuals who came before us is a way to learn about virtue played out and real-life role models.   
This episode includes a brief reference to self-harm in the context of challenges current teenagers face.
Visit the Saints Alive website for resources corresponding to each episode and ways to get involved with the Saints Alive mission.  
Kolbecast episodes relating to St. Maximilian Kolbe: 
100 In the Beginning with Kolbe Academy co-founder Mrs. Dianne Muth 
134 For Tinkerers of All Ages 
Kolbecast episodes cover a range of topics relating to school at home, the life of faith, and Catholic education. Using the filters on our website, you can sort the episodes to find just what you're looking for. If you listen to the Kolbecast via a podcast app/player, we'd be so grateful to you for leaving a rating and review. That helps us reach more listeners. However you listen, please spread the word about the Kolbecast! 
Have questions or suggestions for future episodes? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey. 

167 Sanity & Sanctity with Johanna Seagren of Interior Kingdom

AMDG. How we respond to meltdowns and dysregulation is as crucial to family life as praying together, eating together, and extracurriculars. Catholic licensed professional counselor Johanna Seagren visits the Kolbecast on this episode to describe the importance of emotions and the Interior Kingdom program that she developed to co-regulate emotions in parents and children. The conversation highlights how God created emotions, how the morality of emotions is not in the feelings themselves but in the actions growing out of them, and how happiness is not our goal—peace within ourselves based in the peace of Christ is. Johanna also offers practical tips on fight/flight/freeze mode, addressing test anxiety, and developing both playfulness and safety. 
Use coupon code Kolbe15 through August 31, 2023, for 15% off the Interior Kingdom program.  
Related Kolbecast episodes: 
45 Grace Perfects Nature 
136 Cura Personalis – The Sequel 
Kolbecast episodes cover a range of topics relating to school at home, the life of faith, and Catholic education. Using the filters on our website, you can sort the episodes to find just what you're looking for. If you listen to the Kolbecast via a podcast app/player, we'd be so grateful to you for leaving a rating and review. That helps us reach more listeners. However you listen, please spread the word about the Kolbecast! 
Have questions or suggestions for future episodes? We'd love to hear from you! Send your thoughts to podcast@kolbe.org and be a part of the Kolbecast odyssey. 

166 Dr. John Cuddeback on Dwelling Together Richly

AMDG.  John Cuddeback, a philosophy professor at Christendom College, family man, and homesteader, visits with Bonnie and Steven this episode about relationship, friendship, and home life.   With the insight of an ethics professor and the experience of a family leader, Dr. Cuddeback describes the importance of living well together, the distinction between education and academics, and the richness of our common stock of stories, images, and questions.  From Aristotle to agriculture, today’s episode highlights the expansion of experience and the experience of wonder available to families. 
Check out Dr. Cuddeback’s musings, videos, and courses at his website LifeCraft. 
Kolbecast episodes cover a range of topics relating to school at home, the life of faith, and Catholic education. Using the filters on our website, you can sort the episodes to find just what you're looking for. If you listen to the Kolbecast via a podcast app/player, we'd be so grateful to you for leaving a rating and review. That helps us reach more listeners. However you listen, please spread the word about the Kolbecast! 
What questions do you have about homeschooling, the life of faith, or the intersection of the two? Send your questions to podcast@kolbe.org and stay tuned for answers. You may hear them answered in an upcoming Kolbecast episode! 
Interested in Kolbe Academy’s offerings? Visit kolbe.org 

165 Now I Know God

AMDG. The conversations we started at Kolbe’s commencement events in Atlanta a few months ago continue to yield fruit. Today’s guest, Jennell Kvistad, joins us to continue one of those conversations today. The group first discusses helping teenagers and newly 18-year-old offspring ease into adulthood. From there, Jennell shares both her family’s road to homeschooling with Kolbe and her personal road to joining the Catholic Church just last year. With vivid specifics, plenty of humor, and even a bit role for the Kolbecast itself, Jennell’s conversion story is profound and encouraging. 
Kolbecast episodes mentioned and relevant: 
158 The Gift of a Mind (speeches from Commencement 2023) 
159 Now We See in Part featuring the Kolbecast cohosts live from Atlanta 
160 A Legendary Occasion Kolbe alumni and parents recorded live in Atlanta 
118 Odysseys in Catholicism featuring the conversion stories of two Kolbe administrators 
Kolbecast episodes cover a range of topics relating to school at home, the life of faith, and Catholic education. Using the filters on our website, you can sort the episodes to find just what you're looking for. If you listen to the Kolbecast via a podcast app/player, we'd be so grateful to you for leaving a rating and review. That helps us reach more listeners. However you listen, please spread the word about the Kolbecast! 
What questions do you have about homeschooling, the life of faith, or the intersection of the two? Send your questions to podcast@kolbe.org and stay tuned for answers. You may hear them answered in an upcoming Kolbecast episode! 
Interested in Kolbe Academy’s offerings? Visit kolbe.org 

164 This Is Not a Kolbe Infomercial

AMDG.  Today an experienced Kolbe parent named Lindsey, mother to four sons between eleventh grade and kindergarten, shares the reasons behind her loyalty and enthusiasm.  Speaking from her decade of ups and downs (but mostly ups), she describes the pragmatic and profound benefits her family has seen from Kolbe, how she juggles schedules for students in multiple grades, and the factors involved in balancing schoolwork with athletics.  Lindsey, Bonnie, and Steven also discuss hands-on tips for enrollment season and the beginning of the school year, as well the value of the sacrifice that homeschool parents make. 
Kolbecast episodes mentioned and relevant: 
120 Substance Matters with Classic Learning Test (CLT) founder Jeremy Tate 
127 Forging a Path with CLT Director of Homeschool Partnerships Kimberly Farley 
143 Partners in a Liberal Arts Renewal with CLT’s Soren Schwab 
86 The Rivendell of the Newman Guide with Dr. Ryan Messmore of Magdalen College 
145 Subsidiarity, Support, and Resources detailing Kolbe’s expanded Student Support Services program 
103 Above and Beyond with Nancy from the Kolbe bookstore 
76 Study Buddies with National Honor Society students 
148 Engage & Apply discussing Kolbe’s core, honors, and AP course offerings and how to decide among them 
Other Kolbe resources mentioned: 
Kolbe summer reading program 
Student Support Services webinar 
Kolbecast episodes cover a range of topics relating to school at home, the life of faith, and Catholic education. Using the filters on our website, you can sort the episodes to find just what you're looking for. If you listen to the Kolbecast via a podcast app/player, we'd be so grateful to you for leaving a rating and review. That helps us reach more listeners. However you listen, please spread the word about the Kolbecast! 
What questions do you have about homeschooling, the life of faith, or the intersection of the two? Send your questions to podcast@kolbe.org and stay tuned for answers. You may hear them answered in an upcoming Kolbecast episode! 
Interested in Kolbe Academy’s offerings? Visit kolbe.org 

163 Postcards from France

AMDG. Our three-part series on language study wraps with a delectable flourish and an insightful conversation as Jenni Mammola, Kolbe’s language department chair and online French instructor; Therese Prudlo, Kolbe’s history department chair and online history instructor; Megan Lengyel, Kolbe’s chief academic officer; and Mary, incoming co-president of Kolbe’s French club, reminisce about a recent trip to France. We also get to hear from several Kolbe students who traveled with them. From trilingual lunch discussions to experiencing firsthand the close connection between France and Catholicism to the difference between being a traveler and a tourist, our discussion paints a beautiful picture of the value of language study, travel, and Catholic community. 
Kolbecast episodes mentioned & relevant: 
161 Fostering a Linguistic Consciousness 
162 Let Latin Conquer You 
123 A Change of the Ages with Msgr. James Shea
108 Time Stood Still  
Kolbecast episodes cover a range of topics relating to school at home, the life of faith, and Catholic education. Using the filters on our website, you can sort the episodes to find just what you're looking for. If you listen to the Kolbecast via a podcast app/player, we'd be so grateful to you for leaving a rating and review. That helps us reach more listeners. However you listen, please spread the word about the Kolbecast! 
What questions do you have about homeschooling, the life of faith, or the intersection of the two? Send your questions to podcast@kolbe.org and stay tuned for answers. You may hear them answered in an upcoming Kolbecast episode! 
Interested in Kolbe Academy’s offerings? Visit kolbe.org