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Poolside professional development 3 [Episode 74]
It’s here sisters – tons of book ideas for you, plus your permission slip to read outside this summer!
Whether you hit the pool, the campground, or the backyard while your kids jump on the trampoline, Cait + Kara are sharing some books they hope to tackle during “summer break.”
This is their third Poolside Professional Development Episode. Make sure you check out the first and second installment
The sisters are going on break for a bit. They’ll be back with new episodes in the fall. Stay Sweet. See You Next Year and Love Ya Like a Sis! And don’t forget to use the hashtag #poolsideprofessionaldevelopment and tag us in your photos so that we can all share the book love!
This episode is sponsored by Big Life Journal, Green Chef, and Epic!
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Epic!
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Links from this episode
- Audible (get a free book!)
- Carolina Homeschool Conference– come see Kara speak!
- Forensic Files (podcast)
- Kindred Collective Homeschool Conference is scheduled for June 28th!
- Lazy Unit Study 101 Course | My Little Poppies
- Lazy Unit Study 101 by Cait Curley
- Online Marketing Made Easy with Amy Porterfield (podcast)
- Oprah’s Super Soul Conversations (podcast)
- Strange Animals Podcast (podcast)
Education-related books from this episode
- Free at Last by Daniel Greenberg
- Free to Learn by Peter Gray
- Homeschooling Bravely by Jamie Erickson
- Instead of Education by John Holt
- Introverted Mom by Jamie C. Martin
- Play by Stuart Brown
- Teaching from Rest by Sarah Mackenzie
- The Self-Driven Child by William Stixrud
- The Teenage Liberation Handbook by Grace Llewelyn
- Wonderland by Steven Johnson
- You, Your Child, and School by Sir Ken Robinson
Nonfiction books from this episode
- A Light So Lovely by Sarah Arthur
- A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
- Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Chase Darkness with Me by Billy Jenson
- Chasing the Scream by Johann Hari
- Dare to Lead by Brene Brown
- Do Less by Kate Northrup
- I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara
- My Life with Bob by Pamela Paul
- Necessary Endings by Henry Cloud
- Outer Order Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin
- Rachel Held Evans
- The Next Right Thing by Emily P. Freeman
- The Path Made Clear by Oprah Winfrey
- The Wisdom of Sundays by Oprah Winfrey
- The Wisdom of the Enneagram by Don Richard Riso
Fiction books from this episode
- Before the Fall by Noah Hawly
- Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
- Lady in the Lake by Laura Lipman
- I Found You by Lisa Jewell
- Pilgrims by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Run by Ann Patchett
- Sunburn by Laura Lipman
- The Alice Network by Kate Quinn
- The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
- The Crosswicks Journals by Madeleine L’Engle
- The Endless Steppe by
- The Expats by Chris Pavone
- The Huntress by Kate Quinn
- The Ragged Edge of Night by Olivia Hawker
- The Paris Wife by Paula McLain
- The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs
- We Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
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We need an exchange Mom program. You want warm weather all the time, you can have it. Summer hasn’t even technically started and I’m already over it! We’ve already hit 100° here in South Carolina 😥😥😩😩 No poolside reading here. If there is a pool nearby, Imma be in it!!