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Read-Aloud Revival ®

Sarah Mackenzie

300 episodes

Sarah Mackenzie helps your family fall in love with books, and helps *you* fall in love with homeschooling.

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  1. RAR #253: How We Choose Books to Recommend at RAR

    · 59 min · Episode 253

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ How do you know a good book when you see…

  2. RAR #252: The Making of Because Barbara

    · 38 min · Episode 252

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ A library should be a kind of paradise,…

  3. RAR #251: Fostering Wonder and Creativity, with S.D. Smith and Carolyn Leiloglou

    · 1 h 10 min · Episode 251

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ Raising creative kids is a beautiful,…

  4. RAR #250: Relaxed, Bookish, and Ordinary

    · 55 min · Episode 250

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ What if I told you that your homeschool…

  5. RAR #249: How a “Best Moments” List can Help You Love Your Homeschool featuring Jon Acuff

    · 41 min · Episode 249

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ Which of these two activities would be…

  6. RAR #248: Nurturing Creative Dreams (Your Child’s and Your Own)

    · 42 min · Episode 248

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ Do you have a child who dreams of being a…

  7. RAR #247: Why We Love Historical Fiction, Anna Rose Johnson

    · 39 min · Episode 247

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ We recently took a poll in RAR Premium…

  8. RAR #246: Sally Clarkson’s Advice to Her Younger Self

    · 51 min · Episode 246

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ If you’re a homeschooling mom, chances…

  9. RAR #245 How to Read a Fairy Tale

    · 31 min · Episode 245

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ In the last couple of episodes, we’ve…

  10. RAR #244: How to Give Your Kids What Technology Can’t, Erin Loechner

    · 43 min · Episode 244

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ How can our families cultivate healthy…

  11. RAR #243: Why Read Fairy Tales?

    · 30 min · Episode 243

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ Fairy tales are the stories that shape so…

  12. RAR #242: An Art Gallery for the Lap, with Scott Gustafson

    · 44 min · Episode 242

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ A picture book is an art gallery for the…

  13. Bonus: 3 Steps to a Fairy Tale Summer

    · 55 min · Bonus

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ Summer is fast approaching, and here's…

  14. RAR #241: How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare, with Ken Ludwig

    · 1 h 07 min · Episode 241

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ Are you intimidated by the thought of…

  15. Top 10 in the First 10 Years!

    · 47 min · Bonus

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ Can you believe it? The Read-Aloud…

  16. RAR #240: Max Lucado: Nourishing a Child’s Heart with Books

    · 38 min · Episode 240

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ When you hear the name Max Lucado, what…

  17. Best of RAR: How to Make Time for Your Own Reading

    · 1 h 07 min · Bonus

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ Do you ever find yourself wishing you had…

  18. RAR #239: Practicing the Habits of a Lifelong Reader

    · 41 min · Episode 239

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ We all want our kids to read, right? If…

  19. Best of RAR: The Point is the Doing (Not Getting it Done)

    · 25 min · Bonus

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ Today, I’m sharing two recent episodes…

  20. RAR #238: How Books Make Us Better, Happier Moms

    · 38 min · Episode 238

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ This year at Read Aloud Revival, we’re…

  21. Best of RAR: What to Do When Reading Becomes a Slog

    · 25 min · Bonus

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ There is something kind of tragic that…

  22. RAR #237: How Fairy Tales Re-Enchant Us

    · 55 min · Episode 237

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ What are fairy tales? Why do we love them…

  23. Best of RAR: No More Bookish Overwhelm

    · 25 min · Bonus

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ Today, I’ve got another Best Of RAR…

  24. Best of RAR: Your New Favorite Tradition - Jolabokaflod

    · 19 min · Bonus

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ Today we’re airing one of my favorite…

  25. RAR #235: How to Give Feedback on Your Child’s Creative Writing (Even If You Aren’t a Writer!)

    · 43 min · Episode 235

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ I know that if you’re an RAR Family, you…

  26. RAR #234: Encouraging Creativity: Insights and Inspiration from Author Millie Florence

    · 36 min · Episode 234

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ I want to introduce you to one of my new…

  27. Best of RAR: Is My Child Dyslexic?

    · 41 min · Bonus

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ On today’s Best of Read Aloud Revival…

  28. RAR #233: Audrey is Back, and She’s Answering Your Questions!

    · 40 min · Episode 233

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ By far the most popular episode we’ve…

  29. RAR #232: How to Know If You’re Doing Enough

    · 45 min · Episode 232

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ There is one question that plagues us,…

  30. RAR #231: Homeschooling with Babies and Toddlers

    · 1 h 00 min · Episode 231

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ Today, I’m sharing another session from…

  31. RAR #230: Helping Your Differently Wired Kids Fall in Love with Reading

    · 1 h 10 min · Episode 230

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ Are you struggling with how to tackle…

  32. RAR #229: How a 25¢ Spiral Notebook Can Change Your Homeschool

    · 29 min · Episode 229

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ During my hardest year of homeschooling,…

  33. RAR #228: Reading for Fun is More Important Than You Think

    · 32 min · Episode 228

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ Imagine that your child is grown up, and…

  34. Best of RAR: Penderwicks Fans Rejoice!

    · 51 min · Bonus

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ Today, in this Best Of Read Aloud Revival…

  35. Hey Sarah! When (and how) do I…teach writing, take my kids to the library, require a teen to read?

    · 38 min · Episode 227

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ In this episode, I’m answering more of…

  36. Anxious About Rest: How to Let Go of Summer Break Pressure

    · 1 h 07 min · Bonus

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ Full show notes can be found here: You…

  37. RAR #226: Hey Sarah! Late-Night Readers, Not Assigning Books and is it OK to Read SO MANY Books?

    · 35 min · Episode 226

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ In today’s episode, I’m answering your…

  38. Best of RAR: 5 MORE Homeschool Mistakes I’ve Made (they just keep comin’)

    · 22 min · Bonus

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ Two weeks ago I shared the first 5 of 10…

  39. Best of RAR: 5 Homeschooling Mistakes I've Made (so you can avoid them)

    · 20 min · Bonus

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ I’ve been homeschooling for a long time,…

  40. RAR #225: It's Just Data (What your data is REALLY telling you about your homeschool)

    · 27 min · Episode 225

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ Why do we make things mean more than they…

  41. RAR #224: Cozy Couch Nature Study

    · 41 min · Episode 224

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ Today, I’m sharing a conversation with my…

  42. (Fixed!) Bonus: Join us for an E.B. White Spring

    · 44 min · Bonus

    I have a theory that if I were to ask a hundred of today’s children’s book authors and illustrators to name a book that had a profound impact on them, I bet an unusually large number of those authors and illustrators…

  43. RAR #223: The Books That Won (And a Few That Should Have)

    · 45 min · Episode 223

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ Every year, the Read-Aloud Revival team…

  44. RAR #222: Read Books, Go Outside: Simple Science for Homeschooling Families

    · 34 min · Episode 222

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ Oh boy, do we have a treat for you today!…

  45. RAR #221: What to Do When your Child Doesn’t Finish Books…and Other Questions You’re Asking

    · 40 min · Episode 221

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ What do you do if you notice that your…

  46. RAR #220: Essentialism for Homeschoolers

    · 59 min · Episode 220

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ I want to help you think about what’s…

  47. RAR #219: Yes, You Should Read Laura Ingalls Wilder’s The Long Winter

    · 32 min · Episode 219

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ The Long Winter is the sixth book in the…

  48. Bonus: Let's Fall in Love with our Homeschooling Lives

    · 23 min · Bonus

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ In this bonus episode, you'll hear: •…

  49. RAR #218: Jolabokaflod: How to Have a Christmas Book Flood

    · 14 min · Episode 218

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ What if I told you that there’s an…

  50. RAR #217: It’s Time to Put Some Pinecones Back

    · 25 min · Episode 217

    ✨ Christmas School is here! Get your simple plan for peaceful Christmas season and join us for a 3-week family book club looking at the Nativity with fresh eyes. Learn more! ✨ By now, most of us are knee deep in our…

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