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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 #216: How to Teach from Rest

    · 51 min · Episode 216

    ✨ 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! ✨ Is it really possible to teach from rest?…

  2. RAR #215: Whimsy and the Power of Childhood Reading

    · 28 min · Episode 215

    ✨ 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! ✨ Chances are good that you’re already…

  3. RAR #214: Am I Doing Enough?

    · 34 min · Episode 214

    ✨ 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! ✨ Have you ever asked yourself, “Am I doing…

  4. RAR #213: Sweep: A Story You Don’t Want to Miss

    · 31 min · Episode 213

    ✨ 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! ✨ It’s Victorian London in the late 1800’s……

  5. RAR #212: The 10 Best Questions We Ever Got, Andrew Pudewa & Sarah Mackenzie

    · 1 h 01 min · Episode 212

    ✨ 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! ✨ Have you ever REALLY worried about one of…

  6. RAR #211: How We Made A Little More Beautiful: The Story of a Garden

    · 33 min · Episode 211

    ✨ 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! ✨ Last time on the Read-Aloud Revival, I…

  7. Pre-orders are Open!

    · 1:49 · 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! ✨ It’s time! It’s time! It’s time! 🥳 We…

  8. RAR#210: Introducing Waxwing Books: Our Brand New Publishing House

    · 29 min · Episode 210

    ✨ 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! ✨ Way back in August 2018, I was fortunate…

  9. RAR #00: Welcome to the Read-Aloud Revival

    · 4:20 · Trailer

    When I ask experienced homeschool parents what they wish they had done more often or focused more on, they never–not ever–say anything academic. Nope. Reminiscing homeschool parents tell me something else entirely.…

  10. RAR Special Edition Revisited: Robert McCloskey Makes Way

    · 44 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 today’s Special Edition of the…

  11. RAR Special Edition Revisited: The Woman Who Gave us Miss Rumphius

    · 28 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! ✨ Here at Read-Aloud Revival, we’re in the…

  12. RAR#209: What Worked? What Didn’t? Looking Back on Homeschooling with my 20-Year-Old Daughter

    · 49 min · Episode 209

    ✨ 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! ✨ Early on, pretty much everyone in my…

  13. RAR #207: How to Fall Back in Love with Reading this Summer

    · 49 min · Episode 207

    ✨ 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 I was a kid, I read voraciously. I…

  14. RAR#206: A Simple, Low-Pressure Approach to Teach Shakespeare

    · 52 min · Episode 206

    ✨ 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 want to teach your kids…

  15. RAR #205: Help! My Child Doesn’t Like Reading

    · 24 min · Episode 205

    ✨ 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 Mandy called in to ask about her…

  16. RAR #204: How Do You Organize Books in Your Home Library?

    · 28 min · Episode 204

    ✨ 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 get many questions about how I…

  17. RAR #203: What Do Your Kids Read for Fun in High School?

    · 20 min · Episode 203

    ✨ 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 your kids read for fun in high school?…

  18. RAR #202: For Kids Who Don’t Like Sad Stories

    · 38 min · Episode 202

    ✨ 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 have a child who struggles with…

  19. RAR #201: The Surprising Value of Reading Fewer Books

    · 38 min · Episode 201

    ✨ 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 or your kids feeling overwhelmed…

  20. RAR #200: Name What Matters in Your Homeschool This Spring

    · 44 min · Episode 200

    ✨ 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’re just a little excited here at RAR…

  21. RAR # 199: The Books that Won, and Few That Should Have (2022 Youth Media Awards)

    · 34 min · Episode 199

    ✨ 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, our Read-Aloud Revival Team…

  22. RAR #198: Which Curriculum Should I Use? (and other questions with life-changing answers)

    · 17 min · Episode 198

    ✨ 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 curriculum should I use?” It’s the…

  23. RAR #197: Hey Mamas, Reading for Pleasure is Part of the Job!

    · 31 min · Episode 197

    ✨ 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 reading this, I’m guessing you…

  24. RAR #196: Teaching Literature Without Curriculum

    · 30 min · Episode 196

    ✨ 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! ✨ Shouldn’t helping our kids love reading…

  25. RAR #195: “So Many Books, So Little Time!” How to Quell Overwhelm in Our Reading Lives

    · 26 min · Episode 195

    ✨ 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! ✨ Stressed about getting to all the books…

  26. Blessings Pressed Down, Shaken Together

    · 3:36 · 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! ✨ If your inbox is anything like mine, you…

  27. RAR #193: A Relaxed, Read-Aloud Christmas

    · 31 min · Episode 193

    ✨ 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! ✨ Sometimes, it can seem like the holiday…

  28. RAR #192: Help! My Kids Hate Narration

    · 38 min · Episode 192

    When my kids were young, I tried narration in my homeschool. But instead of working how it was supposed to, it made my oldest daughter freeze with panic. She actually started hating books she had previously loved.…

  29. RAR #191: Helping your ADHD or Dyslexic Child Love Reading

    · 15 min · Episode 191

    ✨ 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 have a child with ADHD or dyslexia…

  30. RAR #190: Sarah’s Favorite Stories About Christian Saints and Heroes

    · 14 min · Episode 190

    ✨ 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! ✨ Looking for my favorite stories about…

  31. RAR #189: What if my kids always pick screens over books?

    · 12 min · Episode 189

    ✨ 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! ✨ Many of us worry about how screen time…

  32. RAR #188: My kids aren’t picking good books at the library. What do I do?

    · 14 min · Episode 188

    ✨ 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 take your kids to the library and…

  33. RAR #187: How to find books that engage both an 8- and a 4-year-old

    · 10 min · Episode 187

    ✨ 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 we find books that engage both an…

  34. RAR #186: Should my kids’ reading correlate with their history studies?

    · 14 min · Episode 186

    ✨ 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! ✨ Should my kids’ reading correlate with…

  35. RAR #185: Should I Use Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons?

    · 11 min · Episode 185

    ✨ 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! ✨ Should I use Teach Your Child to Read in…

  36. RAR #184: What to do if your developing reader skips words when reading

    · 10 min · Episode 184

    ✨ 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 should you do if your developing…

  37. RAR #183: Should We Avoid Abridged or Adapted Versions of the Classics?

    · 13 min · Episode 183

    ✨ 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! ✨ Should we avoid abridged or adapted…

  38. RAR #182: 5 Books I want you to know about, and answers to your questions about reading a book a day

    · 46 min · Episode 182

    ✨ 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 five books you’ll love,…

  39. RAR #181: Practical Tips for Reading a Book a Day

    · 34 min · Episode 181

    ✨ 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, we’re offering some tips…

  40. RAR #180: Reading A Book a Day with Older Kids and Teens

    · 38 min · Episode 180

    ✨ 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’re all on board with reading picture…

  41. RAR #179: Do You See What I See? How to Look Closely at a Picture Book

    · 39 min · Episode 179

    ✨ 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! ✨ Last time on the Read-Aloud Revival…

  42. RAR #178: Why Read a Book a Day? (Yep, You Can!)

    · 31 min · Episode 178

    ✨ 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 would happen if we read a book a day…

  43. RAR Special Edition: Robert McCloskey Makes Way

    · 43 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 today’s Special Edition of the…

  44. RAR #177: Teach Your Kids to Think Like a Scientist (with Books You Already Have)

    · 42 min · Episode 177

    ✨ 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! ✨ Science is everywhere. It’s in everything…

  45. RAR #176: Homeschooling with Dyslexia

    · 38 min · Episode 176

    ✨ 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! ✨ Is homeschooling with dyslexia a good…

  46. RAR #175: Is My Child Dyslexic?

    · 45 min · Episode 175

    ✨ 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! ✨ Is my child dyslexic? And if so, what…

  47. RAR #174: The Books that Won (and a few that Should Have!)

    · 36 min · Episode 174

    ✨ 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 RAR team gathers to watch…

  48. RAR #173: What Happens in Your Child’s Brain when You Read Aloud

    · 44 min · Episode 173

    ✨ 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! ✨ Ready to dive into a little brain…

  49. RAR #172: Helping Our Developing Readers Fall in Love with Books

    · 36 min · Episode 172

    ✨ 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! ✨ Learning to read can be hard. And when…

  50. RAR #171: How to Introduce Your Kids to Shakespeare

    · 1 h 10 min · Episode 171

    ✨ 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 Bard. He can be a little…

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